RCA VR5220 512MB Digital Voice Recorder
- 512MB Built-in Flash Memory – Allows you up to 200 hours of recording. Record lectures, seminars, or important day-to-day notes, without the worry of running out of time!
- Built-in, Flip-out USB – No Cables Needed! Built in USB port allows file download to PC. Once transferred to the PC, listen, share and save with our Digital Voice Management Program.
- Automatic Voice-Activated Record (AVR) – Allows recorder to sense the sound and start recording automatically. Recording stops when sound stops.
- Variable Speed Playback – Select from multiple playback speeds so you can listen to your recorded files at your own pace.
- Intro Scan – Preview message content to quickly find messages.
Product Description
Use the VR5220 digital voice recorder by RCA for taking notes at lectures and seminars or to simply record important day-to-day notes. With 512MB of built in flash memory, you can enjoy up to 200 hours of recording. The digital voice recorder features a multi-function LCD display that shows the time, low battery indicator, recording countdown and other information. The built-in USB allows for direct PC connection, helping you listen, share, save and organize with ea… More >>
I bought mine at Walmart for $35.00. It has many amazing functions, clear playback and ease of use. I have yet to download or send files, but so far I am amazed at this little machine! I am an Intuitive Counselor and use it for my clients sessions…and being that I have a pc I doubt I will have any problems sith the functional problems stated in thie other review. If so, I will let you know.
Rating: 5 / 5
Comment by Judith Jandora — October 18, 2009 @ 10:24 pm
Bought this recorder to record class lectures. Recorded fine, sound quality was very good. The big problem is that this device has one toggle type button that pretty much has to do everything. You push it up and down to select recordings NO problems with this funtion but when you have to press this same button down and move it from left to right, good luck getting it to rewind or forward.
Seriously, it would take be about five minutes to get the button engaged correctly to get it to go backward. Even when I pushed the same button forward to fastforward the recorder would only rewind! Then when I finally got it to rewind it would be stuck on rewind and It would take me another 5 minutes of fiddling with the button pushing it forward to get the recorder off of rewind and onto forward.
To top it off the recorder lasted only 6 weeks and now I have to buy another. For some reason part of the LCD screen doesn’t show up and I can’t tell what function I’m in and consequently erased all the lectures I had recorded! but yet when i tried to recod today the recorder says that it’s full and can’t record anymore!
Bottom line save your receipt if you buy this model and fill out the registration card so you can return this when it craps out on you.
Rating: 1 / 5
Comment by Kim — October 19, 2009 @ 12:13 am
Upgraded from a voice recorder that did not have a way to connect and download to my PC, thus no backup. I use it for taking “notes to self” and for recording educational seminars, on the net and live. This one workls great and I can easily connect it to my PC, download the voice files and then organaze them with the available software, and create backups.
Rating: 5 / 5
Comment by Bob Stone — October 19, 2009 @ 2:41 am
I purchased this despite reading the other reviews that said they could not get this to work on their mac. I run Mac OSX and had no problem with this voice recorder. The voice recorder must be turned on before you plug it into your USB port. After that it should show up on your desktop just like an other external device. Click on that and in one of the folders you will find a VOC file. To play this VOC file, you must download a converter. The one I use is SoundConverter, and it works great (make sure to change the output to your desired file type, such as MP3). If you are a Mac user, you are probably searching high and low (like I did) for an affordable digital voice recorder. This was cheap, and thus far I have been impressed with the quality and overall functionality of the device. I will update this review after I have used it for a longer period of time.
Overall, if you are a Mac user looking for something that is compatible, this does indeed work. You just drag the file onto the desktop, convert it, and you have your recording.
Rating: 5 / 5
Comment by Just Me — October 19, 2009 @ 3:15 am
I was about to return RCA VR5220 back to the store. The reason to return was a recording VOC audio format which is not a very common for an average user. A need to convert files from one format to another, often with a loss of quality was not an option for me.
Last night I opened a manual… To my surprise VOC recoding is only done in LP and SP mode, and HQ mode, the one I was going to use, records in WMA (Windows Media Audio). No need to convert files anymore, just copy them to PC and play with Windows player or any other player. Reading a manual saved me a trip back to the store.
With a recorder price under $30, ability to record in WMA format, play and edit options, easy file transfer via built in USB port, in my opinion, this recorder offers a really good value.
Rating: 5 / 5
Comment by Dmitry Sergeev — October 19, 2009 @ 4:10 am