Creative Zen V 1 GB Portable Media Player (White/Orange) | 
| Brand: Creative Labs
List Price: $119.99
Buy New: $49.99
You Save: $70.00 (58%)
New (10) Refurbished (2) from $32.90
Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 1460
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.6 x 2.7 x 1.7
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 70PF1921001C1
Model: 70PF1921001C1
UPC: 054651134614
EAN: 0054651134614
ASIN: B0006HTZ8K
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: New in opened box ,box is rough but item has been tested and works fine everything is there
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| Features:
| • | Portable media player fits perfectly in your palm or pocket | | • | Big 1 GB memory holds up to 500 songs, photographs, and album art | | • | 1.5-inch OLED screen displays rich and vibrant photos, full-color menus, and more at any viewing angle | | • | Direct CD Recording allows you to record songs directly from an audio source without using a PC | | • | Player doubles as a voice recorder with the handy built-in microphone |
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Product Description
Zen V Package includes ZEN V Player; Earphones; Lanyard; Drawstring Pouch; USB Cable; Line-in Cable; Installation CD; Quick Start Guide Zen is a discipline deriving joy from deep, meditative concentration. Creative Zen is an MP3 player that lets you derive pleasure forom whatever you do. The ZEN V player was designed for people like you?those who walk a step or two ahead of the pack. So don't be surprised when people take notice of your cool, colorful music and photo player. Tell them you carry up to 500 songs with you. Show them just a handful of the photos you've stored on the pocket sized powerhouse. And tell them there's even more but they'll have to get their own. ZEN V is ideal for your next jog on the trail or trip to the gym. At under 2 ounces, the Zen V from Creative is a digital-media player for everytime and anytime that can go anywhere and everywhere. Direct CD recording Syncs contacts, calendar and tasks Built-in voice recorder Skip free playback Plays music, ZENCast, and audiobooks Alarm and clock Customizable main menu 8 EQ settings (Acoustic, classical, disco, jazz, new age, pop, rock and vocal) Organizer - Syncs with and views Microsoft Outlook Contacts, Calendar&Tasks Audio Playback Format - MP3 - WMA - WAV and Audible JPEG Photo Format Battery Life - Up to 15 hours continuous playtime / Built-in, rechargeable Li-ion battery Unit Dimensions - Size WxHxD - 2.7 x 1.7 x 0.6 / Weight - 1.55 ounces Creative Bundled Software - Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer Use Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer to import music into your computer and transfer it to ZEN V. Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer is your digital music center for playing, creating, organizing and transferring digital music. / ZEN Media Explorer ZEN Media Explorer offers you the ease of managing music tracks and data files in ZEN V, in a Windows Explorer environment / Window
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Doesn't work well with Audible September 6, 2006
Steven Podnos
24 out of 33 found this review helpful
I bought this as an IPOD alternative for Audible books . It takes a long time to start and stop and does not return to where you left off in a book accurately. Maddening. I'd avoid this if you listen to audiobooks.
 Nice gadget But... September 10, 2006
Grammy Geek (Dracut, Massachusetts)
24 out of 39 found this review helpful
I bought this to listen to audio books downloaded from my public library. They use overdrive media console which is not compatible with an Ipod.
I already own an Ipod shuffle and find the Ipod software much easier to use.
The software packaged with the ZEN is confusing... It installed several programs and icons and took over some of my existing media players. After I sorted all the programs out, down loading an audio book worked... However You can't read the screen in bright sunlight!
Since I bought this gadget to listen to audio books while I baked in the sun it was useless!
Next I tried to listen to the books in bed... As I started to doze off, I thought I'd place a bookmark. The Zen software is tough to navigate... I had to get out of bed and get the manual to figure out the book marking feature... Aggravating! Several times when I tried to backup and listen to a passage again the ZEN Froze up necessitating a reset, there was no opportunity to place a bookmark. I was forced to listen to the same material over and over again... Quite maddening!
The music files sounded good... But, It won't read the music files that I already had on my computer for my shuffle, so if I want to add some music I need to duplicate my efforts. It's a cool gadget if you have nothing else, but after using the Ipod software it was a disappointment.
