1GB Zen Nano Plus player stuck in Radio mo

I have a GB Zen Nano Plus player. I use it every day, have since I got it 2 yrs ago. It has the radio feature. I switched it to radio the other morning and now it won't switch back to my mp3 music. When I push in the scroller to go to the menu, it takes me to the Radio menu and locks up. Won't scroll up, won't scroll down, can't up or down the volume, can't even turn it off... I have to remove the battery for it to quit. I have no clue what's going on. I connected it to my computer and formatted it....didn't help. Went here online and got the firmware update drivers....didn't help. I can still load music onto and play it while it's hooked to my desktop, but I can't use it any other way than radio when I'm using it solo. Any ideas?

Make sure to reflash the firmware in recovery mode (see instructions on Creative's support website), and also let the updater format the data area. If that doesn't work it's probably a hardware failure, I'm afraid...

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Does Zen Nano Plus player is discontinued product and?will no available anymore?
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In the end, the choice is really yours. Personally, I would stay clear of discontinued products because it would normally mean that something new is coming up. However it does not necessary mean that the new models would have the same features as the old. What I believe is that the Zen Stone Plus is a sort of a replacement for the Zen Nano Plus.

Don't buy 1GB Zen Nano Plus!

After trying countless attempts to resolve the issue of my Zen Nano Plus turning off by itself after 0-5 seconds, I have decided to return the product. I did as their Customer Tech Support said ( install the firmware, hit the reset button, hit the reset button and then try to install the firmware...), but nothing worked. I had owned the mp3 player for only day, and was never able to listen to any of the music I downloaded onto it. Yesterday I purchased a Samsung player, and hope to have better luck with it.

Ok... Maybe If you woulod have asked help here some ppl like me would have helped you! I bought one (Zen Nano Plus Gb) for my mom and it works perfectly. I found out that if you are using the compact mode in the creative media explorer it makes a mysterious problem with the mp3. This fonction transfers songs into wma format to save space. But I don't know why, when you use this, your mp3 close for no reason after 0 to 5 seconds. What I did is that I remove all the transfered song and I transfered the original version (in mp3 fornat) to the mp3. To my surprise it worked perfectly!!!
Creative could you please check your software or the firmware compatibility with that fonction!?
And by the way, next time you got something that doesn't work as it should, remember to ask on the forums, it also helps!
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My Zen Nano Plus player wont switch on anym

When i try to switch on the player it does not operate (it also is no longer registered when I connect it to the computer). I've actually had two players for which this has happened...is there anything I can do or is it fully broken?
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You could try connecting the player to your PC in Recovery Mode - see the post in the sticky threads for how to do this.
When you manage to get it connected in this way reload the firmware and hopefully it will work again.
PB

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pejid

I have a MuVo TX FM for audio books, but I imagine the procedure would be the same for your Zen Nano.
There may be faster/easier ways, but this is what I do:
I use the "Free CD Ripper" (http://koyotstar.free.fr) to rip the CDs to MP3 files on my computer. Each disk's files are stored in a separate folder. I use the book name and disk number for the album name (e.g. Book Title 0). Go to the configuration screen to set the file name to be Album - Track (%A - %N). I find ripping at 48Kbps is sufficient for my ear and it saves space. After that, I can just copy the folders to my player and listen. On my player everything is played in alphabetical order, so the above naming scheme works quite well.
As an improvement, you can use MP3 Book Helper (http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/) to rename the tracks from "Track 0" to include the book name, disk number and track: "Hobbit 0-05". On my player there is about 6 characters of space available for displaying the track name while playing and it is nice to easily see where you are in the book.
Finally, note that some Creative players have a 40 folder and 500 file limit on what they can detect/play. So you need to be careful not to overfill your player. It won't hurt it, but some files and folders won't be playable. To fully use the space available, you could use an MP3 Joiner to combine the files together in order to stay under the limit. At this point I haven't bothered with this step since I can still store two books without exceeding the limit.
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Creative Zen Nano Plus Firmware Upgrade 1.03

