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Creative Zen 8 GB Portable Media Player (Black) | 
| Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE
List Price: $204.82
Buy New: $114.99
You Save: $89.83 (44%)
Rating:  163 reviews
Sales Rank: 132
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 2.5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 6.3 x 1.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 70PF216000111
Model: 70PF216000111
UPC: 054651143883
EAN: 0054651143883
ASIN: B000UV4EUG
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Product Type - MP3 Player | | • | Connectivity - USB 2.0 | | • | Memory - 8 GB | | • | -- Voice recorder | | • | -- Clock and alarm function |
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Product Description
This credit card-sized ZEN has a stunning 2.5" color screen and is perfect for music, videos and photos. Enjoy up to 4,000 MP3, WMA or AAC songs, watch up to 60 hours of videos and share hundreds of photos with your friends. Even expand your portable music, video or photo collection by adding additional content through the convenient SD memory slot.
Amazon.com Product Description
Bring your media with you wherever you roam with the Creative Zen 8GB player. Watch 32 hours of videos, enjoy up to 2,000 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 or rented 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 158 more reviews...
Great for listening to books August 27, 2008
H. Cohen (Boston, MA)
I bought the Zen a month ago and am very satisfied with my purchase. I previously owned the Zen Micro, and was also happy with it. Creative seems to have corrected a few bugs in the Zen Micro(such as, not being able to use large WMA files). The Zen seems to be more reliable. They have also improved the user interface.
I have satisfactorally listened on my Zen to files downloaded from many sites, including NetLibrary and Overdrive.
One of the features that is a must for listening to books in bookmarking. Unfortunately, Creative doesn't advertise that it is one of the few MP3 manufacturers that have this feature. It took a lot of work to find out whether the Zen has bookmarking. They really should advertise this feature.
The Zen only froze once, and I was able to restart it immediatly using the reset button. I now keep a small safty pin attached to the ear plug wire for this use.
The documentation for the Zen stinks! It is awkwardly written and incomplete. I don't know how I would be able to effectively use the Zen if I hadn't had Zen Micro exprience, which, by the way, was reasonably documented. The online videos in the Support part of the Creative web page are mostly marketing videos--totally useless.
The screen scratches easily. I was tempted to buy the protective screen and a case, but I found Amazon adds considerable charges to their advertised price. I am now protecting my Zen with kitchen plastic wrap. It is working beautifully; I can control the Zen through the wrap and it is probably less bulky than a case. If I ever want to look at pictures, I can just unwrap the Zen.
 I like it, but... August 26, 2008
Robert Cotton (Orlando FL)
I bought this Zen to replace an old Creative 60 Gb Zen Xtra Jukebox that was having hard drive problems. I like the new player. One of the biggest problems with the old Zen Xtra was that the display was extremely hard to read. Not so with this one. I really like the ability to use SD cards to expand the storage, but agree with another reviewer that not being able to do playlists for material on the card is a big drawback. Mostly, I use the player when riding on cross-country plane trips. The 8 Gb is adequate for the round trip and some listening in the hotel room, all without a recharge.
The biggest drawback for me is that the Zen Xtra had all 60 Gb filled. With only 8 Gb, I have to try to guess what I'm going to be in the mood to listen to and get that loaded onto the new Zen player before the trip - a couple hours of work. Consequently I am going to bite the bullet and get an iPod Classic so I can have it all with me and ready if I decide I want to listen to Pink Floyd instead of La Traviata.
 zen player August 24, 2008
Ronald A. Kronowitz (savannah georgia)
the compactness of the player is great. the earphones are impossible to use for me - had to throw them away. i have great difficulty accessing the materials. i do not know which buttoms to use and have to use trial and error. i did not find instruction manual to be too helpful. i have an earlier version of this product and find it more user friendly for me.
 Replaced twice, still defective August 21, 2008
Gene Hotz (midwest, USA)
I bought one of these a few weeks ago. Loaded software, charged player, downloaded songs. After about 10 minutes of playing, screen went black, couldn't charge, it was just dead. Ordered a replacement. This time it played for maybe 15 minutes, and then the exact same thing happened. It is truly a piece of junk.
Zen mp3 player August 17, 2008
Lawrence A. Bruce (Annapolis Md.)
This is a great product. We own two with different GB capacities and they both perform very well. They are easy to use and do not require converting files like with an ipod. Highly recomended!
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