Creative Zen Nano 512 MB MP3 Player (Black)

by Creative

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 6.5 x 10.2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00099I19O
• Item model number: 70PF122200009
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,809 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

pZen Nano is a skip-free MP3 player, perfect for anyone new to music downloading and wanting to show off their style. Stand out among the crowd./p

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Be careful which version you buy, Nano v Nano Plus, December 8, 2005

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Eric E. Saibi "ericonline" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Zen Nano 512 MB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

This one is the Nano model. The product description is inaccurate. It does not come with FM receiver, belt clip/protective case, or armband. The Nano Plus which is approx $35 more does come with these features. I was very disappointed after receiving my shipment, but Amazon was able to work with me to resolve my issue.

Other than that, I just started using it and it is very easy to load songs, and the sound quality is great. Not sure why so many people complain about the ear buds. The materials used do seem a little cheap. Scrolling thru the menus and options seems realtively easy considering there is limited space to put buttons.

Overall, good product if you do not need an FM radio, belt clip, or armband. Otherwise, there may be better options for you.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great features, poor construction, April 30, 2005

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Michael Spooner (CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Zen Nano 512 MB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

I love this player for the incredible list of features for the price. The line recording is great, the interface is good, radio with recording is a great plus, the built-in mike is a nice touch, and everything fits into a tiny little plastic case the size of a package of trident gum. The features are all well thought out, although the mic is very quiet and really could not be used to record something like a lecture. I would love to try hooking up a nice mic and small preamp through the line in, as I'm sure it would sound much, much better. You can record in 128 or 160 kbps mp3 through this input. The 160 kbps sounds great. The computer software is decent. The reason I gave this unit a 3 instead of a 4 or 5 is because they obviously skimped on materials to keep the cost down. The plastic looks great, but it scratches incredibly easily (I think I would recommend getting white instead of black for this reason), the button, which look like they should be made of metal, are unsubstantial silver-painted plastic, and the battery cover appears very prone to breakage. I expected real metal buttons (like a cell phone) and a more substantial plastic casing, or even metal casing (I would be willing to pay an extra $10-$20 for these better materials -- I mean, it wouldn't require much seeing how small the thing is!) The plastic scrolling wheel is a bit hard to move side-to-side at times. I use the included rubbery belt-clip case-thing all the time to protect the unit. It makes it feel more substantial and protects from any big scratches. The headphones are made of much better quality material, fit nicely in the ears, and sound pretty good, but they buzz whenever the backlight on the unit comes on, and they also crackle a little between songs. I generally leave the backlight off to save battery, anyway. Again, this does not happen with most other headphones when plugged into the unit. So, if you can live with these physical design flaws, this MP3 player rules. If it's going to bother you (Like it does with me), probably go elsewhere.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A decent mp3 player, November 26, 2005

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Justin W. Byron (Norton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative Zen Nano 512 MB MP3 Player (Black) (Electronics)

I bought a new Zen Nano a few months ago. I mostly use it to listen to while walking around the campus. The ear buds that came with it are horrible to use, in my opinion. They fit very poorly and the audio seems to switch sides sometimes...but most people will tell you that no matter what you buy, the included headphones are never that good. I immediately bought a $20 pair of headphones, and then I was fairly happy. Although I am still planning on buying even better headphones later, maybe some Seinnheiser HD202's which I bet would sound great with this player.

Anyways, after a while you get used to using the controls and pushing the buttons with one hand, which is nice. The black case does get noticeably scratched up over time, it did come with a little plastic "sleeve" but it's an ugly looking semi-transparent white rubber thing. It makes me think of a condom for my player, so I never used it. If you don't mind it getting scratched up, then I say, forget using the weird included holder.

These past few weeks I've noticed that my player has been taking longer to turn off, which is done by holding down the play button. The past few days, it won't actually turn off at all. I have to open the battery cover and pull the battery out to turn it off, which is a little inconvenient. I haven't read about this happening to anyone else, so I just might be unlucky.

I would say that for the price, it's a really nice player, (...) I do wish I had saved up a little more and purchased the 1 gig one though, since I like to have a lot of musical choices to pick from. This model can hold about 6 or so albums at about 192kbps, which is CD quality audio.