Creative Zen Touch 20GB MP3 Player - White

Creative Zen Touch 20GB Player

Posted Jul 11, 2005 - I love it. Had a Rio Carbon, but had all kinds of problems with it. The Zen Touch 20GB is a little larger in size than I wanted to carry, but I'm very happy with it. The earphones/buds are not very good, but I got the Sony, noise-canceling earbuds, and really enjoy them. The software that comes with the Zen Touch is great and easy to use. Let's you convert formats and bit-rates when tranferring from PC to player. I've loaded over 500 songs, at 192 kps, in WMA format, and still have 17GB of free space.

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I really like this product because it has excellen ...

Posted Dec 10, 2004 - I really like this product because it has excellent sound quality and the touchpad is just a masterpiece. However, I find this player too big to fit into my pockets and to carry it around. It is much bigger than an ipod. Another thing I don't like is that the player is not "plug and play" unlike the iriver and archos players. I can't go around my friends' computers to leech off their files. The carrying case is a little annoying (though it looks really nice) because it is inconvienent to take the player out... I sold this player to my friend and purchased an archos gmini 200 instead. I sold it just because of the size and weight of the player.

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Best One Out There

Posted Apr 26, 2006 - I have had my player for one year and I love it. The battery life is wonderful. It can hold over 10,000 songs when the songs are downloaded in WMS format. I only have 200 songs right now. One day I left it playing all day from 9:00am to 3:00am the next day and still did not have to charge my battery until two days later. As far as the headphones, I would buy new ones anyway because usually when you buy any type of music device the headphones are always terrible. Oh yes, and the price was very nice. It is bigger than most MP3 players but that is because of its memory size. The bigger the memory size the bigger the device. My suggestion to the buyer is to research the different products to find what is right for them. I researched and found that the Creative Zen Touch 20GB was perfect for me. I made an excellent choice.

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I think this player outshines the i-poop in multip ...

Posted May 10, 2005 - I think this player outshines the i-poop in multiple ways. As stated in its strengths, its has a cooler design than i-poop, has an equalizer to make the music sound even better than the i-poop,and has FM radio built-in(recordable as well),which again the i-poop doesnt have! And lastly it has a built-in voice recorder which again the i-poop doesnt have. Why would anyone buy the i-poop when its lacking So Many Features Compared to Creative MP3 Players? Lastly you can change the battery yourself for cheaper than the i-poop

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I've searched for an MP3 player for I dont know ho ...

Posted Nov 11, 2005 - I've searched for an MP3 player for I dont know how long....made my research, read ALL the reviews. Compared MP3 player to MP3 player and finally I settled on the Zen Touch model for it's price and good reviews from other buyers. First off, this is my first player...and I wanted to stay in a budget. So I cant compare this product to an Ipod... This is a good product. I've heard the reviews about the player being to heavy...I guess it is...compared to the Ipod of course, but honestly, you will get used to the filling of it. And yea, it's not recommended to run with it...unless you have the case. The case is okay for storing the player...but when you're listening to it and have the player on....and place it in the case - the sensitivity of the product changes whatever you are listening...so you have to take the product out again to fix it. Touch sensitivity....lots of review of this being annoying as the sensitivity of it is very high. Yea, I put it on Low also. And all you need to do is work it with your thumb. Not a big deal AT ALL. And that was my main concern of this product. It's actually better the speed it has...especially when you have a large music file and just want to get to the song quicker. You get used too it within days....I can do it while driving! Earphone - the problem with them mostly, is the size. It's TOO big for my ears...anyone's actually. So I don't walk with my Zen because the earphones get loose and fly all over the place. Sucks. But the sound is fine with me...loud enough. And I'll wait till the earphones stop working to replace them, because Im broke. Ha. I recommend people to check their song's ID. Because it's MASS confusion once you load your songs onto there. Like there could be 60 different genres...when you really only have 5. The artist your looking for can be difficult to find...especially if the name is incorrect or it is under the "unknown" file. Annoying. Took me a look time to fix the problem and sort my ID-tags. I prefer to list it by" 1. Artist Name - Song Title 2. 1 Artist name only [no "featuring" signs] 3. Genres. Because those are the main ways to hear the songs according to the type of music it is and according to the artist. Believe me...its easier that way Example : 1. Greenday - Holidy 2. Greenday 3. Punk The batterylife...I was skeptical at first. Because it died on me within a few hours...but I didnt follow instructions that said I must charge it before using it. I didnt. After awhile...I started to leave it for charging....and guess what. IT GOES ON AND ON. I think I listen to it one day for 7 hours....with a lot of pausing of songs for long period of time. And about several hours everyother day this past week. And it still hasnt died...amazing. For my first MP3 purchase, I'm satisfied. Next time...Imma up grade for a video/picture/MP3 player. But I'll stay withinn the creative franchise because of the price and the fact that not a lot of people know about it. For people who don't want a lot of space. Get the nano. So much cheaper than an Ipod but this is the only creative product that has a lot of accessories for it. It would be nice if they added those sterodocks for the Zen Touch series. And a FM or Car transmitter...

