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Choosing an Mp 3 player is like closely straying into subjective territory. In fact, I’ve always believed that Mp3 players are somewhat of an acquired taste. But with such a glut of Mp3 players in the market, does your task of selection become any easier? The answer is an unequivocal and resounding, no. But wait a minute. Have you, by any chance, managed to get your hands on the RCA Mp3 player? One look at this revolutionary new player from Thompson with it is cutting-edge design and immaculate performance, and your journeying is turned in to a blessed victory.
The name that spells success
When a leading name from the media developing industry gives rise to a stunning new Mp3 player, it’s bound to be lapped up by the frenzied market. It’s no surprise that the RCA Mp3 player has managed to carve a niche for itself in a rather short span of time in an arena that seems to be bursting at it is seams. For the record, the RCA Mp 3 player is both flash based as well as a hard drive based. The flash memory of 512 MB ensures that you are pleasantly occupied non-stop for 12 hours. There’s a whole lot of data that you may store in there. Being flash based ensures that you bid a blithe goodbye to all those moving parts. The Mp 3 player is compatible with an array of music formats like WMA, Mp3 and the like. But the one facet that’s sure to invoke a great deal of affection for the player is that it extends support to assorted online subscription services like Yahoo! Music, PlayForSure etc. Now that’s something music lovers would surely not mind.
More selections than ever before
There are assorted versions of the RCA Mp3 player to choose from. For those genetically engineered for sport, the RCA Sports Mp3 player is a ought to have. With it is rugged exterior it’s surely one tough cookie to crack. With it is instinctive capacity to bear shocks and jolts, this is one Mp3 player that surely walks the talk. It comes equipped with a stop watch, pulse monitor as well as calorie counter. When it comes to playing music, it surely does not disappoint. It boasts of an FM radio with 20 presets, so it’s just not the music that you may get to listen to. There’s the weather update, sports as well as local news. You may record while listening in the Mp3 format and download the same on your computer. The display is big and bright and the AAA battery surely scores over the others in it is class. If all this has filled you with a sense of euphoria, wait till you check out the accessories. There’s a sports arm-band, belt clip, USB cable, ear plugs and battery. Connect the device with the USB cable to the car stereo, and just get enjoyment from the drive. The icing on the cake just has to be the free Mp3 downloads which may be downloaded on to your computer as well.
The RCA Lyra Mp3 player is a hard drive based device that has the enviable capacity to play 130 hours of music. Fitted with a 1.5″ screen, it’s also perfectly compatible with assorted formats like WMA, DRM, Mp3 and the like. Mac OSX 10.2 or higher or even Windows 98/ME/2000/XP are scarcely a cause for concern for this Mp3 player.
Colors that stun
It’s just not the extremely pleasing colors like silver, blue, black and red that seem to have generated a great deal of interest in the RCA Mp 3 players. The simple and hassle-free navigation in addition to the capacity to store photos, videos and PowerPoint presentations, is surely a feather in it is cap. But it’s the in an outstanding manner reasonable price that sure takes your breath away. With a price tag that reads less than $120, it’s unquestionably a steal. Now you recognise why the RCA Mp3 player is worth buying.
Philips Gogear Mp3 Player Red
Wear your music with the GoGear Raga. This sleek and lasting package comes with FullSoundTM, FM Radio and Philips Songbird to jazz up your life.
The Philips GoGear Raga 4 GB MP3 Player (SA2RGA04KS/37) sports pack pairs a stylish design and intuitive interface with trademarked FullSound engineering science to deliver rich, elaborated audio wherever you go. The versatile RaGa likewise offers audio-recording capabilities, extended battery life, and FM radio. It is protected by a sleek, lasting aluminum body, and it comes with soft rubber ear-hook headphones for comfortable listening, in addition to a sport case with armband.
