Creative Labs Nomad Jukebox (Blue)

Bought it about a year ago, it worked all right. The usual skipping and stalling, and once in a while had battery charging problems, but it worked. I picked it up yesterday after not using it for a while, and now it doesn't work at all unless plugged into the wall. I've tried changing the batteries, turning it on while it's plugged in and then unplugging it, but it turns off. It doesn't even show the "shutting down" text, it just goes blank. Called support but they won't answer any questions as the warranty ran out, very helpful people.

When this item first came out, it was the best thing ever invented. I had it for about 8 months before I upgraded the hard drive to a 30gb. I took this thing everywhere with me (even to bed at night). It became an obsession. I purchased the car adapter kit from jukeboxaccessories.com so that I could take it along with me for long trips and listen to kiyosaki audio books.

Well, I own the original Nomad Jukebox 6GB, and I've had it for a year and a half. No lie, a year and a half, functioning. But I'm upgrading to a Nomad Jukebox 3 in a couple weeks. I'm obsessed with music. Anyways, Lets start with the main annoyance, the battery life. You can get four hours if you're really lucky, but count on three and a half. If its plugged into the wall though, you obviously wont have to worry about anything. The player itself is pretty shock-proof; I haved dropped it many times, and it still works to this day. It IS a bit bulky but hey it's better then carrying around 150 CD's. You will have to restart it alot, especially when the batteries get low. Don't even bother with that stupid reset pin, just yank out the batteries. The sound is more than great, I can definetly give it that. People shouldn't complain about the headphones supplied with it, because honestly; who actually USES stock headphones? Of course they [are bad]. The sound is nice and loud, and the presets make it even better. Navigating on the player was always pretty easy for me once I got the hang of it, and the green backlight is nice, you'd be suprised how bright it is. The Playcenter 2 thing is the only thing I have ever used so I can't complain about it. It's kind of annoying at times though, be prepared to restart your computer once in a while. As for transfer speeds, my computer is ancient so I know nothing but USB 1.1. It's pretty slow compared to a nice computer with FireWire or USB 2.0 but I usually only rip CD's so it doesnt matter. As old as this MP3 player is, people will still get incredibly jealous of you. It all depends what you're looking for. With things like the iPod and the Nomad Jukebox 3, and even that hideous looking Archos thing, this MP3 player doesnt really stand up to the competition. However it IS cheaper then most of the new jukeboxes, and if you can stand the battery life and you're on a budget then this is a great MP3 player to invest in, if you TAKE CARE OF IT! If you arent to short on cash and you're big on features, memory, and battery life then I suggest looking elsewear. The Creative Nomad Jukebox 3 is a good alternative in that case.

I BOUGHT A NOMAD JUKEBOX ABOUT A MONTH AGO, HAVING READ YOUR REVIEWS I AGREE WITH THE FACT THAT IT IS A BIT NOISY AND TAKES FOREVER TO START UP,WHICH CAN BE A LITTLE ANOYING WHILE DRIVING.
THE JUKE BOX ,I HAVE IS THE TYPE WITH THE 6 GIGA MEM.
I AM USING IT WITH THE NEW SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS XP.
I ENCOUNTERED A MAJOR PROBLEM THREE WEEKS AGO, WHILE RIPPING A CD TO MP3,THE JUKEBOX WENT DEAD,THE LCD SCREEN WAS DEAD AND UPON RESTARTING THE JUKEBOX,I DISCOVERED THAT MY PREVIOUS MP3 DOWNLOADS WERE ERASED.
I WAS DISAPIONTED AND HAPPY.
THE SAD PART WAS THAT I HAD TO DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING TO THE JUKEBOX FROM THE START.
THE HAPPY PART WAS THE FACT THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING ONLY 6 GIGA,
I NOW HAVE 12.7 GIGA TO STORE MY MUSIC IN.
THERE ARE NO MORE PRELOADED FILES, I LOST SOME FUNCTIONS,AND EVERYTIME I START THE JUKEBOX IT OPENS THE SAME PLAYLIST, OF A COUPLE OF ALBUMS, WITHOUT STORING THE LAST PLAYLIST.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICS TO SHOW THE CURRENT MEMORY STATIS OF MY JUKEBOX BUT UNFORTUNATELY I DO NOT KNOW HOW ATTACH THEM TO THIS FORM.

I'D BE HAPPY IF SOMEONE COULD ADVISE ME ON HOW TO FIX OR RESET THE JUKEBOX TO ITS FACTORY DEFAULT.

BEST REGARDS,
FAISAL.

i have a 20 gig model. (it is a [LOT] of space) if i put everything i got on it, in mp3's i got it about half full. howeve, the software is a major headache. i've gone so far as to download a plugin for my musicmatch jukebox player to move files to the nomad. i try to use the included software, and the id3tag reader crashes on any tag with () anywhere for example "jessica simpson - irresistable (so so def remix)" a major headache. the player itself sounds good, but if your batteries are dead prepare for the biggest headache of all, my player when the batteries are removed, it loses the entire library! the space is still taken up in the player (no items displayed in library), and i have run disk clean up but now that doesn't seem to be an option in the eax menu (help me!) i like te player sound, the digital effects don't really impress me. however once in a while i'll turn on the club setting and put the player in my car with my kicker L7 and 2400 watt system, jus to anger the neighbors. if someone can help me find disk clean up again i'd be very appreciative.