Creative NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra MP3 Player
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Connects via USB 2.0/1.1. For Windows.
Overview
Featuring a large, hi-res, blue backlit LCD, the NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra builds on the industry-leading music features of the NOMAD Jukebox Zen product line. Simply transfer all your music into the player with Creative MediaSource or the new NOMAD Explorer using ultra fast USB2.0, press the play button and get set to enjoy high-fidelity music. With advanced features such as Quick Scroller Navigation, Find, Playlist Creation and automatic ID3 tag categorization, managing and organizing your music will be a breeze.
The NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra doubles up as an external hard drive for storing all your photos, documents and other data files. Simply open NOMAD Explorer (integrated into Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Explorer) and drag and drop data files into the data folder or music files into the music library.
New to Digital Music Creative MediaSource converts your CDs to MP3s or WMAs at the touch of a button. Get started in minutes making your music collection into a portable digital music library.
Features
A Stylish Digital Audio Player With Huge Storage Space -- Huge 40GB storage lets you bring over 10,500 WMA songs (80kbps) or MP3 songs (128kbps) everywhere you go (Based on less than 4 minutes per song)
Use AudioSync to synchronize your music on your player with your PC at work, school and home or on the road
Load a song a second with ultra fast USB2.0 port. Works with USB1.1 too
Create and customize playlists for any occasion anywhere
Music files are automatically arranged by… read more artist, album, genre or track
Handy Find Feature locates any song, album or artist
Powerful icon-driven interface with Quick Scroller Navigation
Removable, high-capacity Li-ion battery - up to 14hrs** continuous playback per charge
Sleep Timer and Wake to Music Feature
Personalize your player with 6 different Profile settings that let you customize screen savers, skins, idle timers and more!
**Actual battery life will vary with use.
Advanced EQ lets you customize your music playback with Equalizer presets or set your own using the 4-band custom equalizer
Smart Volume Management adjusts the playback volume of all the tracks on your playlist so they will remain at the same level without you reaching for the volume control between songs!
Time Scaling speeds up or slows down an audio track with no distortion
Environmental Effects simulate audio environments such as Concert Hall or Arena
3D Spatialization Effects expand your soundstage read less
The NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra doubles up as an external hard drive for storing all your photos, documents and other data files. Simply open NOMAD Explorer (integrated into Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Explorer) and drag and drop data files into the data folder or music files into the music library.
New to Digital Music Creative MediaSource converts your CDs to MP3s or WMAs at the touch of a button. Get started in minutes making your music collection into a portable digital music library.
Features
A Stylish Digital Audio Player With Huge Storage Space -- Huge 40GB storage lets you bring over 10,500 WMA songs (80kbps) or MP3 songs (128kbps) everywhere you go (Based on less than 4 minutes per song)
Use AudioSync to synchronize your music on your player with your PC at work, school and home or on the road
Load a song a second with ultra fast USB2.0 port. Works with USB1.1 too
Create and customize playlists for any occasion anywhere
Music files are automatically arranged by… read more artist, album, genre or track
Handy Find Feature locates any song, album or artist
Powerful icon-driven interface with Quick Scroller Navigation
Removable, high-capacity Li-ion battery - up to 14hrs** continuous playback per charge
Sleep Timer and Wake to Music Feature
Personalize your player with 6 different Profile settings that let you customize screen savers, skins, idle timers and more!
**Actual battery life will vary with use.
Advanced EQ lets you customize your music playback with Equalizer presets or set your own using the 4-band custom equalizer
Smart Volume Management adjusts the playback volume of all the tracks on your playlist so they will remain at the same level without you reaching for the volume control between songs!
Time Scaling speeds up or slows down an audio track with no distortion
Environmental Effects simulate audio environments such as Concert Hall or Arena
3D Spatialization Effects expand your soundstage read less
Specs
EAX: Smart Volume Management, Environmental Effects, 4-band Custom Equalizer, Advanced EQ presets, Headphone Spatialization, Time Scaling: Up to 1.5x faster or 0.5x slower for audio playback
LCD Display: 160 x 104 pixel resolution, blue EL backlit LCD
Interface: USB2.0/1.1
Audio Codec Support: MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3), Windows Media Audio (WMA) and WAV
Casing/Colors Available: Anodized Aluminum
Operating System/Firmware: Reprogrammable
Hardware Specifications
Capacity: 30GB and 40GB.
