Creative Nomad Zen Xtra 60 GB MP3 Jukebox

Creative Nomad Zen Xtra 60 GB MP3 Jukebox

Product Description
From the Manufacturer
Featuring a large, hi-res, blue backlit LCD, the NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra builds on the industry-leading music features of the NOMAD Jukebox Zen product line. Simply transfer all your music into the player with Creative MediaSource or the new NOMAD Explorer using ultra fast USB2.0, press the play button and get set to enjoy high-fidelity music. With advanced features such as Quick Scroller Navigation, Find, Playlist Creation and automatic ID3 tag categorization, managing and organizing your music will be a breeze

And the NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra doubles up as an external hard drive for storing all your photos, documents and other data files. Simply open NOMAD Explorer (integrated into Microsoft Windows Explorer) and drag and drop data files into the data folder or music files into the music library.

A Stylish Digital Audio Player with Huge Storage Space

Huge storage lets you bring up to 16,000 WMA songs (80 kbps) or MP3 songs (128kbps) everywhere you go (Based on less than 4 minutes per song and 60GB hard drive model)
Use AudioSync to synchronize your music on your player with your PC at work, school and home or on the road
Load a song a second with ultra fast USB 2.0 port. Works with USB 1.1 too
Advanced Features Enhance your Digital Music Experience

Create and customize playlists for any occasion anywhere
Music files are automatically arranged by artist, album, genre or track
Handy Find Feature locates any song, album or artist in seconds
Powerful icon-driven interface with Quick Scroller Navigation
Removable, high-capacity Li-ion battery -- up to 14hrs continuous playback per charge
Sleep Timer and Wake to Music Feature
Personalize your player with 6 different Profile settings that let you customize screen savers, skins, idle timers and more!

Customize Your Audio Playback with Innovative EAX Technologies

Advanced EQ lets you customize your music playback with Equalizer presets or set your own using the 4-band custom equalizer

Smart Volume Management adjusts the playback volume of all the tracks on your playlist so they will remain at the same level without you reaching for the volume control between songs!

Time Scaling speeds up or slows down an audio track with no distortion

Sleep Timer and Wake to Music Feature

Environmental Effects simulate audio environments such as "Concert Hall" or "Arena"

Spatialization Effects expand your soundstage

Product Description:
This sleek Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra MP3 player by Creative has a large, hi-res, blue backlit LCD and 60GB of storage for up to 16,000 songs. It features fast USB file transfers, Quick Scroller navigation and playlist creation so you can load and organize your music quickly and easily. Compact and portable, it can also double as an external hard drive for storing photos, documents and other data files. The quick-charge battery offers up to 14 hours of continuous playback, while the anodized aluminum body is sleek and durable. Compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1 for quick and easy file storage and transfer. Includes earphones, travel pouch and USB cable. Available storage capacity may vary. Imported. 4-2/5Hx3Wx7/8D".

Creative Nomad Zen Xtra 60 GB MP3 Jukebox

Average customer rating:

not what i thought !
Bang for the Buck
GREAT PLAYER EASY 5 STARS.....
Like it a lot!!
Best Deal Out There

Creative Nomad Zen Xtra 60 GB MP3 Jukebox

Manufacturer: Creative Labs
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

60 GB storage lets you bring up to 16,000 WMA songs (80 kbps) or MP3 songs (128 kbps) everywhere you go
Use AudioSync to synchronize your music on your player with your PC at work, school and home or on the road
Load a song a second with ultra fast USB 2.0 port, compatible with USB 1.1 too
Removable, high-capacity Li-ion battery -- up to 14 hrs continuous playback per charge
Compatible with Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, and XP

ASIN: B0000EW9M8

Product Description

Creative Labs Nomad Zen Xtra - Among the smallest MP3 players available, the Nomad Zen Xtra has an awersome 60 GB storage for thousands of songs. With USB 2.0-1.1 connectivity, data transfers are swift and easy. 9.5-ounces with built-in Li-ion battery Complies with SDMI Reprogrammable firmware supports MP3, WMA, uncompressed WAV plus additional future audio playback formats and software extensions Sound spatializer for enhanced playback performance Stylish anodized aluminum case Includes stereo headphone, AC adapter, carrying case Integrated, removeable rechargeable battery Up to 14 hours continuous play per charge OS Compatibility - Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 & XP Dimensions - 4.4H x 3.0W x 0.8D Weight - 7.2 ounces

