Creative Zen Micro Photo 8 GB MP3 Player Dark Blue | 
 enlarge | Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE
Buy New: $299.98
New (1) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $129.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  234 reviews
Sales Rank: 23125
Color: Dark Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.7 x 2 x 3.3
MPN: 70pf165000017
Model: 70pf165000017
UPC: 054651116337
EAN: 0054651116337
ASIN: B000BM6Z56
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 8 GB digital audio player/photo viewer in dark blue weighs under 4 ounces | | • | Compatible with MP3, WMA, Janus, WAV, IMA ADPCM, and PlaysForSure DRM WMA | | • | Vibrant, cutting 1.5-inch OLED screen provides sharp details and clear colors | | • | Built-in FM radio (32 presets) with record function, voice recorder, USB mass storage | | • | Removable, rechargeable Li-ion battery with up to 15 hours of continuous play |
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Product Description
Includes: high fidelity Creative earphones with dynamic bass response, USB 2.0 cable, removable rechargeable lithium ion battery, pouch, & more. Creative Labs Zen Micro Photo 8GB - The Zen Micro Photo is an extremely portable digital audio device, with the ability to display photos and slide shows. The photos and audio information are viewed on a 1.5", first-of-its-kind, OLED display. OLED technology provides you with a host of benefits when compared to basic LCD displays. OLED can be viewed easily from any angle and in sunlight. It also supports an impressive 262,144 colors - 4 times as many as the current iPod Photo!! Giving you menus in wild and bright colors, and photos that are incredibly sharp, detailed and extraordinarily clear! Photo Album & Slide Show Modes Supports MP3 & WMA Audio Formats Supports the JPG Photo Format Zen Blue Glow - the controls illuminate with a vivid blue every time you use it Vertical Touch Pad makes navigation extremely easy Micro-sized and curved to fit into your hand more comfortably Removable and Rechargeable 15-Hour Battery FM Radio & Recorder 32 Preset Stations Integrated Voice Recorder Organizer Syncs with Microsoft Outlook Contacts, Calendar, & Tasks 8 Preset EQ Settings Color - Dark Blue
Amazon.com Product Description
The micro-sized, coolly styled Zen Micro Photo digital audio player/photo viewer enables you to watch slide shows of your favorite digital images on its stunning, high-intensity 1.5-inch OLED screen while listening to an MP3 or WMA soundtrack. This 8 GB player in dark blue can hold up to 10,000 JPEG images or 4,000 songs. It's also nicely compact, measuring just 3.25 x 2 x 0.7 inches (HxWxD) and weighing under 4 ounces. The Zen Micro Photo's vibrant, cutting edge OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) screen looks terrific and draws less power than conventional LCD displays. It displays 262,144 vivid colors, ensuring every picture is sharply detailed and extraordinarily clear. Using revolutionary display technology, you can now view photos from any angle. The vertical touch pad makes navigation easy, and the micro-sized player is offers a curved design to fit ergonomically in your hand. The intuitive menus in wild, bright colors makes navigating through those 4000 songs and tons of photos easy and fun. It's compatible with MP3, WMA, Janus, WAV, IMA ADPCM digital audio files (including DRM protected Plays For Sure WMA files from online stores and subscriber services) as well as JPEG image files. Its 8 GB capacity will store up to 4,000 (266 hours) of WMA files (encoded at 64 kbps) or 2,000 (133 hours) of MP3 songs (encoded at 128 kbps). This player also features a built-in FM radio with 32 preset stations and the ability to record directly off the radio, enabling you to capture your favorite songs and live radio interviews. The integrated microphone and voice recorder feature enables you to record short notes to yourself as well as important meetings and lectures. Choose from the Zen Micro Photo's custom EQ or eight pre-loaded EQ settings: Acoustic, Classical, Disco, New Age, Vocal, Pop, Rock, and Jazz. Working perfectly with Microsoft Outlook, you can now organize appointments, business contacts, or even wake up to your favorite song. Additionally, the Zen Micro Photo can be used as a USB mass storage unit, allowing you to safely store your important presentations and documents and transfer them to another PC. The included removable, rechargeable Li-ion battery provides up to 15 hours of continuous playback time, and it can be charged via a USB connection to your computer or the included USB travel charger. The Zen Micro Photo works with many online subscription and pay-per-download music services such as Yahoo! Music Unlimited and Napster To Go. The PlaysForSure designation ensures compatibility with Windows Media Player 10 and Windows XP. What's in the Box
8 GB Zen Micro Photo (dark blue), high-fidelity earphones with dynamic bass response, removable rechargeable Li-ion battery, USB 2.0 cable, pouch, installation CD-ROM, printed Quick Start Guide
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| Customer Reviews: Read 229 more reviews...
