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Creative Zen 4 GB Portable Media Player (Black) | 
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| Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $89.50
You Save: $10.49 (10%)
Rating:  894 reviews
Sales Rank: 9524
Format: CD
Platform: Windows
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: Windows
Display Size: 2.5
Size: 4 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 6.3 x 1.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 70PF216200111
Model: 70PF216200111
UPC: 054651143821
EAN: 0054651143821
ASIN: B000UV4EU6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Product Type - MP3 Player | | • | Connectivity - USB 2.0 | | • | Memory - 4GB | | • | Dimensions WxDxH - 3.26" x 2.16" x 0.44" | | • | -- Clock and alarm function |
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Product Description
Includes Creative Zen V Plus player Earphones Lanyard Drawstring Pouch USB Cable Line-in cable Installation CD.
Amazon.com Product Description
Bring your media with you wherever you roam with the Creative Zen 4GB player. Watch 16 hours of videos, enjoy up to 1,000 of your favorite songs or share hundreds of photos with your friends. And do it all on a device that's about the width of a credit card. 
A razor sharp 2.5-inch display makes your photos and videos come to life. See the Zen in detail. | 
Small size. Big features. All in the palm of your hand. View larger. | 
Add even more storage capacity via the SD card slot. View larger. | Design
The Zen sports a 2.5-inch TFT color display with 320 x 240-pixel resolution and support for up to 16.7 million colors. This razor sharp display is packaged in a device that weighs just 2.1 ounces and measures 3.26 x 2.16 x .44 inches (W x H x D). The internal battery powers the Zen for up to 25 hours of continuous audio playback and up to five hours of continuous video playback. Use the Zen's SD slot to expand your portable media library with music, photos and videos stored on your SD card. There's also a handy built-in microphone for capturing notes on the go. Features
Load up up your favorite songs, as well as your album art, and get going with the Zen. The device supports iTunes Plus tracks from the iTunes store and MP3 and WMA tracks. Subscription and pay-per-download music services are supported, as well. Discover, save, and play millions of songs when subscribing to services such as Yahoo Music Unlimited and Napster To Go. You can even tune into your favorite stations with the Zen's FM radio. The radio allows you to save up to 34 presets. The Zen has you covered when it comes to video, too. The device supports MJPEG, WMV9 and--with transcoding--MPEG1 and 2, MPEG4-SP, DivX 4 and 5, and XviD. Enjoy purchased movies and TV shows from online services, such as Amazon Unbox and Walmart.com. Watch home videos. Even load your Tivo To Go movies and TV shows onto your Zen. Additional features include a clock and alarm function, volume restriction, eight equalizer settings, and a USB hard drive mode, which allows you to drag and drop files directly to and from your Zen. The Zen can also function as a handy organizer, allowing you to synchronize with Microsoft Outlook and display your contacts, calendar, and tasks. What's in the Box
Zen player, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, installation CD, and quick start guide.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 894
 Excellent player - smaller and lighter than ipod and has FM radio July 27, 2010
E. Dodd (WASHINGTON, DC, US)
I really like this player -
PROS:
Smaller and lighter than the ipod
Very portable
Has an FM radio built in
Easy to use
You can watch Amazon videos on it
CONS:
not compatible with itunes - which is OK for music/vidoes since itunes is overpriced, but I am not sure how to get podcasts onto the Zen
 not as good as the last one July 6, 2010
doc
I had been using a Creative Zen for about 8 years and was mostly happy with the device. Good sound quality etc. But when I dropped it, it was obviously time to buy a new MP3. I initially purchased a refurbished Zune and it sucked, no instruction manual, would not sync with Rhapsody, so I returned it and went with what I had had luck with in the past. I had issues getting the device and my computer to sync, and could not use the start up disc as my drive is bad, I could not find any place on Creative's site to download the program. Went to another computer and it worked out ok. My biggest issue with the device at this time is that I have had to reset it multiple times. Sometimes after charging and disconnecting from the computer and one time when i really needed it, as I use my MP3 when I teach my fitness classes. Overall the sound quality is pretty good, I just do not like not knowing if I am going to have to reset the machine minutes before I am supposed to start teaching a class. It is very frustrating screwing with the thing while you have people waiting to work out. Creative Zen 32 GB Portable Media Player (Black)
A very good player July 2, 2010
Rick Ven (North Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The player is very good. The reason they lost one star from me was their exaggerated advertisement stating that the battery life between recharges is 30 hours of audio. My testing with the "Lock" feature enabled which causes the screen to go black to save power, lasts approximately 15 hours. The 30 hour time frame was a selling pitch for me. The upside is it does charge up quickly.
Another problem I experienced is if you are an audio book/podcaster the unit does not remember where you left off if you jump to another program. The Bookmark function is very impractical. It would have been better for the manufacturer to have programmed a memory mark so you can pick up where you last left off.
Now, the positives. The screen is really nice. If you are a video watcher this is like a tiny HDTV. The 32GB which comes out to about 29GB is far sufficient for my several thousand songs and several dozen podcasts, and several audio books! It is great to have access to so much media for whatever my mood is looking for.
The formatting is much like iTunes in that everything is dumped into a master play list. From there, if you want to organize it to your liking you must go into their included PC software and create "Playlists." The software is very easy to use. Using Windows Explorer to perform the same process will crash your unit. The good news is thers is a reset button which only resets the firmware and does not dump the memory.
The unit does organize to some degree based on the tags of the media. However, I have found some crazy correlations between the song and the album picture displayed. The display does provide enough room for you to read the title and artist. Again, it is a very nice display.
The unit is very light in weight. And it is about as big as my credit card. However, the thickness is about as thick as 6 stacked credit cards.
The USB connection is not propeitary; which is awesome. You do not need to have the manufacturer's cable to interact with the unit like the other manufacturers require. And it also has expandable memory if you need it. However, the firmware does recognize this as another source and will not integrate with the media lists you have on the HD. You will need to refer to the Disk if you want to access its media. I am sure you can configure it through the PC software to integrate. Because of the immense size of the HD I have had the need yet to try it.
I do recommend this unit!
I'm impressed June 25, 2010
LZ
I bought this item to listen to books on a 3+ week road trip. First of all there were minimal instructions on how to use this devise. My grandkids were no help. All they said was it's intuitive. Finally after help from a neighbor and our local library we got it charged, programed, downloaded, and working. I am very impressed with the devise. The controls are a bit sensitive. I often press the wrong "button" or I press 2 functions at the same time. I do have large thumbs. The ear buds sound good, but I can't keep those things in my ear for more than 30 minutes. I bought a pair of earmuff style ear phones at CVS. Big improvement in ear comfort. When shutting the ZEN off after listening do not press the pause button and then the power button. This will result is the next power up to go to the beginning of the "disk" you were listening to. To turn it off go right to the power button and turn it off there. The next power on will start right where you stopped. For some reason the ZEN clock is excatly 5 hours fast, to the minute and second. It is synchronized to my computer, but it is still 5 hours fast. All in all I like it. I am glad I bought it and would highly recomment it to anyone looking for this type divise.
Great Product much better than Ipod for my purpose June 25, 2010
JoshT
This little MP3 player does everything I need. Pod casts, audio books, & music much more and more easily available content than Ipod, also more user friendly. FM radio works great and is a must for a person who travels. Don't use video feature...no hand held screen is large enough to interest me in squinting at movies.
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