Creative Zen Stone Plus 2GB vs. Zen V plus

Hi. I recently had my Zen Micro just freeze and die after 8 months. I lost ,600 songs. I am now interested in purchasing a flash mp3 for working out and commuting. I've heard good things aobut the Zen Stone Plus and the Zen V plus. Can anybody give me any adivice on deciding between the two? Thanks!

There's a site http://www.smartratings.com/review/e...mp3_players/35 where a compilation of expert reviews for Creative ZEN V Plus 2GB MP3 Player can be found. You will see that it received quite a good ratings from some of the experts who tested it. And lastly, the reviews are conveniently located because you can accessed them from one place.

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  • Another New User, Please Advise, Can I Permanently Use Zen Stone From Power Adap

    Can I permanently run my new Zen Stone directly from the Zen USB Power Adapter. Like I have my Zen Stone connected to small speakers and would like it to run off the Zen Power Adapter (wall charger) not the battery, permanently. In other words I would like to keep it plugged into the Power Adapter all the time and run it that way so I don't have to run it off the battery and keep charging it. Is this OK to do Please advise this senior citizen trying to keep up with all this great stuff.

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  • Problem with my brand new mp3 player Zen Stone Plus 2GB ( with built in speaker )

    Hi .
    I have purchased the following Zen Stone Plus 2GB with built in speaker on 24.06.2008.
    From day one, it had a charging problem . Initial charging it'snever go beyond 87%.
    After using it for 2 days, at the time of recharging , I found my player won`t get dectected in my PC .
    I took the set to the vendor for a checkup . He tried to solve it by resetting , formating etc. But he could only able to to format it's sacrificing its 50% of its allocated space.
    My vendor then changed the set with a brand new one, againts that faulty one .
    Now the new one worked well for 3 - 4 days , but it is now totally dead .
    But the set did not give any indication before it become completely dead.
    A few dust particles inside the LCD screen was also observed. I can`t understand how come dust particles can enter inside
    a player which is sealed box pack .
    Next issue is with the battery which CREATIVE promised of giving a backup of approx 20 hrs of continious playback , which with minimal scuffling and with minimal settings lasted for 0 hrs approx ( 50% less than promised ).
    Another thing that i must state is the problem of FM Reception . It is simply terrible . In the same area where my mobile's FM reception is fine , Zen Stone's FM failed to give any reception .
    I came to know about Zen Stone Plus from of my friend , who is using Zen Stone Plus GB without any problem for long time.
    Pls tell me what to do now, since my player is compleately out of order now , and pls suggest me something regarding the issue of battery backup , FM reception ... etc.
    Now i am in a total mess . I just dont know what to do with the set that is few days old .
    Pls help urgently .
    Waiting for any valued suggestion .
    Bye ...

    Hi,
    I would suggest getting in touch with support, they might be able to help you with this.
    Go to the Support section of the website and select your product. On your right, click on Contact Us. You will be provided with a list of troubleshooting options. Click on the one closes to your issue. Go through the suggestions and if the does not work or you have already tried that, scroll to the bottom and click on No, escalate to email. This should bring you to the email form to contact support.

  • The New Creative Zen Stone plus with built-in spea

    ?i was thinking of buying the the New Creative Zen Stone plus 2GB?with built-in speaker. http://creative.com/products/mp3/zenstoneplus/?The product detail info claim a 20 hours battery life of this product. . is?this a?true claim ?2. is there any problem about the charging process of this product?because the "previous" Creative?Stone Plus has a charging and?battery life problem. 3. Or should i just settle for the Creative muVo v00 2 GB instead ?Any thoughts guys?Thanks

    xmouse,
    Here you go:
    Firmware for Zen Stone Plus w/ Speaker
    You can find any other files you need by going to "Support" and then "Downloads" on this website.
    Good luck,
    Dale

  • Zen stone plus 2gb god **bleep** error

    ok i have the 2gb zen stone plus and my problem is it's a.not being recognised by my computer b. it does nothing to play music store files etc c.when it's chargd i turn it on but all i get is the creative logo and nothing else but the small blue light that is supposed to flash on and of stays on fully instead of flashing on and off. does anyone have any ideas to resolve this problem? preferably knowing how to format my player.

