Buy RCA RP2621 Personal MP3/CD PlayerRCA RP2621 Personal MP3/CD Player Product Description:
- Personal CD/MP3 player with clip-on earphones
- Supports CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3, and WMA formats (the latter two when burned on CD)
- 240-second anti-skip protection; Digital Bass Boost (DBB) system
- LCD remote with 3-line display shows artist, title, album, and genre information
- Runs for 30 hours on 2 AA batteries; 1-year warranty
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RCA RP2621 Personal MP3/CD Player with Remote
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful.
Nice portable MP3/CD player for a good price
By Jason P. Gold
After hunting for two days at WalMart, Best Buy, Radio Shack and a few other stores, this unit seems to have the most features for the price. (Sometimes, I'm pretty stupid -- I'll spend hundreds of dollars of time to save $10.) At $33, it plays MP3s, WMA files, has up to 4 minutes of skip protection for MP3s, bass boost, comes with ear-bud headphones, the display gives lots of information (some of it almost too small to see), and claims to run for 20 - 30 hours on two AA batteries. I'm getting about 10 to 15 hours with 1.25 volt rechargables. (WalMart had a similar unit with half the skip protection and standard headphones for a bit less, but I don't trust a unit where the paint is peeling in the wrapper!) You can also "search" through a track by pressing and holding down the track skip button.Tracking appears to be very good. I bought this unit because the CD player in the Buick I am currently driving can't handle mildly scratched CD-RWs. I actually tried wacking the unit on the side didn't get it to skip. My nearly an antique 10 years old Sony Discman with 3 seconds of skip protection would skip when bumped.The unit sounds fairly good: The headphones sound nice, if a bit bright and chipper, once you figure how to put them on. Given their tiny size, it is no wonder they don't sound as good as the larger over the ear headhpones that came with the Sony. On the other hand, they stay in place, and you can walk, jog or run with them on without looking like a giant dork. The amplifier has good power, and no significant audible errors. It has a two level bass boost, which is helpful with the tiny earphones.The main problem I have with the unit is that it is hard to open. I assume this is because it is a "sports" unit desighed to stay closed. You have to grab the little sliding thing-a-ma-jig with a fingernail to open the unit.All in all, I think it is a good deal.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent bang for the buck
By Briant Platt
I purchased the RCA RP2621 after originally purchasing the Panasonic SC-582V. I tried out the Panasonic for a couple of days, but didn't like the functionality of the mp3 player, specifically toggling back and forth between files and the inability to scan within the mp3 (see my review of that unit). I took the unit back, and purchased the RCA RP2621. Excellent choice. The RCA RP2621 was about $20 cheaper ($33 at Walmart). While it does not have the radio function, the mp3 functionality is excellent. The unit features dedicated buttons for toggling back and forth between upper-level files of mp3s, has a title/artist/bit rate display line in the LCD, and feels pretty solid. The unit's aesthetics grow on you, though I wasn't too keen on it at first. The unit runs on two AA batteries, has three EQ settings, and reads WMA files, a must if you're combining mp3 and ripped files on a CD and don't want to hassle with converting files to mp3. The anti-shock is great, though I really haven't given it much of a workout with that respect. I don't care for the earphones (behind the ear clips), but works well with other phones. The unit just feels solid and works well. While I wish it had a radio, I'd rather have a good cd/mp3/wma player without the tuner than an ok player with the tuner. I'm very happy with it, and highly recommend it.Briant
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.I love this player
By W. Drake Dorosh
What I Bought:I love this RCA RP2621 Personal MP3 CD Player. I don't remember the unit coming with earbuds. I hate ear buds. My unit either came with or I purchased at the same time Phillips HS500 behind the ear headphones. The headphones were at first no big deal but after they were used for a while give great sound. My guess is that the mediocre reviews for sound are because of the earbuds. The volume goes up to permanent ear injury and will drive any 32ohm rated headphone. For music as the volume goes up I turn the bass down to balance the highs. Very respectable sound quality with some decent HiFi qualities. I also have a Mac with a CD burner and the various programs for collecting audio files from the internet.Better Than iPod?:I used to have an Archos Jukebox an "Australian iPod" and it had fantastic sound and menus to adust and equalize sound and super fantastic headphones but it was expensive and built around a hard disk. It died! Hard disks crash, suck battery power, fill up with stuff you don't want to erase. This unit doesn't have any of those problems. Once you've burned a disk for your player you have a permanent archive so storage is unlimited.What Does It Play?:In the office where I do data entry the computers put out a lot of RF interference so listening to the radio is a challenge. My job is so boring that I like to listen to lectures and radio programs. MP3 and WMA are very popular formats for producers of informative recordings. Radio4All, INDYmedia, iTunes podcasts, and my CD collection that is ripped to MP3s all play beautifully. CDs play the clearest.It doesn't play the new MP4's so some of the stuff you burn from your iTunes download folder are not going to play. The player just ignores files it can't read. It doesn't crash. You can record these realtime using AudioHiJack which records any sound source or program your Mac can run saving them to MP3. AudioHiJack opens up worlds of audio because so many producers stream. For example the BBC. I should also point out that some players and recorders are controlled by copyright protected software. RCA RP2621 is just a player if you can burn it you can play it doesn't have an operating system to out smart you.As far as Media types I can't say. I just use the cheap CD-R's and haven't tried any other kinds in the unit except the black disks which do work.Rewind is Better:When my Jukebox crashed bought a Panasonic MP3 player. It was a battery hog. And if you paused a program it might run out of batteries an hour and a half into a two hour lecture. This RCA RP2621 will go to sleep on you if you leave it for more than about 10 minutes. It doesn't have a memory mode to remember where it was. However it does rewind into the end of a program from the previous program. That has been very useful and not all players rewind like that. My Panasonic jumped from file to file once it had rewound to the beginning of a program. The dream device with have a scoller and a pointer that allows you to pick the exact time mark. This unit only costs only 35 bucks it is not the heart ache my Archos was when it didn't perform the exact way I wanted it to.Durable:I have never dropped this unit full tilt. Caught it with my foot most every time. I did have trouble for a couple of days when the top wouldn't close properly and if I hit pause the darn thing would shut off. I used an elastic band to close it. Strange it must of just been a grain of something in the latch because I stopped using that elastic and it hasn't done it for a long while. I use this 8 to 9 hours a day five days a week. I bought it last March 2005 and played it continually until October and again since February 1st of this year. It is April 1st today and it still is going strong (no fool'n). I change the batteries about every two and a half days using energizer rechargable 2300Amh camera batteries but alkalines last just about as long. My Sony Discman played the greater part of a week but could only play wave files (CDs).This has been the best electronics purchase I have ever made because of the amount of enjoyment it has given me. If it breaks or fails I have lost nothing. I have all the disks.You get so much bang for the buck with this unit. It is versatile and reliable and gives you so much that more expensive players give that spending more just seems like a waste. There are other options if you have the cash. iPod but ought to record stereo for that price. RCA Lyra product must be worth looking into because of how well this unit has performed and is still performing. Don't buy Archos. Sony MiniDisks record stereo but are at war with their customers over copyright and they hate Mac. Buy this in the mean time. You will not regret it.
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