A few Problems with my Zen Mi

Hi I have had my player for just over year now and a few problems have just come up. First off the power switch is getting harder and harder to use. I am having to push the power button pretty hard now and have to hold it for a little while. Also when connect my player into the computer and go into the creative mediasouce player and click to access my zen micro it says its not connected.
Can anyone help me with these problems.
Its a 5gb zen micro version .02.05 if that means anything

Regarding your connection problems, are you using WMP? It is known to cause connection problems with the Zens.
Have you tried reinstalling the Creative Software?
Have you tried the connection with another PC IF available?
And regarding the power button, I'm guess that it is due to aging? I still have my Zen Micro (even though I use my ZVM) and I do have to hold the power button a little bit longer than before (3-5 seconds more) for it to turn on. Same happens when I use the lock mode (I just tried it)
and it's kinda rough for it to push instantly (effortless but still feels a little rough).
Good luck with your connection, let us know if it worked!

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http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=92346#M92346
hi guys,
i have a solution
firstly connect your pleyer to pc
then press the reset button and hold it
while holding the reset button turn it on by using the power swich [Image]
then your player will turn on

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I currently am facing some problems with my zen. I have used the zen for 2 mths without problems. When I recently updated the firmware, my zen keeps hanging and it turns on with dim lighting. It is unable to turn on or off and i need to do a reset in order for it to work. Can someone help? My battery keeps draining out while I sleep.

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Problems with Creative Zen V plus software

*Problems with Creative Zen V plus software Dear friends,
I'm trying to install the software included with creative Zen V Plus but it is not possible - it stops at 63%
I get this following error:
"CTIntrfu.dll can not be installed"
"DoInstall fails to launch E:\PDE\CTXInst\Setup.inx"
I'm using "Windows XP 2002 home edition - serivce pack 2"
I'll appreciate any help.
At the moment my PC doen't recognize the Zen V
Sorry for my english... It's not my language.

Hey Guys,Here is a link to instructions on how How to obtain and to install USB 2.0 drivers in Windows XP Service Pack . http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q329632?Win2000 and later have the capability to support USB 2.0, but USB 2.0 was released after XP was release, so there weren't any drivers installed before Windows XP service pack 2. Make sure you've installed all your windows updates including service pack 2. You can check if you have SP2 by right-clicking on my computer and choosing "properties", it will say on the general tab. Also the way to tell if you have USB 2.0 drivers installed is to right-click on my choose "Manage", then choose "device manager" look down to "uni'versal serial Bus controllers" and click on the + . This will expand the USB devices. Look for the word "enchanced" (USB enhanced host controller). If you see it, then you have USB 2.0 support. If not, use the link above and get the drivers. Hope this helps!?JT

VERY BIG PROBLEMS WITH MY ZEN MICRO AND MEDIASOURCE! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME! PLEASE RESPOND

Ok so a while back I had to give up my computer because it wasn't working.
I thought that with my new computer I'd be able to transfer all of my music from my zen micro onto my new computer.
Now my new computer is set up and I have installed creative mediasource and everything. I started to transfer my music from my zen onto my computer. My first 2 songs transfered successfully onto my computer. On the third song, I get this message:
"Unable to read file, file may be in use, missing, or corrupted."
I thought that maybe it was just that one song so I shrugged it off. But then it says the same thing for every single other song that i have! Only my first 2 songs out of my entire music library on my zen will transfer!!!
Please i really need your help!!!
And say that there is no hope in getting the rest of my songs to transfer and i have to download 094 songs from limewire? I'll surely be arrested for downloading that much! What should i do if i must download all of them?
And one more problem with my zen: Some of my Jump Little Children songs are doing something weird. The song will be fine and then a clip from another song will play during it! And then press next and it just keeps playing all of my Jump songs in order even though my player is on shuffle and they do the same thing with the clip from another song interupting it. Whats going on?
Most importantly though, i really need the questions answered about transfering from my zen to my computer because i'll be getting a new player soon. But this is my entire music library at stake!! PLEASE RESPOND!!!