    So the player will not turn on correctly at all? Have you tried it on another PC to see if it's recognised there, and so you could format it and/or update the firmware. Has the player been working correctly until now, or did you just purchase it's
    Please keep your language clean when posting on this forum.
    Cat

  • My zen stone plus 2Gb not starting

    i have been using my Creative Zen Stone Plus 2GB since past 7-8months
    recently it started giving problems. It dint start up and when i connected to my computer it is asking me to format the dri've when i try to open it..and when i click to format..it says it cant format and then the dri've vanishes from My Compute.
    I took to the service centre..tht guy he said he updated the firmware..i came bak ad connected it to my pc to charge...my winamp detected it as an mp3 player and asked me to synchronize which i cancelled..
    open the dri've...then when i tried to delete the files...same prob started again!!!
    now the dri've doesnt even show up in My Computer..
    wat to do?

    Moniushko,
    Looks like something is wrong with the device, I would get in touch with support if I were you.

  • Creative Zen Stone Plus Returns First Track On Player After Recharge

    ? Hi Everybody... I didn't see this topic posted on another thread, but I wasn't going to read thousands of posts to get this answer either. My problem is I own two players, one is a Creative Zen Stone and the other is the Zen Stone Plus. My Zen Stone does not return to the first track on the player when I recharge it (it remains on the same track), but the Zen Stone Plus does. This normally wouldn't be a big deal, but my mother-in-law listens to audiobooks. Sometimes those books don't have seperate tracks which means there is a single track that runs for like 6 - 8 hours. Is there a way to allow the player to pick up where it left off? It is a real pain to have to fast forward through most of an audiobook, especially when my player (the less expensi've player) continues where it left off. BTW.... Letting her have my player is not an option since hers has a display screen and mine doesn't.

    So, reading the forum, it seems we have seroiusly problems with charging.... I'll try all I've read: disabling "energy conservation mode" on USB root, using an USB powered hub as Battery Charger, updating the Firmware, formatting / resetting the player and then using cml and the led to charge it to the full. I hope it solves, at least for me.... ?

  • Cant install creative media lite for zen stone plus

    my sister got the zen stone plus as a gift and I am trying to install it for her,since she doesnt know much about computers,thing is on the instructions it says I should go to www.creative.com/zenstoneplus and when I do I choose the language and then download,well the .exe downloads,but when I try to run it opens a self extracting thing and then gives me an error message!!
    the error numbers have been -6003 or -5002 and then nothing happens,I tried downloading it with firefox and internet explorer,but I get the same result!
    any help she's desperate!

    have you checked the requirements of the media lite? does your sis' pc satifies those requirements?

  • Queries about Zen Stone Plus 2GB with built in speaker .

    Hi ,
    This one goes out to all friends who have?used Zen Stone Plus with built in speaker for some time ...
    As stated in the box pack of giving a standby time of 20hrs continious playback ...
    What is the approx backup time it offers or rather it should offer on minimal scuffling and minimum change of settings of the player?
    Reply soon .
    Byeee .

    I haven't tested it off yet as I always charge it after one bar of the battery indicator has gone. But thought I try to use it'suntil it's completely flat this time. After listening to 4. albums and minimal playing in the menu the battery indicator still says full.

  • Zen stone plus 2gb with built in speaker problem.

    Hello everyone.3 months ago i bought a zen stone plus mp3. It didnt appear to me any problems but yesterday i couldn't open it,i thought it would be due to battery lack but when I connected it to my pc neither the pc could read it. :S
    Can somebody help me please?

    Hi,
    I would suggest getting in touch with support, they might be able to help you with this.
    Go to the Support section of the website and select your product. On your right, click on Contact Us. You will be provided with a list of troubleshooting options. Click on the one closes to your issue. Go through the suggestions and if the does not work or you have already tried that, scroll to the bottom and click on No, escalate to email. This should bring you to the email form to contact support.

  • Creative Zen Stone Plus with speaker FirmWare editi

    Hi, I recently bought a Zen Stone, I'm happy with this purchase, but there are a few things that I didn't like, little things like, not showing current song number in folder, or not showing ID3 artist tag.
    And I was wondering if maybe Zen firmware is open source, and it's freely alowed for user to edit it.
    Have a nice day.

