Customer Reviews:
 bad design, bad quality December 17, 2007
We bought this for my daughter for Christmas last year, and she took excellent care of it. In March the joystick controller split in two. It seems like this is pretty common problem, but Creative would not fix it. I ended up buying another broken one and replacing the joystick myself. But in Sept. the screen backlight died. I am really disapointed in both the customer service and quality of this product and will not buy another Creative product again
 Good for me December 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This player has been working fine for me. I only use it for about 1 hour, M-F, on the way home from work. I had to buy new headphones because the ones that came with it hurt my ears, otherwise, no complaints.
Very good if... December 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had one of these for about a year before my little brother yanked it down from the desk and righit onto hard wood, it still worked, but the screen died, and i didnt feel like replacing it, so i just got something else. But like I said, if youve ever used an iPod or iTunes, you know that their very easy to use, and Creative isnt quite as good but their catching up. Now they may be harder to use (for the first week until you get used to them) but Creative PACKS this thing with tons of extra stuff, im too lazy to list them, but i would definately buy this over an iPod nano if you know how to work, and figure out how to use things well, but if you just want something siple to use, and iPod might be better, but if you just want to play music (and not use the extra features on the Zen V) then its a pretty simple music player.
Three week lifespan December 4, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had some concerns proir to purchasing this after reading reviews on the Amazon, NewEgg and other websites. It appears you've got a 50-50 chance of getting a good one. I took a chance and got the lemon. I lost all confidence when I finally got though to the RCA techies, and their response was "yeah, these have issues, not really sure why".
Having to carry around a toothpick to reboot this everytime it freezes is not my idea of a quality product. Not that I use this often, maybe an hour a day, if that but when the backlight gave out, it was time to send back. Kudos to Amazon's return policy and I'll take the refund to purchase something else.
 Great player for the money November 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This a a great player for a new user. Once I learned how to navigate, I've had very few problems. The screen shows more than other players of equal size.
This device supports books from Audible, which is my primary use, although I have some albums and pictures. This little 1GB can hold a large book, six albums, and about 20 pictures. The screen shows the length of a downloaded book, how much time you've listened to and how much time is left. You can use the joystick to move forward and back within the book. This device is also supported by my public library, and I can download some books for free.
If you shut down the player while a book is playing the unit will usually return to where you left off, and the bookmarking feature offers additional protection. The unit has frozen several times when I was attempting to navigate too fast, but I've discovered that the earring post I'm always wearing becomes a great way to reset the player.
It is incredible to have an entire book in my purse! Great little player for the money.
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