Don't Buy This! September 1, 2006
J.S. (California, United States)
21 out of 27 found this review helpful
Update:
The player freezes with no sound and with the screen on (displaying album artwork), at random times and for no apparent reason. One of my two units had to be reset so many times that it can no longer be reset: it feels like that internal pad you press on with a sharp pin has now disappeared (it must have broken off). Our only recourse now is to wait 3 days for the battery to run dead, and hope that it will be reset simply by recharging it from scratch. We've only had this unit since August (it's now December), so I no longer feel the reliability level of this product is sufficient to justify its purchase. Buy something else that doesn't have to be reset all the time!
I bought the 2 GB model because it had the largest flash memory of any unit that works with the Napster-To-Go subscription, so it can store the largest number of songs and color photographs. The 1 GB version is identical except for the amount of installed flash memory.
Why did I choose to buy a flash memory based MP3 player? Compatible hard drive models with much larger storage capacity abound, but I figure they'll break prematurely because they use a hard drive that can't withstand much jogging, accidental bumping or dropping.
I bought two of the players plus the separately sold AC wall charger, and attached one of them to the wall charger for 6 hours, while I attached the other one to a USB port on my PC to charge it for 6 hours.
At the end of 6 hours, the unit attached to the PC was fine until I unplugged it, then it went comatose and would not even revive when the reset button was pushed several times. I had to exchange it for a replacement unit just two days after buying it.
The unit attached to the wall charger was fine, and I went on to load it up with music using my Napster-To-Go subscription. That was fine until 2 weeks later, when my wife charged it on a PC using the USB cable. After charging and disconnecting from the PC, it too went comatose.
This time I was able to revive it by pushing the reset button.
Then I took a look at the other unit, which had been charging on the AC wall charger. It had also gone comatose, and I was able to revive it by pushing its reset button.
The reset button is inside a tiny hole on the left edge of this unit. You can find it by following the thin groove that's below the screen all the way to the left edge of the unit, where you'll find it on the side. The picture in the manual does NOT accurately depict its location.
The hole leading to the reset button is very, very small. The instructions say to penetrate that hole with a pin.
I used the sharp end of a safety pin to do this. When the pin is inserted, it's quite easy to miss the reset button unless the pin is inserted at exactly the right angle. You'll know it's not at the right angle if you don't feel that you're pushing on a pad with a spring behind it when you reset the unit. That pad travels a short distance until it's stopped by a control surface inside the unit; that's when you know it has been reset.
The reset system should be redesigned so that it doesn't depend on the angle you insert the pin to work. I suspect that the first unit I returned could have been reset if I had known that you have to insert the pin at just the right angle to do it. Since I didn't know, my several attempts to reset it were not successful.
Resetting the unit is akin to rebooting a PC: it revives it when the internal software (called "firmware") has frozen by restarting the software. It does not erase your songs or photos.
Make no mistake: this MP3 player looks, feels and works beautifully. However, since the firmware is newly designed, it appears to have bugs relating to disconnecting it from USB or charger power that cause it to freeze, and the reset button is a little hard to use if you don't know about the things I described above that could cause you to be unable to reset it. You may just end up with a unit that's frozen and not be able to reset it.
It needs to be a little more user friendly than that. Hopefully a future firmware update will be available that will lower the occurrence of the unit locking up (freezing), especially when disconnecting from a USB port or AC charger after recharging it. As another user noted, the "safe disconnect" icon is often times not even in the system tray.
If you don't subscribe to Napster-To-Go, your options to get content for your MP3 player are to transfer your favorite songs from CDs you own to your hard disk ("ripping the songs"), or purchase songs one track or album at a time, at a price ranging from 88 to 99 cents per song from sites like Napster, Rhapsody or WalMart.
You can also download books you want to listen to (such as best sellers and classics) or "podcasts" (your favorite newspapers read aloud, or your favorite radio programs like NPR) from a plethora of sites (like NetLibrary and Audible) that make these available, to your computer's hard drive. Now you can listen to your music, audible books and podcasts over your PC loudspeakers while sitting at your PC.
