RCA Opal 4 GB Video MP3 player with 1.8-inch Display, FM Radio, and Voice Recording (Blue) | 
 enlarge | Brand: RCA
Category: CE
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $64.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 15225
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 1.7 x 0.4
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MPN: M4204
Model: M4204
UPC: 044319751598
EAN: 0044319751598
ASIN: B001481HXG
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| Features:
| • | 4 GB of flash memory stores up to 1,200 songs or 17 hours of video | | • | Enjoy photos and video clips on the 1.8-inch, full-color TFT display | | • | Included EasyRip software makes quick work of building and managing your music library | | • | VideoSnip allows you to capture online video and transfer it to your Opal | | • | Record FM radio and save files as MP3s |
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Amazon.com Product Description
No matter what you want your portable audio/video device to do, the RCA Opal can deliver. Listen to audio, watch video, record radio, or view slideshows all in one full-color, compact device Become a Recording Artist
A built-in microphone and the push of a button makes it possible for you to create your own MP3 files. The Opal also can record what you are hearing on FM radio, saving the file for later use. 
A roomy 4 GB flash memory stores up to 1,200 songs or 17 hours of video. | Make Online Video Your Own
The Opal's VideoSnip feature allows you to capture online video and transfer to your device, so you can nab your favorite clips and take them with you anywhere. The player is compatible with Mpeg4/MP4, SMV, AVI, WMV, RMVB, and MOV file types. Manage Your Files Wisely
RCA's EasyRip software is stored on the device, and it allows you to quickly add music, photos, or videos from your computer or personal CDs. What's in the Box
RCA Opal 4 GB Video MP3 player with 1.8-inch display, FM radio, and voice recorder (Blue); USB-to-mini USB cable; EasyRip software; carrying case; silicone earbuds
Product Description
The ultimate portable audio/video experience is here. The RCA Opal lets you listen to audio, watch video clips, record and view photo slideshows; all in a full color flash media device. The player includes an FM tuner, Voice Recording and a 1.8" full color LCD display. The built-in lithium rechargeable battery lets you enjoy up to 70 hours of music playback or 14 hours of video playback. Software is stored on the device so there is no need for installation from a CD-ROM. With easyRip, effortlessly manage your media library. Later you can listen to the recorded radio, or download it to your computer for personal use. View JPEG photo files individually or playback as a slide show Record voice or other audio directly to mp3 player using the built in microphone MPEG4/MP4, SMV, AVI, WMV, RMVB, MOV Video Playback - Included Software Automatically Converts these Common Video Formats & Transfers to Player MP3 / WMA / WM DRM-9 / WMDRM-10 / Audible / AAC2 Audio Playback - Plays open MP3 & WMA audio files and compatible with many secure music download & subscription services Compatible with iTunes Plus 2 & Amazon mp3
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Excellent! January 5, 2009
Sunny (The South)
I debated between this unit and the 4gb Phillips. They are about the same price, but the menu just looked easier to navigate on the RCA. I am pleased with my choice.
Pros:
Very easy to use with intuitive menu and software: rip and burn from the CD - no downloading to WinMedia or other program first. I loaded about 40 CDs in 2 hours (and still have t0ns of space left). Drop down menu on the device makes it easy to find what you are looking for once the music is loaded. Sturdy with a nice soft case. Excellent sound quality - earbuds that are included in the case are good, and when I plugged in my regular headphones, the music sounded clearer than listening to a CD on the bookcase stereo. Radio topped off the usefulness of this unit. (NPR, on the go!)
When you turn off the player, it will restart at the last place you left off listening. Also, has an automatic shut down feature (you choose after the # of minutes inactive) when paused or set aside. Great power saving option.
Cons:
No clock and date - would be nice to be able to check the time on the player while I am on a walk.
Cannot skip through the alphabetical listing of the song titles - you have to scroll through to get to a particular song (although you can get to it faster by looking for the album name first.)
