| | |  | Bar Tools & Glasses | Home » » » » RCA TH102 256MB MP3/WMA Thumbdrive Player | | | | | | | Description: | | Thomson provides a wide range of video technologies, products and services to consumers and professionals in the entertainment and media industries. Offering an array of state-of-the-art digital products and services, Thomson adds value to hundreds of millions of consumers around the world every year.PRODUCT FEATURES:Stores up to 10 hours of music as well as being a data storage device. Flash Memory requires no moving parts so you are able to listen to skipless audio playback;Listen to several different formats of music. Compatible with most download internet services;Record from embedded microphone to WAV format;The multi-line alpha-numeric display lists artist, song, elapsed time, volume, and battery life indicator when in playback mode;Attached USB connection with protective cap for easy connection to computer without a USB cable;Select one of seven colors to backlight your LCD display;Up to 7 hours playback on one "AAA" battery. | | | Features: | |
• Built-in mic for voice recording in WAV format
• Multi-function multi-line LCD displays artist, song, elapsed time, volume, and battery life
• Direct USB connection without use of cable
• Seven color LCD backlight selectable options
• Uses 1 AAA battery (included)
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 6.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 2 reviews |
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 Worth every pennyMay 29, 2007
This is indeed a neat little contraption. As cheap as it is, I have found it to be very reliable, and the battery life unbelievable. I do have the same problems as the last reviewer though; it sorts the songs in some sort of pseudo-alphabetical order (I believe it does it by actual filename, not the mp3 tag that displays on itunes and windows media). It is also annoying to search through songs (it is faster to stop playback and then sort that way). However, because you are not storing 1000 songs on this thing, it isn't too much of a problem.
Aside from this, the pros definitely outweigh the cons. It seems very durable/reliable, has very long battery life on only one AAA. It has great aesthetics and is also very small and lightweight. Most importantly, at least in IMO, the sound quality is great, partially due to the fact that it has a CUSTOM EQ. I have never cared for any eq presets that are included on any mp3 player (iPod included). In a nutshell, if you want topnotch mp3 playback but don't need 1000 songs on a device, get this.
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 Good Entry-Level MP3 by RCADec 03, 2006
I picked up one of these today after noticing that it was on sale at Shopko for a little over thirty dollars. As someone who has most of his music on vinyl or CD, I don't have a need for a system that holds umpty-thousand songs. I tend to listen to an album for a few weeks and then start something else, rotating my collection. This little MP3 player holds about 130 songs. I have about 70 on mine and that's perfect. In a month or so, I'll dump them and put some new ones on.
Upon opening, I noted that RCA had forgotten to package the wrist strap with it. I don't really care, as I wouldn't use it, but that's not very good quality control.
This system is easy to use. It runs off Yahoo Music software. I downloaded all I needed from multiple albums in about a half hour with no experience using one of these. The sound is very good, and can be adjusted for different types of music using the equalizer function.
As it is a low-end model, it does no allow you to scroll by album and then song. You have to fast-forward through your whole collection to find the song you want to hear. Also, songs did not download in order by album but ended up mixed together. Not what I wanted, but kind of nice to not know what's coming up next. Good display with name of band, album and song.
Uses one AAA battery. Supposed to play about ten hours on one battery. Very small, easily fits into a shirt pocket.
Worth every penny of the thirty-four bucks I paid. Nowhere near as great as an iPod but nowhere near as expensive. I find the sound to be equal of the iPod, just not the ease of use.
UPDATE: With the lowering prices of Sansas and other systems, this system is much less competitive than it was when I initially wrote this review.
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