Customer Reviews

Creative Labs JB3ACC01 Nomad Jukebox 3 Battery Pack

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This item is used as a second battery for your Nomad 3 Jukebox. I fyou notice, there is two Battery docks on the jukebox. Each battery supposelly gives you 11 hours of play, with both batterys in both docks, you get 22 hours of play.

Although some of the reviews are not great. I'm here to set the record straight. This thing is awesome. I paid $399 for my jukebox 3 from jukeboxaccessories.com. I received it in about 8 days from the date of purchase. Not great, but hey, I'm not complaining after some of the horror stories I've read. As for the battery life, 11 hours is about right only if you're not playing it for 11 hours straight. 2-3 hours at a time for a couple of days without charging is what I got for the first few months. I decided to buy the extra battery (also purchased from jukeboxaccessories.com) since they were the only store selling it at a reasonable price at the time. Now, I travel back and forth from home to school to work and back home and enjoy several hours of play time without charging the batteries.

I'm not sure why James McConathy's review is listed here under the replacement battery, but I just have to comment on it because it doesn't reflect my experience with the Jukebox at all.
1) I have had great battery life, probably in the 8-12 hour range. I use it while walking and on long trips in the car. It is great for mobility if you don't mind the size (obviously a 20 GB HD device has to be larger than a memory-card one)
2) It's easy to transfer music in both directions between PC and Jukebox. Very fast, too, with the firewire connection (and reasonably fast even with USB)
3) I also had the $50 rebate and had no problems with it at all. I doubt that Creative Labs was being "shady" in Mr. MrConathy's case, more likely a postal or clerical error.
All in all, a great unit. Now, about that spare battery ... I'll have to comment later!

I like the Creative Nomad Jukebox 3. I think it's a great value for what you get; sounds great, and has many options and features. However, my experience with their battery life is somewhere around 6 hours per charge, not 11. I can't imagine where they got that number; unless one of them ONCE on a rainy day in May did that so they claim it for all. Average in the real world is about 6 hrs by my experience, of course "your mileage may vary."

The battery life is more like 6-7 hours rather than the 11 hours advertised however, this is not my biggest problem with the JB3. I too was cheated by Creative of my $50 rebate. For this reason, I will never purchase from them again. The Jukebox 3 is adequate, however, as pointed out, tracks on the Jukebox cannot be transferred to a hard drive or another player. This is a major shortcoming, in my opinion. Mainly, I think that Creative has sowed an awfully bad crop by cheating so many customers of their rightful and promised rebates.

I want to be able to inform others that may want this item for the same reasons I bought it.
For starters, the Creative Nomad Jukebox is great for storing pretty much every song you download and all of your cds.

Some things I would've liked to known before I bought the jukebox:

1. The Limited mobility. The battery life can be described in one word, Awful. Some people describe it as okay and that "you can always bring spare batteries". Trust me, this does not make up for having to change your batteries in the middle of a song every time.

2. Can't transfer to cd. Once you upload songs onto the Nomad, they cannot be transferred to a cd or computer hard drive. This is enough reason not to buy it.

3. Very bad business. My Nomad had a $50.00 rebate when I bought it. After sending it in, the rebate info was returned stating something about "company changed address, return to sender..etc". This is very shady of the manufacturer considering my Nomad was purchased brand new from a chain store.

The Jukebox is great for use at home since you can hook it up to an ac outlet and connect through a home stereo system. Just don't purchase this product for mobile use b/c compared to MP3 players, the Nomad Jukebox is inferior and not even in the same league.
I hope this review helps you in your decision!