Samsung YP-Z5AB 4 GB Digital Audio Player (Black)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EPJBJC
• Item model number: YP-Z5AB/XAA
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description The 4 GB flash memory Samsung YP-Z5 digital audio player is a great choice for carrying your music collection with you wherever you go. But it also works seamlessly with PlaysForSure online music stores and subscription services such as MTV's Urge, Napster, Rhapsody, and Yahoo,

The YP-Z5 supports online music stores such as Urge, Napster, Rhapsody, and Yahoo.

allowing you portable access to tens of thousands of songs downloaded from these services. It features compatibility with MP3, OGG Vorbis, WMA, and WMA-DRM10 (digital rights protected), JPEG image viewer, a long lasting rechargeable battery for up to 35 hours, and a 1.8-inch color screen.

Weighing in at just 2 ounces, this ultra-thin, elegantly crafted player has a durable aluminum body that prevents scratches and smudges and offers large tactile buttons and a multi-directional touchpad. It also features an intuitive and visually delightful GUI (graphical user interface) designed by former Apple iPod software designer Paul Mercer.

The brightly colorful 1.8-inch LCD displays album art, and you can also show off photo slideshows from transferred JPEGs (while music plays) and even customize the screen's wallpaper with your favorite picture. It features eight EQ presets and Samsung's proprietary DNSe portable 3D sound technology (with three 3D settings plus a user customizable setting). You can choose to shuffle all tracks or only within a certain artist, album, genre, composer, or playlist. Other features include browsing by database (artist, album, genre, title) and timer settings for the display's backlight and sleep mode. It connects to PCs via a USB 2.0 connection (cable included) and it's compatible with Windows XP SP1/SP2 systems with Windows Media Player 10 software.

The Samsung YP-Z5 uses PlaysForSure technology. Look for the PlaysForSure logo if you're shopping for a portable music or video device and you want to make sure the digital music and video you purchase will play back on it every time. Match the PlaysForSure logo on a large selection of leading devices and online music stores. If you see the logo, you'll know your digital music will play for sure. Choose from a large number of digital music and video stores, including MTV's Urge, Rhapsody, Yahoo!, MSN Music, MusicMatch, MusicNow, Napster, Wal-Mart Music Downloads, and many more.

What's in the Box
4 GB Samsung YP-Z5 flash memory digital audio player, earphones, USB cable, installation CD-ROM, and printed operating instructions.

Product Description

The Samsung YP-Z5AB 4GB Digital Media Player provides mobile music lovers with the tools & resources they need to really enjoy, manage and expand their audio and video library. It holds up to 4GB of data -- enough for thousands of MP3s or hundreds of high-quality film and TV clips. The 1.8" color TFT-LCD screen is one of the largest in its class and lets users view photographs and album art with ease. You can create sizzling sideshows and view them directly on the screen, with the built-in photo viewer. It's also the 4GB flash player to offer subscription capabilities, through PlaysForSure. With its quality LCD screen, a slim, durable body and extended battery life, the YP-Z5 stands above the competition. Stores up to 25,000 pictures Tap Bar navigation Includes earphones, USB cable and install CD Playing Time - Up to 35 hrs. Connectivity - USB 2.0 Supports PlaysForSure Operating Systems - Windows XP with Service Packs 1 & 2, Windows Media Player 10 Color - Black Net Dimensions(WxHxD) - 1.66 x. 45 x 3.54

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars after a lot of comparing..., August 1, 2006

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Fink "DF" (Pensacola) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung YP-Z5AB 4 GB Digital Audio Player (Black) (Electronics)

I owned a Iriver H10 5GB which died 13 months after I purchased it. The player was problematic at best when it did work. Very poor customer support etc, so I wanted to do a lot of research before I spent $200+ dollars on a player. FYI if you plan on running purchase a MP3 player that uses flash memory, any Hard drive based model does not take shock well.
I eventually got down to the Samsung 4GB and San disk 4/6 Gb models. I decided to purchase the Samsung and have been very pleased. I was used to windows media player and have mostly WMA files and some WMA-10 (copy protected files). It was seemless to transition to Samsung. I used playlists already on my computer and added about 2 GB of songs and was up and running in 20 minutes max. Player charged fully in 1.5 hours and the playback is excellent. I have never submitted a review before but since it was hard to find many opinions online I wanted to share mine. The only downside is that you do have to plug into a computer to charge but this is not a big issue for me. I do not travel often and I have a laptop I can use if need be.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice all-rounder, great battery life, January 2, 2007

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Dean Kennedy (Moonee Ponds (Melbourne), Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung YP-Z5AB 4 GB Digital Audio Player (Black) (Electronics)

I originally went shopping for a nano, and was convinced in-store to give the Z5 4Gb a go instead. The main benefits I've like are the loooooong battery life, easy PC connection via the USB cord and being able to play MP3 files natively, without having to convert to Apple's music format. So file transfer is fast and simple, and the player is very compatible "out of the box" without having to add on iTunes or any kind of proprietory software.

The Z5 connects directly to Windows Media Player, so I can set up sync lists. The interface this way is a little cumbersome though, and the sync can be a little tedious for deleting files -- and you need to have good tags in your MP3 files to have albums sorted correctly (although I doubt that is a negative against the player -- it's only reading the available data!). But you can access the player's files without Windows Media Player, directly from Windows Explorer, so that's an added bonus.

The navigation can be slightly over-sensitive at times, it's easy to scroll past an item in the window, but doesn't take long to get used to. The player switches off the screen pretty quickly, which helps prolong battery life. And I can easily scroll through my songs whilst another song is playing, easy to setup the next song to play if I'm looking through all 600-plus songs on the player. Easy too to hook up an FM transmitter to the headphone jack to play songs through the car radio.

It also has a picture viewer but I don't see the point of it: it's not video and the screen isn't that big to enjoy too much picture viewing. But then again, I don't think any small screen size devices really lend themselves to extended or frequent picture viewing. I'm sure others have their own opinion, so if a picture viewer is appealing, there's one here.

Overall, it's a bit bulkier than the nano, but still small overall and doesn't feel at all flimsy, so likely to avoid scratches and should last well in the long term. Recharging is simple via USB. Not the range of expensive add-on products as iPod, but that's not why I bought the player: it has been a reliable MP3 music player and I'd happily recommend it to friends.

I'm nearly tempted to only give it 4 stars because of the navigation being a bit sensitive, but I don't think it warrants a full star downgrade. Probably 4.5 stars, but happy to say 5 in this case.

The only reason I'd get rid of the player is for a video based player (ideally with SD card slot to store camera pics) of about 80Gb or more -- but that's really a different category of need -- this is great for music!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Customer Service, faulty product, January 23, 2007

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Jeff Lima (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung YP-Z5AB 4 GB Digital Audio Player (Black) (Electronics)

The one I received as a gift never worked. I sent it in for repairs twice, and twice it was returned with the same problem. Customer service promised to contact me with some sort of resolution. Nope. When I called back a week later, nothing had been done to get me an exchange or a refund. Apparently, my case wasn't even forwarded yet to the department who could authorize any decision. I'm still waiting. Do yourself a favor and check out the better business bureau's report on Samsung Electronics, Ridgefield Park, NJ BEFORE buying an MP3 player from them. The vast majority of complaints are either unresolved or not responded to.