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Summary: Wonderful piece of electronics from a great company.
Review: There' a lot of MP3 players out there and many of them are junk. Many of the players are over priced and have limited storage capacity, but not the Nomad Jukebox. I travel a lot and having a player that can store 30 CD's saves me lots of room. It's not the type of MP3 player you would take to the Gym, but it's great for traveling. For the Gym, bike riding and activities like that, I have the Nomad IIc, another wonder piece of electronics and well worth the money. One of the better features of the Jukebox is the ability to record from an external source. I often record music from my Boss BR8 digital recorder into the Nomad and listen to my own guitar playing; a great way to identify your mistakes and improve you playing. And when you're trying to learn a hard guitar riff, you can slow down the play of that Stevie Ray Vaughan lead and still keep the same octave, a wonder feature for musicians. Batteries are rechargeable, so I have more money for CD's. The only thing I don't like is it doesn't support Audible playback.
It's the best high capacity digital player on the market, manufactured by a dependable company and I recommend the Nomad Jukebox to anyone serious about music and quality.
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Summary: Malfunction
Review: I'm having big problems with my Nomad Jukebox 6GB purchased only 6 months ago because It just stopped working from one day to another. I've never dropped it so I really don't know what happened. I wrote to Creative Technical Support and they answered that I've to send it back for repairment or replacement. The point is that this is not a cheap electronic toy and I know how I've taken care of it and all of a sudden the problem appeared. I can't even power up the Nomad with or without the power supply or batteries. I don't want to send it back because now I'm not in USA and ordering another is less expensive than returning it. I fell very frustrated considering that I had ordered the acqua pac, a leather case, and an external charger with additional batteries for the NOMAD JUKEBOX. I'm thinking of buying another MP3 player in wich I hope to use these accesories. Thats why one star!!!
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Summary: Battery Hog
Review: My friend recommended the Nomad 6 GB Jukebox, and the I was bought by the great reviews on Amazon and CNET.COM. The rechargable batteries that come with the Jukebox drain in less than a few hours. I returned my first Nomad because I thought the battery drainage was not normal. My new Nomad still requires frequent battery charges. The large price-tag and the quick battery drains warrants a 3 stars rank.Aside from the quick battery drains, the Nomad Jukebox is a great piece of technology. If large storage space and superior anti-shock are your main concerns, go for the Nomad Jukebox. If you want mobile music go for a more battery-efficient MP3 player.
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Summary: Juke of All Trades...
Review: ...master of none.
PRO: *holds over a thousand tracks. *sounds great. *versatile output: headphones, small speakers, auxiliary jack on stereo, pc. *power adapter--charges batteries too. *fairly portable. *simple operation when connected to pc. *bells and whistles with eq presets, recording, stuff I've never had the patience or knowledge to use well. *you can add to the current play queue from the library without interrupting the music. *it doesn't skip, really. *the ability to save playlists and edit them on the fly, to reduce a thousand tracks worth of cds to the small size are really worth whatever you choose to spend on the privilege.
CON: *not "All your music, wherever you go," as billed-but plenty of music anywhere you'd care to carry it. (There are far larger hard drives for sale since I got mine almost 2 years ago). *it's as bulky as a portable cd player and heavier than most. *the battery power runs out too quickly. *the user interface is lacking-you can get there from here, but you're going to be hunched over your magic jukebox for a few minutes while you wait on slow refresh rates and clumsy controls. (Although it is feature-rich, it is clearly an early attempt at bringing the power of the technology into the hands of the average user.) *it's almost as noisy as my laptop. *the IR port on the front of it is smoke and mirrors, a yet unfulfilled indication of future functionality. *you can't create a playlist on the pc and drag it to the jukebox without re-uploading those tracks to the device. *this particular model came with nothing I cared to have in the way of pre-installed music and an unattractive, inconvenient carrying case, an extra set of rechargeable batteries-and cost significantly more than the no-frills "C" model of the jukebox that came out about six months later.
Though it's not everything I'd hoped it would be, and though the user interface is really annoying, it does make life very convenient and it sounds great
Note: I have actually considered buying a newer rev of this with more disk space and a dial to facilitate scrolling through lists. They are available now with tons of space and are viable replacements for a shelf full of cds in your living space--if the functionality has improved alongwith the disk size.
