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Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE

List Price: ~~$279.99~~
Buy New: $272.99
You Save: $7.00 (3%)

New (16) Used (5) from $224.23

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

57 reviews
Sales Rank: 732

Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 2.5
Size: 32 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 3.3 x 2.2 x 0.5

MPN: ZXFI32GBBK
Model: ZXFI32GBBK
UPC: 054651157903
EAN: 0054651157903
ASIN: B001CB0RT0

Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:

•	Capacity: 32 GB (8,000 songs or 120 hours of video)
•	Up to 30 hours of continuous audio playback or 5 hours of continuous video playback on one charge
•	2.5-inch TFT LCD with 320 x 240 pixel resolution: 16.7 million colors
•	Supports MP3, WMA, AAC5, WAV (ADPCM), Audible 2,3,4 audio formats; MJPEG, WMV, MPEG-4 video (including DivX and XviD); and JPEG photo formats
•	1-year limited hardware / 90 days service warranty

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description
Experience your MP3 music as the artist originally intended with the Creative Zen X-Fi--the first player to restore the quality of compressed music with award-winning X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio technology. Indulge in rich, crystal-clear audio when you listen to your music, as the detail that's lost during file compression is now beautifully restored and played through premium-quality, noise-isolatling EP-830 earphones.

Creative Zen X-Fi, built with X-Fi technology and wireless LAN--the sound of perfection. Click to enlarge.

A pocket-sized player that weighs a mere 2.4 ounces, the Zen X-Fi sports attractive curves with a graceful finish. Click to enlarge.

The included EP-830 earphones provide optimum comfort with excellent noise isolation. Click to enlarge.

A control/feature schematic. Click to enlarge.

Immerse yourself in the brilliant 2.5-inch TFT screen with 16.7 million colors as you watch your movies and view your pictures. Click to enlarge.

Sleek Beauty
A pocket-sized player that weighs a mere 2.4 ounces, the Zen X-Fi sports attractive curves with a graceful finish. Immerse yourself in the brilliant 2.5-inch TFT screen with 16.7 million colors as you watch your movies and view your pictures. Build with X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio technology, the player lets you experience the very essence of music perfection as you listen to audio in crystal clear clarity. Hear your music the way it was always meant to be heard. Plus, the included EP-830 earphones provide optimum comfort with excellent noise-isolation capability. Or, be the life of the party as you share your music out loud with the powerful built-in speaker.

True Mobility
You can now stream music and photos wirelessly from your PC to your player within a home network. With the Zen X-Fi, experience the sound of perfection wherever you go.

Stay connected with friends on Yahoo Messenger or Windows Live Messenger on the go (at region-specific public wireless LAN hotspots).

More Content, Endless Enjoyment
Listen to your music in multiple supported formats, such as MP3, WMA, and (non-protected) AAC (m4a) from iTunes Plus. Download Creative Centrale to rip, transfer, and manage your media content easily. Enjoy the ultimate collection of free video and audio podcast channels on www.zencast.com. Manage all of your favorite subscriptions with Zencast Organizer, and experience the best of the free-to-share formats available. Tired of your own music? Switch to the FM radio. The 32 station presets let you switch stations with ease. Increase the size of your portable media library with an SD or SDHC card. Transfer your files easily to enjoy more videos, music, and photos in your player.

Packed with Features
Record your important meetings or personal audio memos with the integrated voice recorder. Set audio effects to enhance your overall music listening experience. Choose from eight EQ presets or customize your own EQ and enhance it all with bass boost and smart volume controls. Start the day on the right note with your very own alarm tone. You can even set the alarm for any day of the week.

