Creative Labs NOMAD II 64 MB MP3 Player Pearl

Creative Labs NOMAD II 64 MB MP3 Player Pearl

Creative Labs NOMAD II 64 MB MP3 Player Pearl

Product Description
Product Description:
Creative NOMAD allows you to customize your own digital music and audio content and take it anywhere you want. Mix your favorite selections by recording from your personal CD collection or downloading MP3 files from the Internet, and transfer them directly to your player. You can even add Environmental Effects to your recordings with a Sound Blaster card. Creative NOMAD is also a digital voice recorder. You can use it as a Dictaphone to take notes, record a message to a friend or colleague, and upload it directly to your PC. The NOMAD II is upgradeable. Its reprogrammable firmware is designed to support multiple digital audio formats and software extensions. NOMAD II is flexible enough to support future audio compression standards and also WMA (Windows Media Audio) management technology. It incorporates large, icon-based LCD screen with backlight for easy viewing in any environment. Wired remote control gives quick access to playback controls during extreme activity. NOMAD II Manager Software allows you to manage, access, upload, and download content to your NOMAD II player in seconds. The famed Creative Digital Audio Center by MusicMatch allows users to encode, decode and archive high quality MP3 files and Windows Media files. It also allows users to convert an unlimited number of CD tracks and compile them according to preferences. SSFDC (Solid State Floppy Disk Card) compliant SmartMedia flash memory card allows audio content to be swapped with other SSFDC compliant devices without the need for reformatting. The NOMAD II is an SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) ready device and ensures listeners play digital music in secure formats.This bundle also includes 64 MB of off-board memory (SmartMedia Card).
Creative Labs NOMAD II 64 MB MP3 Player Pearl
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Poor Quality
  • Not worth it
  • BADBADBAD
  • Stay away from this Company products, no customer support.
  • Terrible Customer support when things go bad...
 Creative Labs NOMAD II 64 MB MP3 Player Pearl

Manufacturer: Creative Labs
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

CD Players & RecordersCD Players & Recorders | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics | CD Players | CD Recorders | DJ CD Players | Portable CD Players
Up to 64 MBUp to 64 MB | Flash Drive-Based | MP3 Players | Audio & Video | Categories | Electronics
MP3 Players & AccessoriesMP3 Players & Accessories | Creative Labs | Brands | Electronics Features | Electronics
MP3 PlayersMP3 Players | Portable Audio & Video | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Audio & VideoAudio & Video | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
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Product Features:
  • USB connection offers faster transfer rates and ease of connectivity
  • 64 MB SmartMedia card allows hours of CD-quality audio or voice recordings
  • Built-in FM tuner stores up to 32 preset stations
  • Large icon-based LCD screen with backlight for easy viewing in any environment
  • Upgradable to support multiple digital-audio formats and future software extensions

ASIN: B00004WHW2
Release Date: 2000-08-14

Product Description

Creative NOMAD allows you to customize your own digital music and audio content and take it anywhere you want. Mix your favorite selections by recording from your personal CD collection or downloading MP3 files from the Internet, and transfer them directly to your player. You can even add Environmental Effects to your recordings with a Sound Blaster card. Creative NOMAD is also a digital voice recorder. You can use it as a Dictaphone to take notes, record a message to a friend or colleague, and upload it directly to your PC. The NOMAD II is upgradeable. Its reprogrammable firmware is designed to support multiple digital audio formats and software extensions. NOMAD II is flexible enough to support future audio compression standards and also WMA (Windows Media Audio) management technology. It incorporates large, icon-based LCD screen with backlight for easy viewing in any environment. Wired remote control gives quick access to playback controls during extreme activity. NOMAD II Manager Software allows you to manage, access, upload, and download content to your NOMAD II player in seconds. The famed Creative Digital Audio Center by MusicMatch allows users to encode, decode and archive high quality MP3 files and Windows Media files. It also allows users to convert an unlimited number of CD tracks and compile them according to preferences. SSFDC (Solid State Floppy Disk Card) compliant SmartMedia flash memory card allows audio content to be swapped with other SSFDC compliant devices without the need for reformatting. The NOMAD II is an SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) ready device and ensures listeners play digital music in secure formats.This bundle also includes 64 MB of off-board memory (SmartMedia Card).

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Poor Quality.......2003-02-08

This item was dead out of the box for me. Look elsewhere. Normally, Creative Labs has great quality. Not this time.

2 out of 5 stars Not worth it.......2003-02-06

This MP3 player did not live up to my expectations. It constantly jammed; meaning that I had to take the battery out to change a radio station or even move on to the next song. Also, setting radio pre-sets was complicated. Mine actually died only 9 months after purchase. Not exactly the longest living MP3 player.

1 out of 5 stars BADBADBAD.......2002-12-10

I bought this mp3 player and really didn't like it. I don't waqnt anyone else to be tricked into buying it.

1 out of 5 stars Stay away from this Company products, no customer support........2002-11-25

Stay away from this Company products, no support no real solution to customer when you need it. After 6 months of playing their NOMAD II device suddenly stopped working. Problem? The products Software simply will not transfer any song file to its device (Can't talk to the device PERIOD). After nine months of sending support enquiries back and forth trying all of their excruciatingly time-consuming steps, support concluded the NOMAD II device itself is bad (DUH!)and asked for repair charges so they can repair it. I sent the item for repair with their fees, and a month later it came back exactly as it was before. It appears their RMA/Repair department made no changes what so ever to fix the problem. Their note says "This device may have been repaired". I spent another crazy weekend trying to Unload an reload all of their Softwares and Firmare following all their web support instructions and manuals to reset the device and reload all in vain. (How can a device work if the USB connection or firmware has a communication problem in itself?).
Being a EE pro myself, my conclusion- there is apparently a bug/flaw in Creative Play Center Software which may require fix in either in the PlayCenter or in their device firmware for NOMAD II but eitherway the suport won't relay that to engineering nor they will fix it nor they will replace the product. The NOMAD II is in trash now.
A complete waste of time for the past nine months trying to figure out a hardware/USB connection problem with their Creative Software and Firmare. The device can format which means it can delete all songs that means USB connection is working but the Playcenter software (Any version from v1.x to the recent one v.3.52.x, simply can't communicate with the device any longer.

Do yourself a favor and save your time and money.

1 out of 5 stars Terrible Customer support when things go bad..........2002-06-15

I bought this less than 2 years ago off of Amazon. Everything worked well for the first few months but then in january (4 months after i bought it....one month after warranty)...the sound started to break up and I could only hear out of one ear of the headphone. I decided to call to find out what to do. First off, there is NO toll free number to call so you have to pay for the call which I had to wait 45 mins to finally get someone:-/ Next, I found out that since it was after the warranty I had to pay for both ways of shipping as well as an excess fee for them to "fix it". Deciding I needed it fixed, I sent it back...and was told that I "may" have to pay an extra 77 dollars to replace the unit. At this point, I was pretty angry. So finally I get it back...4 weeks after the whole process began. They never did fix the problem...and now it's always crackly when listening to music. I would not recommend this to anyone...terrible product, terrible customer support! I will not go Creative Labs next time!

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