A firmware bug could result in the player locking when playing the FM radio; to fix the problem, upgrade the latest firmware (1.04.08) posted on support.creative.com
Capacity: 8 GB (2,000 songs or 30 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
Rating: - Another Excellent Creative Product
I recently purchased this 8 gb Zen X-Fi for my grandson after having purchased a 16 gb for myself and being so pleased with it!
You can easily use the drag and drop method to add music and or audio books to the player or use transfer to get movies from Amazon Unbox or Zencasts onto the player. I have also easily used drag and drop to get personal videos that I have converted to the right size using Sound Taxi onto the player.
The external speaker is a nice addition and the player would be perfect with integrated SD card but I guess we can't have everything!
After having waited 16 days for my own 16 gb player to arrive having chosen Amazon's "Free Shipping" option (which has become a joke!) I went with one of Amazon's "Partners" for this order of the 8 gb version. I paid the same price Amazon was asking but I had the player arrive promptly in 5 days instead of seeing my order "in transit" for days and days on end!!
After more than 10 years as a faithful Amazon customer I am now going with their "Partners" any time I can after having also bought a Creative Vado pocket camera from Amazon this month and paying the $5.98 shipping for the promised 3 to 5 day shipping delivery time only to have it take 9 full days to arrive, even after paying shipping!
So I recommend the Creative products highly but not Amazon as your supplier unless you have given up and been forced into paying for Amazon Prime just to get good shipping service from them! All the Partners I've used have given excellent 3 to 5 day shipping service just being happy to have you as a customer!!
Creative Zen X-Fi 8 GB Video MP3 Player with Built-In Speaker (Black/Silver) Reviews
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