When recording from the hard drive of your computer, the unit utilizes the virtual memory as a cache; I had to wait for my computer to free up some virtual memory space when I initially started recording. Confused me at first, but once the computer and device synced up, all was easy!
 too many problems with this one November 19, 2008
Gabriela Perez (San Antonio, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought one of these for me and one for my nephew. My nephew's has now frozen completely and will not even turn on any longer. It lasted a whopping 4 months. Sheesh.
Mine is working, but here are the pluses and minuses of the one I have:
Pluses:
1) looks nice and is very lightweight;
2) has a radio feature, which I like;
3) has decent graphics with very nice color;
4) has a customizable graphic equalizer;
5) is easy to use and transfer music to.
Minuses:
1) scrolling through options is a pain in the toches--the scrolling is slow and causes the music you're listening to to click quite frequently;
2) loading the player up with music from your own discs often leads to no album information/picture (all the music I downloaded from Rhapsody has album art, but the Springsteen discs I synced from Media Player have no album art at all);
3) figuring out bookmarks for Audible material isn't as user friendly as it could be;
4) when you're listening to music and simply want to locate another album by the same artist, you have to go to the menu and scroll through all the artists to get to the one you're listening to; the program doesn't just take you to that same artist--grrrr;
5) getting a radio station to stay in memory is another pain in the toches;
6) the updates I downloaded (or, shall we say, ATTEMPTED to download) caused even more grief, ending in a flurry of error messages about the downloads themselves (not about my computer, which is a brand-new ACER with all the bells and whistles) and an actual virus warning from McAfee (yikes!); and
7) resetting the player results in it taking 5 to 10 minutes just to fully boot up.
Well, I now know what kind I'm getting next. I should have stuck with Sansa all along, but noooooo. I liked my Creative Zen, but the more time passes, the more I remember my Sansa with great fondness, and now Amazon has a new special deal going with Audible. Woohoo!
Horrible functionality and very sluggish. November 3, 2008
San-Alva (Lares, PR USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got this item today and I'm already going to return it. I do not recommend it.
First off, okay, so it looks nice and cool. Understandable. And the menus also look neat. However, that's where it all ends. When connecting to your computer for the first time you have to install the obligatory performance program. Fortunately I did not have any problems but there have been reports of the program "locking up" the player due to an update, rendering it absolutely useless. Next we come to the performance. When plugged in for the first time, you annoyingly must leave it charging for 3 hours. And you can only charge it by plugging it to the computer via USB. Annoying.
Next we have the performance- and this is precisely why I cannot really recommend this mp3, as the issues stated above (except the installation bit) are minor inconveniences compared to the following. Menu transitions are very slow. You have very limited options of customizing, and you can't switch songs with as much ease as, say, an iPod, for example. The menus are extremely slow, song transition is sluggish, and you have an obligatory wait for a song's album cover before it plays. In other words, the song WILL NOT PLAY until the album cover is shown. Very annoying.
In conclusion, this is one of the worst mp3 players possible. It's too slow and it's just hard to operate. This proved to me the mediocre company RCA is. Don't buy it. Get a Zune or iPod instead. At least you get something that actually WORKS. Hope this helps.
Opal 4 GB MP3 Player October 16, 2008
J. Kalman (Michigan)
I am currently on my 2nd RCA 4 GB MP3 Player. The first one got stuck in the initializing phase and couldn't get past it. I returned it to the store (product not purchased from Amazon.com) and thankfully they let me trade it for a new one.
I've had my 2nd MP3 player for about a month now and it is working properly.
The sound quality seems pretty good. It's very user friendly. The ear buds are comfortable and you can have a conversation with someone while listening to music if the volume is set on 1 which by the way is quite loud and clear with most of my mp3's.
I have not used the other features as much so I can't tell you about the picture, video, radio or voice recording. I probably would have been just as happy with a device that only let you listen to music but I may use the other features in the future.
Works Great, but no control of music October 14, 2008
Larry P. Clark
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product works well and easy to use. The problem I encountered is when you DL your music to it, it will sort your music into where it thinks it should be. It will put your music into several genres, dividing a single album into many parts. Then when you want listen to your music, it is mixed up.
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