Creative Zen Touch 40 GB Audio Player
Playing music is easy and fun with the Zen Touch navigation. However long your trip, with 24 hours of battery life and up to 16,000 songs to carry, your music filled journey will never be cut short, all in the palm of your hand. 4-Band Equalizer Display - 160 x 104 pixel resolution, blue EL backlit LCD Signal Noise Ratio - 97dB Compatible with Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP / USB 2.0 Creative USA Warranty - 1 year Hardware/90 days service
Palm-size and pocket-friendly, the Creative Zen Touch digital music player is a treat for your eyes as well as your ears. And--with features like touch-sensitive navigation, 24-hour battery life, light weight (under half a pound with battery), and a staggering 40 GB, 10,000 song capacity (64 kbps WMA)--the tiny unit leaves little room for wondering if it's right for you.
 | Features - Touch pad control for fast scrolling
- Up to 24 hours continuous playback
- Up to 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio--as good as expensive hi-fi systems
- 40 GB hard drive holds up to 16,000 WMA or 10,000 MP3 songs
- Create and customize playlists on the go
- Unique search function locates any song, album, or artist
- USB 2.0 for faster transfer
- 4-band custom equalizer and advanced EQ presets let you customize your music playback
- AudioSync lets you seamlessly update your Creative Zen Touch with your latest music on your PC at the touch of a button
- FM radio, voice, and FM recording via optional wired remote control (available separately)
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The Zen Touch model HD0014 is compatible with both MP3 and WMA (Windows Media Audio) music files, and its super-fast USB 2.0 PC interface loads your music in record time. Use the player's search function to locate music by song, album, or artist, scrolling quickly and easily through your library with the handy touch pad while viewing your playlists and song selections on the Zen Touch's 160 x 104 blue EL (electroluminescent) backlit LCD. You can create and customize your playlists on the fly, or listen in random order at the touch of a top-panel button. The unit's four-band custom equalizer and preset EQ curves help you tailor the sound to your preference or environment. If you're delving into the world of digital music for the first time, supplied Creative MediaSource software readily converts your CDs to MP3s or WMAs, while Creative AudioSync seamlessly updates the Zen Touch with your latest music on your PC at the touch of a button. Creative Explorer (also included) permits drag-and-drop transfers for data and music files to and from the Zen Touch. What's in the Box
Creative Zen Touch Player, a pair of stereo earphones, an AC power adapter, a travel pouch, a USB 2.0 cable, an installation CD-ROM, and a quick-start guide.
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Creative Zen Touch 40 GB Audio Player Reviews
Huge song capacity, seamless computer sync interface once drivers are peoperly installed. Highly Recommended. My frinds have gone through several Pods and my Zen keeps "Zenning". This is a very formidable alternative to the Ipod.
Creative Zen entertained his owner for countless hours with great sound and a non-stop battery. Great player for awhile) (So yeah this thing was awesome but now it froze and can't go into reset mode or anything. Creative's life took a turn for the worse last week when it for no apparent reason it froze up before finally succumbing to the afterlife. It had a great run, maybe some day we'll meet again. Funeral visitation for my Creative Zen Touch takes place today 1-3 after a fantastic life of a year and half it has come to an end.
My only reservation about this unit is what I'll do if the battery stops recharging. I drive truck so I use it a lot in the semi with the stereo adapter. I'm happy with this unit. The instructions could have given a bit more information.
There's a lot of space on mine (40g) and I've barely gone over the half way point after putting in many CD's. I mostly use it to listen to MP3 downloads of some favorite radio morning programs of mine (Nice to hear without all the comercials), but when I do use it for the music I've put on it really sounds pretty good. But for now the battery last a really long time with evey charge. I havent seen any replacement battery and the screws on the unit are extremely small (Much smaller than the typical small screwdriver set) so I haven't taken the case apart to look and see if the battery actually does detach.
Eventually I did figure everything out and haven't had problems with it since. The only other problem was in figuring outsome aspects of the program on the computer. The only problem I've is that a few times it wouldn't turn on, but that's easily fixed by sticking a pin or plastic tooth pic into the reset hole. I've owned mine for around three years now, and it's still working just fine.
The Touch is worth every penny of the high price it commanded when it first came out. It doesn't have video, but who cares - who wants to watch a movie on a postage stamp. but to me, that is nothing in comparison to the misery of using i-tunes and having overpriced dreck pushed at you every minute. My life improved. I have not had the difficulty with the software that others have. Discounted, it is an unbeatable bargain.
The great thing about the Touch is that it is a terrific machine and it is MINE - it doesn't make the owner an indentured servant to Apple. This is a great product. Sure, it takes a little while to become familiar with the eccentricities but once you get the drift, you'll fall in love. So, I did research and got the Touch. I had a video i-pod - hated it, hated the way that I had to use the wretched i-tunes. To me it seems easy and intuitive. A minus is that computers don't recognize that player as a drive - you have to use the Nomad software to store data files - that means an added step to data storage.
I bought this due to its hard drive size, its compatibility with all types of music files, its long lasting battery, and the other reviews I read. When I got the refurbished (by Creative Labs) player, the first thing I did was install the software, then tried to sync the player with Windows Media Player 11. I still don't have a working player and don't have high expectations when I get it back. A search through the Creative Labs website to find a fix resulted in receiving an RMA to send it back to Creative Labs for repair, which I did. No email notification that there was problem, and I was surprised as I had followed their instructions for returning it for repair. DO NOT BUY THIS OR ANYTHING ELSE WITH THE CREATIVE LABS LOGO. As soon as I turned the player on (after chargin the battery), I got a firmware error message.
Where to begin with this piece of junk. Next time, I'm getting a Cowon, a Zune, or (may my tongue turn black for saying) an ipod. A month and several inquiries to Creative as to the status of the player later, I checked the RMA website where I was told there was as issue with the RMA. Maybe my viewpoint will change when I am actually able to use an operable player, but I wouldn't recommend buying anything made by Creative Labs. There are better players out there for comparable prices, and I am regretting my decision to buy it.
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