Creative Zen Micro Photo 8 GB MP3 Player Titanium Grey

 (7 customer reviews)

If you are an audio book listener, this player will do nicely. I am a first time MP3 buyer and tried to do extensive research on the best player for audio books. There is not much written, so I decided to get my feet wet with the Creative Zen Micro Photo 8g. For the most part, it was a good decision. Volume is excellent (although it takes a while to get used to accessing it) and this can be gotten around by attaching a wired remote. There is bookmarking, which allows you to hold the place on several books if you want to listen to music or look at photos. And, the unit holds your place when you turn it off. I have downloaded audio books from the library and transferred them from my collection - the unit handles it all. It took a while to figure out how to and where to transfer the books, and understand the genres. So far, the unit has resisted my creating a new folder, which just holds audio books - I must put everything into the music library. For genres, I cannot create a...Read more

I just bought this Creative Zen Micro Photo 8GB a week ago and my observations are as follows:

1) The unit is much smaller than I expected. I thought it was the size of an iPod, but it is only about 2" x 3".
2) The sound clarity and volume is very good. I use this while riding a motorcycle and I need to be able to hear over the traffic noise, which is not a problem. I can listen at a comfortable level that also drowns out wind noise.
3) The slideshow is nice, but I haven't figured out how, if possible, to watch the slideshow while listening to the MP3 player as well.
4) The colors are very sharp, but unfortunately for such a small unit, the display is also tiny.
5) The controls are not very good. Although there are three sensitivity settings, it is very easy to scroll past your selection and accidentally click on an option you didn't want.
6) The controls are very intuitive. You don't really need to read the owner's manual to figure out how to use...Read more

This mp3 player was the exact one I got six years ago for Christmas. It's gone through me dropping it (multiple times) and the result was the enamel got scratched, but the screen was fine, and it's still like new.
I did have to reinstall the firmware later on, but not because of any physical damage. For some reason, it would combine the audio from two songs and think it was still playing the first song. I later learned the problem was a leather case I had bought for it. The case contained magnets, messing up the hard drive. After I kept the case off, it worked fine. It really doesn't even need a case, this mp3 player is durable. More than an iPod ever thought of being.
I've only had to get a new battery once. Even if I do get a new mp3 player, I'm still keeping this one just in case. The only problem I have with it, is that when you're listening to music somewhere quiet, and you change the song or something, the screen makes a whistling noise in your headphones. Overall,...Read more