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Summary: Great player!!!
Review: This is definitely a [great] player! I just added a 64MB smartmedia card to mine (after having had it for about 6 months), and it works flawlessly. I use mine primarily at the gym, where it's solid state, light weight, and small size are all much needed. I keep it in a neoprene case, and it has withstood 5-10 drops with no problem. The USB hookup provides VERY FAST transfers. The only problem I have had with it is that sometimes it will lock up on a certain song if it does not like the filename or the tag (caused by length or foreign characters, like รก). Battery time is very good (circa 5 hours on a 30 minute charge), and batteries can eventually be replaced with much higher capacity batts. Definitely worth the (somewhat high) price!
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Summary: GOOD PLAYER, HORRIBLE COMPANY !!!!
Review: The player itself is not that bad. A coulpe of things of note: 1) No Li-ion batteries 2) No 800 line for tech support, and the help on the software sucks. 3) It is damn near impossible to get any support anywhere ! forget talking to a human 4) Volume is relatively low 5) built in mic is of very poor quality 6) the tunner is a joke, in terms of clean receptionI would recommend doing some research and finding a company that will be there to assist their customers
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: This Mp3 player exceeded my expectations! The USB connection via the docking station, combined with the rechargable batteries (which can be replaced with non-rechargables when taken on long trips or if your rechargables die on you) blew my mind after having the Audiovox MP-1000 (serial port.. <yawn>) I also purchased the Viking SmartMedia 64Mb card, which worked perfectly. The FM tuner is okay, it can pick up all local stations in mono, but only one or two in constant stereo. I believe the Creative website said it has something to do with the headphones (the headphones are part of the antenna). The only other problem is the carrying case, which doesn't cover the lcd screen with anything (not even clear plastic), has no belt clip, and also covers all the buttons (meaning you have to take it out to change anything). All in all however, I'm very pleased with this product; the bookmarking features, preset and user treble and bass settings, voice recording, and overall sound and look of this Mp3 player make it one of the best! I'm very pleased with this product, and I think most people will love it too!!
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Summary: Second Best gift ever
Review: I received a Silver MG for my birthday, and this was the best present i've ever been given (Next to Allman Bros. Tix). The unit is very chic and very light, and i've gotten used to the buttons being on the side quite nicely. The headphones could be a lot better, and they pull my hair -- or my beard when i have them around my neck. But i've experienced no problems either with installation, downloading, ripping, or with the design of the hardware (some people mentioned that their battery contacts were faulty). As far as remotes go, i know you can get them from the Creative website, but i've no qualms about reaching into my pocket to change modes or volume. (The thing is only 18 inches away from your hand at any given moment -- WHY is a remote so important???) The "pleather" case that came with it was worthless, as others have mentioned, and sometimes i have to try a couple of times before it succesfully docks-on, but overall, i love this unit. Perhaps by the time mine was manufactured, the company had worked out some of the bugs mentioned in some earlier reviews. I also got a 64MB memory card, which gives me plenty of tunes to carry to the gym or on my commute to work. I don't think i'll ever need much more than that, nor will i need 32 preset FM stations (32!). Gimme a better carrying case, perhaps with a belt clip and some holes for the buttons, and a better set of 'phones, and it's perfect for me. FWIW, i'm a novice at MP3's, and this is the really the only unit i've ever really seen/used, but i've had nothing but success with it.
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Summary: Really great device
Review: I purchased one of these about a week ago. I must say, I am very happy with it! The sound quality is tremendous, it has a great form-factor, and the manufacturer is very intelligent! I was having a few problems (the pause button wasn't working very well and there was a lot of background noise when the devise wasn't playing anything); but after a simple firmware update, these troubles (and more) were solved! There are, however, 3 problems (the reason why I didn't rate this 5 stars): 1) Like many others have said, the headphones are really, really bad. However, this wasn't a problem for me, because I already had better headphones that I was planning on using. 2) Again, like others have said, the case is really, really bad. Not only is the device mostly useless, but also the leather exterior and the vinyl interior are attached by very weak glue. By the time I realized this, it was too late - now some of my buttons are sticky. They really could have put more work into this aspect. 3) The 64MB of onboard RAM isn't very much. It is certainly better than the other Nomad II (which has no onboard RAM), but it could be more. I have had to purchase an extra 128MB SmartMedia card, which has solved this problem. So, as you can see, none of these problems are monumentally bad, and all can be resolved. In reality, nothing listed above could merit not purchasing this MP3 player. Its size, functionality, and programming are well worth the [$], plus roughly [$] for the 128MB card. P.S. On the subject of the NiMH battery (as mentioned previously), the device is programmed to detect how much of the battery has been charged when it is set into the cradle. Somehow Creative has found a way for a NiMH battery to act as a LiIon one. This definitely isn't a problem.
