Creative Zen Micro 5 GB MP3 Player Black

Product Review

At only 2" x 3.3" x 0.7" and 3.8 ounces, the Creative Zen Micro is truly a personal MP3 Recorder and Player that's small, light, and easy to use. Whatever you do, where ever you go, the Zen Micro goes with you. It records and plays MP3 - WMA - WAV files and can also record directly off the built-in FM radio, with digital tuning. A built-in microphone lets you do up to 10 hours of voice recording. Its removable, rechargeable battery lasts up to 12 hours per charge. It also has a built-in calendar, to-do list, and phonebook. Critically acclaimed audiophile quality sound makes the Zen Micro a pleasure to your ears (and mind). All in all, this is one friendy, creative gizmo adds color to make your life better everyday. Access over 2 million songs through Zen supported music services Highest audio clarity at 98dB signal noise ratio High fidelity earphones with dynamic bass response Contact management (phonebook), Calendar (schedule) and To Do List functions Functions as an external hard drive for backup of computer files - it's a portable hard drive Multifunction Backlit LCD screen - 160x104 pixel resolution, Blue LED backlit LCD Repeat, resume, and random play 8 EQ settings (Acoustic, classical, disco, jazz, new age, pop, rock and vocal) Sleep and wake timers Customizable main menu, so the features you want are right at your finger tips Has USB 2.0 interface for high-speed file trransfer - USB 1.1 backward compatible Weighs only 3.8 oz. with removable battery Creative 1 year limited hardware warranty / 90 day service warranty Compatible with Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP Color - Black

Product Features

5GB Storage Capacity
Song Capacity up to 166 hours or 2500 songs at 64kbps WMA. 83 hours or 1250 songs at 128kbps MP3
FM Radio
Live voice recorder mode is great for recording personal messages or lectures (that you can transcribe to your Windows PC)
Vertical touch pad for easy and intuitive navigation

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Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review

(17 customer reviews)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Only 3 stars because of certain malfunctions., March 10, 2006

Waya - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Creative Zen Micro 5 GB MP3 Player Black (Electronics)

My boyfriend bought 2 of these, one for him and myself. After three months, I did not have a single problem. However, his developed a firmware problem last week, deleted all of his files (including those from CDs he lost), and refused to be updated. He called tech support, but before he mailed it in, the problem resolved itself and he was able to update the firmware (but unfortunately did not recover his files).

Now today, when he turned it on, the headphone jack loosened up, and the sound cut in and out. He called tech support yet again, got the RMA number, and will mail it out next week.

Again, I haven't had a single problem with mine. They're the same exact player, color, and battery, and mine takes more abuse because I use it as a 1 GB partitioned flash drive. It has fallen on the floor a number of times and only received a small scratch on the screen. This is my first experience with a hard drive-based mp3 player, since up to this point I was using a...Read more

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

good mp3 player overall, December 29, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Creative Zen Micro 5 GB MP3 Player Black (Electronics)

this mp3 is very nice, its my third in 2 years and is the best over all. i wanted rhapsody to go which works great with this player but i needed a firmwire update, i was quite nervous durring the update because it erases the entire hard drive and reprograms, so if anything went wrong i would have a heep of plastic. but i didnt and the rhapsody service works good with it.

pros-

- nice set up on current playing track similar to ipod

- battery life is quite good

- the touch wheel is nice but a little over sensitive (use lock feature at top)

-HAS AMAZING SOUND even with the cheap head phones included

- gets great radio reception with the ability to save 32 radio frequences and you can title them all

- gets very loud, you can turn it up all the way and not have to use the ear buds

- dj feature keeps track of most and least played, plus has an album of the day feature

-clock, planner, alarm...Read more

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Do the firmware update., December 10, 2005

ferbio "robsup" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Zen Micro 5 GB MP3 Player Black (Electronics)

I recently bought the micro for the daily commute to work.

Didn't work well,but then I downloaded the firmware update.Works great now.I use the real rhapsody download service,and can download as many songs as I want.It's a beautiful thing.Some sites say that there is no "all tracks" option,but yes there is.Don't be afraid to push on the pad,as that is how you get control.If you barely touch it,there is no control.Overall a great unit.Great sound output too.