Creative MuVo Micro N200 512 MB MP3 Player Black

This isn't the perfect Mp3 player, but it's pretty good, especially when you consider the price. Overall, this player has more good features than it does bad. It also has a number of features I doubt I'll ever use.The Good:- Size - at 512 meg, it's not meant to hold your entire CD library. It's a great player to take jogging. It holds roughly seven or eight full albums. (maybe more depending on the quality of the mp3s)- File transfer - it's a flash storage device. So to get songs onto your mp3 player simply drag and drop the files from your computer.- Size/weight - the thing is less than an ounce. (Try holding two AAA batteries, that's how much it weighs with its battery). It's about the size of a lighter.- Strap and holder - comes with it's own velcro strap and rubbery holder. I-pod charges another 20 bucks for theirs. This player comes with a strap free. Free!!- Battery - while on the Ipod subject, this player uses one AAA battery. I'm not sure how long it lasts, because mine still has juice, so at least several hours on one battery. So, unlike the Ipod that has an internal battery and costs oodles of cash to replace, this comes with a AAA battery that's cheap and easy to replace (and it only needs replacing on rare occasions).- Sound Quality - uhhh...it's good and stuff- Price - Quite a lot of bang for the buck. I've seen players with half the storage sell for the same price. Again: this player will not hold your entire mp3 library, if that's what you want, this player's not for you.- System compatability - some mp3 players (Ipod again), only work on Windows XP or 2000. This one will work with Windows '98.The Bad- Rubber USB port cover - it's flimsy and I just know it's going to fall off. I don't think that'll affect the player, but I'd rather have a cover that worked and didn't fall apart.- backlight noise - with low volume (25/40), there's a perceptible buzzing noise whenever the backlight is on. Of course, you can turn the backlight off, and it's completely unnoticable when the volume is turned up (mine' usually at 30 or so when jogging).- Track playing problems - a couple of tracks skip on this player, and other times whole albums would not play unless I transferred each individual track (instead of just dragging the entire album file).- Ear buds - these furry things annoy me. They're okay for sound quality, but they're a bit uncomfortable. Ipod's are much better. I already had earphones for my old mp3 player, and I use them instead of the ones that came with this one.Stuff I probably won't ever use- FM Radio - if I wanted an FM radio, I wouldn't have blown $120 bucks on an mp3 player!- file management software - even though you don't need it (see file transfer above), the player comes with its own mp3 management software. Actually, I've used this some, and it's better than some (Rio, musicmatch); but it's still pretty useless.- microphone - The quality is OK, but why would anyone ever want to record their own voice into an mp3 player? Maybe I'm just narrowminded...- Mp3 ripper - this player comes with its own line that you can connect to a CD player to rip mp3's directly onto your player. If you're looking at mp3 players, odds are, most of your CDs are already ripped.I have to say, overall I'm pleased with my purchase. It's not perfect, but at the price it performs very well and avoids a lot of the pitfalls of other mp3 players. No it's not a 40 gig player that stores ALL your songs you ever heard. It is a good value, and the perfect player to take to the gym.****UPDATE****After 5 months, this product stopped working properly. It skipped tracks, and played some but not others. Customer support was a complete joke.

I won't ever buy a creative MP3 player again. I had a MuVo NX for just over a year and then it stopped working. I figured it had to something to do with the fact that it was made of two parts and I had dropped it a few times so I tried again, I bought the MuVo N200. Well after 2 months it's stopped working. I hit the power button, the LCD lights up a little but nothing else. The computer will not even recognize it when I plug it into the USB port any longer.Sound and operation was great till it just up and quit. Next time I buy an MP3 player I'm going to try to find one that is not disposable.

Extremely cute, tiny, and light -1.4 oz with battery. Paid extra to buy the PINK. Very happy with it and use to to listen to audiobooks from Audible.com, music, especially while working out, FM radio for news and music, and recording my thoughts. Its best feature is that it is VERY light & small - I wear it as a necklace and do not even notice it.Classical music sounds just BEAUTIFUL using a Sony MDR-NC20 full-sized headphone. But this headphone is MUCH larger and heavier than the TINY muvo! Included earbuds increase volume and pumps up base at the expense of upper note clarity. A good tradeoff for workout music. You will want to use better headphones for fine music. FM reception is pretty good. FM Autoscan recognized 25 stations and is easy to use. Recording sound quality was great as long as I held the mic right up to my lips. FM radio and voice recording menus are far away from music playing menus and takes several clicks. The single A battery lasts about 3 days of continuous playing.Listening to Audible.com books - Sound quality is great. Even format 2 sounds rich and clear - no more scratching sounds. Great in car with cassette adapter. Comparable to full-sized iPod in sound. Volume goes way down, so will not disturb companion in bed. Hold scroll wheel right/left to fast forwarding and reverse. An entire book can be scrolled pretty quickly, so getting around is easy. Screen easy to read & makes MuVo much better than iPod Shuffle. Skipping chapters takes few more steps. From book, pressing down once on scroll wheel shows "skip section" icon. Pressing the wheel again shows 1 of X sections in your current book. Flick the wheel right or left to changes sections. Bookmarks are not supported. But the device remembers where you have stopped on each of the books.Included software is very, very easy to use for ripping CDs and transfering songs to the MuVo. One button downloads song information (from the internet? the CD itself?). Somehow it recognized my Latin music and Promo CDs that were not recognized by MusicMatch and Microsoft's Mediaplayer. Trasfered to MuVo using Windows Explorer. MuVo icon shows up as a device. I set up separate folder for "body pump," "cool down," and "classical." Muvo can shuffle within each folder or across folders. Normal mode plays in the order of transfer. A-B plays in alphabetical order.I tested the audio-in to mp3 128 bitrate encoding using CD on my computer. Heard some scratches, volume is much lower, quality is lower than straight ripping from CD at 128 bitrate. Songs do not have titles automatically recognized. It's a convenient way to encode music from cassettes or LPs to mp3, but CDs are better off being directly ripped. Was looking foward to this feature to transfer all of my cassette tapes to mp3 but I'm not sure of the quality. Needs further testing. (FYI - I got good quality mp3 recordings by playing the cassette on my hi-fi system (cassette deck, excellent speakers) with volume turned up and recording it to a laptop using a Yamaha pro-level mic and Mediaplayer.)

I orded 2 of these: one for each daughter. One of the units failed after 3 days, the replacement failed after 6 days. I've been informed by Amazon that there exists a widespread defect issue with this product.

Pros: very light and small, great for active use like running, armband stays on really well, cool color (orange)Cons: Earbuds are almost completely useless. They're not ergonomic at all, so they don't fit the ear well. Even sitting with them on doesn't work well. I think they're too big and generic. I had to use my old earphones. The software took some time to figure out and there is no place in the directions that tell you what a lot of the symbols on the screen mean.I gave this 3 stars because the earbuds are an important component to the system. If you can't hear the music well, then you've lost a huge portion of the value.