Creative MuVo V100 1 GB MP3 Player (White)

by Creative Labs

Product Details

• Item Weight: 9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000LP0ROS
• Item model number: 70PF190409001
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)

Product Description

Everyone's choice for music on the go!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Little MP3 Player, October 25, 2007

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John B (Springfield, IL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Creative MuVo V100 1 GB MP3 Player (White) (Electronics)

I always thought that I would buy one of the Apple iPods, but after spending some (poor) quality time with the horrible iTunes software, I was soon cured of that fantasy. The moral of the story is, "If you don't like iTunes, don't waste your money on an iPod".

I really just wanted an player to "drag and drop" my MP3 album folders to and the Creative Muvo V100 was just what I had been waiting for!

Just copy your album folders to the player. You can do it from any Windows PC, without having to install any special software. The player's scroll wheel will allow you to display each album. Go into the album to play the whole thing or select just the song that you want to hear.

Audio quality is great (just get some good "in ear" headphones). Controlling the player with the little wiggle wheel takes some getting used to. Battery life is good (turn off the backlight and it will play twice as long). One caution - if you let the battery run completely out, the player's firmware can become corrupted (it happens to me about 1 out of every 10 times when I let the battery go completely dead). Don't worry - you can fix your "brick" by going to the Creative web site and downloading the "MP3 Recovery Tool".

Now that the price has dropped to $19.99 I'm buying two more!

>>> 5 Month Update (03/27/2007) <<<
This little player is still going strong. I have dropped it and sat on it several times - it still works! The latest firmware release seems to have finally fixed the "brick" problem. The little battery door is loose, so I secure it with a small piece of electrical tape. Too bad the price went back up!

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buy a Sandisk Sansa M240 instead, August 9, 2007

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Retired English Teacher - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative MuVo V100 1 GB MP3 Player (White) (Electronics)

File transfer rate is at least FIVE TIMES SLOWER than equivalently-priced Sansa M240. MuVo v100 is Full-speed (actually USB 1.1) not Hi-speed (true USB 2.0). At Creative's site there are three pages of customer complaints about the MuVo v100 slow file transfer rate. No fix is currently available, though Creative customer service sends customers on a firmware-download wild goose chase and neglects to mention that the snail-like transfer rate is a well-documented problem. Also, the player's wheel, which needs to be turned and pushed, is an annoying gimmick. Finally, sound for playing audio books is indifferent. Stick to Sansa, the only problem with which, if you lose your place in an audio book, is a slow fast forward.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good value and easy to use, August 23, 2007

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M. Graves "tech girl" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative MuVo V100 1 GB MP3 Player (White) (Electronics)

I bought this MP3 as an upgrade to the previous Creative player I received as a gift a few years ago. I love the fact that you can connect to the computer via USB and add songs by the drag and drop method. However, the software that the player comes with is very user friendly. Of course this makes moving music much faster. The player menu is setup in an intuitive manner and the buttons on the unit are well placed.