20 Most Recent RCA RP5020 Digital Voice Recorder - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Here is something that has worked for me when nothing else would.

In Win XP, right click on the drive letter for the RCA DVR and select properties, tools, error checking. Click the "Check Now" button. Check both the "Automatically fix file system errors" and the "Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors" boxes. Then Start.

Usually, my file is repaired completely with no losses, but once in a while I end up losing segments of the audio. But having some is better than none.

Lastly, when I run into a problem like this, I always make it a point to reformat the drive after I salvage the files. If you don't, more files will get trashed in the future.

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Try this software, it should convert it to either WAV or MP3 (if not WAV).

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I have exactly the same model here sat doing nothing. I too lost the manual and the CD after contacting RCA they say it is an older model and as such no longer supported and that I was welcom to search the internet.

As far as support from RCA goes you, just like me are out of luck

I did quite a bit of digging some tome back but could only find a link that wanted $10 for a photocopy emailing to me !

As far as the software I have yet to find that.

press erase where it will say delete then press erase again and it will delete the file

The manual can be downloaded from http://support.rcaaudiovideo.com/manual.aspx?product=18

This is the manual for the RP5020 and RP5025. Hope this helps!

Hold down the menu button

plug it in, navigate to the files, drag them over. But the real problem then begins . . . now you must convert them to a playable file type and if you've got a mac you're screwed.

i have a deffical time trying to burn to cd

All I can say is, get used to it. Customer support will be of no help, at all. They;ll advise you to reformat, whcih will delete everything and does nto solve the problem. Then they will tell you to check your compatibility settings, which doesn't solve anything. I have this recorder, actually two of them and my brother in law has one. Two of them work fine, the toher does not. Sometimes it worls sometimes it doesn't. I wrote to support and told them I had reformatted numerous times without it helping. Guess what they said when they wrote back? They gave me instructions on how to reformat. They said I should backup my files so i would nto lsoe them. Well, I can't back them up if I can't get them off the recorder....I've ran into numerous people with the same problems and the same stories abotu customer support. SOme of the complaints date back over a year.

sorry it sounds like the folder may be lost forever.once you pressed the record button, the recorder knew it as a new recording in that folder.look at it like a answering machine going out message. if you made a mistake,and you wanted to record a new message,the old message would be erased.if your folder was on a cassette recorder, you would have only erased those few seconds.
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I attempted to open an audio file in my computer via the port on the recorder. it tried to open the file in Adobe Audition but could not read the file. Afterwards when I attempted to play the files on the recorder it would not register the files as a track exsisting on the machine. huh? wuh happened?

RTFM You need to press the play button to turn the unit on. Then the menu button works as advertised.

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Generally speaking, an amp attempts to protect itself from heat, shorts, overloads and operator exuberance by refusing to turn on or stay on.

Overloads can be from excessive periods of high output or marginally low impedance loading by the speakers; and shorts would be wiring issues or a speaker blowing up.

You should be able to feel if it's hot. WHY is it overheating? Make sure it has sufficient ventilation on all sides and that vent holes are not blocked by dust balls. Ensure the fan (if equipped) is running as designed (some only operate on demand). Clean dust and debris from it.

If the amp comes back on after cooling, you're lucky. They only have so many self-protection cycles in their lives so continuously resetting or cycling their power without addressing the cause can do more harm than good.

If it protects immediately on a cool power up you should disconnect the speaker connections and try it 'naked'. If it comes up then diagnose which lead(s) are shorted. If it does not come up the problem is internal and should be left to an experienced and competent hands-on tech.

The power supply is internal.

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