Hi everyone,
Just wanted to make you aware of an update that has just been posted on our site.
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<TD height=5><FONT color=blue> (<FONT color=#222222 size=><B>.6 MB</B>) </TD>
<TD><FONT color=#222222 size=>2 Sep 05 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<TD colSpan=2><B>Filename: </B><B>ZenNanoPlus_PCFW_LF__03_02.exe</B></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD colSpan=2> ZENP-FWARE-2-LF
<DIV id=ShortDesc>
This upgrade improves the functionality of your Creative Zen? Nano Plus player. For complete functionality, make sure that you meet the requirements listed below before installing this upgrade.
<DIV id=Features>
<EM>Enhancement:</EM>
Supports Thai unicode character display.
</LI>
<DIV id=Fixes>
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<DIV id=Notes>
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Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
Available USB port (version . or higher)
Creative Zen Nano Plus player
For Windows 98 SE only: Creative Mass Storage drivers .05.0.250 or later, available from the Installation CD or the Internet</LI>
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Follow the instructions on the screen to install recovery drivers for your player.
Double-click the firmware upgrade file and follow the instructions on the screen.</LI>
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I went ahead and updated it anyway. One little thing I noticed was now the volume only goes up to 25 like my Zen Touch instead of 40 or whatever that it did before. Same loudness, different numbers only. Other than that, I have not noticed anything different, but it seemed to work OK scrolling through a song with the old firmware. I did not, obviously, do a detailed comparison.

Creative Zen Nano Plus Firmware Problem, AGAIN! (PeeBee HEL

Hi all,
I am new here and have read all the posts and FAQ's but couldn't solve my problem. Actually there is a post http://forums.creative.com/creativel...d=68923#M07024 which tells exactly my problem. Have tried the solution but didn't solve it.
So I am here asking again.
I bought a zen nano plus GB and downloaded the latest firmware(ZenNanoPlus_PCFW_LF__0_03.exe) and the latest mass storage driver (MStorage_PCDRV_LB__07_00_250.exe). When I put the player in recovery mode as the firmware is detecting devices the player takes it self out of recovery mode and back in mass storage mode how do i stop it from down that?
I am trying to update it because my player doesn't play wma files :angry:I have tried PeeBee's solution but it didn't work. I have taken the battery out, reconnected it and it is recognized in recovery mode. I run the firmware and the computer plays a sound, the icon of connection appears in the nano's lcd and it is out of recovery mode. Then firmware program tells me that the 'device state is not set' and after that the message 'put into recovery mode before updating firmware' Aaaaaarrrrrghhhh!
I'm also running windows XP SP2
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Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Hello-
I had a similar situation develop. Did your error message say, "Media state not initialized?" Here is what the creative support site says:
If you receive a message "Media State is not initialized ..." while updating firmware for a MuVo or Zen Nano Plus player, it will be necessary to install the Player Recovery Device driver and then update the firmware.
. Download the latest driver if you have not done so. You can download it from http://us.creative.com/support/downloads, and file name is MStorage_PCDRV_LB__07_00_250.exe.
2. Install the latest driver by double clicking on the file name.
3. Unplug the player from a computer if it is plugged.
4. Remove the battery from the player (except Zen Zeeon which has a built-in battery).
5. Press and hold the Play button while connecting the player to the USB port.
6. Continue to hold the Play button for about 0 seconds after connecting your player is connected to the USB port.
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gruba wrote:
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If you do a search of the web you'll find lots of reports of problems with the SIS 700 chipset. It shows up on Device Manager as an Open Host Controller and so is only USB.. There are solutions out there but you'll have to look on the web for them. They've been talked about in here before so search the forum for SIS 700 and you should get some of the posts - look for one by myself as I remember posting a link to a useful website for this problem before.
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARMBAND-AND-CL...QQcmdZViewItemMessage Edited by pokem02 on 08-0-2006 03:32 AM

1GB Zen Nano Plus player stuck in Radio mo

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