Customer Reviews:

not what i thought !.......2007-05-16

The player has a great sound quality and support many music formats but lacks of many many things:
* Bulky
* The Dial is not comfortably placed and not easy to use
* cannot be detected as a mass storage device like Ipod for data storage. it needs a peacial software to see it in "my computer". and that means you have to carry the CD with you all the time if you intend to go around with it (data traveling) yet you still cannot use it as a hard disk. it operates as a storage device. it means if you want to open a file stored on it, you have to transfer it back to your pc. (The worst of all)
* Not durable at all. it fell down from my bed to the ground and it was in its protecting pouch and the internal hard disk is damaged !!! all my data all my music library all my life, gone with the wind. some few players out there like some HD5 senses the fall and immediately takes the head off the disk to keep it safe and protect the data from harm.
* no good support from creative.
* lack of accessories. The cover suffer from scratches and wanted to replace it. guess what !! No covers sold separately !

*** the good thing about it, is that the internal hard disk is a 2.5" HDD (laptop HDD). in another words, you can replace it with a new one or even a bigger space one if you want. in my case i changed the damaged 60GB HDD with a new 80GB HDD and waaalllaaaa ... i have a new MP3 player.

Bang for the Buck.......2006-09-05

I have had the 60 GB zen Xtra for almost 2 years now, and I have no complaints about the sound quality or performance of this player. It is small enough to take jogging provided you have a pocket to stow it in. The only performance issues I've ever noticed is that the player will sometimes reboot itself while you're running. I'm still not sure what caused this, but it hasn't happened for over 6 months and I use the player heavily in this respect, 4-5 times a week, 40-45 minutes at a time. I have yet to fill up the hard drive, and even if I do I doubt I'll ever need another player until I move to a better format than MP3/WMA.

Where I was having problems was the interface between the Zen Xtra and the PC. The supplied Creative software is just plain buggy when it came to playlist handling and just not very user friendly, to put it mildly. I purchased the Notmad explorer, and while this was an interesting stopgap, it too required excessive manipulation to get the music I wanted.

A few months ago, however, Creative released a firmware update to transform the Zen Xtra into an "MTP" or "Plays for Sure" device. This is exactly what I needed as I am now able to use it with my favorite free media player, Media Monkey. The player is synchronized to the playlists, albums, artists, etc that I choose without intervention on my part, and it will even fill the player up to its capacity with a random subset of my MP3 collection, with higher priority given to higher rated songs. Needless to say, I never have to listen to the same thing twice.

So, MediaMonkey + Zen Xtra = Huge Bang for the Buck

GREAT PLAYER EASY 5 STARS............2006-08-26

This by far is the best thing ive purchased in a while.Ive had it for over a year now and have about 12,000 songs,that's about 927 cd's and never had a problem,in fact ive dropped it about five times on solid ground, do you think it broke, nope runs perfectly..im thinking of buying another one just to have an extra one.This thing is so easy to use too, people must be pretty stupid. well you have my review,5 easy stars.....

Like it a lot!!.......2006-06-17

I just received the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen extra for my birthday and I am very impressed. I have uploaded over 1400 tracks so far and I like the sound and the choices of environment for the sound. Typing in all the titles can be a bit trying, but worth it. This is a great product!!!

Best Deal Out There.......2006-04-21

I've had this player over a year and I love it. I spent six months researching a player before I bought this one. I haven't had any problems with the player so far. The product quality and amount of storage capacity for the price beats everything else on the market.
The interface and software is very intuitive and user friendly and allows for an exceptional amount of customization. Editing and organizing tracks is amazing with the software. I've tried using apples itunes software for my ipod shuffle and it makes me very frustrated very quickly. If you are accustomed to Windows then creatives software will be very intuitive for you.
I like the fact that it has a removeable rechargeable battery- I find Apples tendency to use non-removeable internal batteries disturbing and a sign of planned obsolesence. This player is not designed for rough physical activity like jogging etc- I prefer to use it as a consolidator of all my music that I can play at home, at parties, or while driving, and for those things it is perfect. Untill someone comes out with something better this is the best deal out there.

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