RCA Lyra RD 1076/ MusicMatch problems

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I have a RCA Lyra MP3 player that I am using with Dell MusicMatch. The
MP3 player is supposed to hold 250 songs. I have loaded in 130 songs with
no problem. But...now.when I now try to add more songs from MusicMatch to
the RCA Lyra a message pops up that the device is full.
The device manager say I have 1.90 MB free - 491.00 total. Has
anyone else had this problem? What I have on the MP3 plays fine, I just
cannot add anymore it it. I was going to return to the store but I am 1
DAY over the return policy. Thank you for any help you can give me.
 
Cindy, the "250 songs" limit is just an estimate based on certain
assumptions that are usually listed in the instructions. It might say
3-minute songs at 64mbps or something like that. If your songs are longer
or your bitrate is higher your files will be larger and fewer will fit in
the 491MB.
 
Thank you John... sure appreciate you taking the time to help me. It is
frustrating when you can't figure it out for yourself:-). I am sure you
are right....I checked and some of the songs I have do run 6 or 7 min. as
"American Pie - Hotel CA". I just was really frustrated that I was not
even close to the 250 songs they were telling I could put on. This is my
first MP3, sure do love it. Thanks again.
Cindy
 
I'm happy to help.

I thought of something else. Check your player specs and see if they
mention mp3PRO. I think most if not all Lyras support it. Mp3PRO files are
60% of the size of mp3 files and sound the same on compatible players.
MusicMatch is a compatible player and the Plus version does the encoding.
Your branded MusicMatch might have mp3PRO encoding enabled; I can do it on
my basic HP MusicMatch. See what MusicMatch does if you choose Options:
Recorder: Format: mp3PRO. It might tell you to upgrade to PLUS or it might
just switch formats. You'll be amazed at how much music you can put in
491MB.

http://www.mp3prozone.com/products.htm
 
Hello John,
I did check MusicMatch and Yes I have a choice of MP3 or MP3 Pro, WAV and
Windows Media Audio. I am now using MP3 /CD quality (128 kbps).
I should have mentioned what version of MP3 I have. It is a RCA Lyra
RD1076. According to the information that came with the player it will
'play mp3 and windows media audio', so I am assuming that particular model
will not play MP3Pro. I do not plan on changing any of the music on the
Lyra RD1076 so I am fine there since I now know why it would not take the
250 songs that I thought would go on the player..
Since I am now using MP3 in MusicMatch, and if I now decide to change the
setting to the MP3 Pro I am assuming that what I already have in my library
will not be changed to the other format, and only anything new (with now
using MP3 Pro) that I add will now be in MP3 Pro. So I will have 2
different encodings? Will this cause a problem if I burn some CD's?
If I decide to get another MP3 player I will be sure that the new one has
MP3 Pro on it, if I change my settings to use MP3 Pro. I am assuming
that you are suggesting that I should change to the MP3 Pro and just use
that setting from now on.
Thanks again for your help.
Cindy
 
You mentioned RD 1076 in the topic. I couldn't find mention of mp3PRO in
the specs and I'm surprised. I'm tempted to ask customer support. You
should try ripping a CD with mp3PRO and see if it sounds inferior when
played in the Lyra. I expect it to sound the same. You be the judge.

You are right, the music already in your library stays at mp3 but MusicMatch
has File: Convert... if you want to convert mp3 to mp3PRO. I used it for
over 8,000 tracks when I discovered PRO a couple of years ago. I reduced a
20GB library to 13GB.

There won't be a problem having two formats when you burn CDs.
You can have MusicMatch display File Type along with the usual details in
the library.
True, you would want a replacement player to be compatible.

I might have made a pointless and/or complicated suggestion, but I like
MusicMatch (enough that I paid to upgrade two version 7.5 installations to
PLUS) and you are already using it and it has this nice extra feature...
All this meant a lot more when I had a mere 32MB in my first player.

I hope we find out the Lyra is compatible whether it says so or not.
 
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