Creative Zen X-Fi 16 GB Video MP3 Player with Wireless LAN and Built-In Speaker (Black) | 
| Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $184.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 301
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 2.5
Size: 16 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 3.3 x 2.2 x 0.5
MPN: ZXFI16GBBK
Model: ZXFI16GBBK
UPC: 054651157873
EAN: 0054651157873
ASIN: B001CB0RSG
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Capacity: 16 GB (4,000 songs or 60 hours of video) | | • | Up to 30 hours of continuous audio playback or 5 hours of continuous video playback on one charge | | • | 2.5-inch TFT LCD with 320 x 240 pixel resolution: 16.7 million colors | | • | Supports MP3, WMA, AAC5, WAV (ADPCM), Audible 2,3,4 audio formats; MJPEG, WMV, MPEG-4 video (including DivX and XviD); and JPEG photo formats | | • | 1-year limited hardware / 90 days service warranty |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Experience your MP3 music as the artist originally intended with the Creative 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, crystal-clear audio when you listen to your music, as the detail that's lost during file compression is now beautifully restored and played through premium-quality, noise-isolating EP-830 earphones.  Creative Zen X-Fi, built with X-Fi technology and wireless LAN--the sound of perfection. Click to enlarge. |  A pocket-sized player that weighs a mere 2.4 ounces, the Zen X-Fi sports attractive curves with a graceful finish. Click to enlarge. |  The included EP-830 earphones provide optimum comfort with excellent noise isolation. Click to enlarge. |  A control/feature schematic. Click to enlarge. |  Immerse yourself in the brilliant 2.5-inch TFT screen with 16.7 million colors as you watch your movies and view your pictures. Click to enlarge. | Sleek Beauty
A pocket-sized player that weighs a mere 2.4 ounces, the Zen X-Fi sports attractive curves with a graceful finish. Immerse yourself in the brilliant 2.5-inch TFT screen with 16.7 million colors as you watch your movies and view your pictures. Build with X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio technology, the player lets you 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. Plus, the included EP-830 earphones provide optimum comfort with excellent noise-isolation capability. Or, be the life of the party as you share your music out loud with the powerful built-in speaker. 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 connected with friends on Yahoo Messenger or Windows Live Messenger on the go (at region-specific public wireless LAN hotspots). More Content, Endless Enjoyment
Listen to your music in multiple supported formats, such as MP3, WMA, and (non-protected) AAC (m4a) from iTunes Plus. Download Creative Centrale to rip, transfer, and manage your media content easily. Enjoy the ultimate collection of free video and audio podcast channels on www.zencast.com. Manage all of your favorite subscriptions with Zencast Organizer, and experience the best of the free-to-share formats available. Tired of your own music? Switch to the FM radio. The 32 station presets let you switch stations with ease. Increase the size of your portable media library with an SD or SDHC card. Transfer your files easily to enjoy more videos, music, and photos in your player. Packed with Features
Record your important meetings or personal audio memos with the integrated voice recorder. Set audio effects to enhance your overall music listening experience. Choose from eight EQ presets or customize your own EQ and enhance it all with bass boost and smart volume controls. 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. What's in the Box
Creative Zen X-Fi 16 GB, installation CD, quick start guide, wireless function quick guide, EP-830 noise-isolating earbuds, USB 2.0 cable
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| Customer Reviews:
 creative zen x-fi 16gb August 19, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i bought a creative zen 32gb and they have the same function with x-fi. SD card is not integrating with the all the library. when playing video when there was no skip , forward or reverse., you can not go also to the next video. although you can make playlist but you can't not go to the next video, there is no skip, forward or rewind but the player is extremely cool, very nice, very lovable, very cute. the best in design for mp3/mp4 player.
 Nice but could be better August 13, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Nice media player, its basically the same as the ZEN with wifi and x-fi. And those features I don't really notice too much because their implementation isn't that well done. What creative needs to do is stretch the screen to 3 inches, lose the buttons, add touch capability and wifi browsing, keep the radio, voice recorder, and sd card expansion, and they've got an IPod killer.
Great sound, nice upgrade to the Creative Zen: bass lovers will love this. July 30, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I bought this because I was jealous of my wife's Creative Zen 8 GB player.