What's in the Box
Creative Zen X-Fi 32 GB, installation CD, quick start guide, wireless function quick guide, EP-830 noise-isolating earbuds, USB 2.0 cable

Customer Reviews: Read 52 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars

Great mp3, but too many little things that bugs me. October 12, 2008
I'm not an expert, this is only my second mp3 player. Compare to Itouch, it has great features and lower price. I didn't want to have two media software on my computer, I-tune and windows media player. But, since media player can't read mp4 music, I had to download Creative Center. That's when problem started. Sometimes it does not open, freeze, one playlist I created, I can't add or remove music from it an other playlist, I can't transfer it to the device??? It had my mp3 freeze at least 3 times. Good thing there's a reset on it. I like the memory card expansion, I got myself a card reader/loader, so I loaded a hole movie on it without using memory space.

4 out of 5 stars

Great player with a few flaws October 10, 2008
I used the bill me later feature that allowed me to purchase the item for 164 delivered. Great price.

The player has great battery life over their old HDD based devices, so that is a nice plus. The storage was a good deal for the price. It is also expandable with an SD card, but it does not add to the physical storage of the device, rather it is recognized as removable storage. You will not be able to create playlists from the content you have contained on the SD card. Not really that big of a deal. It's nice that you don't need any special drivers or software for the device to be recognized on a windows-based pc. You can use explorer to access any content on the device for copying or up/downloading.

The first strangeness I noticed when I started using the device was that the power meter did not accurately reflect that the device had been fully charged or even that it was in the process of being charged. I fixed that with a hard reset.

Second is that with the device playing music in the unlocked position, it will repeat about every 10th song or so, which can be a bit annoying. However, Creative can address this issue with a simple firmware update; the issue has been reported on the Creative forums, so I am confident the issue will be resolved in time.

All in all, I am quite satisfied with the purchase and use it daily.

Recommended if you like a player that provides great value for the money spent and you are not an iSheep. Four out of Five stars for Creative releasing the device with the repeating track bug.

4 out of 5 stars

Awesome. October 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I had the Zen Vision M and then the regular Zen, without X-Fi. I'm a fan of Zen's, and this one is extremely cool in every way. The ear buds are phenomenal!! The user interface is excellent, the color screen is nothing short of fantastic - though a little small, (but usable - I watched a 2 hour movie on it and had no issues; and my sight is bad) - and having a radio, expandable SD slot and built-in speaker (!!!), plus the extraordinary X-Fi sound and, for the money, you can't beat it.

Unfortunately, I ended up returning it, for one reason: I like watching recorded TV shows during my long flights. The Zen was fine for this, but I was seduced by the extra inch size of the iPod Touch, plus all the apps I could run on it. The only downsides to the Touch (2nd Gen) are the lack of expandable memory - a bummer, but not something I can't live without, given the 32gb model - and the much-hated, (by me, at least), iTunes. Or more the vice-grip it puts on you in terms of ease of getting music on and off your various computers. That's the reason I went to Zen in the first place. But, now that you can get software that gets around the iTunes issue, I'm cautiously optimistic about it.

The Touch is another $120, at least, and you're stuck with 32gb's; but, it's about as cool as you can get. It's more of a PDA than the Zen.

For those wanting just music and ocassional vids on their MP3 player, you truly can't go wrong with the Zen X-Fi. And everything runs fine straight off the SD card.

BTW: After ordering the Touch, I went and TRIED to buy the EP-830 ear buds that came with the Zen X-Fi, but they aren't available yet, except from Creative directly. I ended up buying the Creative Auravana in-ear models - which used to be $99 but can be gotten for $59 on Amazon - and I have to say that I PREFER the EP-830's!! I returned the Auravana's and bought the $49 EP-830's direct from Creative.

Good luck with your X-Fi. You're gonna love it!!!

5 out of 5 stars

This is great! October 4, 2008
I can't say enough about the clear and crisp sound from the built-in speaker and headphones. The resolution is also very clear and easy to view. It is also very lightweight and small enough to almost make you forget it's there. I plan to buy another one.

4 out of 5 stars

honor October 3, 2008
great product. don't like the on/off button in back and its not bluetooth but great sounding product.

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