Hit 7 - Creative Zen X-Fi 16 GB Video MP3 Player with Wireless LAN and Built-In Speaker (Black)

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Manufacturer: Creative Labs

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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Creative Labs
Color: Silver
Display Size: 2.5
EAN: 0054651157873
Feature: Capacity: 16 GB (4,000 songs or 60 hours of video)
Label: Creative Labs
Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Model: ZXFI16GBBK
Publisher: Creative Labs
Size: 16 GB
Studio: Creative Labs

Features

Capacity: 16 GB (4,000 songs or 60 hours of video)
Up to 30 hours of continuous audio playback or 5 hours of continuous video playback on one charge
2.5-inch TFT LCD with 320 x 240 pixel resolution: 16.7 million colors
Supports MP3, WMA, AAC5, WAV (ADPCM), Audible 2,3,4 audio formats; MJPEG, WMV, MPEG-4 video (including DivX and XviD); and JPEG photo formats
1-year limited hardware / 90 days service warranty

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Editorial Reviews:

Experience your MP3 music as the artist originally intended with the Creative Zen X-Fi--the first player to restore the quality of compressed music with award-winning X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio technology. Indulge in rich, crystal-clear audio when you listen to your music, as the detail that’s lost during file compression is now beautifully restored and played through premium-quality, noise-isolating EP-830 earphones.

Creative Zen X-Fi, built with X-Fi technology and wireless LAN--the sound of perfection. Click to enlarge.

A pocket-sized player that weighs a mere 2.4 ounces, the Zen X-Fi sports attractive curves with a graceful finish. Click to enlarge.

The included EP-830 earphones provide optimum comfort with excellent noise isolation. Click to enlarge.

A control/feature schematic. Click to enlarge.

Immerse yourself in the brilliant 2.5-inch TFT screen with 16.7 million colors as you watch your movies and view your pictures. Click to enlarge.

Sleek Beauty
A pocket-sized player that weighs a mere 2.4 ounces, the Zen X-Fi sports attractive curves with a graceful finish. Immerse yourself in the brilliant 2.5-inch TFT screen with 16.7 million colors as you watch your movies and view your pictures. Build with X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio technology, the player lets you experience the very essence of music perfection as you listen to audio in crystal clear clarity. Hear your music the way it was always meant to be heard. Plus, the included EP-830 earphones provide optimum comfort with excellent noise-isolation capability. Or, be the life of the party as you share your music out loud with the powerful built-in speaker.

True Mobility
You can now stream music and photos wirelessly from your PC to your player within a home network. With the Zen X-Fi, experience the sound of perfection wherever you go.

Stay connected with friends on Yahoo Messenger or Windows Live Messenger on the go (at region-specific public wireless LAN hotspots).

More Content, Endless Enjoyment
Listen to your music in multiple supported formats, such as MP3, WMA, and (non-protected) AAC (m4a) from iTunes Plus. Download Creative Centrale to rip, transfer, and manage your media content easily. Enjoy the ultimate collection of free video and audio podcast channels on www.zencast.com. Manage all of your favorite subscriptions with Zencast Organizer, and experience the best of the free-to-share formats available. Tired of your own music? Switch to the FM radio. The 32 station presets let you switch stations with ease. Increase the size of your portable media library with an SD or SDHC card. Transfer your files easily to enjoy more videos, music, and photos in your player.

Packed with Features
Record your important meetings or personal audio memos with the integrated voice recorder. Set audio effects to enhance your overall music listening experience. Choose from eight EQ presets or customize your own EQ and enhance it all with bass boost and smart volume controls. Start the day on the right note with your very own alarm tone. You can even set the alarm for any day of the week.

What's in the Box
Creative Zen X-Fi 16 GB, installation CD, quick start guide, wireless function quick guide, EP-830 noise-isolating earbuds, USB 2.0 cable

Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Good Overall Mp3 Player with a Reasonable Price
Comment: Pretty much here is the breakdown for the Zen x-fi:

Pros:
- Very easy to put music on here. Basically drag and drop.
- Large, bright screen
- Doesn't take long to charge and battery lasts a good amount of time
- Nice set of earbuds
- Very light weight
- Cool sleek design (as you can see)
- Once you get used to the controls they're easy to use
- Cool extra features like wi-fi and txting (but really don't see myself using either)
- Sounds pretty good

now for the cons:
- Feels a little cheaply made
- You can't just play all the songs made by one artist. It will only play one album at a time.
- Shuffle seems to play the same songs over and over.
- Making a playlist on the player is not easy.
- Would have liked an option to be able to browse music on the player the way you organized it instead of the player orgainizing it for you.

