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  • Powered by 1 AAA battery; provides up to 15 hours of continuous play
  • 1 GB holds up to 32 hours WMA or 16 hours MP3 music -- weighs just 1.1 ounces
  • Built-in FM and FM recorder with 32 presets
  • Built-in microphone for easy voice recording
  • Transfers music via USB 2.0; compatible with Windows 98SE, 2000, Me, XP
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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 2.9 x 0.6 x 1.4 inches ; 1.6 ounces
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B000779T4Y
  • Item model number: 73PD051100020
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (154 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,900 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: June 21, 2006

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Amazon.com Product Description Creative's MuVo TX FM makes it a breeze to take your favorite music with you wherever you go--to the office, to the gym, or on a rollerblading expedition. The size of a small USB flash memory drive, the MuVo TX FM weighs just 1.1 ounces with the single AAA battery inserted into the battery pack. This multiformat player is compatible with both MP3 and WMA files, and it also includes an FM tuner and the capability to record music directly from the radio. It also include s a built-in microphone for recording short voice notes or long lectures. You can also use the MuVo TX FM as a mass storage USB drive, enabling you to carry important documents and presentations.

The 1 GB internal flash memory will store up to 32 hours of WMA files at 64 kbps or up to 26 hours of MP3 music at 128 kbps; it will also store up to 64 hours of voice recordings. With support for WMA, MuVo Micro N200 offers you access to t he widest selection of music download services on the Internet, including Best Buy MusicNow, Buy Music, Musicmatch, and Napster.



The Creative MuVo TX FM plugs directly into your computer's USB port.

It's powered by one AAA battery that provides up to 16 hours of continuous play. With super-fast USB 2.0 connectivity and simple drag-and-drop transfer without software, the MuVo TX FM accepts music files as quickly as a song per second. Th e 96 x 32-pixel blue backlit LCD displays file information, and you can scroll through folders, playlists, or individual songs. You can customize playback with a five-band graphic equalizer with four equalization presets, as well as environ mental settings for pop, rock, jazz, or classical.

What's in the Box
This package includes the 1 GB MuVo TX FM digital audio player, earbuds, 15-inch velcro armband, carrying case with belt clip, and CD-ROM with Creative MediaSource music management software. MediaSource is an easy-to-use application for ripp ing CDs, organizing entire digital music collections, and easily transferring MP3 and WMA files.

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Product Description

MuVo TX FM is an ultra-light, high-performance and easy to use Digital Audio Player that also plays and records FM Radio. Perfectly designed for flawless performance during exercise or other rigorous activity, MuVo TX FM can carry hours of skip free, high-fidelity music.You can even customize the music you like, just the way you like it, with a 5-band custom equalizer and 4 presets for Jazz, Rock, Pop or Classical music. MuVo TX FM will play up to 15hrs of continuous MP3 playback on 1 x AAA battery.MuVo TX FM has a high-resolution backlit LCD that is reversible for left or right-handed operation. Plus, the LCD provides full track information (ID3 tags) and is great for folder navigation with the convenient scroll button.TX FM is equipped with super-fast USB 2.0 that transfers music or data files in high speed to and from your computer. Simply attach MuVo TX FM to any PC or notebook and drag-and-drop your files - no cables or installation software needed.You can use MuVo TX FM to carry presentations, photos and any other data files between PCs at home, work or on the road. And, with a built-in microphone for handy voice recordings, you'll never want to be without your MuVo TX FM.

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447 of 452 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great MP3 Player/Jump Drive, January 18, 2005
By R. Entingh (Grand Rapids, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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Great little device.

I've owned the original Muvo (128MB) for about two years. It's been heavily used as both a jump drive as well as an MP3 player. It has seen a LOT of use and shows no signs of giving up the ghost. I like my original Muvo so much I bought the Muvo 1GB TX FM just so I could store more of my data/music. (I know in this day and age it seems strange even ludicrous perhaps, but I actually buy my CD's from a store and then rip them to my computer - yes, you heard that right, I actually pay for my music!) I also own the original Nomad Jukebox 10GB (even older) which is hooked into the system wired throughout my house. I've played, recorded, dropped, and generally beat the heck out of both devices and both are still going strong.

As far as the Muvo TX FM 1GB, what can I say? I've had it for two days and already have formed a very positive opinion (I really like it).

Over my original Muvo 128MB it adds:

- 1GB storage for 16 hours of MP3 (8 times the storage of my old Muvo)
- FM receiver with a bunch of presets (woo hoo! a radio!) - with the ability to record.
- Voice recording - quality is mediocre, but comprehendible.
- 5-band custom equalizer with other presets.
- A backlit LCD.
- Folder support (but only 1 level deep for Music files).
- A bunch of play modes (personally, more than I need or will use).
- You can delete files from the player.
- Cool jog control allowing forward/backward/select operations.
- Settings for stuff like contrast, backlight, etc.
- Faster USB 2.0 support (still supports 1.1)
- Great "Steal Me" red color.

Like my old Muvo:

- Music sound quality is top notch as far as MP3 goes. Creative does have a bit of a reputation for this. Although any real audiophile worth his salt would never use compressed audio in a high end home system <sniff>, the Muvo still sounds pretty good.
- Shows up in Windows Explorer as a Removable Drive - allowing drag and drop operations. There is no problem storing data in n-level folders.
- Muvo separates from battery pack so it can plug directly into a USB port. I really like this as I am prone to lose cables among the jumble of other techno items around my house. A word or warning though: The form factor may not fit some USB ports. In this case, a USB extender cable will be needed (which is no different than other MP3 players with the cable).

