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the scroll bar is a bit of a pain . | 0 | negative |
i was a little disappointed in the low end . | 0 | negative |
the sound level is also not as high as i would have expected . | 0 | negative |
in any case , navigation by artist / album is ok however i miss an ability to navigate by folders . | 0 | negative |
you even can not navigate by genre / artist / album since under genre you get just all tracks in that genre , no other division . | 0 | negative |
the software , which comes with player is not good at all . | 0 | negative |
so yes , as with all software bundled with creative products , it was useless and ugly . | 0 | negative |
this thing is trash . | 0 | negative |
a ) feel cheap -- the plastic is feels like it would break very easily , and it definately wouldnt survive a drop | 0 | negative |
b ) the screen is hard to read -- the cover hides it an already annoying poorly lit display | 0 | negative |
c ) the scroll bar is a travesty -- enough said | 0 | negative |
e ) the case is too small -- it took me like a half hour just to get this monstrosity to fit in its cage | 0 | negative |
creative labs customer support website is useless . | 0 | negative |
software downloads on the site crashed my pc . | 0 | negative |
on my main computer the software did not work right . | 0 | negative |
i had to sit on the phone with customer support for 2 hours and they did not help at all . | 0 | negative |
the environmental audio , however , is almost completely useless and has made most of my songs sound worse than without it ( i encode my songs at 192-256 kbps without variable bit rates . ) | 0 | negative |
yeah i agree the earbuds are pretty crap , replace them . | 0 | negative |
1 ) a spare battery would have been great . | 0 | negative |
2 ) no games - it has a cool screen - why not use it . | 0 | negative |
navigation system - the zen xtra uses id3 tags that are embedded in the mp3 files to organize your songs . | 0 | negative |
fm receiver - it has none . | 0 | negative |
cheap construction - they should have made the player out of hard plastic and put some rubber on the corners . | 0 | negative |
the player feels very delicate , as if i 'm holding an actual hard drive . | 0 | negative |
as a portable player , it should feel a bit more durable . | 0 | negative |
otherwise , it is difficult to figure out and awkward . | 0 | negative |
it sounds decent , but i would estimate you get maybe 80 % of the quality that you would from a true line out jack . | 0 | negative |
controls are a bit awkward . | 0 | negative |
crappy headphones . | 0 | negative |
it is a bit cumbersome , and i can 't get to the songs i want as quickly . | 0 | negative |
i think this is it 's biggest flaw . | 0 | negative |
it would have been much nicer if it had a window so you could see the screen , and if the button did n 't cover up the ac jack . | 0 | negative |
as it stands now , the case is pretty useless unless you 're packing the player up for travel , or if you load up all your songs beforehand . | 0 | negative |
but the major problem i had was with the software . | 0 | negative |
the instructions that come with it do n 't explain how to make things simple . | 0 | negative |
the quick sync is n 't any good because it either needs to be configured properly or just is n 't very useful . | 0 | negative |
creating playlists using the included software to minimize issue 3 was n 't as easy as i would have liked . | 0 | negative |
my only significant complaint is sound quality . | 0 | negative |
the eax sound enhancement feature did n 't do enough for me and the custom eq was a limited 5 band eq . | 0 | negative |
i was unable achieve a sound quality on par with my simple portable cd player with `` bass boost . `` | 0 | negative |
well just one con - its not really plug and play at first i mean its very confusing to start the program but one you do it , it will be a breeze . | 0 | negative |
my only complaint would be that you need id3 tags & that takes a while to do if your mp3 files do n 't have them . | 0 | negative |
but the earbuds suck ! . | 0 | negative |
i forgot , the case does n 't fit . | 0 | negative |
my case doesnt close . . . maybe mine was just faulty , but the case isnt that great . | 0 | negative |
bookmarks for example , are an excellent feature . . . but not on this player . . . | 0 | negative |
this makes no sense and sort of defeats the purpose of audio bookmarks . . . | 0 | negative |
the controls are somewhat harder to use than the ipod , but i have gotten use to them , and even at the beginning did not think would justify the huge difference in price . | 0 | negative |
loading cds was somewhat time-consuming , but i think it would have been with the ipod as well . | 0 | negative |
other tagging problems result ( i think ) from the nomad 's operating system . | 0 | negative |
also , i can 't understand why the software does not ignore `` the `` when it lists the cds in alphabetical order . | 0 | negative |
finally , making playlists from the computer can be complicated because the tracks are listed individually , and are organized by cd , which are not listed but are organized in alphabetical order . | 0 | negative |
only thing missing from creative is a cd burner . | 0 | negative |
the only thing i would complain about the zen xtra is that the controls are n 't as easy as the ipod 's , or as `` sexy `` looking . | 0 | negative |
as mentioned in other reviews the headphones are useless and need to be replaced right away ! . | 0 | negative |
the front cover ( which you remove to take out the battery ) feels flimsy but when snapped on , the device still feels pretty solid . | 0 | negative |
the scroll button is sort of annoying to push - a nice button would be nicer but eh , not a big deal . | 0 | negative |
it is slightly larger than an ipod , no doubt about it . | 0 | negative |