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GoGear Raga Sport 4 GB MP3 Player (Silver) SA2RGA04KS/37
At a glance:
- FullSound engineering science delivers rich, elaborated audio
- 4 GB memory holds up to 900 songs
- FM radio with 20 presets
- Compact design with full-color display
- Extended battery life offers up to 22 hours of listening per charge
- Plays MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, and APE files directly
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Included ear-hook headphones and an arm-band are idealisti for active listeners. View larger. |
Organize media files just like you do on your PC. |
Store up to 20 preset FM radio stations. |
 FullSound Technology Restores Rich Detail to MP3 Music
Using Philips’ progressed FullSound technology, the GoGear RaGa allows you to experience distortion-free, CD-quality audio. Combining Philips’ skillfulness in music replica with the latest Digital Signal Processor (DSP), FullSound restores details to compressed MP3 music files for an intensified listening experience that includes rich, full bass, and bettered clarity on both vocal and instrumental tracks.
 FM radio with 20 presets
Unlike numerous one-trick MP3 players, the RaGa gives you access to FM radio, so you may catch the news, get traffic updates, and keep up with tunes that you haven’t downloaded yet. And the RaGa lets you dial in 20 preset radio stations–you’ll spend less time searching for signals, and more time listening.
 Built-in Microphone Convenient for Note Taking
When you wish to capture and replay your own audio or plainly take notes, the RaGa includes a built-in microphone that allows you to record audio files in MP3 format.
Clear Display and Intuitive Navigation Options
A full-color display makes it easy to view album art and photos, while a folder-view navigation option lets you coordinate and view media files just like you do on your PC.
4 GB Memory and Extended Battery Life
The 4 GB RaGa features a great deal of space for your favored media, with room for up to 900 songs or 1000 photos.
And it features an spacious battery life. A single charge offers up to 22 hours of audio playback, and a commodious low-battery indicator lets you know when it’s time to recharge. Charging takes place through your computer using a USB cable (included), so you don’t have to worry in regards to cumbersome chargers or product-specific docking stations.
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Manage Media Files with Philips Songbird Software
Philips Songbird software is included with the RaGa. Philips Songbird makes it easy to coordinate and play all your media files, and it syncs seamlessly with your RaGa player. It’s likewise designed to help you discover new artists and navigate media stores, services, and websites. This software works with PCs running Windows XP (SP3), Vista, or 7.
The Philips GoGear Raga 4 GB MP3 Player is backed by a fixed 90-day warranty.
About Philips
Philips has a brand promise of “sense and simplicity” that encapsulates their commitment to understanding and catering to the desires and needs of buyers and customers. By putting end users front and center, Philips produces innovative productions that are designed around people’s needs and aspirations, and are both modern and easy to use. With 60,000 registered patents, Philips is a global leader in innovation, and receives a heap of global design awards each year.
What’s in the Box
GoGear RaGa 4 GB MP3 Player, sport headphones, case with armband, USB cable, and Quick Start Guide.
GoGear MP3 Video Players |
GoGear Raga |
GoGear Vibe |
GoGear Ariaz |
GoGear Cam |
GoGear Muse |
| Capacity |
| 4 GB |
4 GB
8 GB |
8 GB
16 GB |
8 GB |
8 GB
16 GB |
| Highlights |
| FullSound |
FullSound |
FullSound |
FullSound |
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Surround for movies |
| Ear-hook headphones |
Soft rubber earbud headphones |
Soft rubber earbud headphones |
Soft rubber earbud headphones |
Sound-isolation headphones |
| Lossless codec support (FLAC & APE) Audible |
Lossless codec support (FLAC & APE) Audible |
Lossless codec help (FLAC & APE) Audible |
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Lossless codec aid (FLAC & APE) Audible |
| 1.0-inch full-color display–reverse |
1.5-inch full-color display |
2.4-inch full-color display |
2.0-inch full-color display |
3.2-inch HVGA color display |
| 22 hour music playback |
24 hour music or 4 hour video playback |
45 hour music or 5 hour video playback |
2 hours video recording, 20 hour music playback, or 4 hour video playback |
24 hour audio or 5 hour video playback |
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Composite TV-out |
HDMI video out, up to 720p |
| FM radio, 20 presets |
FM radio with RDS and 20 presets |
FM radio with RDS and 20 presets |
FM radio with RDS and 20 presets |
FM radio with RDS and 20 presets |
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Voice recording |
Voice recording |
Voice recording |
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Philips Songbird |
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Album art display |
Album art display |
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Folder view |
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Philips Gogear Mp3 Player Red Pic
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Most helpful client reviews
8 of 8 persons found the following review helpful.
