Creative Zen Nano Plus 1 GB MP3 Player (Blue)
- Personal MP3 player with 1 GB internal flash memory
- Integrated FM tuner, voice/FM recording, and line-in encoding
- Super-slim, lightweight design and high-speed USB 2.0 connectivity
- Drive mode lets you store data files such as photos and presentations
- Measures 1.32 x 2.58 x 0.51 inches (W x H x D); 1-year parts warranty
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)
Amazon.com Product Description
Ready for remarkably thin and powerful performance from your portable music device? The Creative Zen Nano Plus 1 GB MP3 Player is the ticket. Incredibly thin and lightweight, it's packed with the latest features to meet all your needs. Enjoy amazing, skip-free audio quality when you're listening to your MP3 and WMA music. 
The Zen Nano Plus is incredibly thin and can store 500 songs on its 1 GB flash memory. | 
The built in mic lets you record conversations. | 
The LCD is built for left or right handed operation. | The Nano Plus is much more than just a music player; it includes an FM tuner, voice/FM recording, and line-in encoding for direct connection and recording from any audio source. Use the Nano Plus to record music directly from your CD player, without a computer. Of course, if you do have a computer you can transfer audio and data files in seconds with "drag-and-drop" ease--and without software--using the player's USB 2.0 connection. Meanwhile, the Auto Synchronization feature makes it easy to transfer your favorite songs and albums from CDs through the line-in port. Battery life is outstanding, allowing you to listen to music for up to 18 hours on a single AAA battery. Now you can keep the tunes rolling all day long, and do it in style, as the Zen Nano plus comes in ten fun, vibrant colors. The 1 GB model's flash memory can store up to 500 songs (WMA-encoding, 64 kbps). The FM tuner lets you tune 32 stations. As mentioned, you can also record FM radio so you can catch your favorite tunes or talk shows later on. The built in microphone lets you record voice conversations -- great for those long lectures at school. You can also use the Nano Plus as a portable mini hard drive, allowing you to store data files such as photos and presentations. The unit's LCD is even reversible for left or right handed operation. Last but not least, the Zen Nano sports equalizer presets (Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock) that make your music sound better. The Zen Nano Plus uses PlaysForSure technology. Look for the PlaysForSure logo if you're shopping for a portable music or video device and you want to make sure the digital music and video you purchase will play back on it every time. Match the PlaysForSure logo on a large selection of leading devices and online music stores. If you see the logo, you'll know your digital music will play for sure. Choose from a large number of digital music and video stores, including MTV's Urge, Rhapsody, Yahoo!, MSN Music, MusicMatch, MusicNow, Napster, Wal-Mart Music Downloads, and many more.
What's in the Box
Zen Nano Plus, high quality earphones, AAA battery, USB 2.0 cable, line-in cable, quick start booklet, installation CD and neck strap.
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Creative Zen Nano Plus 1 GB MP3 Player (Blue)
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- Publisher: Creative Labs
- Label: Creative Labs
- Studio: Creative Labs
- Average Customer Review:
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- Sales Rank in Electronics: #4581
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Summary: Tough but finnicky 2008-11-28
Comment: This was my first player and I wanted it exclusively for audio books. I needed a player that was small and simple to operate with one hand so I don't have to take my eyes off the road while I'm driving or pedaling. I put the player in my front pocket with the pause/play button facing forward and if I see someone approaching I can reach up and slap the pause button (Star Trek style) through the layers of clothing, jerk the ear buds out, converse and after the person clears the area I can resume listening without degrading my manly persona. I've had this unit for 2 years with very little problem. After a month or so it locked up so I got on the Creative website and walked myself through downloading an update and was back in business in no time.
I like being able to operate it with my thumb, however, you need a good thumbnail to do this. When you want to reverse of forward fast you can't be timid because if you let the little wheel slip back a bit it will go ahead or back a full chapter.
This unit either lives in the bottom of my pack or in one of my pockets . These are nasty dirty gritty places filled with nails bolts and other pilfered items and lots of dust. I can barely read the screen anymore because of the dust on the inside of the window. After two years of this abysmal treatment the play button is starting to rebel as it needs a very hard push to turn on or off. All in all it has been a good little unit with only slight annoyances.
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Summary: Far exceeds expectations for the price 2008-11-21
Comment: I have three of these and have used them heavily for at least three or four years. I use one for listening to music while running 10-15 hours a week, one for listening to podcasts while walking to work, walking dogs, or doing errands, and one for listening to music in bed. I've dropped them countless times, used them in rain, and had tree branches fling them from my hand, and they still work (ok, one has finally developed a short and sometimes switches off, but this is to be expected of a small, electronic device that gets hard use for a couple of years). I do keep them in the little rubber protective cases that come with them to give them extra bounce when you drop them on concrete.
