Creative MuVo TX FM 1 GB MP3 Player | 
| Brand: Creative Labs
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Rating:  156 reviews
Sales Rank: 15293
Color: Red
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 2.9 x 0.6 x 1.4
MPN: 73PD051100020
Model: 73PD051100020
UPC: 054651086258
EAN: 0054651086258
ASIN: B000779T4Y
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| Features:
| • | 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 Description
Creative Labs MuVo TX FM 1GB - This extremely portable digital audio player is about the size of a pack of gum, allowing you to take it pretty much anywhere. And anywhere you take it, you'll enjoy hours of skip-free MP3 or WMA music - as well as FM broadcasts. This little guy even has a built-in microphone for personal voice recordings! Built-in FM tuner with recording capabilities Built-in Microphone for up to 64 hours of voice recording Windows Media Player 9 support works with most music download services Includes - 1 pair of stereo headphones, 1 neck cord, 1 AAA battery, 1 Quick Start Guide, & installation CD
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 ou nces 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. Choose your music. Choose your device. Know it's going to work.
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 Great MP3 Player/Jump Drive January 18, 2005
R. Entingh (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
447 out of 452 found this review helpful
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 , 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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Excellent little multi-purpose gem! February 4, 2005
airfirehorse (Seattle, WA)
111 out of 122 found this review helpful
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.
Excellent, better than an iPod shuffle October 31, 2005
Mannina Magha (Traveller)
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
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.
Shuffle killer - Best creative product to date! July 9, 2005
Frank Castle (Dallas, TX USA)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
I have owned my Creative Muvo TX FM for about a week now, and I must admit this is one of the best gadgets that I have ever prurchased. I also own a Creative Zen Xtra 30GB hard-drive based player, which I enjoy but it is somewhat bulky to jog with and impossible to throw in your pocket. My wife insisted that she wanted an iPod shuffle because it was cute so she got a shuffle and I got the Muvo. There is no comparison between the two. The Muvo comes with a belt clip and armband, which alone will set you back $20-$30 each on a shuffle. It uses a standard AAA battery, so if you are traveling you don't have to buy an additional charger (another $30 on the shuffle), also when the battery goes dead you just replace it as opposed to the shuffle, which in the event that your rechargeable battery dies you just chunk it because it is too small to even make a useful paper weight. Add to these pluses the fact that it has a display, no USB cable is necessary (this happens to be the same as the shuffle), no software is necessary (drag and drop), FM tuner and FM recording, an adjustable equalizer, and also voice recording. By the time you buy all the nesessary accessories for your shuffle you will have spent approximately $100 more and you still have no display, FM tuner, equalizer controls, FM recording, voice recording, or option to repaceable the battery. Did I mention that the sound quality is excellent, and the battery life is unbelievable? The FM tuner is suprisingly good for such a small device. It beats several much larger walkman style players that I have with tuners, and it actually even beats the FM tuning in my Acura. Admittedly, I am in the suburbs of Dallas, so even the weak stations here may be better than most. The signal to noise ratio is so good that I can even connect it to my 7.1 and 5.1 surround sound setups, and get very good quality sound through a simple mini plug to RCA adapter. I know someone who has the Creative Muvo Micro N200, so if you are trying to decide between the two here is how I would summarize the differences:
1) Micro N200 is slightly smaller in size, but since they are both incredibly small I would call this one a wash because the Muvo TX FM is even small enough to fit in my two year old daughter's pocket. Micro N200 is almost too small making it hard for those with larger hands.
2) Micro N200 requires a USB cable, but it is also drag and drop in Windows XP. Advantage Muvo TX FM.
3) Micro N200 can record via a line in, which requires a specialized cable included with the N200. Advantage N200, but only if you plan on recording something other than radio or CDs(i.e. old tapes, satellite radio, etc.). Great for old books on tape.
4) The Micro N200 has slightly higher total harmonic distortion (THD), making it somewhat less desireable if you plan on playing it through a car adapter or home stereo since you really have to crank the volume on the device when you connect it making any noise much worse. Advantage Muvo TX FM.