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Is too good to be true to have an ipod killer with ...

Posted Oct 28, 2004 - Is too good to be true to have an ipod killer with such and un "Mac" design. To be honest at first look it doesn't seems to be a attraction, BUT when I borrow from a friend and listen for the first time, I went straight to get mine in two days time! The quality of the sounds production is like having a Creative sounds blaster quality like in a handheld machine! Is no doubt the best sound and battary life winner nevermind about un-mac design, try harder next time creative!

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I recently bought a Creative Zen Touch, after hear ...

Posted Nov 26, 2005 - I recently bought a Creative Zen Touch, after hearing some great things about it (exceptional battery life and sound quality, etc.) I found these to be very true. However, the touchpad, frankly, leaves much to be desired. I received my unit on 11/08/05. By the 15th., the touchpad would not respond, no matter what I did to try to get it to..I couldn't reboot, couldn't scroll through playlists to select, or do anything else that one is supposed to be able to do using the touchpad While all the buttons on the front and side of the unit still worked, (allowing me to play, skip forward/backward and volume up/down) full functionality was lost due to the failure of what I've come to understand is the main innovation and selling point of this unit. So, very disappointedly, on the 21st., I RMA'd my unit to the manufacturer for repair or replacement. (I have since found out that Creative Labs has decided to replace my unit) While I acknowledge that I might just have gotten a Lemon in a basket of Oranges here, the touchpad does seem to have a certain fragility about it that can really cripple an otherwise excellent player. It would have been nice to see some kind of manual work-around/alternative to using the touchpad. Perhaps more button controls to manipulate playlists and select songs, etc., or a joystick, perhaps?

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Zen Touch 20GB

Posted Nov 19, 2005 - I've had my zen touch for about a year and a half now. I had it replaced once because I used a set of headphones that had a relatively large connector piece that stuck out a ways, the extra torque eventually shorted out the connection, so I wasn't getting sound anymore, so I got it replaced. The customer service for the replacement was okay...it took three to four weeks to get a new one, because they couldn't fix the old one. About four months ago, the touchpad quit functioning properly, of course right after the warranty expired. It still functioned, but since it broke, in order to use anything other than the "random play-all" feature, I've had to push on the touchpad excessively hard and even then it is a total stress-inducer to try and change songs/albums, etc. Even before it broke the touchpad still sucked, it's too sensitive despite the ability to alter the sensitivity. Anyway, just today (the reason I'm writing this review), the display went out...it still plays music, but now I don't know what it's playing. Between the touchpad and the display, this machine is virtually useless and a year and a half after spending $230 for the unit, I probably will not use it anymore. Overall, I would say avoid this mp3 player. Spend the extra money and get the I-pod. I know lots of people that have them and have heard very little complaints with their durability. To me, the two worst characteristics of the Zen Touch are the fundamentally flawed touchpad and the durability.

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Its a pretty decent mp3 player, but it is a little ...

Posted Dec 14, 2004 - Its a pretty decent mp3 player, but it is a little too expensive. I think I was charged too much for this player. However, it did come with a whole lot of memory and doesn't take a long time to recharge the thing either. Its ok in the end

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Have been unable to upload any music to this unit. ...

Posted Aug 8, 2005 - Have been unable to upload any music to this unit. The manual is of no help. The software, near as I can tell is a glorified music player not a management program. The company has yet to respond with anything but dumb questions (Are you sure it is a ZEN TOUCH model? Are you really asking how to upload songs to the player?) when e-mailed for tech support. I would never purchase anything from these bozo's again.

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great for what it does....

Posted Dec 10, 2007 - I was looking for a quality MP3 player and I didn't care if it had a touch screen or a video player or a web browser--I just wanted something with lots of room for my MP3s and this thing sure delivers. It's very easy to use, I like the fact that it's a little bigger and more solid than other players, I think the design is very attractive, and the sound is excellent. All the other things that other players do my laptop does better--I wanted something to make long flights and cartrips go faster, something I could take on a workout or use for an afternoon of fishing. Creative has always been a great company for me, and this just keeps up their tradition of value for money. I just bought two more for my sons, and I highly recommend this player for anyone that just wants their tunes with a minimum of fuss!

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Zen Touch

Posted Nov 24, 2005 - I got this player almost a year ago, and I have loved it since day one. Being a true-blue PC guy, I couldn't bear the thought of owning (or paying for) an iPod. I did several searches and finally decided on this player due to the price and battery life. I can usually go about two weeks before charging with the EQ on, 160Kbps Mp3s and lots of skipping. It's a little bit bulky in all dimensions, but I can forgive that fault because of the excellent sound quality and long battery life. I've dropped it off a table or two and it's been perfectly fine. I somehow got some dust between the outer screen cover and the inner one, and that's a little annoying at times. It's a great player for the money.

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the touch bar is not too sensative, which was one ...

Posted Jun 12, 2005 - the touch bar is not too sensative, which was one of my main concerns after haveing read a grip of uer opinions. overall I think it's a better choice than the treandier I-pod.

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