Battery Usage: Up to 14hrs of continuous playtime (actual battery life will vary with use)
Dimensions (W x H x D): 4.4 x 3 x 0.86 in. (76 x 113 x 22mm)
Weight: 7.9 oz with battery, 7.2 oz without battery
Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20 kHz
Signal to Noise Ratio: up to 98dB
Channel Separation: up to 75dB
Harmonic Distortion Output: less than 0.1%
PC Minimum System Requirements:
Microsoft(R) Windows 98(R) SE/Me/2000/XP
Intel(R) Pentium(R) II 233MHz or AMD K6(R) -2 266Mhz (Pentium III 450MHz or higher recommended for MP3 encoding)
64MB RAM (128MB recommended)
USB2.0 or 1.1 port
30MB free hard drive space (more for audio content storage)
Sound Blaster(R) Audigy(R), Extigy(R) or Live!(R)(recommended)
CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support
Included applications may need higher system requirements for basic functionality. Refer to individual application documentation for details.
LCD Display: 160 x 104 pixel resolution, blue EL backlit LCD
Interface: USB2.0/1.1
Audio Codec Support: MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3), Windows Media Audio (WMA) and WAV
Casing/Colors Available: Anodized Aluminum
Operating System/Firmware: Reprogrammable
Hardware Specifications
Capacity: 30GB and 40GB.
Battery Usage: Up to 14hrs of continuous playtime (actual battery life will vary with use)
Dimensions (W x H x D): 4.4 x 3 x 0.86 in. (76 x 113 x 22mm)
Weight: 7.9 oz with battery, 7.2 oz without battery
Frequency Response: 20Hz - 20 kHz
Signal to Noise Ratio: up to 98dB
Channel Separation: up to 75dB
Harmonic Distortion Output: less than 0.1%
PC Minimum System Requirements:
Microsoft(R) Windows 98(R) SE/Me/2000/XP
Intel(R) Pentium(R) II 233MHz or AMD K6(R) -2 266Mhz (Pentium III 450MHz or higher recommended for MP3 encoding)
64MB RAM (128MB recommended)
USB2.0 or 1.1 port
30MB free hard drive space (more for audio content storage)
Sound Blaster(R) Audigy(R), Extigy(R) or Live!(R)(recommended)
CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support
Included applications may need higher system requirements for basic functionality. Refer to individual application documentation for details.
Reviews
Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
(57 ratings)
Submitted September 29, 2004 by a customer from verizon.net
"I would suggest anyone looking to buy an mp3 player to consider the Zen Extra. It has exceeded my expectations in every way."
This review has been selected by our experts as particularly helpful.
I have owned my Creative Zen Extra for 1 year now and haven't experienced any problems. Battery life is great, sound is wonderful, and the software easy to use. I use this product aprox. 4 hours per day for seven days a week on average.
Sound
The supplied earbuds are really bad. A fine pair of headphones included would be a vast improvement even if the price is a little more.
Features
I love the features but the off on could be improved by a off on button instead of pushing a button until players reads shutting down which takes about 3 seconds
Quality
It looks sharp and plays sharp. If there are any weaknesses it would be the removable front which seems to be frail but so far hasn't given me a problem
Value
Compare the price and quality to Ipod and there is simpley no comparson. Ipod is very expensive and if the battery goes bad you need to send it to Ipod and they will replace it for aprox. 90 dollars or more. Plus the quality of the sound in my opinion beats Ipod hands down.
Manufacturer Support
I emailed them with a problem and received a prompt answer that resolved my problem immediately.
The Wow Factor
It is larger than Ipod but has a very appealing all alumniun case and a blue backlit window which is easy to read the info. I also purchased the small travel speakers which have a great look and wonderful sound.
Musical Background:
I love music and listen to the oldies on my Mp3 player
Musical Style:
oldies and country.
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