Might try this:? http://forums.creative.com/creativel...mp=true#M95059

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Tracks seem to be jumping a bit so i did a reset and clean up, however after it started rebuilding library, a firmware problem is popping up and i've have no clue how to solve it. Resetting it just brings me right back and I can't get it to the menu for reboot/ format. Please help !

I'm having the same problem with my Zen Touch. When I press Play/Pause, it will sometimes work correctly, other times it acts as if I had pressed Previous. When it does this, it sometimes jumps to the start of the current track, sometimes to a different track. This is the most common problem, but I have also had it act as if I had hit Random. I have tried loading the latest firmware, but this had no effect on the problem. Thanks.

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Hi Apple! I am having a few problems with my 6 month old iPad mini (ios 7.1.1). I am using my iPad and then some time later it just restars! Don't know why and it just keeps doing it! Please fix or if I restore my iPad will it do any good? Thank you

Plug your iPad into your computer, open iTunes, and click Restore. This will reset your iPad to factory settings, so make sure everything important is stored safely. Once the restore is complete, do NOT restore from your backup.
If you still have problems, take the iPad to the Apple Store or another AASP (Apple Authorised Service Provider). If you're still within warranty, any service will be of no cost. Check your serial number here or find your receipt.
Hope I've helped!
PS: This is a peer-to-peer forum. Apple generally doesn't pay attention here.

Probleme mit dem Zen Toch 40gb/ Problems with the Zen Touch 40gb!!:( Out of Gara

Hallo ich br?uchte dringend Hilfe. Ich kriege den Creative Zen 40gb nicht mehr zum laufen Da er nur ab und zu angeht Das ?rgerliche daran ist das ich im Ausland war und das Teil nur 4 mal benutzt habe Leider geht er nur ab und zu an und wenn er mal an war, ist er dauernd abgest?rzt Da ich so lange weg war, ist mir jetzt auch noch die Garantie abgelaufen ( Jahr 3 Monate). Im Media Markt bekomme ich leider keine Unterst?tzung nichteinmal ein Versuch das Ger?t auf Kulanz reparieren zu lassen
Leider ist mir das ein wenig zuviel Geld f?r 3 mal musikh?ren. Vielleicht kann mir hier einer Helfen!!!!!!!
I have big Problems with my Zen Touch 40gb May be one of the members here can help me!!because my local dealer isnt able to do this Because the player is older than one year ( y and 3 months) I think that the garanty is normaly to short for this player. In germany you can read a lot about the problems of the Zen. Can it be that the Software doesnt work 00 % I was the last year in Poland so i had the zen 3 times in use The player freeze everytime and the biggest problem now, i cant switch the player on to make an update or something !!! please help.
Greetings

sry about ur problem. I had/have some of ur problems with my zen micro 5g. have u tried 2 reset it into recovery mode and do a cleanup? it won't mess up any of ur songs or anything like that.

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sorry for my bad english

The first step is to do a cleanup >reboot on the player if that don't work? then while connected uninstall thru Device Manager,reboot computer then plugin to have Windows find & reinstall the player, if that? doesn't work then format,cleanup>reboot player to see if that solves the problem. loosing files is a last resort . Whatever you do DO NOT choose RELOAD FIRMWARE as you don't have recognition from the computer & can not reload it. RELOAD firmware ERASES the firmware making the player useless until it can be reloaded. Link for resue/recovery access on player? http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ap&thread.id=3

