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Summary: Player - excellent. Accesories - poor
Review: I've had the player for a year and a half now. It's excellent and I use it a lot. If you're buying it, I suggest you get a second remote and a second set of headphones. Both tend to break. The first thing that will go on you is the remote shirt clip (plastic fatigue!). After that, the lock/unlock button on the remote is going to snap (more plastic fatigue!). Next, you're likely to lose one of the channels - which could either be remote or headphone related. This is the most annoying failure. The others aren't as critical.
Aside from poor accessory design, the player is awsome and the WMA format support is helpful in taking that 64mb card to the max!
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Summary: More bad than good
Review: Good News: compact, light weight, good sound quality
Bad News: Quirky operation, especially the "on-off" function. Headphones shorted out within six months (warranty is only for one month). Limted volume. Creative Labs offers really awful support--it appears they would rather not be bothered with customer issues. I'm looking to other manufacturers as I get ready to make purchases for my family.
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Summary: Excellent for music on the go
Review: I was looking for an MP3 player to bring on long runs (I'm a marathon runner) and trips to the gym. This was one of the few MP3 players that met a series of criteria I had chosen: lightweight, capable of carrying over an hour of music, a good remote control, and an FM radio. I've used it for four months and I'm very satisfied. The remote takes a little time to learn how to use, but works very well. The remote clips easily on a belt or clothing, and is both sturdy and light weight. The sound is excellent, and it has performed perfectly on long runs. The software is relatively easy to use for loading songs. Here are the limitations: the FM reception is not as good as on my old Sony FM Walkman. The battery life is fairly short (about 4-5 hours)- I now go running with an extra AA battery as back-up. The software is not very sophisticated. For example, you have to move songs to a different position by moving them one position at a time as you can't drag and drop a song to a different position. You can preset a lot of FM radio stations (32), but setting them is a little tricky- if you push the set button more than a second it switches you to the old preset station rather than setting it on the new station. This can be painful as switching stations is slow. Despite these limitations, the final tribute came from my wife. She scoffed at my purchase as an excess expense in which I got carried away with technology. Now she steals my Nomad II so often that I may have to get one for her if I hope to use it myself!
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Summary: Nice player now supporting 128 M smartmedia card
Review: Nice player now supporting 128 M smartmedia card.
Belt Clip, FM tuner (not that good), wma file support.Nice player despite some freezes due certainly to bad wma file encoding.
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Summary: For those who can't afford an iPod...
Review: For those Mac users who can't afford an iPod, the Nomad II is the next best thing in pocket-sized MP3 players. You can even use it to record voice memos and listen to the radio. Let's see your iPod buddies do that!
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Summary: Overall... Pretty Good
Review: I dont know how anyone can have an extremely negative expierence with this piece of equipment. My expierence has been pretty good. Check out what happened to me with the other peoples "Problems": 1. Volume- I have no problem with the volume. I plugged it into my stereo, and it sounded loud enough. 2. Radio Reception- The station I listen to comes in just fine from my house, though it is a little fuzzy at times. 3. Voice Recording- Voice recording works fine, no problems at all. 4. Storage- If you convert your mp3z to wma you can fit about 2X as much on the included 64 mb smart card. If this is your first choice, go with it. I'm really happy with my purchase...
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Summary: Runners beware
Review: I bought this MP3 player over one year ago, and overall I'm glad I have it. Unfortunately, it doesn't hold up well under stress -- particularly stress related to running (or any sports-related activity). If I didn't have a computer science PhD guy around to fix its little idiosyncracies for me, I'd be out of luck. My main problems with it: 1) Sometimes, it just doesn't turn on. Why? My guess is that sweat might be penetrating the components. 2) The headphone wires / remote wires needed to be replaced after 6 months. Again, perhaps that's the sweaty sports factor. Other reviewers have complained that Creative needs to work on making the unit more sturdy -- I very much agree. But when it works, it works divinely.
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Summary: Great player with cool features
Review: The Nomad II N64-0001 is great in all respects. Although the amount of memory being supported in the mean time is limited to 64mb, it's still big enough if managed right. For example, I converted all my mp3s into wma (which still just as great, if not better); about 30-32 songs in wma format were able to fit into the included 64mb. One question though, my card lists its free memory as 62.5mb; why is that? The built-in FM is also functional. The best thing about it is that it's digital, with 32 presets. Setting these presets is easy provided that you have enough stations to accomodate your urge for more music. The antenna, though not the best, is cool; I was able to get most of my presets clear. Besides, the antenna is not a solid, metal antenna so what do you expect? Overall, the product is great. Everything works well: the FM radio, the mp3 section with great sound quality, the voice recorder (though I don't use it much), etc. The display menu is entertaining and easy to the eye. I am enjoying my Nomad II so far. Hopefully, it will last for a while.
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Summary: Great MP3 Player with tons of features!!!
Review: I was very careful when choosing an MP3 Player. I read up on a lot of forums on specific models. I had it narrowed down to a couple of units. However, I came across a great sale and bought the NOMAD II. I could not be happier with my purchase. This MP3 player is awesome. I am very happy with the quality and all the features that this unit comes with. A lot of concerns came up with the FM tuner and voice recording. However, quality on both is very good. I am able to get most stations in my area and in stereo. Voice recording was also very receptive and clear. The sound quality on this unit is second to none. I think if you decide to buy the NOMAD II, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Poor transfer capability
Review: I have much of my cd collection archived on Musicmatch Jukebox. In order to transfer the files to the Nomad player, I've found it necessary to save my "playlist" songs as separate files and then import them apart from album and artist. A fifteen or twenty minute project each time I want to upload music files onto the player. First problem. Second problem: The 64 meg card that comes with the player saves 15 - 18 songs. No real difference from the antiskip cd player I've been using for my jogging music. Okay, I thought, fine. So I bought a 128 meg card which I just received in the mail today. Except the player won't read the card. (Creative recognizes the problem, but I downloaded the "firmware" upgrade from the Creative website and it hasn't helped.) Third problem: The player offers downloadable voice recording. But the files are only readable using the packaged Creative software. A software that won't save the files in a format that's nice to other players. No mp3, no wav. So if you want to organize or use your voice files, you're stuck with Creative (which is very limited with regard to file management capabilities). My recommendation . . . stick with musicmatch and find an mp3 player friendlier to competitive software.
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