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Creative Zen
Nano Plus 1 GB MP3 Player
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Product Description
The Zen Nano Plus 1GB MP3/WMA Player blends functionality wth style, for a practical MP3 player that fits your life. This slim, trendy MP3 player was designed to fit perfectly in a pocket or backpack, or on your armband. Bring your favorite tunes with you everywhere, without having to lug around space-eating CDs. Signal-to-Noise Ratio - Up to 90dB Frequency Response - 20Hz-20KHz Harmonic Response Output - <0.1% Requires 1 AAA battery System Requirements - Windows 98SE to XP, Pentium 350 MHz or AMD 450 MHz processor Dimensions(WxHxD) - 1.32 x 2.58 x 0.51 Weight - 0.8 oz. (without battery)
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This is my first MP3 player and I did a lot of comparison shopping. I'm extremely happy with my Zen Nano Plus after a week. My demands included (a) at least 1 GB, (b) runs on AA or AAA battery, (c) build in FM player, (d) must have a screen (Ipod Shuffle - out), (e) line-in music recorder and voice recorder highly desired. Obviously, the Nano Plus has all five features. How do they hold up? (A-Memory) It holds ?30 hours of music in WMA or MP3 sampled at around 50-60 kbps, the latter is still "FM quality" which is pretty good, especially if you're listening on airplanes, subways, etc. More if you use audiobooks (e.g. 60 mb = 8 hrs). (B-AAA Battery). It's 12-hours plus. I'll likely get a four-pack and a recharger. And boy is the Nano Plus tiny. It's really featherweight. (C-FM). It's high quality and records well. It works great in my gym, where for example my Sony CD&FM Walkman gets little but static. Stations of intermediate strength will shift in sound quality with body distance. So you can set the sound just right, start the Record function, but as you walk away the antenna/reception balance may shift. So far I've taped for example a random hour of radio to listen to on an airplane. I expect I'll sometimes be recording a specific program to hear later. (D-Screen). When the Ipod Nano came out, I almost shifted my purchase plan, but I still wanted all the other features of the Nano Plus. I figured out most all the menus in the first day or two of playing around. But the first 5 minutes are confusing. You don't get sophisticated playlist options, but I didn't care about that. Albums or other media go in folders sorted alphabetically, and songs list alphabetically. I thought it would have a folder structure, but it appears to just list folders alphabetically in a series you can toggle through. For example, Folder A, Folder B (subfolder 1 and 2), Folder C. You'll toggle linearly across Folder A, Folder 1, Folder 2, then Folder C. I was a little disappointed with this, but you're unlikely to have more than 10-20 folders. It auto-bookmarks books from audible.com. (E: Line-in and voice). Voice recorder is a little tinny but quite workable. Line-in is pretty high quality. I think I may use this alot - for example, record a talk show on Tivo and later listen to it on the Zen Nano. I also have a hobby of listening to movie soundtracks (the whole audio track, not just the songs) and this will import them from vhs or tivo. [People think this is extremely eccentric of me but talky movies hold up very well as a soundtrack only, especially if you're stuck in traffic, planes, etc. I've even listened to favorite tv series (e.g. six feet under) this way.] You can drag to your PC both FM recorded files and Line-In recorded files. AND WHAT I'D CHANGE: Two GB flash memory would be nicer (and the competing iPod nano has come up to 5 GB flash memory). A timer for FM recording might be nice. An option to set FM to "mono" mode would increase the reliability of middling-strength stations. Ability to actually toggle between two levels of folders. And why not simply record both line-in (now WAV files) and FM files as MP3? More range of options in setting resolution (quality) of recorded files. The included earbuds are real big; I upgraded to Sony MDR-EX71 earplug phones (list $50, avaialble $30) which have rubber cuffs that reduce noise alot; I'm very happy with their sound and comfort.
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