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Distribution: Unknown
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BugBuddy Version: 2.22.0
System: Linux 2.6.26-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 26 21:15:43 UTC 2008 i686
X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Vendor Release: 10402000
Selinux: No
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Icon Theme: gnome
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CPU usage: start_time: 0 rtime: 0 utime: 0 stime: 0 cutime:0 cstime: 0 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 0
----------- .xsession-errors ---------------------
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(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
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System: Linux 2.6.26-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 26 21:15:43 UTC 2008 i686
X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Vendor Release: 10402000
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Accessibility: Disabled
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Icon Theme: gnome
Memory status: size: 0 vsize: 0 resident: 0 share: 0 rss: 0 rss_rlim: 0
CPU usage: start_time: 0 rtime: 0 utime: 0 stime: 0 cutime:0 cstime: 0 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 0
----------- .xsession-errors ---------------------
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
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Ive got gnome and GDM working now but im having a few problems with some of the apps in gnome.
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Distribution: Unknown
Gnome Release: 2.22.3 2008-07-02 (Archlinux)
BugBuddy Version: 2.22.0
System: Linux 2.6.26-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 26 21:15:43 UTC 2008 i686
X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Vendor Release: 10402000
Selinux: No
Accessibility: Disabled
GTK+ Theme: Clearlooks
Icon Theme: gnome
Memory status: size: 0 vsize: 0 resident: 0 share: 0 rss: 0 rss_rlim: 0
CPU usage: start_time: 0 rtime: 0 utime: 0 stime: 0 cutime:0 cstime: 0 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 0
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(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
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Distribution: Unknown
Gnome Release: 2.22.3 2008-07-02 (Archlinux)
BugBuddy Version: 2.22.0
System: Linux 2.6.26-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Aug 26 21:15:43 UTC 2008 i686
X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Vendor Release: 10402000
Selinux: No
Accessibility: Disabled
GTK+ Theme: Clearlooks
Icon Theme: gnome
Memory status: size: 0 vsize: 0 resident: 0 share: 0 rss: 0 rss_rlim: 0
CPU usage: start_time: 0 rtime: 0 utime: 0 stime: 0 cutime:0 cstime: 0 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 0
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(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
(gnome-appearance-properties:3609): Pango-CRITICAL **: pango_color_parse: assertion `spec != NULL' failed
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now i have another problem...my stone WONT PLAY MUSIC. i open the folder and click and drag files from itunes(like i did before) into the folder, and it loads them. as soon as i disconnect my player and hold down the play button to play, it blinks 3 times and nothing happens, and everytime i hit play after that it does the same thing..
please helP!

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I can't see why this matters because the problems are located at the player itself, I've got no
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I'm experiencing a lot of freezups of the firmware of the player, harddisk keeps running, it does that
till the battery is low or till I push reset, sometimes this doesn't help at all, the operating system at
the harddri've gets somehow damaged by the instability of the filesystem, reflashing the firmware helps
the. Problems appear to be a software problem with the firmware, the player went away for repairs once,
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Problem with Creative Zen Touch DAP-HD0014

Hey,
I have the Creative Zen Touch DAP HD004 as listed in the subject. Version .0.03
In the "Information" part of the player, it lists it as having GB of music available, but in the menu only the 59 default classical music songs appear. (These are not knowingly mine!)
I was wondering whether there was any way to turn the player into Hard Dri've mode to retrieve these songs, or to use some sort of program to view them and put them back onto the player? Everytime I use My Computer to browse the MP3 Player, all that appears are the same 59 songs.
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Re: Problem with Creative Zen Touch DAP-HD004
SmallBlue wrote:
Unfortunately not since the Zen has broken whilst I am travelling. Is the Nomad Explorer possible to download as Freeware? If so I will give that a shot. Thanks for the reply.
EDIT: I downloaded a trial version of "Notmad Explorer" and I can now see 2590 Data Files. Once I download a full version, is it simple to just conver Data Files into Audio Files?
Thanks so much for even getting me to this stage! I've spent weeks downloading all sorts.
Message Edited by SmallBlue on 2-29-2008 03:26 PM
Nomad Explorer find it here last app on the page? http://support.creative.com/download...le=033&nPage=2? What format are the files in now(wm,mp3,aac)