Some things to note:

- The player plays ALL music files in alphabetical order unless your MP3 files are named with the TrackNumber -Song (e.g. 01-SongName.mp3) naming convention. This can be a problem if you've named your files without the prefixed track number. For me, this wasn't a big deal when I realized I could name my files with the TrackNumber-Song name and have a separate tag name for the song itself. (Interestingly enough, my original Muvo 128MB would play in original album order if the songs were transferred through Creative's MediaSource, but would play alphabetically if transferred using Windows Explorer). The TrackNumber-Song convention of file naming really solves the problem for me. Note that this convention also allows songs to be played in the correct order when dragged-dropped from Windows Explorer
- Uses 1 AAA battery. My old Muvo lasted about 10 to 12 hours. Not sure about the new one yet (depending on backlight settings, etc.) but Creative says 15 hours of MP3. I actually like the old-fashioned battery method - again, less cables for recharging and you can always get something called a rechargeable battery if you are a penny pincher.
- As mentioned before, the player allows tree based folder systems, but will only play music files from either the root level or the 1st folder level off the root. This is not a problem for me since all my mp3 files are arranged by Album as the folder name with the Album mp3 files contained in that folder. The Muvo TX FM series DOES have a menu item to skip to the desired folder and various play modes to play only that folder - so navigation is really not a problem. Playlists would be nice, but I really don't mind the lack of them on a device the size of the Muvo since this it isn't designed to be so much a "jukebox" type of player that holds ALL your music as much as it is a very portable "music of the week" type of device. I get my on-the-fly playlists from my Nomad (or someday the Creative Zen Touch 100GB or whatever).
- Since I have never had any problems with either my Muvo or Nomad I don't have any experience with Creative's customer service and therefore can't comment on it.
- I am impressed with Creative's continued Firmware updates. They have no less than four firmware updates for my ancient Nomad Jukebox - updates than not only fix problems, but added a lot of enhancements (as well as make it run with their new software). I've already made a firmware update (1.13.03) to my new Muvo that takes care of a couple of things (e.g. adds Audible format support). Make sure you look at the Firmware driver section before assuming that any Creative product has some show stopping bug or missing feature that you need.
- I haven't even tried the headphones that came with the Muvo TX FM 1GB, but I expect like most music stuff these days, the included headphones at the very least, can be greatly improved upon.

I'm not really a Creative advocate in the sense that I think that they are the only worthwhile brand to buy. It's just that I have only owned two (now three) MP3 players and they all happen to be Creative products and have served me well. (Although I wouldn't be caught dead with one of those froo-froo apple thingies though ;)

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111 of 122 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent little multi-purpose gem!, February 4, 2005
By airfirehorse (Outer Space) - See all my reviews
  
I've only had my MuVo for a few days, but already i don't miss my Sony Walkman. What a great invention: FM tuner, MP3/WMA player, data storage, and recorder. I haven't used the recorder, yet, but i can comment on all of the other features. First of all, there are only 3 reasons i can't give this a 5.

1) It's not incredibly user-friendly. You really have to search to find all of the features in the menus. They are all there, though, except for...

2) When it's finished with one folder's songs it just moves to the next alphabetical folder. The same is true of the songs themselves. It's all alphabetical. You can't make playlists, but it already packs a lot into such a small package so i can forgive it.

3) The tuner really is nothing without headphones to be used as an antenna. I live right outside of Philly (more radio stations than cheesesteaks, practically) and when i use autoscan, it only finds 22 stations at most (i have to hold it up in the air and move the headphones around to get that many -- it's usually 13-15). Without the headphones plugged in i get about 5 stations.

But, again, all of that is most likely due to what Creative could squeeze in. I LOVE the sound, i LOVE the features it does have, and i love the amount of space i have to hold my files and music (i do use it for both). Battery power is close to what's stated (15hrs). I use it at work all day 3 or 4 times per week and one battery lasts about 2 days (14-15 hrs of listening to both FM and MP3s).

One other note: On my old AMD K6-3 450MHz CPU with USB1.1, LARGE FILES FREEZE UP my machine and i can't even Ctrl-Alt-Del. I tried this 3 times and finally realized i needed to do file transfers with my work laptop (USB2.2 and a much faster machine). My old PC DID do files smaller than 3MB, though. Maybe it's not meant for such old technology?

My MuVo (bought on eBay with an extra black battery module for $200) came with neckband (not armband, which i'd prefer), headphones (i use my Walkman's instead), manual, and CD (3 applications). You don't need the CD with Win2K or higher, but i like the Audible Manager.
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, better than an iPod shuffle, October 31, 2005
By Mannina Magha (Traveller) - See all my reviews
  
I have been using creative products for over 10+ years - started with soundblasters and now in mp3 and they have been making excellent products from then to now.

What do I love my muvo ?
+ Cute and compact
+ Nice looking LCD display (ipod shuffle does'nt have this)
+ MP3 & FM (ipod shuffle does'nt have FM)
+ Record FM radio into mp3 (not in ipod shuffle)
+ Record your own voice & lectures (not in ipod shuffle)
+ No need for custom software(ipod shuffle requires custom s/w)
+ FM Presets - store your favourite channels
+ Easily available batteries (AA)
+ Flash drive, no micro drives (which have moving parts)
+ International FM tuning support - US FM channels are like 101.3, 97.3 etc, but in India, frequencies are 91.0, 101.0. Some FM tuners do not even tune to .0 frequences. But Muvo has been made flexible enough to tune to all frequencies

What I do not like about muvo ?
- Wish if they had made the mp3 player seperate from the USB memory so that you could plug any memory card into the mp3 player. So I buy a 256 MB player, but if I want to expand it to 1 GB, I just buy a different memory stick.

- Better quality earphones with volume control in the earphone cable

I also own an ipod shuffle 1 GB - which is pretty good as well, but i like my muvo better.
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