I actually enjoy this unit over my hard-drive based unit because the sound seems to be slightly better and it is easy to throw in your pocket or work out with. My Zen Xtra holds all ~4000 of my songs at 192kbps MP3 format; however, this just means that when I listen to it on random I find myself hitting the button to skip to the next track very often because even though I like the music I am not neccesarily in the mood for it. The small player can be loaded so quickly and easily (drag and drop USB 2.0) that I just put the songs that I happen to be in the mood for at the time and change them out when my mood changes, which means that I never have to skip tracks. This may not be a big deal if you use playlists, but who has the time to come up with playlists that may or may not be compatible with other software or devices. I wouldn't hesitate to buy this again, even at a higher price.
Great sound quality, great little package. Very few cons. April 20, 2006
Kumar A. Chheda (Salt Lake City, UT)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I recently bought a creative MuVo 1Gb MP3 player for a cousin abroad and he asked me to make sure it was working well. I already own an iPod 30Gb video for myself and I must say I am really impressed with this one too! Its a very well designed product!
Sound Quality:
The sound quality of this player is very good. I transferred some songs from my PC onto it and began listening to it almost immediately (less than 5 mins). For this testing I used my ipod headphones as I didnt want to use earphones on this one (since it is for my cousin). But the included earphones most likely will be as good and so shouldnt be a problem. I must repeat - the sound quality is awesome. I did not find any difference from my iPod (for some songs, this even sounds better).
Ease of Use:
This is very easy to use. I looked in the reference manual and it is very well illustrated and there are only 13 pages (4" x 4" size). Very well described using diagrams and for any reasonably savvy computer person, transfering songs and getting going should be easy. Navigation between the various features of this player is also very easy.
Battery:
It runs off of one AAA battery (one duracell battery supplied). I didnt try to exhaust the battery and see how long it lasts, but it looks like it should last long. I listened to songs for an hour without any decrease on the battery bar (on the screen) which features three level bars (like a cell phone).
Software/Integration:
There is some software on the CD, but I didnt install it. You dont need to install the software to get running. The whole player body is composed of two parts - the USB flash drive, and the rest of the body that contains the processor, fm tuner etc. The USB flash drive plugs into the (red part) snugly and comes off when u pull it. I just plugged the flash drive into my USB port on my PC and copied songs on to it (as suggested in the manual also) and then plugged it back into the body and was off listening to songs. This also means that there is no automatic song synchronization like iTunes and iPod does when I plug it into my PC. Here you have to manually manage the songs on your player. This is not necessarily a bad thing - you might want to manage songs manually especially if you have a collection more than 1 gb on your computer. I am just mentioning it here so you know! (Maybe the software included has some synchronization features)
Other features:
FM Tuner: Pretty nice FM tuner. Sound was very clear. Tuning into stations by "seek"ing was easy. Saving channels when I liked a station was pretty easy too! Definitely a plus above my iPod! I love listening to Radio.
Voice Recorder: There is a voice recorder too... its not as powerful, but it does work. It can be handy if you want to store small memo notes for yourself when you have a thought! Also if you want to record lectures in college or something. One bad thing is, you cant pause and re-record to the same voice recording file. Once you record and then pause, and then start recording, this will record to a new file! I can imagine situations where this would be a minus, but then this is not really a full fledged voice recorder - its an MP3 player. This is just an additional feature, so I guess its pretty good for that.
Included accesories:
Running Strap, Belt Clip, Earphones, AAA battery. Everything is pretty good quality.
Overall, my review:
Pros:
- Sound output is very good (tested this with my ipod headphones, not the included ones)
- FM tuner
- voice recorder
- Supplied belt clip, running strap. Dont really need to buy any add-on accessories.
- Easily plugs into PC to transfer/remove songs.
- Uses AAA battery. Use a charger and rechargeable batteries.
- Really tiny. Fits into pocket, without sticking out.
Cons:
- Clunky (The volume +/- buttons are on the side of the flash drive, so when you try to pull the flash drive out of the pc, you end up pressing them. No downside to doing that, but it just annoying)
- Songs management is manual (possibly automatic if you install the included software)
- Hold button is not a hardware button like on the iPod. You have to go through menus and activate it. - REquires a few clicks, so a negative in my opinion. (Maybe there is some other easier way I am overlooking).
- Voice recorder records new file for every pause
Overall 9/10.(Its so good, I almost feel like getting one for myself too - a small player in addition to my iPod)
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