Creative MuVo Micro N200 256 MB MP3 Player Dark Blue

Comment: Hi Folks -

I have had my MuVo for several years now. I purchased it to use on long motorcycle trips which I take every year.

This unit is rugged, easy to operate and is very high quality - particularly considering the price.

The only downside is the small capacity - on an all day road trip I was hearing the same songs repeated - but that was ok since I only put songs I really like on the unit. Also, you can sample the songs down smaller to pack more in if you know you will be in an environment with high ambient noise and will not notice the lower playback quality.

My MuVo has traveled to Canada, the west coast, Key West and around Lake Superior bouncing around in my motorcycle's tank bag and is still working perfectly.

I could get to the controls while the unit was in my chest pocket, with my riding gloves on - it takes a bit of a feel, but it was easy to do.

The batteries last a good long time - and I like using disposable batteries rather than having a built-in one that makes the unit junk when the battery dies.

The output volume is a little weak, but again, I was only listening while on a motorcycle travelling at highway speeds (with helmet, thank you!).

I am impressed that this little guy is still churning out the music after all the abuse I have dished out.

Make sure you get it cheap - 256mb is almost a laughably small amount of memory in today's world.

best regards-

mqqn

Comment: I recieved a MuVo a couple years ago and it's still with me despite dropping it frequently on hard floors and nearly flushing it down a toilet (don't ask). The only thing that has happened is that the battery cover has broken from dropping it.
My only qualms with it are that it's not compatible with iTunes, and the battery life is not very good, though it only takes one AAA. Music fans shouldn't rely on this player, buy a hard drive mp3 player with a large lcd if you plan on exceeding 25 songs, because scrolling through each song instead of having a list is an annoyance.
But, if your only looking for a small durable companion this is a
good buy

Comment: I love this mp3 player-- it fits everywhere, has a long battery life, reasonable quality audio for recording, efficient with space, very user-friendly, etc.
My only problem with this player is that I have had two defective ones. The first player brought me joy and happiness until 2 weeks of living with me, when it would shut off every time it was ready to advance to the next song. That's fine. So I got a replacement.
This current one was fine for 10 weeks until it would shut off even before I could fully power it on. This only happens 75% of the time, but that is definitely inconvenient, since I don't know how to prevent the incidences.
Aside from my negative experiences, its wonderful versatility is suitable for most activities... providing it works.
The problems I'm having are seemingly unrelated, and since I've followed the manual for usage since day-1, I doubt its my fault.

Comment: For the price, this small MP3 player delivers on quality. It was a gift for my technology-challenged teen who needed the recording capability of this player. It makes a decent recording but actually is being used more as the MP3 player. It's very small, easy to use and we have been very impressed overall with this great little player.

Comment: I own the white micro, and it works great. I am relatively abuseive to my electronics, dropping them, pilling stuff on top of them. and the Micro has responded well. It comes with a rubber cover which helps protect it (and yes, it does bounce). The earbuds it came with were great. The menu is easy to figure out, and while the FM signal strength leave something to be desired, it only like 2 inches long, so thats kind of expected...

My biggest complaints (and really, what else is to complain about with this player) is that you can't set a playlist or random play (without a big hassel). It sets its own playlist: alphabetically. If you rearrange your mp3s by artist first, it will play them grouped together. If you want to set a playlist, Creative Labs told me that I needed to go and physically alter the file name of the song, putting something before the artist or title, whichever comes first in your setup. Thats fine if you only want to set one playlist forever and never change the songs, but if you want to be able to add and delete new songs, thats not a reasonable option.
There is a new MuVo MIX available from creative labs that takes care of the lack of a random button. I haven't tried it yet, but if they kept the rest of the features of this great player, they've taken care of its most glaring flaw!