Using the unit an hour or more a day, a rechargeable AAA battery will last most of a week. (Rechargeable batteries last 5-10 years.) Unlike players with a built-in battery, you don't have to stop using the player in order to plug it in when the battery dies; all you need is a spare battery. I do not think I would consider buying an MP3 player with a built-in battery.
You can transfer the files using Windows Explorer. You cannot create playlists but can create file folders that act as playlists. The player allows you to skip or repeat folders. It plays your folders & files within them in alphabetical order or, if you wish, in random order. This is much simpler than messing around with playlists. I never installed any special software. I have never experienced any bugginess or system hangups when working with Windows. You can use the player as a flash drive to simply transfer any type of files between computers. I'm very happy to be able to simply copy files without being forced to use some crappy software. If you are particular about the order in which tracks play, you may have to rename the files. My MP3 filenames usually start with the track number, so within an album folder, they play in the original order. I put podcast files in numbered folders so they play in order by date.
The unit sounds great and has enough power. I've used them extensively with Shure E3cs, which are not the most efficient phones, and they sound fantastic. You should throw away the headphones that come with the player and get something better (not necessarily something as expensive as the Shures--most of the time I have used Sony sport headphones).
The FM tuner is barely adequate, not strong enough if you don't have a good signal. I didn't use it in the suburbs because I couldn't get the NPR or classical stations clearly enough. Now that I live in a city, I use the tuner more regularly and it is fine. There are 30 presets.
The controls are small and limited--you have to do a lot of awkward scrolling to move between functions such as the radio and MP3s. The display is small. I can't use it anymore without reading glasses. I don't use the lock, for instance, because it's too inconvenient to navigate to and from. The player is easy enough to pause if you're listening to MP3s but if you're listening to the radio and someone starts talking to you, you simply have to pull out your earphones because you can't mute the player or quickly turn it off.
The player has a digital recorder. It would make a very small voice recorder but probably not very convenient because the controls are limited. I haven't used it seriously. You can also record from the FM tuner but it's not worth it because it sounds terrible, even at the highest MP3 encoding resolution. You could make much better recordings using from an input to your computer. Someone said they lost this function with a firmware update, but I don't think it's a loss considering the poor recording quality.
When I listen to podcasts, I'm always backing up to hear the part I missed when I started worrying about how many work assignments I'm late on or walked in front of a car. You can change a default setting so that it plays audibly while reversing, and it speeds up as you hold up the button so that you can move quite quickly through an hour-length track. The one negative is that once you end a track, you can't reverse from the end of the track but have to go back to the beginning and then fast forward, which is annoying if you missed only the last minute of an hour program.
I use fairly high quality MP3s that average at least 160 kbs and can get at least ten albums worth into the player. This is a great price for a one-gig player that is durable, versatile, and small.
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Summary: LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!! 2008-11-20
Comment: I bought my Zen Nano for a special deal online where they were charging $65 and giving a $30 rebate. I didn't expect much, and was thrilled to find that I positively LOVE it! It holds quite a bit of music and runs for a very long time on a single AAA battery. While it doesn't have the nicer controls that the IPod has, the controls work. The sound quality is very good though you will want to lose the headphones that come with it and upgrade. I've had mine for 18 months and have had no problems at all. I use it at least 3 or 4 days a week - by the pool, when my husband is watching sports on TV, and whenever I want to "Zen" out... A great value.
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Summary: ***Versatile, easy to use, tuner and voice recorder also!*** 2008-10-09
Comment: I Bought this unit a few years ago, when I went to buy it, I was actually looking for a portable CD player which can play mp3 CD's. I couldn't find one at a big electronics retailer so I called one of my younger friends who told me that I could get a flash player. I'm glad I got this unit. It weighs almost nothing, holds a few hundred songs, very easy to load onto, being picked up by my laptop as an external drive. One really neat thing I do is I record using the record function, put it on my computer and burn a CD or send the wav file via email. Very cool! I think an Ipod may be better but I don't like the fact you MUST use itunes for the ipod. I like this piece. I am very picky with electronics and recommend this if you need something simple and versatile. Battery life's pretty good, a week listening every day on my daily commute to and from work. Love the indigo light, definately, consider it.
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Summary: depends on what you use it for 2008-10-04
Comment: I love this thing. My needs are simple: music, educational mp3's, news, a harddrive to store microsoft word and excel files. It won't get you mugged like an Ipod will. I used white headphones with it and some teenagers beat me up and screamed "Give me the Ipod!". As soon as they saw it was my old zen they gave it back! If you live in an urban environment NEVER use white headphones! Sound is decent but won't blow you away. I am very happy with my purchase and would buy it again except I've just seen models here at Amazon with 2 gigs and similar features for much less money. How can the price still be the same after two years?
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