Creative Technology MuVo Sport C100 (256 MB) MP3 Player
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- Number of Songs: 64
- Usage: Music
- Interface: USB 2.0
- Main Storage Type: Built-in Memory
- Expansion Slots: Multimedia Card SD Memory Cards
- Storage Capacity: 256 MB
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Not Completely Satisfied
Pros
Large screen, durable, SD card slot.
Cons
Chinsy rubberized coating, expensive, dim screen, no music search feature, sound interference, weak reception.
Recommended it?
No
The Bottom Line:
I would recommend it for athletes as a workout companion. Beware of wear quickly showing. There are some useful features but it's big and pricey for only having 256mb.
This was the first digital audio player I have ever purchased. I had very few reference points and I was practically swimming in choices.
I chose this player because I didn't want to spend too much money on a hard drive player but didn't want a tiny-screened, little mp3 player. This one caught my eye because it had a bigger and had a slot for SD cards, I figured this meant it has an unlimited storage capacity [if you have a lot of money for small and costly SD cards].
I am into long distance running and the durability, water-resistance, radio, and the stopwatch feature seemed attractive. My experience with this product has proven the durability the only useful feature. I dropped the player many times and it has not broken. The radio has weak reception, setting presets is a hassle. The stopwatch feature is rather pointless, as many runners use wristwatches to record time and when you are in the mode the player doesn't let you change songs. Also the rubberized grip coating on the player's case is easily scratched up and mine now looks shabby.
The first time I loaded music on the player I used the provided "muvo explorer" program to transfer the files. This took an alarmingly long time as the progress window had not estimated time remaining on it. I have found that you should only use the Creative media source organizer to transfer files, this is also provided and proves to be very useful for organizing your music. The only annoyances the program presented were that when you convert the files [mp3>wma to fit more on the player] the program makes a copy of that song, now you have doubles of every song you convert in your library. Also the program requires you to update its music library, it will not automatically detect new music files. It tends to import files you don't want too [i.e. video game audio files etc.]
I have had technical problems with the player. The first problem I noticed was that playback may have sudden "blip" noises in the audio. I did not notice these sounds when I listen to the same file on my computer. The next problem was the player would sometimes not turn on, I would depress the power button to no avail. I would then have to take out the battery and put it back in to reset the player.
A last annoyance is the interface. The size of the player suggests it would have an option to scroll through the music it contains, there is no such thing in the firmware. In order to find a song, you must scroll through all the music [unless you categorize them into folders and remember the specific folder] while you scroll through one song at a time, your cannot listen to music.
I chose this player because I didn't want to spend too much money on a hard drive player but didn't want a tiny-screened, little mp3 player. This one caught my eye because it had a bigger and had a slot for SD cards, I figured this meant it has an unlimited storage capacity [if you have a lot of money for small and costly SD cards].
I am into long distance running and the durability, water-resistance, radio, and the stopwatch feature seemed attractive. My experience with this product has proven the durability the only useful feature. I dropped the player many times and it has not broken. The radio has weak reception, setting presets is a hassle. The stopwatch feature is rather pointless, as many runners use wristwatches to record time and when you are in the mode the player doesn't let you change songs. Also the rubberized grip coating on the player's case is easily scratched up and mine now looks shabby.
The first time I loaded music on the player I used the provided "muvo explorer" program to transfer the files. This took an alarmingly long time as the progress window had not estimated time remaining on it. I have found that you should only use the Creative media source organizer to transfer files, this is also provided and proves to be very useful for organizing your music. The only annoyances the program presented were that when you convert the files [mp3>wma to fit more on the player] the program makes a copy of that song, now you have doubles of every song you convert in your library. Also the program requires you to update its music library, it will not automatically detect new music files. It tends to import files you don't want too [i.e. video game audio files etc.]
I have had technical problems with the player. The first problem I noticed was that playback may have sudden "blip" noises in the audio. I did not notice these sounds when I listen to the same file on my computer. The next problem was the player would sometimes not turn on, I would depress the power button to no avail. I would then have to take out the battery and put it back in to reset the player.
A last annoyance is the interface. The size of the player suggests it would have an option to scroll through the music it contains, there is no such thing in the firmware. In order to find a song, you must scroll through all the music [unless you categorize them into folders and remember the specific folder] while you scroll through one song at a time, your cannot listen to music.
