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SetFit 8

the scroll bar is a bit of a pain .

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i was a little disappointed in the low end .

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the sound level is also not as high as i would have expected .

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in any case , navigation by artist / album is ok however i miss an ability to navigate by folders .

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you even can not navigate by genre / artist / album since under genre you get just all tracks in that genre , no other division .

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the software , which comes with player is not good at all .

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so yes , as with all software bundled with creative products , it was useless and ugly .

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this thing is trash .

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a ) feel cheap -- the plastic is feels like it would break very easily , and it definately wouldnt survive a drop

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b ) the screen is hard to read -- the cover hides it an already annoying poorly lit display

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c ) the scroll bar is a travesty -- enough said

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e ) the case is too small -- it took me like a half hour just to get this monstrosity to fit in its cage

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creative labs customer support website is useless .

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software downloads on the site crashed my pc .

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on my main computer the software did not work right .

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i had to sit on the phone with customer support for 2 hours and they did not help at all .

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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 . )

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yeah i agree the earbuds are pretty crap , replace them .

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1 ) a spare battery would have been great .

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2 ) no games - it has a cool screen - why not use it .

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navigation system - the zen xtra uses id3 tags that are embedded in the mp3 files to organize your songs .

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fm receiver - it has none .

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cheap construction - they should have made the player out of hard plastic and put some rubber on the corners .

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the player feels very delicate , as if i 'm holding an actual hard drive .

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as a portable player , it should feel a bit more durable .

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otherwise , it is difficult to figure out and awkward .

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it sounds decent , but i would estimate you get maybe 80 % of the quality that you would from a true line out jack .

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controls are a bit awkward .

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crappy headphones .

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it is a bit cumbersome , and i can 't get to the songs i want as quickly .

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i think this is it 's biggest flaw .

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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 .

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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 .

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but the major problem i had was with the software .

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the instructions that come with it do n 't explain how to make things simple .

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the quick sync is n 't any good because it either needs to be configured properly or just is n 't very useful .

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creating playlists using the included software to minimize issue 3 was n 't as easy as i would have liked .

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my only significant complaint is sound quality .

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the eax sound enhancement feature did n 't do enough for me and the custom eq was a limited 5 band eq .

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i was unable achieve a sound quality on par with my simple portable cd player with `` bass boost . ``

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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 .

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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 .

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but the earbuds suck ! .

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i forgot , the case does n 't fit .

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my case doesnt close . . . maybe mine was just faulty , but the case isnt that great .

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bookmarks for example , are an excellent feature . . . but not on this player . . .

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this makes no sense and sort of defeats the purpose of audio bookmarks . . .

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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 .

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loading cds was somewhat time-consuming , but i think it would have been with the ipod as well .

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other tagging problems result ( i think ) from the nomad 's operating system .

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also , i can 't understand why the software does not ignore `` the `` when it lists the cds in alphabetical order .

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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 .

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only thing missing from creative is a cd burner .

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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 .

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as mentioned in other reviews the headphones are useless and need to be replaced right away ! .

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the front cover ( which you remove to take out the battery ) feels flimsy but when snapped on , the device still feels pretty solid .

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the scroll button is sort of annoying to push - a nice button would be nicer but eh , not a big deal .

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it is slightly larger than an ipod , no doubt about it .

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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 ) .

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it also has unproven battery life .

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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 format the apple ipod uses and it sticks you with one of the sub par paid music services such as napster instead of allowing to use the itunes store , which , if you ever plan to pay for your music , is by far the best .

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* protective case completely useless as is since it obscures display window .

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* scroll button more cumbersome than on earlier models .

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* eax equalizer accentuates diminished quality of mp3 files .

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* software is absolutely terrible :

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-- > will not automatically transfer songs with identical titles ( if you have live albums or greatest hits albums , this will cause you inordinate frustration ) .

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-- > does not recognize player at random times , despite being connected and displaying player 's library .

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-- > you 'll be changing track information a lot because the cd database information utilized by the software is mediocre at best .

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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 .

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navigation could be better , but there is n 't really anything the zen xtra can 't do once you 've gotten comfortable with it .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 ? .

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mediasource did not recognize my tags ! .

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2 . despite most reviewers giving kudos to the zen for music quality , i experienced a flaw using eax .

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3 . mediasource is an application with serious user interface flaws .

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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 ) .

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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 ) .

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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 .

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7 . mediasource did not install on my personal notebook .

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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 .

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they have a whole bunch of devices that all have the same-sounding name ( and they are long ) .

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- the software that came with it was tough to load .

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- the top that covered the battery kept poping off without much of a touch near the bottom latch .

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the top did not fit well into the unit . ( felt defective )

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- the cover that came with it did n 't fit very well

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- 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 .

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- this did not feel like quality construction and i was n 't sure how long it would last .

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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 .

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i 'm not willing to accept shoddy construction on something i paid over 250 dollars for .

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i 've had this thing just over a month and the headphone jack has already come loose .

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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 .

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like other reviewers , installation was hell .

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about 10 % of the time it can 't find the device when i attach it to my pc .

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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 .

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in fact , i 'd have to rate it among the worst i 've ever encountered .

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to my amazement , even that process was error-prone .

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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 ) .

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i will never buy a creative product again .

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