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Summary: NOMAD OVERALL BEST
Review: I got my nomad yesterday and it kicks ass. I love this thing. It got about 7 songs on 32 mb and 64 is enough for me, I dont need 96. The nomad LCD is a little small and doesnt have a backlit but its fine for me. No backlit is really the only problem. People who say it doesnt have loud enough volume...TOTAL C**P. Its loud enough at 3 for me and I got pretty bad hearing. The head phones are ok but they hurt after a while. As for the parallel port its fine it doesnt take 1/2 an hour, a few minutes at most. Usally takes me 30-40 seconds to transfer from computer to docking station. The FM tuner on the nomad works fine, you just might have to move it around until the reception gets better. You can set upto ten presets of whatever stations between 88-108. The vioce recording works pretty good although I havent tried it from very long distances, it seems to work from around 15 feet away. The rechargeable batteries work for at least three hours, think max is around 4-5. The docking station is a little bigger than an mini disc player. Installation and downloading is very simple(if you know what a printer port is). Software wise the player is very simple. If your not too good just download all music to one place so it doesnt get confusing(nothing to do with the player).
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Summary: What? Unhappy?
Review: I hate to disagree with my fellow reviewers, but I must jump to the support of my Nomad. I have frankly been extremely happy with it. The radio reception is tricky, but the quality is high. The software may be a bit annoying to work with, but I've found that Real Jukebox is a perfectly viable alternative for transferring songs. The voice recorder is a definite perk, the magnesium casing is very durable, and the LCD display is very nice, to say the least. The size is nothing to complain about either, as it is small and fits perfectly into even the smallest pockets. I do have some complaints, though. First of all, the headphones it comes with are very poor. And I must agree, the software is just plain user unfriendly, and the parallel port connection is a bit sluggish. But I would definitely not write this off as a poor player. I would truly reccomend this player to anyone that asked.
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Summary: Great Deal
Review: I have spent about 2 weeks researching all MP3 players on the market, and I have come to the conclusion that this one is the best for the price at this time. It is made by an extremely reliable company, and comes with a flury of features. Total included memory: 64 MB Approximate playback time: 60 minutes Onboard memory: 32 MB Included memory cards: 1 32 MB SmartMedia Compatible memory type: SmartMedia Number of expansion slots: 1 MP3 playback: Yes WMA playback: Yes LCD Display FM tuner Voice recording Battery status display Random play Repeat: One track, all tracks Forward/reverse: Yes Hold: Yes Preset EQ curves: Normal, classic, jazz, and rock Bass boost: Yes AC adapter: Yes Car adapter: No Carrying case: Included Batteries: 2 AAA (rechargeable NiMH, included) Headphones: Yes Bundled software: Creative Nomad Manager, MusicMatch Interface: Parallel (supporting ECP mode) Battery life: 9 hours Weight: 2.26 ounces At this price who can pass it up!
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Summary: Absountly the Best MP3 Player Out on the Market
Review: I just got my MP3 player today and let me tell you, this is the best MP3 player you can get for a great price. I've seen and heard the Rio 500 MP3 player before but comparing the two, the Nomad is way better. First of all, the Nomad is a lot cheaper. The Nomad is very compact, even smaller than the Rio 500, (to my memory) and has better abilities than Rio like a FM tuner and Voice Recording Mode. The MP3 player comes with rechargeble batteries and a charger thing that you put your MP3 player on to charge the batteries and import MP3's from your computer. The MP3 player also comes with a flashcard that holds 32 MB. The things that come with this MP3 player is 32 MB Flash Card, Docking Station, Cord to connect to Computer, Cord to plug in electrical outlet, headphones(not so good in my opinion), Content CD, Installation CD, Leather Carrying Case, and instructions. The only disadvantage this MP3 player has from a Rio 500 is the LCD display. Unlike other MP3 players, the Nomad doesn't have the backlight for the LCD display. This is the only disadvantage that I found. In this MP3 player, there are 3 modes. MP3 mode, FM tuner mode, and Voice Recording Mode. The FM tuner can hold 10 preset stations and is very good quality. Some of my friends said,"CD's are better, just get a decent burner." Now that I got the Nomad, I am glad that I didn't listen to him. My friend said CD's are better quality but in my opinion, I can't tell the difference between a CD and an MP3 file. I don't think my friend was lying and he was probably right but what's the point if you can't even tell the difference. The Software is very user friendly. I didn't even read the instructions once and had my MP3's onto my MP3 player in minutes. Great program for a great MP3 player. *Responding to other Reviews* "tried it on my home PC and 4 different IBM Thinkpads. It worked in none of the above with different parallel port settings and infinite hours with Creative and IBM................. It ended up sitting on my drawer and now it would not even turn on. I trashed it. What a waste of a few hundred dollars" Maybe your computer just didn't work, cuz it works on my Dell PC just fine. "If you are rich as hell, go ahead and buy it. But for the price your paying for this, you could get a great Mini Disk player, and even plenty of discs for over 6,000 minutes of recording time with the same sound quality!" Don't know what your talking about dude. This MP3 player is almost cheaper than all of the MD players available at Amazon. Plus MD players have the expenses of MD's and MD players are way bigger than the Nomad MP3 player. Take my Word, if your buying a MP3 player, buy this one.