 Great Little Mp3 Player!
By Andrew Fish
I purchased this after leaving my Nano behind on a trip to Japan– for $40 it was 1/5 the price of my Nano. For the record I have an iPod Touch 16G, my lost Nano 8G and I’ve had two other ipods — a shuffle and a mini– both of which passed from physical life after a year of tame use.
I planned on getting another Nano to replace my lost one when this caught my eye at Target– I was reluctant to get it because I’m a Mac guy and had no interest in WMP– my days of PC headaches are long behind me. But I figured for $40 it was worth taking a risk.
I’m so glad I did. I plugged it into my macbook and it showed up on the desktop– it was a simple matter of dragging and dropping my existent MP3 files in and I was ready to go.
Truthfully, I had to go to the Philips web site to figure out the ON/OFF button — it’s the slider LOCK on the bottom– slide and hold it to the right and it powers down after three seconds, repeat for one and it is back on.
The sound is outstanding and I love the enclosed earphones– so much more comfortable than my iPod ones. AND as a added bonus it has a nice built in FM receiver so I may get the news while I run with the dog. The version I purchased also came with a carrying case and an arm band.
I couldn’t be happier with it. No need to download any other music software, I just pulled stuff out of iTunes. Love it and highly commend it.
Amazing size too– it’s little and solid. A great little device!
8 of 9 persons found the following review helpful.
 Not perfective but still a outstanding little mp3 player!
By lisam5305@yahoo.com
I just picked this up yesterday at Target. It’s very easy to use. It finelooking much comes to you to a complete degree charged up, I just plugged in the USB to my computer and was loading music onto this thing within a few minutes. I can’t vouch for the Songbird software, I’m not going to use it…that’s just not how I load music onto my players. It’s the perfective size for keeping in your hand or dropping in your pocket, and it does come with the armband if you want to use it that way. It’s a chunky little square and I like it. The color is cool as well, a dark graphite gray. The luminance of the display hasn’t troubled me at all…I changed mine to red and it seems to be the least bright. The FM radio presets are beauteous easy to set up and it does catch a lot of stations. The sound is very good for a cheapy mp3 player, very bassy. I do hate the hook-buds that come w/ it…I have very little ears and the hooks wouldn’t even catch them, so I had to cut them off! (the hooks, not my ears!!) The sound quality is very good with them so I didn’t want to just chunk them. The memory size is great, I presently have in regards to 50 songs and 4 audiobooks on it and it still has tons of room to spare. The “menu” is a little tricky…you have to push the button that looks like a confused arrow that’s in the middle left, and that takes you to the folders/settings. There is no folder for audiobooks! I don’t like that. You just kind of have to hunt and poke around until you find your books, but it’s not that huge of a deal I guess. It shuffles through the songs very well…the cheapy player I had in the past just seemed to want to play the same 10 songs over and over even altho I had over 60 on there. It will continually shuffle through the songs in the same order each time though. The main gripe I have regarding this one is that you can’t delete songs directly from the player!! Argh!! You have to connect it to the computer and delete them that way. I hate that. But it’s still not a deal breaker. Even with all it is foibles and flaws, I still highly commend this player.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Works great
By Patrick
I would have given this little thing a five but I will get to that later…
The GoGear Raga is the quickest updating model (Ive done tests on all Gogear models and this was the fastest) It works how I wanted a MP3 player to work…To just play music and play music right. The included software (Songbird) was the best substitute to using Darn iTunes and has more features. It has four gigabytes of memory. It feels nice in the hand and the battery is OK… But what do you get for this little thing? Music and raidio (and voice recording too). And not similar to a iPod where everything is distinguishable and uses things like MPEGS and AAC’s. Also much for less than a iPod. I commend buying this little MP3 player for the humans who are sporty and just want music…Now, the bad part. The bad portion with regards to this MP3 player is that it is so bright it may blind you, and you can not modify the brightness! This in truth got me goin.
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