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Get 15 free MP3 songs and listen to 3 months of unlimited, on-demand streaming music from Napster's catalog of over 8 Millions songs with the purchase of any qualifying ZEN media player. Hurry, offer expires January 30, 2010. Experience your MP3 music as the artist originally intended with ZEN X-Fi - the first player to restore the quality of compressed music with award-winning X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio technology. Indulge in rich audio where you can hear your music in crystal clear clarity. Take in guitar strumming, crisp cymbal clashes and deep pounding bass as detail lost during file compression are now beautifully restored. The built-in X-Fi technology intelligently moves a conventional left/right earphone stereo source away from your ears, virtually expanding it for an audio experience with a breathtakingly realistic depth of field. You'll feel as if you were listening to your music from a pair of high end speakers.  | Built with X-Fi technology
Experience the very essence of music perfection as you listen to audio in crystal clear clarity. Hear your music the way it was always meant to be heard. |  | True mobility
You can now stream music and photos wirelessly from your PC to your player within a home network. With the ZEN X-Fi, experience the sound of perfection wherever you go. |  | Stay in touch on the go
Stay connected with friends on Yahoo Messenger or Windows Live Messenger on the go 1 . Set up your ZEN X-Fi chat account here. |  | Premium, High-Quality Earphones
The EP-830 earphones give you optimum comfort together with excellent noise-isolation capability. |  | Sleek beauty
A pocket-sized player that weighs a mere 2½ ounces , ZEN X-Fi sports attractive curves with a graceful finish. |  | No need for external speakers
Be the life of the party as you share your music out loud with the powerful built-in speaker. |  | More content, endless enjoyment
Increase the size of your portable media library with an SD or SDHC card. ZEN X-Fi supports a wide variety of SD/SDHC memory cards. |  | Rich pictures, sharp detail
Immerse yourself in the brilliant 2.5" TFT screen with 16.7 million colors as you watch your movies and view your pictures. |  | Switch to radio
Catch the latest hits on the music scene with the integrated FM radio. 32 station presets let you switch stations with ease. |  | Wide audio support
Listen to your music in multiple supported formats such as MP3, WMA and AAC, including non-protected .m4a files from iTunes® Plus. Download Creative Centrale to rip, transfer and manage your media content easily. |  | Get ZENcast
Enjoy the ultimate collection of free video and audio podcast channels on www.zencast.com . Manage all your favorite subscriptions with ZENcast Organizer and experience the best of the free-to-share formats available. |  | Capture important information
Record your important meetings or personal audio memos with the integrated voice recorder. |  | Create the right mood
Set audio effects to enhance your overall music listening experience. Choose from 8 EQ presets or customize your own EQ and enhance it all with bass boost and smart volume controls. |  | Personalized alarm alert
Start the day on the right note with your very own alarm tone. You can even set the alarm for any day of the week. |  | Good listening practices
Creative cares about your hearing. Learn more on how to listen smart. |
Accessorize it
Select optional accessories to enhance your ZEN X-Fi experience. You can take your ZEN to the gym or for a run with an armband. Or protect it with a stylish silicon skin, soft leather case, and a screen protector. Party with a small, but powerful TravelSound ZEN X-Fi portable speaker system. Which ZEN player is right for you?
ZEN X-Fi 8GB is also available if you don't desire wireless streaming functions. Compare ZENs to narrow in on the Creative ZEN MP3 player that best suits your needs.
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.3 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.2 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 197 reviews |
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 Best for classical music!Nov 19, 2009
I have several different players that I use for different purposes, but this is hands down the best audio quality (compared to Ipod, Sansa, Droid, Zen stone). If you listen to classical music, this is your device. The creative centrale software has been totally bashed, but it has one feature that makes it a winner-- you can rip cd's in very high quality format (320kpbs). The video software works extremely well and is very useful and intuitive (unlike the audio). I personally like the tactile buttons because I listen in my car, and like to be able to turn the player off without having to look at it--so the touch version is not necessarily an advantage. This player has bigger learning curve than others, but it is worth the hassle.
 Like the features don't like the firmware.Nov 17, 2009
I was very excited to get the 32gb Zen X-Fi. I loaded it with 29gb of music reserving the rest for downloading audio books. The main reason I chose this player was because it had a book marking feature that I wanted to use with the audio books. Little did I know it would be the feature that would give me the most trouble. If I try to "rewind" anywhere on the track I get a message telling me that there is a problem playing this audio. Then I have to hit the reset button and wait about 5 minutes for it to rebuild. To get around this I have discovered that if I delete the bookmark, restart the track from the Music screen, fast forward to where I stopped then I can go forward or back without a problem. That's alot of steps to go through just to backup a little to see what was happening in the story where I left off. I agree with another reviewer that it has many great features but the firmware is terrible. I reloaded a later version of the firmware but it did not fix the problem.
I have had the player for almost a year and have used everyday and almost everyday something goes wrong and I have to hit the reset button.
I may go back to a SanDisk Sansa player. I had a 2gb C250 with another 2gb in the microSD slot. It worked great, just not enough memory.
Love, love this little wonder!Nov 16, 2009
My husband bought the Creative Zen M -32G a couple years ago in an attempt to thwart the iPod MP3 monopoly- I couldn't get on board with the control and functionality of it (although the sound quality was always great.) So, when I dropped a hint about my own MP3 player for my birthday, I was a bit weary of the Creative line. He again could not purchase an Apple product, and he bought the Zen X-Fi. Great value for the money, USER-FRIENDLY, great sound, not much bigger than a credit card, lightweight, and sooo cute. The only thing I could say is that the controls might be a little tricky for anyone with large hands as they are small and close together. Love this little MP3- so this is what everyone's been raving about!
 ImprovedNov 13, 2009
I have an earlier model 8 gig xfi which I like alot but ran out of space on. The new 32 gig starts up faster shuts down faster and charges faster...the only fault is I like the older headphones better because they are clearer on the highs. I'm not into rap so I don't need so much thumpa thumpa on the bass. Clarity is what I want. Some of my jpegs won't show up on the screen though they show up in thumbnails
. weird but not that important to me.
 Worthless.....Nov 05, 2009
I bought it to use in my car. Problems from day 1
1) The unit gets frozen often. Few times a day. Try to reset it while driving on highway..... Couple of times my song library got messed up after crash.
2) Buttons. It's impossible to find a right one without looking at them. Try to do it while driving.... Try to do it in dark car environment. Impossible. And if you press wrong button it takes time to get back. I have no idea why these geniuses couldn't put tiny LEDs in buttons. Why do you need 9 buttons if you use only four of them?
3) Wi-fi is pretty much useless in you need to enter the password. Mine is pretty long and I wasn't able to enter it since every char is immediately get masked. Editing that is virtually impossible. It would be logical to control this from the computer. Not possible. Probably it'll work with plain unencrypted wi-fi
4) Their software is a joke. Got it removed from my computer after 3 min of use. Fortunately, you can download MediaMonkey
I can't tell much about sound quality (it's a car environment, so it's ok anyway), video (don't need it).
Unit freezing (hopefully, one day we'll see new firmware with fixed bugs) and terrible button design make this player worthless.
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