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"In August last year, we launched our ZEN X-Fi player, designed to be the best-sounding portable digital music player available through the implemention of our ground-breaking X-Fi audio technology. The response from our users was overwhelmingly positive - they really loved how phenomenal their MP3 and iTunes music sounded with X-Fi," said Esther Kho, Senior Marketing Specialist, Regional Sales for Creative Labs Asia
"In setting out to design our next generation player, we felt it was essential that we start with this standard-setting sound quality and make the ZEN X-Fi2 sound even better by implementing the latest X-Fi technology. We wanted to have X-Fi improve the audio playback across all modes of entertainment including music, video and FM music from the radio. Then, we added features to significantly enhance the user experience and make the ZEN X-Fi2 easier and more fun to use by implementing a touch screen interface. And to upgrade the video watching and photo viewing experience we increased the size of the display with a stunning 3-inch touch screen, which we wrapped up in a new sleek design," he added.
"Video and photo playback capability has also been enhanced with the addition of a TV out connector, and we've incorporated a microSD slot which is a lot smaller than the SD slot of the ZEN X-Fi and contributes to a slimmer, curvier design. All these additional features make the ZEN X-Fi2 a design benchmark yet the prices of our 8GB, 16GB and 32GB players representing surprising value for money," concluded Joseph.
Users can experience music in pristine crystal clear quality and detail through the power of X-Fi audio technology. X-Fi Crystalizer intelligently restores lost detail, enhances the digital audio content to amazing clarity and delivers the most acoustically natural headphone audio available from a media player. With X-Fi Expand, users can enjoy the most natural sound staging available in headphone audio today. The built-in X-Fi technology intelligently moves a conventional left/right earphone stereo source away from the ears, virtually expanding it for an audio experience with an extremely realistic depth of field. The Creative ZEN X-Fi2 media player lets users enjoy adjustable X-Fi Crystalizer and X-Fi Expand levels according to their preference.
With expanded multi-format support, Creative ZEN X-Fi2 users can access their music and audio in MP3, WMA, AAC, Audible 4 and FLAC, and video files in WMV9, MPEG4-SP, DivX 4/5 and XviD formats. Users do not have to worry about file incompatibility or troublesome file conversions just to access favourite music, photos or videos.
TV-out capability enables playback of movies and pictures on a large screen, and users can also sync and download RSS feeds and read them offline on the media player.
Creative ZEN X-Fi2 Features Include:
• Capacity: 8GB and 16GB
• Dimensions: 102 x 57 x 11.6mm
• Weight: 75g
• A vibrant 3-inch TFT Touch Screen LCD with 262,000 colour support for an excellent viewing experience with videos and album art
• X-Fi audio enhancement:
o Adjustable X-Fi Crystalizer to restore the highs and lows to music during playback that was lost during the ripping process
o Adjustable X-Fi Expand to move and expand the sound forward for a natural listening experience over headphones that simulates the sound from stereo speakers
• Audio formats: MP3, WMA(DRM9), Audible4, AAC, FLAC
• Video / Audio Out: PAL or NTSC in stereo (via A/V cable sold separately)
• RSS: Display RSS content feeds offline (Sync via PC/laptop connected to Internet)
• Expansion slot: microSD memory card slot to add more music, video or photos to the media player
• Built-in speaker
• Flexibility to arrange the main menu icons according to preference
• Video format support: WMV9, MPEG4-SP, DivX 4/5, XviD
• Photo formats: JPEG, BMP
• Built-in microphone for voice recording
• Built-in FM radio with 32 presets
• Clock / Alarm / Calendar / Task / Contacts Functions (Sync with Microsoft Outlook via PC/laptop).
Availability
The Creative ZEN X-Fi2 will be available in November at all authorised retailers in the Middle East.
Posted by Rana Mesbah
