Great for running and biking, this Nomad MuVo2 MP3 player by Creative features 100% skip-free playback and a protective sports case. Quick and easy to use with a super-fast USB transfer, it has a 512MB storage capacity for up to 8 hours of MP3 digital music, and a rechargeable battery for up to 16 hours of continuous playback. Includes foldable headphones, a sports case, armband and USB 2.0 cable. Available storage capacity may vary. Imported. 2-1/2Hx2-1/2Wx1D".
Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness.
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2003
Why waste your money on this product when you can pay $30 more and get a 10GB iPod? It holds 20 times the amount of music!!! The price of the MuVo is RIDICULOUSLY high!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2003
Overall a good piece, superb sound quality... however, stopped working on my way to school, no idea why and can't boot it anymore... Maybe just my bad luck, but I did enjoy it for the 4 days...
This was my first MP3 player purchase. I have waited until there was a flash-memory-based product with sufficient capacity to be worth my effort. While the Creative MUVO2 X-Trainer has several attractive features (intuitive/no-hassel interface as add-on hard drive via USB2.0 or USB1.1 connection, mega-battery life - over 24 hours continuous play,noise-free operation - no moving parts, skip free playback - no moving parts, and armband/waistclip, seemless integration with Creative PlayCenter software), it falls short on some critical features: * Unable to play ".WAV" files without errors * Playback buttons not very user-friendly - especially compared to other products on the market. * No FM radio * No record function/input (microphone) * Memory only 512 MB & can't upgrade with flash memory cards. Creative either needs to increase memory to 2 gigs (NOT HD), enhance usability/design and increase features. By the time they re-launch their products, we will be demanding miniature MPEG4/JPEG/MP3/FM... with easy-to-use wireless interfaces on flash memory and infinite battery life for under $300. Viva la consumer :P
I received the X-Trainer a week ago and, so far, so good. I purchased this device to use while exercising, not to store my entire music collection. The 512MB flash memory gives me enough space for 5 or 6 albums recorded at 128kbps, which provides fine fidelity. If you want a large storage volume and are not worried about moving parts, take your chances with a hard-disk drive unit. The earphones are functional if not particularly comfortable. The sports armband is secure and the lithium battery arrived charged and ready to use. The control buttons are simple and easy to use and the LCD display is easily read even with my tired, old eyes. The software provided works well with my Windows XP operating system and moving files back and forth is very simple. My only complaint is that the X-Trainer wants to replay album tracks by the title of the song rather than the track number. I'm sure there must be a simple solution for this problem but the instruction manual, provided on the CD, is not very helpful. I've tried to find a solution to this small annoyance but to no avail. A simple if cumbersome work-around is to manually retitle each track using an alpha prefix (a_NAME, b_NAME, c_NAME, etc.) in order to hear tracks in the order I want. Apart from this one small problem, I give the X-Trainer a strong recommendation to musically-inclined exercise buffs!
I just received my unit today and I am very satisfied with the purchase. The muvo2 sounds better than my previous iAudio unit, which in turn sounded better than an iriver unit I purchased (and then returned). The best part is the easy file transfer to/from the unit. It shows up as a removable drive (in windows anyways) and transfer has been flawless. Much better than the iriver, which bombed fairly frequently during downloads. The only downside to this unit is the tiny navigation buttons (otherwise it would be 5 stars). They are pretty tough to use while jogging, etc. Other than that, this is a very nice MP3 player. Oh yeah, and get some decent earphones. I recommend the koss sport clips for running, and the Etymotic phones for serious listening.
pros: usb2 for fast transfers, very good sound quality, ergonomic controls, flash memory is more reliable than harddrive and uses less battery life. cons: 100-150 song capacity (depending on quality) may not be enough for some people. Susceptible to static electricity -- so far this hasn't caused lasting effects, but it's surprising.