Customer Reviews:
 Great for the money - no need for iPod April 13, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got a 20GB iPod for Christmas the year they came out, but I returned it when I realized that - like all Apple products - it came with bupkus. I exchanged it for the 40GB Lyra - more space, decent headphones, car adaptor, case, charger,the whole shooting match. And I got it for substantially less than a comparably sized iPod. Songs are drag-and-drop easy, plays songs from all music subscription sites, easy interface, easy sync.
I use it for an external drive as well, for all kinds of files.
Small snags with power freezes when unplugged from external power source, but updated drivers fixed. Very happy overall.
 Horrible MP3 player, good price. April 6, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are looking for a good MP3 player, this IS NOT the one for you. It is the worst MP3 player ever, it freezes on you, mine even stopped working. The downloads for this player don't even work, it can't detect my MP3 player, DO NOT BUY!
 40GB = 6GB With a Cushion March 4, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
When I recieved this product this last Christmas, I was happy with it-- happy that I had an mp3 player with 40GB as opposed to the average 20GB on the standard iPod and happy that it didn't cost an arm and a leg. Then the honeymoon ended.
Apart from the sometimes unresponsive buttons (a real pain if I'm driving), the annoying page-scrolling, and its apparent inability to drop the "the" in front of a name, creating, in effect, two lists of music within the player, my main problem is it's propensity to lock up on me when I try to turn it off or switch songs. RCA was thoughtful enough to include the little reset button on the side, a design attribute improved by keeping a paperclip readily available for when it locks up (average, about twice a day). Reading other reviews, I seem to have it easy since other people have had theirs stop working all together.
I have maybe 1600 songs on the thing which is using only a fraction of the memory. However, when I try to load more songs, it either freezes both the player and my computer, or the songs don't show up after I've profiled them. In a sense, I have a lot of unused space padding my 6GB of music. This wouldn't bother me if I had wanted a 6GB player but, since I really had my heart set on those 40GB, I'm a little annoyed.
 Good Bargin February 25, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I wanted an I-Pod but couldn't justify the cash and I also read too many web sites that complained about horrible battery experiences. So I purchased a Lyra RD2840 in October, 2003 and have been using it constantly since then. I share some of the complaints about the user interface and form factor that others have but overall I have been satisfied with this unit. What I like the best about the unit is the external hard feature. I have used it to transfer entire hard drives form 1 computer to another and it works great! I dumped the Music Match software that came with the unit and now I just use Media Player and/or WinAmp to create play lists on the device. Just create an MP3 play list on any software and copy the play lit file to the Lyra's lyrahdd_playlists folder and you are ready to rock. I have over 20 GB of songs on it and it works great all ay long. I use it at work and while riding my bike and have never had an issue with the internal drive. I have had some problems with mp3 files obtained fro questionable sources, they can hang the unit and a reset is required. Overall I would recommend this product for someone who wants a large-capacity player without the high price of an I-Pod.
Mine just stopped working February 19, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Around 9 months after purchase, my Lyra Jukebox RD2840 just stopped working. Resetting it did nothing. Doesn't turn on, nothing. Just sits there dead. And judging by some of the other reviews, I'm probably not even going to bother with RCA support since it looks like that's useless. I'm gonna rip the thing apart, and see if I can fix it (or completely destroy it). Good thing I backed up all 20GB of songs before it died, but I'm still pretty angry over it dying.
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