its far more difficult to select songs and has no easy to use on the fly playlist creation such as the new ipod not to mention it does n 't since with contact lists , phone numbers , address books , etc . like the ipod ( which eliminated my need for any kind of palm device ) . | 0 | negative |
it also has unproven battery life . | 0 | negative |
finally the software used to put all the songs into it is vastly inferior to itunes on two levels , first it is poorly integrated into the overall player and clunky to use especially with tagging and second the wma audio format sucks , flat out sucks in terms of sound quality compared with the vastly superior aac forma... | 0 | negative |
* protective case completely useless as is since it obscures display window . | 0 | negative |
* scroll button more cumbersome than on earlier models . | 0 | negative |
* eax equalizer accentuates diminished quality of mp3 files . | 0 | negative |
* software is absolutely terrible : | 0 | negative |
-- > will not automatically transfer songs with identical titles ( if you have live albums or greatest hits albums , this will cause you inordinate frustration ) . | 0 | negative |
-- > does not recognize player at random times , despite being connected and displaying player 's library . | 0 | negative |
-- > you 'll be changing track information a lot because the cd database information utilized by the software is mediocre at best . | 0 | negative |
my one issue with the mediasource software is that , despite pulling id3 tag data from the dds service , the ripping process fails to populate the `` year `` field . | 0 | negative |
navigation could be better , but there is n 't really anything the zen xtra can 't do once you 've gotten comfortable with it . | 0 | negative |
the only two things that stop me from giving it 5 stars are the ho-hum software that comes with the system , and the traveling case it comes with . | 0 | negative |
also , the carrying case that came with mine covers up the display , so even though the side controls are reachable , i have to open it up to see the display . | 0 | negative |
this player is an overall disappointment with a couple of big flaws that potential buyers should be wary of ; . and all readers need to know about a third party software company that resolves virtually all of the creative mediasource file transfer issues . | 0 | negative |
1 . creative mediasource software is ok to rip , catalog & burn music if you are starting from scratch ; . but i used musicmatch to rip my cds before i bought the zen ( 278 cds ; . 3 , 400 tracks ; . 12 . 5 gb of music all ripped at 128bps ) and guess what ? . | 0 | negative |
mediasource did not recognize my tags ! . | 0 | negative |
2 . despite most reviewers giving kudos to the zen for music quality , i experienced a flaw using eax . | 0 | negative |
3 . mediasource is an application with serious user interface flaws . | 0 | negative |
4 . the zen * stores * data files , but does not allow a folder structure nor does it allow documents to be opened or programs to be launched from its disk ( they must be copied to another hard drive to be launched ) . | 0 | negative |
in other words , the zen is not a convenient data storage device ; . only buy the capacity you need for your music collection ( see point 1 . for some sizing information ) . | 0 | negative |
6 . the zen nx battery requires the ac adapter to recharge ; . it does not charge by usb cable ; . this is not tragic , but usb recharging would be a convenient ( additional ) choice . | 0 | negative |
7 . mediasource did not install on my personal notebook . | 0 | negative |
the pc-side software can be goofy and takes a little getting used to but it 's not as bad as some reviewers have indicated . | 0 | negative |
they have a whole bunch of devices that all have the same-sounding name ( and they are long ) . | 0 | negative |
- the software that came with it was tough to load . | 0 | negative |
- the top that covered the battery kept poping off without much of a touch near the bottom latch . | 0 | negative |
the top did not fit well into the unit . ( felt defective ) | 0 | negative |
- the cover that came with it did n 't fit very well | 0 | negative |
- the flywheel you use for most of the navigation was n 't in tightly and it was uneven as far as the amount of pressure to make it engage . | 0 | negative |
- this did not feel like quality construction and i was n 't sure how long it would last . | 0 | negative |
the construction of the player is the cheesiest i have ever seen -- the front panel refused to clip in correctly , leaving a noticeable gap between the panel and base of the player . | 0 | negative |
i 'm not willing to accept shoddy construction on something i paid over 250 dollars for . | 0 | negative |
i 've had this thing just over a month and the headphone jack has already come loose . | 0 | negative |
i fully expect it to go bad again in the same or some other way in the next 6 months because , as other reviewers have pointed out , the construction is pretty flimsy . | 0 | negative |
like other reviewers , installation was hell . | 0 | negative |
about 10 % of the time it can 't find the device when i attach it to my pc . | 0 | negative |
after i had it a couple weeks , it got into a state where it could never find the device , no matter how often i rebooted my pc , reset the device , reloaded drivers , etc , etc . creative 's online support was no help at all . | 0 | negative |
in fact , i 'd have to rate it among the worst i 've ever encountered . | 0 | negative |
to my amazement , even that process was error-prone . | 0 | negative |
my gut tells me the nomad will in the long run be , at best , a 40gb portable hard drive , albeit one on which i can 't create folders , or , at worst , a very expensive lesson in companies never to buy products from again ( i have their audigy sound card and find it in many ways equally frustrating ) . | 0 | negative |
i will never buy a creative product again . | 0 | negative |
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