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System:Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
Player: Brand new Creative Zen Vision: M with no firmware updates.
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Later on today, the new AC charger I ordered came in the mail (Player came through UPS, charger through USPS). I looked at my old charger (Creative Zen Touch) and realized it would work with the plug-in part of the sync unit at the bottom. I tested it for a minute and it did. I still took it out and tried the new one. This is where, I think, something happened. I had to press the sides to get the thing in, and it was hard to come out. Everything still fit just right, and nothing seemed to be wrong. I used my old charger as I added more of my music library. Now it was on to videos. I had to convert the first two test vids (they were .wmv), but they played on my player fine. I put a bigger .wmv file onto the player to see if it had to convert it, and it did. It still played on the player. When I go to hook it to the TV with the A/V cord again, there was nothing but a black screen with the occasional diagonal scan line. The sound is still there.
Besides quirks with the navigational system, the player is still great for music and video. Still, I needed no video capability, and one of the things that made the ZVM a buy for me was watching my vids on the big screen. I'd return this for a second try, but I want to know if this is a recurring issue with you guys and if there's something I can do to fix it before a return. Did I mess with a setting? Should I get new firmware? Did I do wrong using my old charger? If any of you have an answer, or need more info on my situation, please let me know.
And BTW, does anyone know of some better software for organizing files on the ZVM? I used Winamp for my Zen Touch and the music on my ZVM, but videos are another ballpark. I can't transfer a video from one folder to another folder (assuming both folders are on the ZVM). Not to mention the music I transferred using Winamp isn't even showing up in Windows Media Player. I think I need a different program altogether.

I have got a new Creative Zen Vision W and getting the same problem....when i attach to the tv then i am able to hear the audio content and the video does not show.Are we missing something ? or is it a problem with the player. Also the software provided with the Zen converts small .vob files to .wmv when ever the size is large it gives an error 'conversion?unsucessful'.Any body facing similar problems please help.

Problem with my Zen Touch, is it fixab

Okay, I have a problem with my Creative Zen Touch. This problem only just started recently and hasn't stopped. All the songlengths on my tracks are wrong. Some are like 24 minutes, but the song plays for it's regular time length and then goes to the next song. Others have really short songlengths, and just keep playing after it says there are 0 seconds left on the track. This doesn't exactly affect the was the songs play, but it's considerably annoying. I tried resetting the player and it didn't work. I also downloaded the latest Firmware, hoping that it would fix it, but it didn't work.
Additionally, I have a problem which I think many people know about and justifies the reason the Reset button exists. Sometimes when I turn the mp3 player on, the buttons all lock up, including the Power button, and won't do anything or turn off. This actually hasn't happened in a while.
I'm sorry if there's already a topic about this. Please help me!

wingus wrote:Okay, I have a problem with my Creative Zen Touch. This problem only just started recently and hasn't stopped. All the songlengths on my tracks are wrong. Some are like 24 minutes, but the song plays for it's regular time length and then goes to the next song. Others have really short songlengths, and just keep playing after it says there are 0 seconds left on the track. This doesn't exactly affect the was the songs play, but it's considerably annoying. I tried resetting the player and it didn't work. I also downloaded the latest Firmware, hoping that it would fix it, but it didn't work.
The only time I've seen this was with a few VBR mp3's I downloaded. All the ones I rip myself are fine, so I just assume they were bad rips (they didn't sound too great either).
Are your songs variable bit rate?

XNJB problems with Macbook & Zen Vision:

Hello all...
I'm contemplating purchasing a Macbook. I only got my Zen a few weeks ago, but off of Ebay, so it's unreturnable (plus I love it).
So my question is, how many of you have had major problems using XNJB to support your music? Can you upload music on to your Zen from your Macbook with the program? What are the biggest problems?
And finally, please try to convince me whether or not I should buy a Macbook or a Dell laptop, whether all the hassle that comes along with it is worth it with a Macbook.
Thanks much
Barbara

I use Widows XP Professional SP3 and Windows XP Professional x64 SP2 with medially .
I can't see why this matters because the problems are located at the player itself, I've got no
problems with moving files to the player or any problems with connecting the player with the computer,
I'm experiencing a lot of freezups of the firmware of the player, harddisk keeps running, it does that
till the battery is low or till I push reset, sometimes this doesn't help at all, the operating system at
the harddri've gets somehow damaged by the instability of the filesystem, reflashing the firmware helps
the. Problems appear to be a software problem with the firmware, the player went away for repairs once,
with this problem, they have checked the harddisk, harddisk was fine but the os crapped up it's self
somehow, know this because I asked them to tell me every thing what was wrong and how they solved this,
asked them also how I could fix the player myself? if it was no hardware problem.
They told me to reflash the firmware and format the dri've from the service mode out.

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