Zune Digital Media Player
Zune Accessories
Microsoft Zune Digital Media Player
Zune includes a 30GB digital media player, the Zune Marketplace music service and a foundation for an online community that will enable music fans to discover new music. The Zune device features wireless technology, a built-in FM tuner and a bright, 3-inch screen that allows users to not only show off music, pictures and video, but also to customize the experience with personal pictures or themes to truly make the device their own. Zune comes in three colors: black, brown and white.
Every Zune device creates an opportunity for connection. Wireless Zune-to-Zune sharing lets consumers spontaneously share full-length sample tracks of select songs, homemade recordings, playlists or pictures with friends between Zune devices. Listen to the full track of any song you receive up to three times over three days. If you like a song you hear and want to buy it, you can flag it right on your device and easily purchase it from the Zune Marketplace.
Zune makes it easy to find music you love whether it's songs in your existing library or new music from the Zune Marketplace. Easily import your existing music, pictures and videos in many popular formats and browse millions of songs on Zune Marketplace, where you can choose to purchase tracks individually or to buy a Zune Pass subscription to download as many songs as you want for a flat fee.
To get started with great music and videos out of the box, every Zune device is preloaded with content from record labels such as DTS, EMI Music's Astralwerks Records and Virgin Records, Ninja Tune, Playlouderecordings, Quango Music Group, Sub Pop Records, and V2/Artemis Records.
Features
- Ability to send photos, and some music files (not all music files may be shared) from Zune-to-Zune via Wi-Fi. Sharable music files can be played only a maximum of three times on the device, and expire after three days whether they are played or not. Recipients cannot re-send music that they have received via the sharing feature. However, this limitation is easily bypassed when sending files renamed as JPGs. Photo files may be shared without restriction.
- Ability to play videos and view pictures.
- Updatable firmware.
- "ZuneTags", a field changeable username/profile visible to others who wirelessly scan the area for fellow Zune users.
- The wallpaper on the Zune can be changed to any user-specified image.
- The Zune will play standard podcast files, which are usually available in unprotected MP3 or AAC format. However, the Zune software lacks full podcast support, such as a directory and automatic downloading via RSS feeds. A Zune team member has stated that in the future "We'll ship podcasting, and we'll call it "Podcasting" when we do."
- The player software will automatically convert audio and video in a format not supported by the Zune into a format that is. (e.g. a video with a resolution of 720x540 will be converted to a resolution of 320x240 if necessary).
- Able to show other Zunes nearby what you are listening to or doing through advanced settings.
- Support for Zune Digital Rights Management (DRM) (incompatible with other DRM schemes).
- Able to add songs to a quick playlist without reconnecting to the Zune software.
- Built-in FM radio, capable of showing song information on supported FM stations using RDS
Specifications
- 4.4 × 2.4 × 0.58-inch (11.2 × 6.1 × 1.4 cm)
- 5.6 ounces (158.8 grams)
- 802.11b/g built-in Wi-Fi
- 30 GB hard drive
- 3-inch LCD screen, with a resolution of 320×240
- Radio Data System enabled FM receiver
- Supports unprotected MP3, WMA, WMA Pro (2-channel), WMV, JPEG and AAC
- Charge Time: 3 hours; 2 hours to 90%
- With Wi-Fi turned on, up to 13 hours battery life when playing music (optimal conditions)
- With Wi-Fi turned off, up to 14 hours battery life when playing music, 4 hours playing video or viewing pictures.
Hardware
- CPU: Freescale i.MX31L processor; ARM Core, FPU (SCIMX31LVKM5 / 3L38W / CTAU0629)
- RAM: 64 MBytes x32 Mobile SDR DRAM / 133 MHz / 90 mA (K4M51323PC-DG75)
- Flash: 2 MBytes NOR flash, 3.3V, 1Mx16 Boot block (PH28F160C3TD)
- FS456LF: PC to TV video scan converter (Macrovision 7)
- Audio: Stereo CODEC with speaker driver / 0.9 W power out (WM8978G)
- FM Tuner: Silicon Labs Si4701 single-chip radio tuner (4701A15)
- TV out: Focus (FS456)
- USB: USB2.0 Philips (ISP1504)
- bus switch: Low voltage octal FET bus switch (CL245 / SN74CBTLV3245A)
- ATA driver (?): 8-bit bus transceiver/driver (P003 / 620A5)
- Wi-Fi: RF/BB/MAC 802.11g Wi-Fi (KeyStream) module (KS3021 / KS7010)
- Power manager: Freescale MC13783
- Battery: Li-Ion battery 3.7 V / 800 mAh (G71C0006Z110)
- Hard Disk: Toshiba 30 GB hard disk, 1.8" (MK3008GAL)
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