Creative Labs MUVO² X-Trainer 512 MB MP3 Player
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Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Price at amazon.com:
Used & new from $163.45List price $269.99
- 100% Skip-free audio, perfect for active exercise
- Store up to 16 hours of WMA music (64 kbps) or 8 hours of MP3 (128 kbps) music
- 4 band custom equalizer and 4 equalizer presets
- USB 2.0 for high speed file transfer
- Compatible with Windows 98SE, 2000, Me, and XP
Product Description:
Average Customer Rating:
Comment: Good step towards a great product.... Rating:
This was my first MP3 player purchase. I have waited until there was a flash-memory-based product with sufficient capacity to be worth my effort. While the Creative MUVO2 X-Trainer has several attractive features (intuitive/no-hassel interface as add-on hard drive via USB2.0 or USB1.1 connection, mega-battery life - over 24 hours continuous play,noise-free operation - no moving parts, skip free playback - no moving parts, and armband/waistclip, seemless integration with Creative PlayCenter software), it falls short on some critical features:
* Unable to play ".WAV" files without errors
* Playback buttons not very user-friendly - especially compared to other products on the market.
* No FM radio
* No record function/input (microphone)
* Memory only 512 MB und can't upgrade with flash memory cards. Creative either needs to increase memory to 2 gigs (NOT HD), enhance usability/design and increase features.
By the time they re-launch their products, we will be demanding miniature MPEG4/JPEG/MP3/FM... with easy-to-use wireless interfaces on flash memory and infinite battery life for under $300. Viva la consumer :P
Comment: Disappointed Rating:
I owned several memory-, CD-, and HD-based MP3/WMAplayers and honestly I don't know why I get this Muvo2 player. There are simply too many thing that I don't like about this player
1. The control is way too small (less than 1/2" in diameter with 5 functions)
2. The navigation sucks -
a. You can't choose a song directly w/o playing a folder and then advance to the song you want.
b. You can't back out of a folder w/o going through menu | folder option | 1st folder | next/prev folder...
c. Only 2/3 functions of the tiny control wheel is available for navigation.
3. They want you to buy additional battery for $50 instead of using standard batteries.
4. The control wheel and play buttons are completely hidden when the unit is in the case so you have to take the unit out before you can control it.
5. The USB 2.0 and USB charging support are nice. However, you can't use the player in the USB charging mode.
Comment: its our first Rating:
I picked this for no moving parts, and easy interface with windows XP. So far, So Good, we use it while out on the ATV's. Ease of use for us is just fine, yea, wish it had more memory, Yea, regular batteries would be nice, but ease of getting MP3's onto it is great, hit play, and enjoy....
Posted at November 11, 2003 07:58 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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