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I bought mine for my Zen Touch. After 4 months of very little use the thing craps out on me. It first started with static and now the thing doesn't even power on. If you do decide to purchase this product BABY it. Don't wrap the wire around the player.

A bit pricey, but unfortunately, you need one of these things to unlock the FM radio feature. The big issues: After a couple months of flawless performance, I started to get the noise, random cutoff and extremely touchy controls noted in other reviews here. After one not-too-tremendous drop, the remote stopped working completely. Still writing to Creative about beginning the RMA process.

As far as when it's working, like I said, it's necessary for radio features. On my Muvo2, it's particularly crucial, since the poorly-designed case doesn't allow access to any of the controls (let alone the LCD screen), so if you want to protect the player, you'll either have this or be pulling apart the case's velcro over and over. Unfortunately, the remote doesn't let you change folders, so you'll be pulling the player out from time to time regardless.

The unit is a bit big and awkward, especially with the way it plugs into a Muvo. The 'mode' button is easy to hit accidentally. Of course, I'd live with the drawbacks to get the extra features and accessibility -- if my unit worked. In that case, I'd probably give it three stars.

This is a necessity and I'd recommend it, but suggest you be VERY careful with it. Had mine for a couple months before it started switching modes and turning off and on if you bend the cable to a certain point. I've taken good care of it, too. I don't recall ever tugging it abruptly from the remote. I had to buy another one because I need it for my workouts when I have it in a belt CD case in the gym.

It has some neat features, like FM and backlit display for night time. I have the nomad3 mounted under the seat with this display on the console. However, the buttons are funky. Sometimes not working. For example, to turn on the unit, you have to hold the on button for a good length of time - but even that doesn't do it. Sometimes you have to do thisonce, sometimes twice - most often 3 times before it will turn on the player. To turn off, hold the stop button - this always works. There is no album advance either - making skipping an album a chore. Construction is somewhat flimsy so no swinging the player around by the remote...

build was ok. functionality was good.

but everytime i plugged my headphones into the remote, i got a good deal of static and background noise that i didnt get when i plugged directly into my nomad. that ruins my music listening experience and so, i returned mine.

anyone else get this problem? if not, maybe ill give it another try.