Hi all~~~

I just got a MP3 player. Its an RCA Lrya(64MB) I know its small,,but it only has 12 songs on it & its full!
I am clueless about this stuff. I can buy memory cards also, but dont know HOW much they will hold?
Is anyone familiar with the Lyra brand MP3?

Also CANT register on-line b/c im in canada. gggggrrrrr

64mb is quite small but you should be able to fit more on...

For listening to stuff on my walkman, I use Joint-Stereo VBR encoding. I go as low as 32kbps and as high as 128kbps. I know that sounds a bit extreme but I only use my walkman when I'm travelling. With the ambient noise of traffic and general hub-bub of the streets I don't really analyse the sound-quality all that much.

Which mp3 encoder are you using to make mp3s with?

Also - I may be wrong, but I'm sure that the Lyra range can all play mp3pro files which are much smaller. Check your manual to see if this is the case.

Encoder?
Uhmmmmm...

can i get back to ya?..lol
I download from Ares. & I transfer my files with "MusicMatch Jukebox" if that helps?
Do you know how much a emory card costs? (approx) & how muchmore space would that give me?

Im also thinking of returning it to get a "bigger" one,,BUT some places are funny about software exchanges & will only do that if the package is UN opened~~

sonic said:

What kind of memory card is it? I take it's just an SD card and not a Memory Stick or anything weird?

Here's a link to Radio Shacks' canadian website: http://www.radioshack.ca/...&pagenum=0

Do you know how to make Music Match Jukebox rip your CDs to WAV files instead of MP3s? If you can figure that out, you can change the WAV files into mp3pro files.

The free mp3pro encoder is here: http://www.mp3prozone.com...Player.exe

If you can't figure out how to change MusicMatch Jukebox to make WAVs instead of mp3s, try downloading CDex as it has a big button on the front-screen which will convert a CD to WAVs with one click. CDex can be downloaded by clicking here: http://www.download.com/C...26370.html

I hope this helps. I'm not very technical myself.

sonic said:

Take it back and put the 14.99 towards an IPod. The extra money will be well worth the time and hassle saved.

The box has been opened so i cant even exchange it~~

Thats ok,,im gonna buy a memory card, & i can change Mp3's into WAV files,,,so should be ok.

sonic said:

If you change the mp3 into wav files you're going to have more of a space problem - wav files are uncompressed and generally huge files.

If you can't figure out how to change MusicMatch Jukebox to make WAVs instead of mp3s, try downloading CDex as it has a big button on the front-screen which will convert a CD to WAVs with one click. CDex can be downloaded by clicking here: http://www.download.com/C...26370.html


Hmm,,ok,,,i got the impresion that wavs were smaller than MP3 files?...guess not~~
I got some homework to do...this is a pain in the ass

sonic said:

I probably wasn't very clear...

Once you have WAV files, you can convert them to mp3pro files which are tiny.

You can download an mp3pro encoder here: http://www.mp3prozone.com...Player.exe

Thanks binery,,,I get it now...

I have another question...I just bought a memory card (256MB)
Will my player be able to "handle" it b/c its only a 64MB Mp3 player?

http://www.rcaaudiovideo....tID=RD1021

Here is some info on the device. I need to know before i open the memory card package as it cannot be exchanged~~ I cant even e-mail rca.com b/c they dont accept canadian mail..geeeesh~~

GRRRRR.....
I am pi$$ed off....Now i cant even get the thing to work! It works fine when the card is NOT in it,,but when the card is IN,,it wont even turn on...whats up with that?

Do i need to Format the card? & how the heck do i do that?


Excuse me,,i need to break something~~~

sonic said:

I don't know what to suggest. Could you ask somebody on the counter at Radio Shack to take a look for you?

Thanks...I think i may just do that~~~ They can be a bit intimidating...unless your smarter than them!