Excellent MP3 Player For Runners!

This MP3 player is smaller than an ipod, has a great, secure armband and ear-wrapping sport earbuds. With 4GB of storage space, it holds all of my music and also can show videos if you want. I love the voice prompts to let you know how long you've been running so you don't have to keep checking your watch. The software can sometimes be quirky, but overall, this is an excellent little MP3 player. I love it! :^)

Do not buy this device!

I bought one of these for my son on his 15th birthday. About two months later, someone allegedly dropped it in the locker room at school and it did not work after that. I bought another one for him for Christmas. This time, he took good care of it, but about three weeks later, it just died for no apparent reason. When plugged in to the computer, it is not recognized and will not re-charge. n the RCA website, their is a procedure to reset the device if this happens, but we are unable to perform the procedure. All correspondence with RCA has not been responded-to. Upon reading the literature, we realized that there is no guarantee. I would recommend that you buy any MP3 player before you even consider an RCA product.

Excellent option

I did a little research prior to selecting this MP3 player. I knew I did not want an ipod, and I knew I wanted enough memory to play on long plane rides, the gym, whatever. So far, I've been very happy. The accompanying software is easy to use, as is the device itself. I've had no trouble at all adding music and using the radio function. I was able to upload music from my own PC, and I was able to use the software to burn selected tracks directly from a CD to the MP3 player. I've not used the audiobooks function or any of the fitness functions--so I can't speak to that. I have not evaluated the length of the battery life, since I've only used it intermittently so far. I did find the user manual easy to read--except for the audiobook function.

So far, I have only two complaints. First, the user manual recommends that you discharge the device fully before recharging--and it only charges when plugged into the PC. So, make absolutely certain that you know exactly what music you  more