Zen Vision:M 1.40 Firmware.. Probl

I was really pleased to see the new f/w, and downloaded and installed it right away.
But now, I regret it. There is a strange noise that really disturbs me when the volume is high. This wasn't an issue in the older f/w's. It happens on all tracks, all artists. You can easily hear it when you set your volume level to about 22-24 and listen to the high frequency sounds. It is significant. It also disturbs me on other volume levels too, it's constantly on in the background. This came new with .40 and always happens.
The strange "random" constant noise issue when you start playing a track is still not solved, that also happened to me today. And the above paragraph has nothing to do with this issue.

If it is a hardware problem, then you'd have to speak to Customer Support about the repair options, if you're out of warranty there would be a cost associated with the repair.
Cat

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