A nice choice of mp3 player

This review is about the Creative Muvo V100 mp3 player.

The first thing that you should do is set up the software you receive with the mp3 player. To do this, insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive. The CD should start automatically but if it doesn’t just go into my computer and select the drive. From there you need to follow the on screen instruction and when prompted, restart the computer. When you restart the computer you can follow the product registration instruction on screen but you will need an internet connection to do this. After this you should be prompted to connect your player to your computer’s USB port and you should be up and running with the computer. This is a very easy and quick (depending on the speed of your computer) process and it also helps as you have software to guide you. This was one thing I did not get with the older model and was quite impressed you now have extra support.

When you have copied your files across you are now up and running and able to listen to your music, however whilst you are connected to the computer, you may as well look at the lyrics editor and possibly set it up if you wish. You have a few options on how to set up the lyrics for your songs. The first option is to (within the software) choose your song and select the edit lyrics option, this will allow you to add in or edit any lyrics you like for that song. That is provided you know the song and don’t just hum along with the song, like we all used to once upon a time =]. The second option is synchronize lyrics and songs, so if you have any lyrics loaded onto your drive then you can synchronize those lyrics into the songs you wish. The final option and possibly the easiest is to go on the internet, find a lyrics site and find your song. When you have found the lyrics for your song, copy them into a notepad .txt file and save the file. Go into the Muvo software and ‘import’ the .txt file and associate it with your song.

You now need to enter a AAA alkaline battery into your player. When you have done this, press and hold the Play/Pause button until your player turns on. Connect the earphones and adjust your volume with the buttons on the underside of the player. To select your song you just have to turn the scroller, also on the underside of the player. When you push this scroller in however you go into a little menu. Within this little menu you have quite a few options available to you these include:
• EQ – This is where you can change what style of music the songs sound like (e.g. Pop, Rock etc.)
• Play mode – This is where you can set up whether you want it on shuffle, repeat etc.
• Bass boost – In this option you can choose to have extra bass on, this is quite a nice option depending on the type of music is and your preferences.
• Delete – This is where you can delete tracks from your device without having to connect it up to the computer.
• Settings – This is where you can adjust the players many settings such as display settings, background lights, language settings etc. This is also where you enable the lyrics display on your mp3 player.
• Microphone – This is the mode which enables you to record any voice files you would like.
• Recorded tracks – This is the mode which allows you to play back any recorded voice files.
With all of these options you will be able to do many things, most of which you will not use, but they are there as a nice touch should you want to use them.

Instructions
The instructions in the manual for this digital player are very brief, there are many languages which is nice, however the instructions are lacking. The instructions have the basics of using the mp3, connecting and disconnecting the device from the computer, using the lyrics editor but I do think that more instructions are needed in case of any problems. The instructions do not give support if there are problems however on the CD there is some information and there are contact numbers on there for customer support.