Rca S2001 Jet Series Sports Mp3 Player (1 Gb)

I wanted something really simple and inexpensive. I really like the little player because of the ease of use. I bought it as a workout buddy. It came with 2 bands so you could wear it. I like both. The controls are easy to use with 1 hand. The player and earphones sound decent for such a little cheapy player. The only complaint I have is that you cannot pause a song/podcast and then turn off the player. If you do this, you lose your spot. You can fast forward or rewind to the spot you left off at, but if you had a 2 hour podcast this can be a total hassel. I hope they come up with a fix. I do like this little gadget. Not nearly as good as the Sandisk Sansa, but again, it's a 3rd of the price and has 1/3 of the goodies. I guess you get what you pay for. I would have given it a solid 4 stars had the player been able to pause and pick up where you left off once you turned off the player. But, since it is so frustrating to find where you left off, I give it a 3. Battery...Read more

I got this player for Christmas, and the week that it worked, I loved it. It has the same memory as the ipod shuffle, but the RCA Jet has a screen, and an FM tuner, and the ability to arrange the songs into folders easily, etc. I thought it was a great deal, and everything was good until last night. I go to put some new music on it, but I notice that as I'm erasing some music to make room, my available disc space is staying the same. I end up erasing ALL of the music off of it, and it still says that I only have 24 mb of free space left! The music folder says "empty", but I still have no free space. The instructions tell me to hit the reset button in the back (which is all but unreachable), but pushing it doesn't seem to help at all. RCA has a very nice little flash web site for the player, but it really doesn't have any support for it at all. It suggests I download the latest firmware for it, but the player already has a more recent one installed (v.1.5), then the one they...Read more

I've only had the Jet for a short while now but on the positive side: 1) It has a brilliant display. Kind of like a monochrome marquee. It's easy on the eyes and features adjustable brightness. The armband and wristband is included (wristband was a bit overkill, not sure when I would need that) and 2) It appears very durable. I've already beat it around at work and it keeps returning alive like Terminator.

On the flip side, the control buttons take a lot of pressure to activate. Usually I'm worried about pressing these things too hard just to be careful but this one demands a little more. My greatest pet-peeve is that it does not take a regular battery. This generation loves the internal (disposable) rechargeable batteries. However, with the traditional method I could still buy a rechargeable battery. Unfortunately, when this runs down, I cannot simply replace the battery and continue on my merry way ... no, I have to plug it into a computer and wait. And...Read more