Customer Reviews

Creative MuVo TX FM 512 MB MP3 Player

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I ordered my muvo tx from Amazon and it came with the neck strap rather than the arm band. Kudos to Amazon's painless return policy and very responsive customer service.

Creative has three versions of this product. The European has the belt clip, the Japanese versions have the neck strap and the U.S. version has the arm band and clip.

It seems if your order comes from JandR than you get version with the arm band.

This is one fine product. The sound quality is great, even though it's such a small product (very small). I have about 60 songs (wma and mp3) at 128 kbps on my unit now, and still quite a bit of space. Alot of people complain about a product that does to much, but Creative handles it all well. The microphone is handy for recording boring Philosophy lectures while dozing off in the back of lecture hall. FM radio is ok, but I hardly use it. The screen is intuitive, and user friendly in my opinion. It's so cool how you can just remove the usb unit from the battery module, plug it in a usb port, and transfer songs in about 5 seconds (really fast), and plug it back in. Don't even get me started on the great battery life. Another cool thing is the replaceable battery modules. You can get a color to match your personality from Creative's website. I have a metallic grey one, which just looks awesome. This is definitely one of the best mp3 players on the market.

One uncool thing though is Creative's customer service. There is no US toll free number, and there is not as much product availability as say, the ipod shuffle, but you really shouldn't even need Customer service. Also, the included software sucks; I just use Windows explorer to transfer files (drag and drop), create folders and such. I would have given it 4.5 stars because of the mentioned negatives. But it still is the best mp3 player on the market right now.

Great little device which holds plenty of music (although, I would love to have had a GIG). After debating this one versus the new Creative Micro, I decided to go with this. It is really small, takes one standard battery, and lasts a long time on one battery. The fact that there are no cables necessary to connect to your computer was another plus (although the recessed USB ports on my tablet PC make this feature useless). It works great for voice recording, and is okay at picking up radio signals. It works as a portable file storage to shuttle files from the office to home. Really, my only problem has been that the buttons and the jog dial interface are TINY. Sometimes it is frustrating when trying to navigate or change folders. The headphones that came with this aren't great, but I bought some nice Sony earbuds that work great. I wish it came with an FM transmitter built in so as to be able to easily connect it to my car stereo, but then, very few manufacturers offer this feature.

I have had the TxFm 512 for almost 2 weeks now. It's a breeze to add/delete songs to the unit using "drag and drop". Both W2K and WXP recognized the unit w/o any problem.

I have problem plugging the unit directly into my machines' USB ports due to the ports location and orientation, but an USB extention cable solves the problem.

The conversion software is very useful because I can store more MP3 songs in 64bit format ... my original files are either in 192bit or 128bit formats. I don't think anyone can tell the difference from listening thru earbuds.

Pros :

1) can display in different languages

2) available random songs (in folder) and random folder function

3) conversion software is user friendly

4) small and light

Cons :

1) should sell the 1G version in US (it's available in Taiwan)

2) should provide neck strap (came w/ armband and beltclip only)

3) volume output is too low if used thru FM modulator, using earbuds is fine though

I am very pleased with my MuVo TX FM 512 MB. Ordered from J&R music world online. Came with the armband and belt clip, as advertised. The software it comes with is very good. At one point I did encounter a problem downloading my music. I emailed tech support and Creative answered promptly, and within minutes, I was back up and loading music. Also love the fact I can use this to carry data as well as music and does not require cables to download. I would strongly reccomend buying this product and purchasing it from J&R.

Got mine (512m) two days ago. I needed to download the firmware update from the Creative.com site, because it kept turning itself off at inappropriate times. But since the download was installed, it works great! (Listening to it as I write this.)

The included software was a bit klugey, so I just use Windows Explorer for the more mundane stuff. I'm a subscriber to Audible.com, and the book I downloaded to it works great, after downloading the necessary update for Audible Manager.

It's really nice to have a player I can stick in my pocket, listen to audio books, music, or FM radio, without having to burn CD's.

Get one!

I just recently got the Creative MuVo TX FM 512 MB MP3 Player for Christmas. Even though I've only had it for a day, I already love it!

Pros:

- the 512 MB space holds more music than I need as a teenaged girl

- the simple drap & drop feature allows me to easily add music to the player just by plugging it into the USB port and copying & pasting through Windows Explorer (this doesn't take a USB cable either; the plug is right on the player)

- it is easy to organize the player by creating and maintaing your own folders

- the voice recorder works well, even though I am not sure I will need it

- the sound quality is just as good as my 100 watt sterio system

- the radio comes in very well, and it is very easy to record songs from the FM radio and convert them into MP3's

- because of the small size, it fits in my purse and ways nothing

- it comes with decent earbud headphones, a case with a belt clip, an armband, and software if your computer is not compatible for the drag and drop feature

Cons:

- the plastic case with the belt clip that comes with the player fits very snug. That could be a good thing, since it won't come out, but whenever I try to take it off, I am afraid I will damage the player.

- other than the case, this MP3 player is perfect. so far, i haven't found anything wrong, and I absolutely love it!

My wife got one of these. It's extremely small, durable and has a nice selection of functions (MP3 playback, FM radio tuner with 20 presets and voice recording). It simply plugs into the USB port of your computer for MP3 downloading, so it's simple to replace music. The sound quality is excellent. It holds about 100 MP3 songs at 192 KbPS. Good for workouts or for travel.

The player is good. It isn't the smallest player out there but it is small enough to easily fit in almost anywhere. I like the fact that the drive is removable and can be used just like a normal USB (jump) drive. This means I can move music or other files to and from other computers, without worrying about having the software to do so.

I bought this at Christmas to have something that I could take to the gym. I was sold on its size. I had started shopping for a mini iPod but opted to go this route as the size was much smaller. I only want it for the gym and didn't see the need for a unit any larger. The built in FM radio was a nice feature as well.

What I also liked was that it can operate on a standard AAA battery and I didn't need to send it back in like the iPod to get a battery replacement. Battery life is long on your standard alkaline batteries.

No special cables needed to transfer data which I thought was another positive. I am forever misplacing cables and there always seems to be so many of them for each gadget or device that you own. This is pretty self contained in that respect and I'm very happy with it.