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Summary: Nomad Jukebox 6GB MP3 Player
Review: I have had my Nomad for approximately 6 months. I'm nuts about it. I've filled up the 6 GB hard-drive and now have to delete something in order to add something. This has prompted me to want the 20 or 30 GB upgrade package available as a drop-in unit. I'm telling you, this is the best piece of home/portable stereo equipment I've ever had. I use this thing in my car, at the office (hooked up to some PC speakers), and at home (hooked up to my stereo system (via Radio Shack adapters). It allows me to keep my CD's in great shape, since they stay in the closet in their protective cases now. Designing Playlists is a snap using the Creative Labs software. The bad points: 3 - 4 hour battery life (A Radio Shack car-adapter can remedy that). Every now and then I'll hear a click or static type noise in the playback. I can live with that also. The plus' far outweigh the minus'. Thanks Creative for making a fine product.
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Summary: Not all that it is cut out to be
Review: I was really excited to get the jukebox..it was something that I really, really wanted. I am very frugal with my money, so I figured with the creative name, it has got to be a great product. The first few times I used it, it was great..then the malfunctions kicked in. The music would just stop right in the middle of the song. I wasnt sure if it was because I was jogging or what the deal was. But it was as if the Hard-drive just crashed. So, I haven't used it since. I don't know if mine was one in a million, but I will never buy another one of these Jukeboxes.
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Summary: Definetly worth buying, even with the problems
Review: As many reviewers have noted, the key problems with the Nomad Jukebox are the rechargable battery issue, booth-up time, blank air between tracks, and uploading back to computer. However, these problems are definetly outweighed by the large song capacity, sleek design, durability, and overall "coolness". Solution for the battery problem- purchase Radio Shack high capacity NiMh batteries and recharger and charge up batteries outside of the Jukebox. I've been getting close to the max (4 hours) by not using the Jukebox recharger. There are no real solutions to the other problems... it's annoying not to be able to upload some of your MP3's to a friends computer.. but you can save a copy of them when you rip them and share them via email/ftp download. I have to admit, the Mac IPod looks much cooler, and probably weighs less... however, who wants to use a Mac anymore? Until they make an IPod for the PC, I'll stick with my Jukebox. Definetly worth the money!
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Summary: Nice,
Review: After reading all your reviews of this and comparable units I found a refurbished Nomad ... Note that the refurbished units do not necessarily come preloaded with tunes, and mine came empty. The included software also will rip songs from CDs to the Nomad or to the PC. All my good CDs fit on this thing, and I even may clean up and move some of my Greatful Dead concert tapes onto it. The sound quality is excellent, and I really like being able to select just the good songs and not the filler songs artists seem to emit. But, to echo previous posts the user interface is slightly weird and will probably take getting used to. Also, battery life is an issue.
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Summary: Nomad Jukebox Good Vs. Evil
Review: Well I've had my 6GB jukebox for over a year now. I would say that there are a few inuendos I wish Creative Labs could fix.
1. Being that the out put jack for a friend to listen to doesn't sound as loud as the main jack.
2. One this i TOTALLY hate the most! Is when I'm using Creative Play center 2.0 to put my songs on, if i have an album say for instince The "Crushing Apples" and I bought thier CD and ripped it to my jukebox, then later i dowloaded a remix or a new song wich is not on that ablum, i cannot put it in unless i write the exxact artist and even sometimes thats doesnt work. And uther times if i want to rename a song it alphabetically orders the Album instead of leaving it the way it was ripped!!! That is about it for whats bad about my jukeboxe, another is...THE DARN BATTERIES ARE NOT WORTH ($$$) FOR 4!!!
This is crazy i think. Also to all who feel those "GOLDEN PRICED" bateries donthave a long life UR WRONG. They last plenty if u charge them your 1st time for 20 Hours with the unit off, and when low for 4 hours. Plus when ever possible like while using @ home with speakers, have the Power pack in, to conserve power. I do infact have a few thing id like to say that are good. I love the fact that this unit has NEVER!!! EVER!!! skipped, not even when my bus driver goes 65Mph over speed bumps down hill!!!,
Not even when im walking,jogging or running.
Saddly i bought my jukebox WAY to early and payed out the throat for it. I should have waited . Now i may soon be purchaseing a 20GB or 30GB model .Most jukboxes above 20GB are easily found at www.ebay.com. They go up to 40GB now!!!
One more quick comment i'd like to say be fore i go is that, sadly I have dropped my juboxes about 5 times on rugs and kitchen floors, and happily the play back has not been hindered one bit. (...)
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Summary: You CAN scan within a song!
Review: Do you people read the manual or what??? Press AND HOLD the fast forward or rewind buttons to scan within a song. You think Creative is going to spend millions on engineering and not have a scan function? I don't care too much about size everyone's been complaining about since I'm not going to be jogging with it. The weird UI is really the only complaint I have with this. If you just create your playlist and don't muck around the menu too much, it's all fine.
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