All in all it's a good mp3 player with a few frustrating things, but easy to overlook. I just leave mine in the car and put it on shuffle and it works great. It being so lightweight is ideal for running as well. Haven't used the earbuds much but they sound a lot better than most earbuds that come other mp3 players.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Zen X-Fi exceeds expectations
Comment: I've purchased creative products before, and they are always stellar, but the X-Fi is really a cut above. The speaker, although small, is powerful and provides higher quality than my friends portable speakers. The wireless is useful, and allows you to access your songs via the network instead of with the USB, although either is good. The best thing about the X-Fi is the X-fi software itself. On any song, from any time period, it transforms the sounds from choppy to elegant, transitions become seamless, it sets the tone for any mp3 player to follow. It is also worth mentioning the quality of the headphones included in the package, they really are a great value. Easily the best headphones i have ever owned.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Impressive!
Comment: Sound quality: 5/5
Interface: 4/5
Design:5/5
Capabilities: 4/5
Functionality: 4/5
Over all I rate the zen x-fi a 4.5/5 since the sound quality is out standing, and sound quality is a must as well as what I look for in a music device.
Note I did have some minor issues with the player freezing when looking through external content via SD card at first, but haven't had problems since.

Customer Rating:

Summary: awesome mp3
Comment: I think this is amazing, i had a zen vision m before this one and i have been very impressed with the creative product line. The speaker has come in handy on a few seperate occasions. I would highly recomend this product.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Solid audio/video player with minor details to fix
Comment: Pros:
- Ideal screen size and colors
- Speaker
- FM Radio
- Microphone (recorder)
- SD Slot (up to 16 GB SDHC card)
- WiFi for MSN/Yahoo Chat and Media content
- X-Fi: Enhance low quality music
- High quality in-ear earphones
- Great value for the Price!

Cons:
- No button backlight
- Fingerprint magnet screen
- Creative Centrale. Not a great software for video (AllToAVI is a good free alternative)
- No wall adapter included
- No pouch (or skin) included
- 2 inches USB cable (useful if you have a laptop)

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I bought the 16GB model from about a month, and this is my experience so far.

Videos: You've to convert them up to 320x240 pixels (MPEG, DivX, XviD or WMV). I use AllToAVI (it's free) to convert the videos (Creative Centrale doesn't work very well).

Music: Low quality music (128 kbps or less) improves a lot with the X-Fi feature, but higher quality songs sounds kinda strident (so you can turn the X-Fi off if that's the case). The speaker and earphones volume is very good.

Earphones: The in-ear earphones have 3 different sizes, I use the smaller ones. Sound nice and don't cause discomfort like normal earphones.

Photos: Work nicely. It could be improved adding more flexible rotation. You can rate photos.

SD Slot: The SD slot is great (although not integrated to the main libary) and you can transfer your JPG photos from your camera to the player for example, if you have to.

WiFi: Chat for MSN/Yahoo. Writing text is kinda slow but not impossible (it should have a feature to add common phrases in order to save time writing). You can use TVersity to stream video (of any size) from your computer or watch live TV (Google it for more info)

Radio: Works well with strong FM radios and with the earphones (antenna) pluged in. You can set names to radio stations.

Voice Recorder: It works well with interviews for example. If you want to record distant sounds, the ambient sounds can interfere.

Battery Life: With music only, the battery last a lot.. I've not measured the time (X-Fi reduces the duration). I've not tested watching a whole movie, but the WiFi (chating) drains the battery some more than watching videos (I noticed that one time I chatted some time with the device).

Is a nice little player in my opinion. Has a lot of features for a great price, music and videos sound and look great. The WiFi could be improved for the chat (a browser could be added but only for WAP in my opinion). The buttons are kinda hard to press but later you can handle it (maybe a problem for thick fingers?). The back of the player is of a kinda weird and slippery plastic... but not a big deal

In other thoughts, I have an older Zen Micro (5GB, B&W Screen).. and I still prefer that touchpad to control the interface. Is great to have the wall adapter of that player that also works with the ZEN X-Fi, and also the pouch. I recommend to buy the silicon case (it should be a included in the original package!) and the screen protector to avoid fingerprints and scratches over the screen and buttons.

I would give this player 4.5/5 but Amazon only let me put 4 or 5 stars, so 5 it is since is more close to it.

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