Then you can transfer your songs, audible books and podcasts from the hard drive of your PC to your MP3 player(s). This enables you to take your MP3 player with you to enjoy listening in your car, in your office, while jogging or working out at the gym, while shopping, or at the pool or the beach to hear your music, audible books and podcasts anywhere.
 smaller than I thought and easy to use October 14, 2006
BillyBudd (USA)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I got my zen v and was surprised how tiny it is. It is much smaller than you might think. It's light and easy to use. I found the new joy stick to be a great idea. I didn't have any problems and I dont have tiny fingers. This is an easy player to use and is built beautifully. The quality is as good or better than iPod. I was going to get the zen v plus with video but I couldnt wait and am not that into video on a small player anyhow. The price is very low for these zen v players, especially considering that they are super high build quality. All you have to do is charge the player for a few hours before you mess around with it. So, I highly recommend this delightful player for ease of use and build quality. IMHO it's better than apple and much better than sandisk. You will be impressed. I also would like to stress that the joystick system on this player is easy to use and very simple to figure out. I have had nothing but a good experience using this. Read the manual on the cd if you can hold back from just trying to play with it to figure it out. Even though it doesnt have radio or a video function, the zen v has a lot of options in its menu to mess around with. I am very impressed with the high quality creative is giving out along with low prices. The mp3 market has a lot of options now but the zen v plus is the best for my money. I have a lot of experience with MP3 players and this is the most impressive one yet for its size. Go to a store and check out how small it really is and how nice the player is put together and how easy the navigation is with the new joystick system. You will probably end up getting one. To be honest though, if you do check it out, you won't freak out how small it is when you get it in the mail like I did before seeing it,so flip a coin on that deal.Have fun!
I want to add some things here. First of all, I am not a creative fanboy. Secondly, I own a lot of mp3 players. Now back to the zen V. I've read a lot of bashing on this and I think it's just spin against Creative. First of all, I've had zero problems with this player. I also wanted to say the pictures are better on the screen than you might think from reading some of the reviews on the internet. Although the zen v has mainly gotten very high marks from the pro reviewers, they sometimes mention the controls as hard to use or Ive even seen one review that you cant "scroll". Well, if you hold the joystick you can lol. THey also sometimes say the picture quality isn't so great. Well, I own a few others with picture capability and this is the best and clearest of them all!. I read about 15 reviews before I bought this little creampuff, and I have to laugh at how wrong even the few cons were. I am not praising the zen v as the best overall small but feature filled mp3 player for any other reason than that it is. If you want video and a radio, get the v plus but the zen v is pretty darn cool. I dont even really need the pictures. I just wanted something nice. I own apples irivers, cowens, sandisks and other no name mp3 players. I am dead serious when I say this little gem is hot for good reason. Even the battery life is a little BETTER than they say it is, but if there is a slight negative its the battery life, but it's really not so bad as they say. If a new iPod came out this good, I would praise that too. I have no love for any company that makes these little music players. This one really deserves the praise, and the bashers will lose out as more people talk about how reliable and what a solid and nice looking sounding gem this player really is. Besides that i found out it has the latest chip powering it from Sigmatel, which runs around 200mhz. That is a powerful and award winning relatively expensive chip folks! THis is no cheapo player. From the outside to the inside its all top notch.
Price is right! September 1, 2006
Hunter D (Monterey, CA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Small, slick and sporty lookin. Included accessaries make the complete package a nice deal. Battery life is decent varying based on volume setting and so forth during usage. Headphones are superb quality and gets the job done well. I've gone jogging with it without any additional protection case and no issues of any kind. It flies all about connected to the lanyard around my neck and no pauses or skipping (of course its a flash drive) and is sturdy enough to take on the beating against my chest.
The screen is also nice size. An affiliate of mine was quite impressed by it, even though he has a Ipod Nano 1gb. The Zen V has a slightly bigger screen than the Nano, but is thicker in size/bulk. Even though thinner the Nano is freaken much longer. Also the tiny navigation joystick may be a nuissance to some with huge thumbs/fingers. I accidently always press down on the joystick thingy.
If you intend to dump a huge library of songs into it, might want to think of the bigger size models. I haven't even thought about putting pictures in it due to storage space limitations.
Overall this player appeases me enough for the intention I bought it for. Wouldn't hesitate to buy another one for family or friends in need of a portable MP3 player.
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