 Great player, Tech Support sucks August 19, 2008
I've owned the Microphoto 8GB for three years and just purchased another for the car. This will keep me from moving it to/from the house, that is, until I want to import new tunes.
The Good:
1.) Great audio, small size, decent battery life, easy to import tunes and create playlists even with non-DRM tunes. Not so with the new ZEN for they will be listed as unknowns. Main reason I went with 2nd Microphoto.
The Bad:
1.) Touch pads too sensitive and takes getting used to. Controls for this is useless.
2.) Software is haphazard at best. Can't search by artist nor title.
3.) Must connect through Creative's Media Explorer (CME) in order to import tunes, create/delete/manage playlist. They could have it simple to sync with WMP or other media organizers but no-o-o, they stuck this stupid CME in between your tunes and the player.
4.) Can only delete tunes from the player, individually. Delete the artist name but their tunes remain. This is a 4 step process. Pretty stupid programming.
The UGLY:
Creative Tech Support are imbeciles, moronic, and just plain idiots fro India with English names. They only point to the FAQ page for answers, which by the way, is very limited. After 12 emails all from different idiot tech support offering ZERO knowledge, I started my own debug and troubleshooting on why the Microphoto would not sync with CME. One gets tired of canned email responses.
After much trial and error, turns out my Windows MTP drivers were corrupted. I uninstalled/installed WMP10, rebooted and that solved the problem. DUH! Oh yeah, even supplying these idiots with a serial number, my USA residence location, steps I took to resolve the problem do I get a try this or try that? NO way. What do I get? I get a survey to critique Creative Tech Support for Europe. Europe??? And the last straw was this moron who apologized for the player not working with Windows Explorer. He's so stupid he crossed CME with WE!!!
Okay, more good:
When the player works, which it has until this hiccup, it works great. That's why I purchased a 2nd unit on closeout. But you better be technical and computer savy before you purchase a Creative product or you're in for an astronomical pony ride from our curry eating moronic imbecile friends.
 Loved it! July 8, 2008
I had this mp3 player for a little over a year. I absolutely loved it it was the best mp3 player ever! The only thing I wish it had was a video player but other than that it was fantastic. About a year and a half after I bought it, it stopped working (which was my own fault because I dropped it a ridiculous amount of times) and so I had gotten a rebate from the website I ordered it from. When I went to reorder it, the website didn't carry it anymore! I was devastated. I had to settle for the SanDisk Sansa e280 8 GB MP3 Player (which I hate compared to the Microphoto), but I really really miss that mp3 player
 it was okay until the battery stopped working June 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
My brother and I got ours at about the same time and i absolutly loved it. Every so often tthe buttons were not working and it froze up. I would take the battery out and and restart it. Then my brother's broke and he sent it to creative, since it was in the warranty(1 year), they couldn't fix it so they sent him a new one. Later, after the warranty expired my battery started to work badly. I would charge it full yet as soon as I turned it on it was half way done. Then after one song it would be in the red zone. My sugestion is that I have used the ipod aswell and it's technology is a thousand times better. If you want your MP3 player to last then get the IPOD!!!!!
Long Lasting May 8, 2008
I've had this product for two years almost exactly, and it is only now that it is dying. The battery is still long-lasting, I've never had a problem with the software, and the player is very easy to manuever around and the click wheel is great. It's a great little player that I love very much, and am sad to see go- I'm just moving the next step up in creative players.
i really like my music player April 21, 2008
I have had my creative zen micro photo player for about 5 months now, and i've enjoyed it with almost no troubles at all. first of all, I love the color varieties available. I ordered the pink one. it's a nice shade with a little bit of a sparkle/shimmer to it. soon after i bought it i bought a peach-colored silicone case/cover for it that also looks great with the color of the player.
the only little problems i have with the player?
1. i feel that the battery doesn't really fully charge, because it just doesn't seem to last as long as i expect it should.
2. I find that the software/program to organize the music is a little bit pesty sometimes when trying to manage my music.
overall, i really like this player and i had contemplated on getting it for a while before i did. I think it is a worthy purchase at a good deal.
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