zune 16 / features
big on the inside

This compact Zune player is good to go with lots of room for your favorite music, videos, podcasts, audiobooks, and more.

Your songs, your color

Zune 16 is available in black.

 

16 GB capacity

Holds up to 4,000 songs, 25,000 pictures or 48 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 Zune Pad makes browsing your Zune player a blast. Fly effortlessly through your music, picture, and video collections.

 

Wireless sync

Cut the cord to your computer. Refresh your Zune with new content anytime you charge your player, through your home wireless network. Learn more

 

Wireless Zune-to-Zune sharing

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 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.2

 

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, you can import and sync them to your player. 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 6 million songs, DRM-free MP3s, music videos, audio/video podcasts, and more, your store is always open and just a mouse click away. Learn more

 

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 the 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 player. 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 Zune player 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 Zune Marketplace to sync your favorites.

 

Games on the go

Free games will keep you entertained on the go.

1Music estimates are based on 128 Kbps Windows Media Audio (WMA) files, with a length of four minutes each. Pictures transferred to your Zune will be optimized for Zune screen size. Video estimates are based on 500 Kbps Windows Media Video files with 128 Kbps WMA audio tracks.

2The Zune-to-Zune sharing feature may not be available for all songs on your device, and works only between Zune devices within wireless range of each other. This feature allows recipients to play full-length sample tracks up to three times. 

3Requires a PC running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate and an integrated or external TV tuner.

4To display station name and song information, stations must broadcast an RBDS signal. Availability may vary, so check out your favorite stations on your Zune to see if this functionality is present.

5To activate this feature, click on the Zune Pad and select “buy” in the radio menu. If you are a Zune Pass subscriber, the track will automatically be added to your collection if in a wi-fi hot spot or connected to a home wireless network. If you are not a Zune Pass subscriber, the song will be added to the shopping cart and the next time your Zune is synched with a PC, you will be asked to confirm the purchase.

6To search, purchase and download a track from Zune Marketplace directly from your Zune player, you need to be in a wi-fi hotspot or connected to your home wireless network. If you are a Zune Pass subscriber, the song will automatically be added to your collection. If you are not a Zune Pass subscriber, the song will be added to the shopping cart and the next time your Zune is synched with a PC, you will be asked to confirm the purchase.

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