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Summary: Record companies promoting SDMI through reviews?
Review: I love the Creative labs Nomad 64 even with its couple of flaws which are - lack of USB support / Awful Nomad manager and MusicMatch software - although there is an update as of 2000 that improves it a lot and not enough memory I don't care and won't care for SDMI as long as it does not interfere with the way I've gotten used to using my MP3 files - Right now as far as I understand - SDMI will be an option for the user to choose and not come preinstalled for example on the new Nomad II. Creative Labs makes the best players as far as I am concerned because they have the cool look and feel plus they have an FM tuner which comes in handy when you are tired of listening to the same limited number of songs because of the lack of more memory
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Summary: Nice Product, but no NT or W2K support.
Review: I ordered this product, but I'm returning it due to the lack of NT4 or Win2K support. On their support pages, they say they don't have plans to release NT drivers for it. They plan on supporting Win2K with the NomadII whenever that ships. So I recommending waiting until the next version of the hardware comes out before purchasing the Nomad. From what I could test, the FM tuner seemed to work fine, and the sound was above average. I was a little disappointed in the case that comes with the Nomad. It was just a nomad-sized bag with pull-strings at the top. Also, there is no belt clip.
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Summary: Hot and Cold...
Review: I received this mp3 player with high regard. I had read all the reviews and this player really looked like the best all other available models for the price. It comes with rechargeable batteries and a charger as well as 64 total MB of storage. These are both great features. However, the data is transferred from the computer to the mp3 player via a serial or printer port. I could never get the Nomad configured to work properly with my brand new system. After calling Tech Support (Long Distance) they still could not fix my problem. Luckily, I had a laptop which happened to work perfectly with the Nomad. Using this I was able to transfer songs and actually use the mp3 player, for which the sound quality was great and the features were exceptional. Yet, I noticed another 'problem.' The songs I had placed on the SmartMedia section of memory were not properly being erased. Everytime I tried to format it, it would still have the reminants of two older songs left on the card, in plain terms my SmartMedia card was corrupt. I had to send my Nomad back but I do miss my portable Mp3 ability. The player is lightweight, easily stored and sounds awesome. Sadly, the portable mp3 market is limited right now and I believe I'll wait a while before I invest in this technology again.
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Summary: Limitations
Review: I recently got a Creative Nomad MP3 player, and after installing the Nomad Manager Software, I get an error message ?Docking Station not conected?.
The parallel cable is properly connected.
I actually have Windows 2000 and the software that comes with the mp3 player, says that it is for Windows 95 98.
I have looked in Creative?s Web page and there are no drivers for windows 2000, I also change the Bios settings as the setup instructions manual refers. With no results .
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Summary: Limitations
Review: I recently got a Creative Nomad MP3 player, and after installing the Nomad Manager Software, I get an error message ¨Docking Station not conected¨.
The parallel cable is properly connected.
I actually have Windows 2000 and the software that comes with the mp3 player, says that it is for Windows 95 98.
I have looked in Creative's Web page and there are no drivers for windows 2000, I also change the Bios settings as the setup instructions manual refers. With no results .
Rating:
Summary: Limitations
Review: I recently got a Creative Nomad MP3 player, and after installing the Nomad Manager Software, I get an error message ¨Docking Station not conected¨.
The parallel cable is properly connected.
I actually have Windows 2000 and the software that comes with the mp3 player, says that it is for Windows 95 98.
I have looked in Creative's Web page and there are no drivers for windows 2000, I also change the Bios settings as the setup instructions manual refers. With no results .
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