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Creative ZEN X-Fi 16GB With Wireless Lan | 
| Brand: Creative
Category: CE
Buy New: £129.00
New (8) from £128.50
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 413
Media: Electronics
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
MPN: 70 PF2391 00 1F 5
Model: 70 PF2391 00 1F 5
EAN: 5390660157899
ASIN: B001C9VZKM
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
Capacity: 16GB Size WxHxD: 3.3" x 2.2" x 0.5" Weight: 2.4 ounces LCD: 2.5" TFT 16.7 million color LCD / 320 x 240 pixels Storage Capacity: 16GB (4 000 songs or 60 hours of video) Battery Life: Up to 36 hours of continuous audio playback / Up to 13 hours of continuous audio playback with speaker / Up to 20 hours of continuous FM radio playback / Up to 5 hours of continuous video playback / Up to 4 hours of continuous video playback with speaker Video Playback Formats: MJPEG WMV MPEG-4 including properly encoded DivX and XviD. Included software can transcode from other formats providing appropriate codecs are installed.4 Audio Playback Formats: MP3 WMA AAC5 WAV (ADPCM) Audible 2 3 4 Photo Formats Supported: JPEG. Included software can transcode BMP GIF PNG and TIFF.6 Wireless LAN Supported: IEEE 802.11 b/g with WEP WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK security Battery: Built-in Li-ion battery FM Radio: 32 preset stations EQ Settings: 8 presets and 5 band custom EQ Organizer: Calendar Contact Task List Power Charging Album Art Voice Recording Connectivity: USB 2.0 Minimum System Requirements: Microsoft Windows XP (SP 2 or higher) Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Vista / USB 1.1 port (USB 2.0 recommended) / Windows Media Player 10 or higher / 1130MB free hard drive space (more for audio content storage) 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 in touch on the go: Stay connected with friends on Yahoo Messenger or Windows Live Messenger on the go. Description The Sound of Perfection Experience your MP3 music as the artist originally intended with 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 audio where you can hear your music in crystal clear clarity. Take in guitar strumming
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| Customer Reviews: Read 18 more reviews...
 better sound than the new 4th generation i-pod November 13, 2008
Mr. D. Anderson (gy england)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
like lots of the other reviewers ive done plenty of research reviews etc etc on mp3 players all im really after is a good sound quality for my music on mp3 i wittled it down to the new 4th generation i-pod and the creative zen 8gb x-fi i went for the x-fi and i made the right choice i got my daughters 3rd generation i-pod and borrowed my sisters new 4th generation i-pod and compared the sound quality etc etc to the x-fi the i-pods are smaller in size and the controls are i think easier to maneuver than the buttons on the x-fi but that's just my opinion neither come with chargers when your paying this sort of money they should come with chargers but you can get one for your x-fi for about 5 including postage from amazon i did and it works spot on and a skin to for about 9 from amazon to protect your x-fi i tried the creative centrale software that comes with your x-fi and windows media player both worked fine but i prepared the windows media player as it synced the music alot faster but each to there own the sound quality on the x-fi was far better then the 2 i-pods on various sound settings and you get an equaliser you can set yourself on the x-fi which i prefare you dont on the i-pods the x-fi crystalizer and the x-fi expand settings didnt do anything for me so i dont use them the supplied earphones are great for clarity of music but even with bass boost + equaliser settings up for the bass i found the bass to weak for my personal taste still better then the crap you get with the i-pods and i did use the differant earphones with the x-fi + i-pods when i tested the sound quality i prefared using my skulcandy earphones the bass was very powerfull with those on i had to turn the bass settings down a bit theres plenty of options with the x-fi for sound settings i been playing around with the settings a couple of days now and ive got the sound quality spot on for my taste and at the moment you can get the 8gb x-fi for 74.05 from amazon a bargain when you consider what you will pay for an i-pod 5 star cretive zen 8gb x-fi glad i got one
As near to perfection as you can get. November 11, 2008
Larelle Read (Bedfordshire, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really did my research. I looked at several other MP3 players on the market, read reviews and really agonised over my choice. br / br /The X-Fi was one of the first players I looked at and read reviews on. The reviews by and large were positive and it was becoming a clear choice for me initially, until it became obvious that the software provided with it was for Windows only. The player then was beginning to sound very Windows centric, which worried me, being a Mac and Linux user. I was put off. br / br /I then dabbled with the notion of getting an iPod. Despite being a Mac fan, I have always had reservations about getting an iPod. I looked at Nano's and the Classic as alternate options. The price tag, along with reviews about poor sound quality and the need for investment in better quality headphones was a turn off. Also (as far as the Nano was concerned) no way of expanding storage capacity. br / br /I still felt myself drawn to the X-Fi. The final element that swayed it for me was being able to buy the 16GB version of the X-Fi for 106 - compared to it's RRP of 140. It was the clincher. br / br /I'm glad I jumped at it! I've had the player for a two weeks now, and it has been fab! br / br /All the positives in previous reviews are correct. It's easy to use, the sound quality and video playback are ace. Battery life is great. The expandable storage is fab. It doesn't integrate as pointed out (the SD memory with the player), but I don't find that a huge bugbear. It still ID3's the tracks, so it's still totally workable. You can't pull tracks onto the player from the SD card, only photos, but it's still no big gripe for me. br / br /The biggest positive for me was this. Despite being provided with Windows software and having a program called "Creative Centrale" that only runs on a Windows machine, my Mac can see it. I use a program called XNJB which gives you an MTP user interface to upload/download MP3's with relative ease. It's not the MOST compatible way to do it, but if you, like me, are a Mac user and were reticent to buy Zen products due to incompatibility, rest assured. br / br /My only gripes are the fact that it doesn't come with a mains adapter for charging and the USB cable that comes supplied is WAY too short. The X-Fi feature is bogus. The player has such great sound quality that it's rendered useless. Unless you have REALLY poor quality MP3 tracks (and frankly, why would you?), I doubt you'll ever switch the X-Fi feature on. And for me being a Mac user, I couldn't get the player to recognise AAC tracks. It does on an SD card, ID3 tags them and all, but NOT if I load them on the player itself. br / br /All in all though, the player is fab. I'm glad I went with it. I'm overall very happy. I'd give it 4.5 stars out of 5, but Amazon don't do half stars. I'd only take half a star off for the minor negs.
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