Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox "C" (Blue)

Rating:
Summary: Great ! I Love it! - Only a few "glitches"
Review: Well,
First the complaints - and some suggestions
1. Low Headset Volume - I tried about 6 different sets - the sony in ear Type seem to work particularly well and are WAY louder than the stock headphones
2. Long boot time - Upgrade the firmaware and if you have alot of music like I do (5 gig) - make sure you reload your whole library if you notice considerable boot lags- if you delete a lot and edit a lot the disk becomes fragmented ;0) A complete sequential reload seems to really improve boot times on my unit (before = 2 minutes)(After reloading songs = 30 sec or so)
3. SKIPPING- My unit does not skip EVER W/ the latest firmware installed If your unit skips - return it to creative for a replacement. It should not skip. 4. Battery Life - Their is something funny W/ the charging circuit - I don't know if there is a fix. My fix is that I charge my 2 sets of batteries in an external charger/conditioner -
5. Upgrading the hard drive - On your own - when my warranty ran out I installed a 20 gig drive.... I still have not had the need for all the space but my collection grows daily. There are many sites (search) on upgrading...but remember IT VOIDS THE WARRANTY - you should probably just sell the old one here on Amazon and buy a 20 gig model.... ;0) THE GOOD PART!... The menu system slows up a bit when you have alot of music loaded on BUT it is pretty intuitive to use...took about 3 minutes to learn how to use it - for once.... Use the tutorial
- the queue system is Especially good -
Also- there is nothing quite like having about a zillion CD's worth of music in one place. I have had 3 of the small memory hungry players. If you are sick of loading/unloading music all the time...BUY THIS!
I figured I'd let you all know what I though since I already have one of these and I am buying another as a gift. Enjoy!
Overall- I would say this is one of the coolest "toys" I have. For all of it's "problems" - most of which are easily solved the +'s far outweigh the -'s