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Summary: Trouble In Nomad Land
Review: First MP3 player RCA Lyra 2. Hated it. Cheep quality and sounded funky. Returned it. Bought the Creative Nomad II MG. Loved it, at first. After one week the left channel started making strange noises. Sent it back for repair as they assured a 'new' unit would be sent to me as soon as the bad unit was received. Creative had it for twenty-three days and returned the same unit with no explanation. Still bad. Called tech support, again. They said they would send me a refurbished unit. I wanted a new unit, as the one I had was only one week old when it started having problems. They assured me 'refurbished was better than new as it had been thoroughly tested.' I fell for it and they drop shipped me a 'refurbished' unit. Disaster! Scratched, did not work most of the time, locked up, and would not work at all with my 128MB media card. Shipped everything back to Creative..... Two months later and I still do not have a working unit. I am not alone in this, as I have read other reviews on Amazon.com and other places. Past thirty days so I can't get any money back. Don't waste your money on this one until they have the bugs out.
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Summary: Great features/Poor HW quality-Weak battery contacts
Review: I'm on my 2nd unit return and both units experienced the exact same problem within a matter of weeks. The battery contact weakens and eventually breaks andthis with minimal usage. Dis-appointed in this problem as the product has(had) geat feautures. The company is slow on responding to this problem...
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Summary: Hey..yo!! This is THE best!
Review: I saw someone wrote a review about this product and wrote about all bad things as possible. But you know what? That is all lie~~~~ I think they don't even have a nomad2MG. They are just jealous about this product. Maybe they don't even have a mp3player at all. or else they are still using 286 computers.. All most every sentence they write about "nomad2ma sucks" is all wrong! Maybe they are spies from other mp3player companies. And they wanna sell more..:) Bottom line is --This is THE best product yo!!
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Summary: Good for the casual user, but not the serious music listener
Review: According to many reviews, the Nomad II MG blows away all other portable MP3 players. Sure, I'll buy that. But compared to MP3 playback on my home computer, it sounds terrible. It has a low frequency rumble that drowns out any quiet moments, even in high bitrate, LAME-encoded MP3s. A friend of mine with the same model has confirmed this. Furthermore, the sound reproduction seems to be a bit "thinner" than what I get with my home computer, even when using aftermarket, digital reference headphones. (The headphones they provide are TERRIBLE.) The interface on the Nomad is probably the clunkiest and most counterintuitive I've ever seen. It's hard to pick the unit up without pressing a button (they're on the sides). I've already accidentally deleted a song, and so has my girlfriend. The included software is extremely unstable (under Win98). I've had it crash many times just browsing available MP3s, and others have complained of this as well. The software should simply be a conduit to the device, but the Creative people have tried to make it do too much, and they've made it very user unfriendly and filled it with bugs in the process. I suppose the Nomad is decent for use during exercise or on the train, but if you consider yourself a semi-audiophile I recommend you do not buy this product. Wait until the technology matures. Most studies find that near CD-quality is about 256kbps. The Nomad will only hold 30 minutes of music at this rate, and will reproduce it with distortion, all in a confusing little package. I don't think that's worth [the price]; do you?
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Summary: Ideal
Review: There is little to complain about. Being a college student who is always on the move, I couldn't have asked for a better purchase than the Nomad II MG. Just about all the specs have been mentioned already at one point or another, and they're clearly quality. The two things that make this player stand out are the docking port, which recharges batteries (great money saver), and the taken-for-granted fact that with the included software you can rip straight from CDs to the device with no intermediate step. The equalizer is as effective as the one on a PC MP3 player, and the style can't be beat. The lousy included headphones can be overlooked; come on, if you're buying an MP3 player, you're an avid enough music fan to already own a quality pair of headphones.
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