| | |  | Industrial & Scientific | Home » » Creative Zen Nano Plus 1GB Portable Audio Player (Dark Blue) | | | | | | | Description: | | The newest member of the Zen family. Has backlit LCD display, removable AAA battery, and comes with a cool sports band and case. Built in FM radio and recorder. | | | 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
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 0.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 0.51 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.58 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 163 reviews |
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 The Best !!!! Awesome !!!!Sep 27, 2009
It's just the BEST MP3!!!! Everything is perfect and awesome, specially that you can record from any tape recorder, walkman, boombox, etc.
good quality for low priceMay 24, 2009
I highly recommend this product, with a couple qualifiers. At the moment, I really miss my Zen Nano, because it was such an intuitive little machine and very easy to maintain. In a way, the fact that it doesn't store many songs adds to its charm, since you end up choosing just your favorites. On the other hand, it didn't last anywhere near long enough; after about nine months of use, it started draining batteries as fast as I could change them, and eventually developed severe audio problems, with interference in both earbuds. Even so, I enjoyed it while it lasted, and it was cheap enough I didn't feel cheated. If you want a low-cost MP3 player for a sudden road trip or just for working out, I would definitely recommend it.
Sleek design and cheap!!Jan 24, 2009
This is comparatively cheap in price and good in quality...nice product and easy to use for a non-tech person.
cheers,
Good solid MP3 PlayerJan 07, 2009
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.
Far exceeds expectations for the priceNov 21, 2008
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.
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