Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Electronics Brand: Creative Labs Color: Blue EAN: 0054651101586 Feature: Personal MP3 player with 1 GB internal flash memory Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Creative Labs Manufacturer: Creative Labs Model: 70pf163300002 Publisher: Creative Labs Studio: Creative Labs Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features
Personal MP3 player with 1 GB internal flash memory Integrated FM tuner, voice/FM recording, and line-in encoding Super-slim, lightweight design and high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity Drive mode lets you store data files such as photos and presentations Measures 1.32 x 2.58 x 0.51 inches (W x H x D); 1-year parts warranty
The Zen Nano Plus 1GB MP3/WMA Player blends functionality wth style, for a practical MP3 player that fits your life. This slim, trendy MP3 player was designed to fit perfectly in a pocket or backpack, or on your armband. Bring your favorite tunes with you everywhere, without having to lug around space-eating CDs. Signal-to-Noise Ratio - Up to 90dB Frequency Response - 20Hz-20KHz Harmonic Response Output - <0.1% Requires 1 AAA Battery System Requirements - Windows 98SE to XP, Pentium 350 MHz or AMD 450 MHz processor Dimensions(WxHxD) - 1.32 x 2.58 x 0.51 Weight - 0.8 oz. (without battery)
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Good solid MP3 Player Comment: I used this MP3 player for several years before upgrading to the Ipod. Unlike the Ipod, it has a radio tuner. The 1 GB was not enough space for the music but the performance was good. It's small size made it easy to transport. Customer Rating: Summary: Tough but finnicky Comment: This was my first player and I wanted it exclusively for audio books. I needed a player that was small and simple to operate with one hand so I don't have to take my eyes off the road while I'm driving or pedaling. I put the player in my front pocket with the pause/play button facing forward and if I see someone approaching I can reach up and slap the pause button (Star Trek style) through the layers of clothing, jerk the ear buds out, converse and after the person clears the area I can resume listening without degrading my manly persona. I've had this unit for 2 years with very little problem. After a month or so it locked up so I got on the Creative website and walked myself through downloading an update and was back in business in no time.
I like being able to operate it with my thumb, however, you need a good thumbnail to do this. When you want to reverse of forward fast you can't be timid because if you let the little wheel slip back a bit it will go ahead or back a full chapter.
This unit either lives in the bottom of my pack or in one of my pockets . These are nasty dirty gritty places filled with nails bolts and other pilfered items and lots of dust. I can barely read the screen anymore because of the dust on the inside of the window. After two years of this abysmal treatment the play button is starting to rebel as it needs a very hard push to turn on or off. All in all it has been a good little unit with only slight annoyances.
Customer Rating: Summary: Far exceeds expectations for the price Comment: I have three of these and have used them heavily for at least three or four years. I use one for listening to music while running 10-15 hours a week, one for listening to podcasts while walking to work, walking dogs, or doing errands, and one for listening to music in bed. I've dropped them countless times, used them in rain, and had tree branches fling them from my hand, and they still work (ok, one has finally developed a short and sometimes switches off, but this is to be expected of a small, electronic device that gets hard use for a couple of years). I do keep them in the little rubber protective cases that come with them to give them extra bounce when you drop them on concrete.
Using the unit an hour or more a day, a rechargeable AAA battery will last most of a week. (Rechargeable batteries last 5-10 years.) Unlike players with a built-in battery, you don't have to stop using the player in order to plug it in when the battery dies; all you need is a spare battery. I do not think I would consider buying an MP3 player with a built-in battery.
You can transfer the files using Windows Explorer. You cannot create playlists but can create file folders that act as playlists. The player allows you to skip or repeat folders. It plays your folders & files within them in alphabetical order or, if you wish, in random order. This is much simpler than messing around with playlists. I never installed any special software. I have never experienced any bugginess or system hangups when working with Windows. You can use the player as a flash drive to simply transfer any type of files between computers. I'm very happy to be able to simply copy files without being forced to use some crappy software. If you are particular about the order in which tracks play, you may have to rename the files. My MP3 filenames usually start with the track number, so within an album folder, they play in the original order. I put podcast files in numbered folders so they play in order by date.
The unit sounds great and has enough power. I've used them extensively with Shure E3cs, which are not the most efficient phones, and they sound fantastic. You should throw away the headphones that come with the player and get something better (not necessarily something as expensive as the Shures--most of the time I have used Sony sport headphones).
The FM tuner is barely adequate, not strong enough if you don't have a good signal. I didn't use it in the suburbs because I couldn't get the NPR or classical stations clearly enough. Now that I live in a city, I use the tuner more regularly and it is fine. There are 30 presets.
The controls are small and limited--you have to do a lot of awkward scrolling to move between functions such as the radio and MP3s. The display is small. I can't use it anymore without reading glasses. I don't use the lock, for instance, because it's too inconvenient to navigate to and from. The player is easy enough to pause if you're listening to MP3s but if you're listening to the radio and someone starts talking to you, you simply have to pull out your earphones because you can't mute the player or quickly turn it off.
The player has a digital recorder. It would make a very small voice recorder but probably not very convenient because the controls are limited. I haven't used it seriously. You can also record from the FM tuner but it's not worth it because it sounds terrible, even at the highest MP3 encoding resolution. You could make much better recordings using from an input to your computer. Someone said they lost this function with a firmware update, but I don't think it's a loss considering the poor recording quality.
When I listen to podcasts, I'm always backing up to hear the part I missed when I started worrying about how many work assignments I'm late on or walked in front of a car. You can change a default setting so that it plays audibly while reversing, and it speeds up as you hold up the button so that you can move quite quickly through an hour-length track. The one negative is that once you end a track, you can't reverse from the end of the track but have to go back to the beginning and then fast forward, which is annoying if you missed only the last minute of an hour program.
I use fairly high quality MP3s that average at least 160 kbs and can get at least ten albums worth into the player. This is a great price for a one-gig player that is durable, versatile, and small. Customer Rating: Summary: LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!! Comment: I bought my Zen Nano for a special deal online where they were charging $65 and giving a $30 rebate. I didn't expect much, and was thrilled to find that I positively LOVE it! It holds quite a bit of music and runs for a very long time on a single AAA battery. While it doesn't have the nicer controls that the IPod has, the controls work. The sound quality is very good though you will want to lose the headphones that come with it and upgrade. I've had mine for 18 months and have had no problems at all. I use it at least 3 or 4 days a week - by the pool, when my husband is watching sports on TV, and whenever I want to "Zen" out... A great value. Customer Rating: Summary: ***Versatile, easy to use, tuner and voice recorder also!*** Comment: I Bought this unit a few years ago, when I went to buy it, I was actually looking for a portable CD player which can play mp3 CD's. I couldn't find one at a big electronics retailer so I called one of my younger friends who told me that I could get a flash player. I'm glad I got this unit. It weighs almost nothing, holds a few hundred songs, very easy to load onto, being picked up by my laptop as an external drive. One really neat thing I do is I record using the record function, put it on my computer and burn a CD or send the wav file via email. Very cool! I think an Ipod may be better but I don't like the fact you MUST use itunes for the ipod. I like this piece. I am very picky with electronics and recommend this if you need something simple and versatile. Battery life's pretty good, a week listening every day on my daily commute to and from work. Love the indigo light, definately, consider it.
