Creative Labs Zen Mozaic EZ300 4 GB MP3 Player (Black)

by Creative Labs

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 5.9 x 1.4 inches ; 5.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002BDTLWW
• Item model number: 70PF244209111
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (161 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,240 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Capacity: 4 GB

Product Description

Make a statement with the stylish and eye-catching Creative Labs Zen Mozaic EZ300 4 GB MP3 Player. This ultra-portable player offers an impressive four gigabytes of storage capacity and more than 32 hours of battery life, and supports multiple music formats, including MP3, WMA, and AUDIBLE 4. It's the perfect accompaniment to your on-the-go lifestyle.

The 1.8-inch full-color LCD lets you view pictures and watch videos. The built-in powerful speaker lets you share music out loud. The Zen Mozaic offers 32 hours of continuous audio playback. Use the Zen Mozaic as a personal memo recorder to digitally record lectures or meetings. The Zen Mozaic also works as an alarm clock, calendar, and more. An integrated tuner lets you listen to FM radio with 32 presets.

An intuitive interface lets you quickly access all your media content. View larger.

The bottom of the device has a micro USB port and a headphone jack. View larger.

Stylish and Fun Travel Companion
The Zen Mozaic is a stylish and fun way to bring your photos, videos, and music everywhere you go. Carry your treasured music collection, funny video clips, and family photo slideshows with you. With the touch of a button, share them with your friends. Measuring just 3.1 x 1.6 x 0.5 inches (W x H x D) and weighing 0.1 pound, the Mozaic is easy to carry in a purse or pocket. (This Zen Mozaic includes 4 GB of memory. If you need more, the Zen Mozaic also comes in an 8 GB version.)

Bold, Unique Design and Mosaic Keyboard Stand Out from the Crowd
With its sleek look and sharp profile, the Zen Mozaic makes on-the-go portability look good. It also sports a mosaic keypad--a striking, one-of-a-kind design that instantly stands out from the crowd. For a personalized look, you can customize your Zen Mozaic with your favorite color, or you can accessorize it to create a player uniquely suited to you.

Plug and Play for Easy File Management
Designed to be fast and easy to operate, the Zen Mozaic offers easy plug and play, which means no drivers are needed to manage your media files. To add or remove files, simply drag and drop them from your PC to your Zen Mozaic.

1.8-Inch TFT Display for Sharp, Vivid Images
When you play back your photos and videos, you'll enjoy sharp images and brilliant color. The 1.8-inch TFT display allows for a vivid, engaging experience. You can even program the Zen Mozaic to display your photos while you listen to your favorite music.

Chock Full of Entertainment Options
The Zen Mozaic is packed with dynamic features that give you plenty of entertainment options. The FM radio with 32 preset stations lets you stay up-to-date with news, traffic reports, and top hits. There's also a built-in speaker that's powerful enough to bring down the house at your next party.

For more mellow gatherings, you can set audio effects to enhance your overall listening experience. Choose from eight EQ presets or customize your own EQ; enhance it all with bass-boost and smart-volume effects.

Provides Entertainment While Keeping You Organized
This player can help keep your day running smoothly. A voice recorder--great for recording personal voice memos--helps you stay up-to-date, while an alarm clock helps you stay on time. Additionally, a calendar and PIM (personal information management) function make it easy to organize your life. You can also use the Zen Mozaic as an external storage device to keep your important files and documents.

Warranty Information
The Zen Mozaic comes with a one-year parts warranty and a 90-day labor-limited hardware warranty. It requires Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or higher), XP 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Vista, a USB port, and 170 MB free hard-disk space (more for audio content storage).

What's in the Box
Zen Mozaic (pre-loaded with Application software), quick start leaflet, earphones, and USB cable.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent player, September 3, 2009

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J. R. Croft "Jimc" (Denver) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Labs Zen Mozaic EZ300 4 GB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

This is the 3rd creative player I have owned. All of them have been excellent. I really like the mosiac the best. The sofware sets up a logical order so I can find stuff like set up the equlizer,turn on speaker ,etc I will say that it did take me while to learn how to navigate the menu options. The speaker is an added bonus. I rarely listen to music mostly audio books. The sound can be addjusted so I can hear the spoken word clearly. I have poor hearing as a result of listening to music to loud when I was younger. Just a word to the younger folks out there. One final thought all of the players Zen nano plus,ZenV plusand the mosiac 300 do freeze up. I just reset the player it always rebulds and goes to where it left off this is annoying nothing more. When I look back to transister radios i listened to when I was a kid this device is a miracle. Jim C PS I would not continus buying creative if I didnot like the product. I did buy a sansa once e140 did not like it

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I guess it depends on how you use it., March 27, 2010

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Christopher J. Coyle (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Labs Zen Mozaic EZ300 8 GB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

How I use it: Music and podcasts, often while drifting off to sleep in the dark. Never use video. Occasionally use FM radio.

Other players I've owned: Several Creative MuVos, a 2gb Creative Zen (similar to the Mozaic, but a conventional navigation wheel), an I-River I hated so much I can't recall the model, a Sansa Clip I liked a lot and still use.

Thoughts after six months of everyday use: Absolutely no operational problems. Good battery life, my computer sees it every time I plug it in (see below), doesn't need any special software to move files onto it (I use old reliable Total Commander). Menus and navigation are a little counter-intuitive at first, but I figured it out after a day or two. Construction seems solid. Display is big and bright. Haven't noticed any firmware bugs, meaning it doesn't go haywire at random times, as some of my players have. The built in speaker is pretty bad.

If you listen to podcasts or audiobooks, the bookmark feature is indispensable. This is the main reason I keep coming back to Creatives. I can't understand why every player from every manufacturer can't bookmark any audio.

I've had problems with Creatives crapping out after a few months of everyday use. This one holds my Creative longevity record, knock on wood.

Two biggest gripes: (Both related to using in the dark): There is no way to blank the screen unless you lock the player, and the screen is bright! The button pad is unlit, and I've gone nuts hitting the wrong button in the dark at the wrong time. This makes it an absolute bitch to use in the dark. I'm going to get some glow-in-the-dark paint and put dots on each button.

Apparently the Mozaic EZ300, doesn't support MTP protocol, just MSC/UMS protocol. This means the device simply looks like a flash drive when plugged into the computer, and apparently it doesn't support DRM subscription services. No problem for me, but may be for you, depending on how you use it. Haven't had any tag problems.

46 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Design/Manufacturing Defect?, September 1, 2009

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Skobx (Wethersfield, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Labs Zen Mozaic EZ300 4 GB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

The unit shut itself off automatically while I was at the beach. The unit was in a beach bag. Thought it failed but after I got home it worked. Battery was fully charged so I knew it wasn't that. Few days later, left the unit in the console of my car. When I came out after work and tried to turn it on. It wouldn't. After I got home, it worked. The only common factor, temperature but in neither case was the unit in the sun. The unit was warm to the touch but not hot. On another occasion the same thing happened when I left it in the car. On a whim, I turned on the air conditioning and held the unit near the vent for less than a minute. It worked again! Obviously, there is a very temperature sensitive component.

Returned the first unit for another one thinking there was a manufacturing defect. The second unit does the same thing. Doesn't always work at the beach; doesn't always work in the car. What good is it? Previously had a Zen V Plus. Never had a problem at the beach or in the car.

I really like the unit, its controls and features but they're of no advantage if the unit doesn't function. There must be a design or component problem. It's return time again, and buy the refurb Zen V Plus 4GB available here.

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