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Creative Nomad Zen Xtra 60GB

REVIEW DATE:  07.13.04

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Creative Nomad Zen Xtra

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Company:
Creative Labs Inc., us.creative.com
Price:
$360 street
Spec Data:
8.4 ounces; 60GB; Tested Battery Life: 10:06

Pros:
Enormous capacity. Easy-to-replace battery. Large, legible screen. Interesting slow/fast playback.
Cons:
Big and heavy. Jog/selector switch ergonomics could be better.
Bottom Line:
A competent player with interesting features and ample storage, but it's rather large.

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hugh1918
Member rating: 
July 21, 2004
After several months Creative has sent me a Nomad that I was able to repair with tech support help. The hard drive needed to be formatted. I did so with their instructions and now it works great. Evidently the returns are not repaired but just packaged and sent to the next person. I have sent back 4 and kept getting ones that were not working. The Creative people are great and worked with me till I got a good one.

lukkystarr
Member rating: 
July 20, 2004
Audiobooks is why I bought the thing, and audiobooks is all I use it for. It picks up where you left off when you shut it down, a must for books, and hard to find in a player. It also uses bookmarks, but I've found I don't use them. It has an interesting feature that allows you to change the speed of playback without the 'chipmunk' distortion. I don't know what use you would have for this feature when listening to music, but for audiobooks it's terrific!! I can finish a book 1.5 times faster! The software for loading has a high learning curve, but with 20+ GB of storage you rarely need to mess with it. I have the 20 GB model, I couldn't imagine needing that much music on the thing, but it holds a lot of books and I can go for months before reloading it. So, if you are serious about music, do more research for quality playback. For books, this thing rocks!!
 
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