Creative Nomad Jukebox ZEN XTRA 40 GB

Creative are a worldwide company pushing innovation to the limits. Originally famed for the excellent Soundblaster sound cards, the company has been expanding its product range over the past couple of years, and developing high quality speakers, webcams, mice, modems... and mp3 players. The mp3 player market has soared recently, following the huge success of Apple's iPod. With virtually every well known electronics manufacturer trying to grab a ...
...!! ~ THE CREATIVE NOMAD JUKEBOX ZEN XTRA ~ The Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra is at the higher end of this range, with a very impressive 40GB hard drive. Now, I'm no techno-junkie, so I won't even try to explain how much this actually is, other than it can store up to 11000 songs, or up to 600 hours of music !! Considering that I have already added my entire music collection, which adds up to a paltry 1044 songs, the storage capacity should last ...

SRowlands 10.07.2005 · Read full review
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...to the side even though Creative Labs sound systems are genuarly one of the best in the market. This product was the first machine ever to have a 40GB and then a later model which had a 60GB hard drive, The 40GB one is able to hold around 10,000 Mp3 songs or 16,000 Wav songs. Putting this into perspective it holds double the amount of information than a computer purchased in 2001 could! With this massive hard drive you not only can just store songs ...
...transferring media Conclusion The Creative range is quite large and so will suit every price range with larger and smaller machines available. New ones coming out look slimmer and more desirable but for the same price as this 40GB one you only get a 20GB one so is not as good value. I would certainly recommend it over the I-pod because of the cost, problem with the I-pod battery and the size of hard disk ...

liquidburner2002 18.11.2004 · Read full review
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MP3 players have always fascinated me, I mean they are such a great invention. Why have a room full of CD's when you can have a little silver box hold them all instead? And thats just what this little thing does, its great! But what makes it better than an iPod, i hear you say? Many things For a start its a LOT cheaper. I got mine in a high street store for about £154 (New) for a 30Gb version. Thats enough to hold over half my CD's and I have a ...
...a 40Gb version for around the same price, so its worth shopping around. An equivalent iPod in high street stores is £299!! It doubles as a flash drive or removable disk. SO instead of worrying about haveing a 128Mb or 256Mb disk you could have a 30 or 60 Gb one, depending on what one you buy. The iPod cannot do this, no matter what anyone tells you. It has EAX compatibility, this basically allows you to employ effect to the music to make it sound ...

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I've had a Zen Xtra for around two years now and although I havent thoroughly broused through the plethora of mp3 players available on the market in the same price range I'm pretty sure this is one of the better ones. One reason for this is that people who come to my house and flick through my music collection trying to find something to play (I have it hooked up via a line-in to my stereo most of the time), many of them iPod owners, often remark ...
...THe first thing to note is the appearance. It's not one of the smallest mp3s I've seen, at around 5 inches x3x1. It comes with a case, which I rarely remove, making it even chunkier. The case is great though, I can happily throw it across the room to someone without worrying about it breaking or being damaged in the catch, I can drop it onto hard concrete and I even stepped on it a couple of times. The case is pretty tough and padded so none of this ...

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The Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra is an amazing piece of technology. It is currently the largest capacity MP3 jukebox on the market and yet still manages to fit into all but the smallest of pockets. Technology: The Zen Xtra has a huge 60GB hard drive at its heart - that's half the size of my standard computer hard drive so it can easily fit almost anyone's entire music collection onto it. The blurb on the box says 16000 songs, but this is for ...
...have the drivers already installed. Creative have announced that they will be releasing new firmware for the Zen Xtra that will allow driverless operation (just like a USB memory pen) but nothing has been done about this yet and the announcement was released quite some time ago. As far as actual listening goes, the Zen Xtra has great sound quality - the sound is crystal clear and I've never had a song skip yet. The earbud earphones included with ...

ChrisSwan 28.04.2004 · Read full review
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...I would still choose the Creative player. The reason I love the player so much is because of how easy it is to use. The large screen and scroll wheel make manoveuring around the player very simple, personally I organise all my music into albums, so it looks more organised and makes finding tracks easy. However, you can also scroll through tracks by artist and genre, and look at each track individually. The search function is easy to use, and the ...
...and is not recognised, and Creative does not offer an alternative. There is a solution though, there are a couple of third party products that have been developed by Mac users that enable the two products to be used simultaneously, however they are a bit unpredictable and unreliable. Of the two companies, I would say that this is more a Creative issue than a Mac issue. Apart from this problem though I have no other issue with the player. It is a ...

heatherrr13 01.09.2005 · Read full review
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...a while now and that Creative are bringing out there newest Muvo as i type but to me if Apple can bring out and iPod a quater the size of the Nomad on the first attempt then surly Creative could have scaled down ther behemoth alittle. Memory ====== 40 gig do i need say more (AMAZING AND FAST) Pc Interface ========= On usb 2 this maching seriously smokes downloads are fast (1.5 gig in less than 70 seconds) Windows Xp finds the device efficently ...
...put the Creative drivers on as well as the Creative nomad interface its much easier to transfer from pc to nomad and vice versa Software ======= As a rule im normaly skeptical of the bundle software with a product knowing that wot i usually have installed will work much better but with the nomad this is not true Creative have made the software interface from pc to nomad and nomad to pc fool proof i swear even my technophobic wife can use it Conclusions ...

zellor 13.01.2006 (15.01.2006) · Read full review
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...had to look on the creative website which is much better than the instruction book and I wish I had looked there before i started to use the player. The quality of the sound is very good but the volume of the sound lets this player down. There are several standard sound settings or you can make your own custom setting, according to the genre of music you are listening to. You can save a playlist and it's settings so that it will remember the next ...
...a case to protect it from scratches and also did a good job from protecting it one the odd occasion I have dropped it!!!!! I have a new creative now which is much improved but I was very pleased with this player and would certainly recommend creative to anyone ...