    There is a chap on here by the name of Daniel_K who re-writes Soundblaster drivers, not sure if he does anything for players though!!! Check out the lastest Reg post about him on this linky http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04..._driver_links/
    Not sure if endorsed by Creative or Daniel_K though, so stand by for flaming!!! :P
    Peace, Unity, Blah JailBreak

  • Probleme mit ZEN STONE PLUS 2GB

    Hallo,
    the folloing message is in german language.
    Windows XP Home SP3
    USB .
    Windows Media Player
    im Ger?temanager wird
    - unter Laufwerke zen stone angezeigt
    - unter usb Wechseldatentr?ger
    nach ca. 20 minuten ist ein Laufwerksbuchstabe zugeordnet
    Ein Zugriff auf die Daten mit dem Explorer ist nicht m?glich.
    Ein anderes Modell funktioniert an dem Rechner.
    Update ZENStonePlus_PCFW_L9__03_0e ist an einem anderen Rechner installiert worden
    Gibt es ein tool, dass den treiber/regristry repariert ?
    Wenn ja, wo kann man ihn herunterladen ?

    Sounds like it might be a good time to contact customer support for service while your players are still covered under warranty.

  • Creative ZEN Stone Shuffle Mode?

    %Creative ZEN Stone > Shuffle Mode? I recently bought a Creative ZEN Stone 2GB (2nd generation) MP3 Player. I created one folder with random music I like to listen to while making sports which I'd like to play in Shuffle mode and some other folders containing some complete albums, ordered with numbers in front of the file names. If I switch to the "sports" folder an choose Shuffle mode, the player seems to shuffle all the files on the Player. Of course I'd like it to shuffle only the files contained in the "sports" folder, listening to ambient music during sports doesn't motivate me too much you know. And if I want to play the "ambient"-folder in Shuffle mode, I don't want to listen to power metal at all.
    Did I miss something or is the Player unable to shuffle one single folder? Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you choose Shuffle mode, it shuffles all the files on the Player, regardless of any folders.
    Is there any (probably 3rd-party) firmware out there with which I can make my Creative ZEN Stone 2GB (2nd generation) shuffle only one single folder?
    Thank you in advance for you answers.

    When you say second generation, do you mean zen stone with speaker or/and screen
    On the zen stone plus with speaker ( and screen) you can shuffle just the contents of a folder without playing anything from another folder b y doing this:
    Music > select a folder select play mode, select shuffle folder, job done.

  • Zen Stone Plus S... SLOW-FF speeds...ANYO

    I owned a Creative Labs Zen Nano Plus, before my dog used it as a chew toy. I then purchased a Creative Labs Zen Stone Plus S (2GB with speaker), which I love. I clip it in my hardhat at work and listen with the speaker. My old Nano would FF through a 5 hour long mp3 in a couple of minutes. I record the Howard Stern show from a Sirius Satellite Radio Online Subscription and put it on my CL Stone Plus S.
    Anyway if I bump the settings and have to go back to the halfway point, it takes FOREVER to FF. The FastForward feature is soooo slow. Is there a fimware update or setting to increase the speed? It dri'ves me absolutely crazy. To get to the third hour of a fi've hour mp3 it takes 45 minutes. Does anyone have any ideas or info?
    Thanks, Mrwirez

    ) I have a similar yet slightly different problem: on my zen stone plus (with speaker) I can rewind, but when I FF the behaviour is actually the same as if I were pressing the rewind :smileysurprised: Anyone have the same problem? This is really bad for long files, like podcasts and also when I update the player (i.e. adding and removing files) which 'forgets' the previous playstate.

  • Zen stone plus no longer wo

    Hello all! I've been very happy with my Zen Stone Plus (2GB) until suddenly it doesn't work. It seems to charge ok but turning it on, the "CREATIVE" starting logo just stays on the screen forever (until the battery runs out I presume). When connected by USB, if I double click on the player's icon in My Computer the explorer window crashes.
    My first thought was to update the firmware (I've never done this before) but on the creative website I cannot see my exact product supported (closest matches are Zen Stone Plus with built-in speaker and Zen Stone Plus (4GB)).
    What should I do? Thanks for your time.

    At the?BOTTOM of the page where you found the other Zen Stone products, it will say something such as click here, if your product or player isn't shown. That will take you to the page you need.
    When you are on the correct page be sure to click at the bottom of that page to show the entire list of firmwares and software available. Creative is very good at hiding things and you have to read carefully. Skimming the pages while reading?doesn't work to your advantage
    luvmyrescuedogs

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