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Creative Zen Nano 512 MB MP3 Player (Black) |
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| Cheap, Multipurpose, Quality Product
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Great player for the price and size. The battery door problem users are reporting is really annoying, but can easily be fixed with a 1" strip of masking or gaffer tape. Comes in a variety of storage sizes and plays many different file types. It makes a good voice recorder for business, is small enough to be a convenienent thumb drive, and has good enough reception to be a personal FM radio.
Pros:
Great features like voice recording, FM radio reception, FM radio recording, and line recording.
Good performance with AAA battery, which is replacable, unlike most built-in rechargable batteries on other players.
Good sound with very ajustable EQ settings.
Simple menu offering lots of customization.
Scroll wheel offers fast, intuitive control over settings.
Cons:
Almost too small, display is hard to read at arm's length.
Scroll wheel doesn't offer as much tactile feedback as I would like.
Rigid plastic is good for making a strong case, but
needs more flex for a secure battery door.
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| Feb 28, 2007 |
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| All around great player
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| i received the Creative Zen Nano as a christmas gift, and i love it. sooooo easy to use. drag and drop songs using windows explorer to get them onto the player. only bad thing i can say is it has to be an alkaline battery (can't be ni-cad or lithium) and the player scrathces easily. convert 128kbps mp3s to 62 kbps wma files and there is hardly any difference at all in the quality of the sound, but the file is 1/2 as big!!! Great product.
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| Dec 30, 2006 |
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| Cheap at the time |
| Bought for my wife and haven't seen it in along time. Even my son doesn't want to mess with it. |
| Jul 04, 2007 |
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| Agree pro and con |
| Every one is right. Good mp3 player, needs better headphones. I bought my first mp3 it is the MuVo, which was bigger but provided a soft belt clip holder that also fitted over th battery cover. It also the main part of the player detached from the battery holder with a bulit in usb adapter, very good, did not have to go through all the cords I have for other stuff. I have been very happy with that one. I bought the creative nano plus form staples for my grandaughter last Christmas they sent me the nano instead of sending it back I decided to keep it and get the correct zen nano plus which could transferr direct from cd player, the main reason I ordered it. Well to cut it short, my grandaughter lost the battery cover so I was going to take the one off mine and I noticed it was really loose, i'm sure it would have lost too. If you really want this player all you need to do is get a holder for it or the cheapest fix is to put a piece of tape on it. The thing is cheap but you get what you pay for. I paid about $70, thats a lot cheaper Than $300 for an IPOD! |
| May 13, 2007 |
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| on par with sandisk sansa series |
this player looks cooler than the sansa series, and seems to crash/have errors less, but:
- it lacks a lock button
- the display only shows the song title and track time and battery life (the sansas show much more info)
- the "wheel button" feels cheesy like it could break and doesn't make control any easier
- the headphones are more uncomfortable and fall out for me (i think they are too big, and i have a big head)
overall, i'd say it has a much better value than an ipod, but about the same value as the sansas. |
| Jan 12, 2007 |
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| Creative ZEN Nano 'minus' |
| The Creative Nano sucks. 4 hrs and 2 calls to tech suppoert and the unit still will not be recognized by my computer. One of the Tech support help points was to use one of the USB ports on the BACK of the computer rather than the front (not in the instructions). They say that the ports on the back of computers are more capable that those on the front (?). I asked them why they would design a device - with a 6 inch cable - that required you to crawl under your desk to plug it in each time, when there is a perfectly good port (that works for every other plug-in device I have) on the front? All I got was a sheepish, 'yeah, I know' from the techie. Still did not work on the rear port. Then they wanted me to go in and do some monkey work with the computer's register. Forget it. It goes back. It's like buying a radio for your car and then being told you need to work on the transmission to get the radio to turn on. What a piece of crap. Amazon should have an option to rate '0 stars'. |
| Dec 05, 2006 |
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| Satisfying for a limited period. |
I've been using this product for almost a year untill it broke down.
Once it fell and hit the ground and disintegrated on two pieces,
so I glued them together and then worked fine for couple months
untill sweat penetrated into its guts and made the wire that connects battery with main green plate corosive so it disconnected.
We tried to repair it but no go it's finished.
It's true that I've been using it mostly for running, gym and biking so it
was constantly wet of sweat so probably today would still work if I wouldn't use it for sports but I've bought it for that purpose.
PROS:
- small and quite thin
- one AAA battery lasts for about 18 hours
- simple menu and a lot of functions (FM radio also)
- very good sound for electronic music but not with original headphones
those are crap
- it looks nicer than competition
CONS:
- cheap plastic
- problems with battery cover
- cheap and clumzy scroll wheel
- too short interval of display light
- made in China
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| Dec 03, 2006 |
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