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When searching for an MP3 player last year I realised I couldn't afford one which could store my whole music collection. That is, until I found this gem tucked away on eBay. I couldn't believe my luck! The Nomad has all the features of its competitors at a snip of the price. What's more, the service I experienced while purchasing the product was first class. I couldn't have asked for more! The process of transferring files to the player is quick ...
...and it swallows your record collection in no time. Choose your song by artist, album, genre or simply track name. Let it choose songs for you at random for a more varied playlist. Or create your own! All these features are so easy to use, especially with the Nomad's tiny scrolling wheel to browse through your library. And the player has an ace up its sleeve - EAX Audio. This program allows you to change many features of the tracks: Tempo - choose ...

Aufwiedersehen 18.01.2006 (19.01.2006) · Read full review
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Originally I was going to save up and buy an iPod, but after reading LOTS of internet reviews I decided that this would be a better choice as it was both cheaper and had EAX audio! The only thing I was worried about was the fact that many online reviewers had mentioned their mp3 players braking or arriving to them in non-working order. Well, It's nearly a year later and my mp3 player still works absolutely fine, despite me accidently dropping it ...
...time as I got my Nomad Zen Xtra and lets just say... mine's the only mp3 player still working! Installing the driver took about 5 minutes and worked fine on both my Windows 98 and Windows XP computers. Winamp users can also download a plugin from the winamp site allowing them to directly listen to music stored on the Nomad Zen Xtra's harddrive connected over the usb connection. Furthermore, the features are all excellent. It comes with 6 different ...

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I purchased tis model-albeit the 60gb version in what must be over 3/4 years ago now...at the time it was the newst, biggest etc. and although it wasn't as dear as the popularised ipods it is FAr better i reckon. I've borrowed an ipod so i can compare and i'd say without doubt this is the best mp3 player i've ever owned/borrowed/used etc. 40 Gb or 60 if you have the one i have,is a LOT of memory to play with for songs...i have over 1390 songs on ...
...buy a lot of albums and put them on the nomad-i still believe it will last me for life-the sound quailty is superb(even with dodgy OLD mp3 songs), its very sturdy and hard wearing and mine is still going strong after 3 or 4 years and despite being dropped on several occassions still works as new! It has only crashed once in 4 years and that was probably because i had played it for hurs and was pressing lots of buttons or something ! In fact the only ...

galee74 20.04.2007 · Read full review
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I bought a Creative Jukebox Zen Xtra a little over a year ago and am very pleased that I did. Now when I have to travel anywhere I can take my whole CD collection with me. The software is very simple to use and songs can easily be copied from a CD or uploaded from a computer hard drive, and the transfer process is very quick, thanks to USB 2.0. I have not had any problems with this mp3 player, the battery life is good (I used it continuously on a ...
...is excellent. It has many useful functions too, for example volume matching mode, where the volume will be increased automatically for quieter songs (especially useful for older CDs, which tend to be quieter). I also like having the option to put the player on shuffle across every song stored on it, for when i can't decide what i feel like listening to. All in all a very good product and one that I would highly recommend. ...

robertstephens1 30.03.2006 · Read full review
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I own one of these..and I have to say, its not bad, it holds all my music (and more!) is very easy to upload music on to, and easy to control. However, the size isn't great, its not the kind of thing you can slip into your pocket and take on a walk or to the gym, but if like me, you use it at work, its great as it can hold MANY songs that will keep you entertained, and can be left on your desk. The battery lasts about ten hours on mine, which is ...

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welcome to heaven music lovers of all ages. just imagen all of your music in a small silver box,small enough to fit in your pocket;now how about that! You can hold 16000 songs.and they can be put on your player in 16000 seconds! thats a song a second! The bright blue backlight is amazing and the menu is so easy to use.The player has its own personal settings so you can change the screensavers the menu layout and much more! The player realy stands ...
...mem(holds 16,000 songs).It comes with a designer case so if you look after it it will last longer than you will!.The quick usb 2.0 (can use 1.1) let you download a song a second!(v.quick). At prices that vairy from £190 (off ebay) to £319.99(from iwantonefothose.com)I personaly bought this mp3 player from its good luks and the size of the memory(i only have a bit of space left) i have transformed my 19ft collection of cds in to a little cool silver ...

samharris26 18.02.2004 (19.02.2004) · Read full review
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I simply LOVE it, it plays the best sound i've ever heard yet (but that depands on the headphones, too, of-couse...), it's even possible to download songs from the internet right on the MP3 player. It's easy to use (Just look in the manual you recieve with it what each button do, and that's pretty much it [with the assumption that you know how to work with USB, otherwise, read it all] ). Last but not least, if you are capable affording it, I would ...
...music this toy will keep you quite buissy, and if you don't this can be an EXELLENT gift to a teenager or someone who likes travel from time to time (and doesn't really hate music :-) ). Somewhy I Simply adore this cute, simple, sweet.... eh.... MP3 player ;-) ...

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