Creative Zen Micro 5 GB MP3 Player Black

by Creative Labs

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009MX538
• Item model number: 70PF108000335
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

You will never be without your favorite music with Zen Micro. Squeezed into its micro-sized casing is the capacity to store up to an astounding 3,000 songs (Based on 4 minutes per song at 64 kbps WMA), and keep your music going for up to 12 hours on a single battery charge with its removable, rechargeable Li-ion battery.

There's no need to go round in circles with the Zen Micro's intuitive Vertical Touch Pad. Designed to let you easily navigate through your music collection, you can be sure to find any song or data file with ease.

Shuffle your songs or albums with the DJ feature, or tune in to the latest songs on the pop charts with the radio. Whatever you're listening to, enjoy the best sound quality and clarity of a hi-fi that fits easily in your pocket.

Have access to over two million downloadable songs on the Internet with the many music subscription or download services that the Zen Micro players support. Without being restricted to just one music provider, you have the freedom to choose from the widest selection of songs online from MSN Music and other music services. With PlaysForSure support, you will always be able to play any digital music you purchase.

Not only does it play music, the Zen Micro helps you keep your life organized too. The mini-organizer consists of a calendar, an address book and a to-do-list (requires Microsoft Outlook). Keep track of all your business appointments or classes. Sync up your Microsoft Outlook email addresses, calendar notes in your home or office PCs with Zen Micro. Need to record lectures, business meetings, or just love the sound of your voice? The built-in microphone lets you to create and store voice memos with the built-in voice recorder.

Created with a mesmerizing blue backlight glow, FM tuner and FM recording with 32 preset stations, USB 2.0 for fast transfer of files and 8 preset EQ settings, the Creative Zen Micro packs so much into something so small. Now, whoever said small had to mean minimal?

Product Description

At only 2" x 3.3" x 0.7" and 3.8 ounces, the Creative Zen Micro is truly a personal MP3 Recorder and Player that's small, light, and easy to use. Whatever you do, where ever you go, the Zen Micro goes with you. It records and plays MP3 - WMA - WAV files and can also record directly off the built-in FM radio, with digital tuning. A built-in microphone lets you do up to 10 hours of voice recording. Its removable, rechargeable battery lasts up to 12 hours per charge. It also has a built-in calendar, to-do list, and phonebook. Critically acclaimed audiophile quality sound makes the Zen Micro a pleasure to your ears (and mind). All in all, this is one friendy, creative gizmo adds color to make your life better everyday. Access over 2 million songs through Zen supported music services Highest audio clarity at 98dB signal noise ratio High fidelity earphones with dynamic bass response Contact management (phonebook), Calendar (schedule) and To Do List functions Functions as an external hard drive for backup of computer files - it's a portable hard drive Multifunction Backlit LCD screen - 160x104 pixel resolution, Blue LED backlit LCD Repeat, resume, and random play 8 EQ settings (Acoustic, classical, disco, jazz, new age, pop, rock and vocal) Sleep and wake timers Customizable main menu, so the features you want are right at your finger tips Has USB 2.0 interface for high-speed file trransfer - USB 1.1 backward compatible Weighs only 3.8 oz. with removable battery Creative 1 year limited hardware warranty / 90 day service warranty Compatible with Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP Color - Black

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Only 3 stars because of certain malfunctions., March 10, 2006

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Waya - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Creative Zen Micro 5 GB MP3 Player Black (Electronics)

My boyfriend bought 2 of these, one for him and myself. After three months, I did not have a single problem. However, his developed a firmware problem last week, deleted all of his files (including those from CDs he lost), and refused to be updated. He called tech support, but before he mailed it in, the problem resolved itself and he was able to update the firmware (but unfortunately did not recover his files).

Now today, when he turned it on, the headphone jack loosened up, and the sound cut in and out. He called tech support yet again, got the RMA number, and will mail it out next week.

Again, I haven't had a single problem with mine. They're the same exact player, color, and battery, and mine takes more abuse because I use it as a 1 GB partitioned flash drive. It has fallen on the floor a number of times and only received a small scratch on the screen. This is my first experience with a hard drive-based mp3 player, since up to this point I was using a Creative MuVo Nomad (flash drive based).

I think it depends on a person's luck with products like these. If you've never had a problem with electronics malfunctioning, there's a good chance you'll love this player.

Final note: BUY THE CREATIVE PROTECTION PLAN with this player. And keep your receipt. Just in case.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good mp3 player overall, December 29, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Creative Zen Micro 5 GB MP3 Player Black (Electronics)

this mp3 is very nice, its my third in 2 years and is the best over all. i wanted rhapsody to go which works great with this player but i needed a firmwire update, i was quite nervous durring the update because it erases the entire hard drive and reprograms, so if anything went wrong i would have a heep of plastic. but i didnt and the rhapsody service works good with it.

pros-

- nice set up on current playing track similar to ipod

- battery life is quite good

- the touch wheel is nice but a little over sensitive (use lock feature at top)

-HAS AMAZING SOUND even with the cheap head phones included

- gets great radio reception with the ability to save 32 radio frequences and you can title them all

- gets very loud, you can turn it up all the way and not have to use the ear buds

- dj feature keeps track of most and least played, plus has an album of the day feature

-clock, planner, alarm clock and many other orginizational features

cons-

-horrible manual not even joking there are 10 pages in english and it is about inserting your battery and turning your player on so figuring out things is a hassle

-battery take about 2 or 3 hours to charge, you might want to get a spare

- the case included with some purchases is plastic and hard and always freaks my out when i try to get my micro out of it

- the usb cord is hard to detach i always feel like im gonna break it

- there have been many reports of the head phone jack getting loose and comming out (but no such thing is occuring in mine)

but otherwise this is an extremly good player with great sound and great features, it has verry similar controls to an ipod (but many more features) plus it works with almost all to go services which is nice because my family pays 15 bucks a month on rhapsody and in the past week or so i have gotten over 300 or 400 songs! no more 99 cent deals.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Do the firmware update., December 10, 2005

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ferbio "robsup" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creative Zen Micro 5 GB MP3 Player Black (Electronics)

I recently bought the micro for the daily commute to work.

Didn't work well,but then I downloaded the firmware update.Works great now.I use the real rhapsody download service,and can download as many songs as I want.It's a beautiful thing.Some sites say that there is no "all tracks" option,but yes there is.Don't be afraid to push on the pad,as that is how you get control.If you barely touch it,there is no control.Overall a great unit.Great sound output too.