Name: Zune® 16GB
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corp.
Category: Digital media player
Availability: September 2008
Price: $199.99
Colors: Glossy Black

Features:
- 16GB capacity. Holds up to 4,000 songs, 25,000 pictures or 50 hours of video.[1]
- Bright color screen. A durable 1.8-inch glass screen keeps your album art, videos, and pictures crystal clear.
- Touch controls. The innovative new Zune pad makes browsing your device a blast. Fly effortlessly through your music, picture and video collections.
- Wireless sync. Cut the cord to your PC. Refresh your Zune with new content anytime you charge your device, through your home wireless network.
- Wireless Zune-to-Zune sharing.[2] Share full-length tracks of your favorite songs, albums, playlists, pictures and even audio podcasts. Listen to the full track of any song you receive up to three times, and even pass along songs you receive to other friends nearby who have a Zune. If you like a song you receive, you can easily add it to your wish list and then buy it from your PC the next time you sync.
- TV and movies to go. Zune Marketplace now offers more than 600 popular TV shows to download and own. Zune will also import unprotected .WMV, .MPG4 and H.264 files into your video library. Also, if you’re recording TV shows or movies with Windows Media Center in Windows Vista, you can import and sync them to your device. Load up your favorite videos and hit the road.[3]
- Built-in FM radio. Tune in to one of your favorite local stations while on the go or working out. Advanced tuning capabilities let you see the name of the song currently playing on select frequencies.[4]
- Zune Marketplace. Featuring over 3 million songs, DRM-free MP3s, music videos, audio/video podcasts and more, your store is always open and just a mouse click away.
- Your games. Your music. Your way. Plug your Zune into your Xbox 360 and customize the soundtrack in your favorite games. You can also stream content in Zune software to your Xbox 360 using a wireless connection.
- Buy from FM radio. Instantly purchase songs you hear on FM radio stations directly from your Zune device. If you are in a Wi-Fi hotspot, the song will immediately download to your Zune. If not, you will have a queue of songs ready to purchase when you sync to your home computer. Buy from FM works with radio stations that broadcast RDS and RT Plus data—the same technology that shows the song titles and information on FM radio stations you listen to in your car.[4,5]
- Wirelessly browse and buy on the fly. Browse and purchase tracks from the Zune Marketplace online store directly from your device when in a Wi-Fi hotspot or through a home wireless network.[6]
- Audiobooks. To start listening to your favorite book on your Zune, visit audible.com or overdrive.com to sync your favorites.
- Games on the go. Free games will keep you entertained on the go.
Tech Specs:
16 gigabytes (GB)
Up to 4,000 songs, or 25,000 pictures, or 48 hours of video
Buy from FM
Zune Marketplace
Channels refresh from the Internet
Preloaded games
Compatibile with Audible and Overdrive audiobooks
Clock
Screen lock
Colors
Glossy black front, black metal back
Size and weight
Size: 41.4 mm x 91.5 mm x 8.5 mm (w x h x d)
Weight: 1.7 ounces (47 grams)
Battery
Music, up to 24 hours (wireless off); video, up to 4 hours2
Charge time: 3 hours; 2 hours to 90 percent
Screen
Size: 1.8-inch color display
Type: Scratch-resistant glass
Orientation: Vertical (music) and horizontal (pictures and videos)
Resolution: 320 pixels x 240 pixels
18-bit color (262,144 colors)
Wireless
Connectivity: 802.11b/g compatible
Range: Up to 30 feet
In range, see other Zune users, see their “now playing” status (when enabled on a given Zune), and send and receive songs and pictures
Wireless sync
Yes Connectivity: 802.11b/g compatible
Authentication modes: Open, WEP, WPA, and WPA2
Encryption modes: WEP 64- and 128-bit, TKIP, and AES
Audio support
Windows Media® Audio Standard3 (WMA) (.wma); Up to 320 Kbps; constant bit rate (CBR) and variable bit rate (VBR) up to 48 kHz sample rate; WMA Pro 2-channel up to 384 Kbps; CBR and VBR up to 48 kHz
WMA Lossless
Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) (.mp4, .m4a, .m4b, .mov); .m4a and .m4b files without FairPlay DRM up to 320 Kbps; CBR and VBR up to 48 kHz
MP3 (.mp3); up to 320 Kbps; CBR and VBR up to 48 kHz
JPEG (.jpg)
Video support
Windows Media Video (WMV) (.wmv); Main and Simple Profile, CBR or VBR, up to 3.0 Mbps peak video bit rate; 720 pixels x 480 pixels up to 30 frames per second (or 720 pixels x 576 pixels up to 25 frames per second)
Zune software will transcode HD WMV files at device sync
MPEG-4 (MP4/M4V) (.mp4) Part 2 video4; Simple Profile up to 2.5 Mbps peak video bit rate; 720 pixels x 480 pixels up to 30 frames per second (or 720 pixels x 576 pixels up to 25 frames per second)
Zune software will transcode HD MPEG-4 files at device sync
H.264 video4; Baseline profile up to 2.5 Mbps peak video bit rate; 720 pixels x 480 pixels up to 30 frames per second (or 720 pixels x 576 pixels up to 25 frames per second)
Zune software will transcode HD H.264 files at device sync
DVR-MS5; Zune software will transcode at device sync
No
FM radio
Built in with RDS/RBDS
Included accessories
Headphones
Zune Sync Cable
Three pairs of foam earpiece covers
Ports
Connector port
Headphone jack / AV output
Languages
English, French, Spanish

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