But really, I bought this because of the promised X-Fi sound quality. I have an X-Fi audio card for my desktop PC and I really love the enhanced MP3 sound quality and was hoping for more of the same in a portable unit. The Creative Zen X-Fi does not disappoint, straight out of the box I found the sound to be full of the bass tones I love so much. The X-Fi settings add some nice quality to my tones and vibrate my little eardrums with heavy beats. With the included headphones the bass was almost overwhelming for me, but with my Bose Triport IE's I found the sound to be very satisfying.
So lets get down to brass tacks here. So far here's what I love:
*) The new iPhoney sleek look is very nice, an improvement I think.
*) The buttons have a nice tactile feel. With very little practice I can easily find the play button and volume adjustment without looking. Visually its a little harder to figure out which button is where.
*) Even better, the buttons never get pressed unintentionally. This is a big plus since I use it for working out and yard work where I'm often bending over; my clix was constantly getting paused or fast forwarded unintentionally which has been a constant source of annoyance!
*) I found it virtually effortless to hook this up to my PC, connect to my existing MediaMonkey library and download all of my songs and playlists.
*) Great sound for bass lovers. X-fi crystallizer makes for a crisper quality if thats what you like.
*) Wi-fi connection, hooked up to my network easily and I was browsing the Creative Media Center in minutes.
*) Very lightweight compared to most of my other players.
*) User Interface: If you are familiar with Creative players then you will find the buttons easy to understand and use. I find the basic menu system easy to understand and navigate. Lots of nice background images to choose from.
*) Easy firmware update, I downloaded the latest firmware from Creative website and easily installed it.
*) Decent headphones included -- possibly the best I've ever seen packaged with an MP3 player.
*) Lightweight, easy to carry, seems to be pretty rugged construction, fits nicely in a pocket.
*) Nice battery life: compared to my Clix 2 (4 ish hours) or my iPod Touch (about same!) this thing lasts forever at about 10ish hours.
*) Big bold colorful screen, which I find easy to read even in daylight.
*) I love the way it pops right back to where I left off even after a power off, it comes right back to the Now Playing screen and resumes my playlist. Most of my other players don't do this very well so its a plus when it works the way I think it should.
And the things that are not so great:
*) Well, as is the "case" with many non-Apple players, accessories are not easy to come by. This seems to be a bit thicker than its predecessor so I don't think the old Zen cases are going to fit very well. Also, the power button has been moved to the back of the player which will mean you need a special case to be able to access the power button. As of this writing, I can't find a single X-Fi leather case out there, not even from Creative. -- Update: I just ordered a leather case direct from Creative, hoping its a good one!
*) No user manual? Fortunately I could figure out most things for myself but I couldn't even find a basic quick start guide for this thing! Still kind of wondering what some of the buttons are for... I guess they are used for Page Up, Page Down type things.
Thats about it, I highly recommend this player as a heck of a lot of MP3 player for the price (I paid more for my 8GB Clix 2 and a lot more for my 16B Touch!). In many ways I like it better than the Clix 2 although the Clix does have the crispest sound I've ever heard from a player. The Touch of course is a wonderful unit but it is bigger, heavier and more expensive.
Love it. July 26, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I previously owned a Sansa e280 which had numerous firmware issue and crashes. This creative mp3 player offers me a very good experience from firmware update (which has some fix for the x-fi feature), to syncing and managing data on the device. Everything went pretty smoothly.
The only issue about the software is that it doesn't refresh what's in the folder automatically. You have to click out and click back in the folder to see whatever detail you changed on the tracks. But that's minor issue. Zencast manager integrates very well with podcasts and videos.
Now on to the device itself. x-fi is great on some music, no difference in some. I find the internal speaker a bit too quiet, you have to really turn it up to hear anything. The interface could use a wheel scroll, all that clicking up and down to navigate makes my thumb tired. But Creative tries to get around it by using the 4 corner buttons (in the middle 9 buttons set) equivalent to Home/End/Page up/Page Down to help speed up the scrolling. That's all the gripes I have. Everything else works great. Love it.
Awesome portable media player, bad software July 24, 2008
43 out of 48 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2MT954C8FQVXL Hi.
This is the Zen X-Fi in action, player seems very good (for me at least) its got many features which I like, the only downside for now has been the software that is bundled with the player which for me it is not a very good software, anyway if you want to see it in action check out the video.
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