Anyone selling a Zen Xtra case/pouch? ....And thoughts on which case to buy.

Wondering if anyone has an extra Zen Xtra pouch or case they want to sell... perhaps someone's got an extra after using an older nomad for parts or something?
I've heard a case is key in protecting the case from dents
I have some hope that maybe it will limit the cover popping off as well
Also, wondering if there are any cases/pouches people would recommend staying away from.
It looks like some don't have a window for the display - that's something I think would be helpful
Ideally I'm looking for one that can be used, plugged in etc without having to come out of the case period
Any feedback would be appreciated

John Cogdell wrote:
Can anyone please recommend what else I would need to get with it? Memory card, but how much? The maximum gigabytes?
As much as you can afford! According to the Sonystyle site I linked to in your other thread, these are the recording times for that camera at the _highest quality HD setting_
Remember also that this camera has a 16GB internal flash memory, giving you an extra 1 hour 50 minutes. If you can afford it, go for the 16GB memory stick. I don't think the camera comes with one. If you get the 16GB stick, you'll have a total of 3 hours 40 mins. You can always get extra sticks later, as required - plus they can be erased and re-used of course (after archiving!).
QUESTION:
Looking at the kinds of memory sold on Amazon.com, and even remembering the array of them at stores like Best Buy, I know that there are many KINDS of memory to choose from, and I do not mean gig power or brands. SD, SDHC, ETC ETC. I remember not knowing what to choose from.
*What do you recommend? When I go to Best Buy or to Amazon.com and I see all of those different classifications of memory WHICH ONE SHOULD I BUY?*
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thinking of sinking my zen xtra permanently into a playdock but have yet to hear their sound.Would make a nice ,small home for my 0gs of music if the sound is good.need feedback before i buy since the playdock is as expensi've as the 30g zen xtra.

It's horses for courses really, what are you trying to achieve? You can pickup small amp and speaker systems for reasonable money nowadays from most places.

Zen Xtra - disk reading and play

Quick question..... just wondering.....
I have the 60GB version of the Zen Xtra.
When the player is playing back a track, is it reading directly from the HDD and playing it on "the fly"; or is it like CD/MP3 players that have anti-skip protection where the data is being read 30 or 45 seconds into the future?
Curious?
-Stripe
NOMAD II MG
60 GB ZenXtra 66% full

The player doesn't have any specific skip protection for reasons outlined here in the Zen FAQ at Nomadness.net.
The player *does* cache data but this is for battery life reasons, and of course dependent on the type of track.

Cases for the Zen Xtra and which online servi

I just bought a Zen Xtra 30 GB and would like to get some safe way of carrying it when I jog. Either a fanny pack or arm band. Has anyone seen these. If so where? Also what online services work with this device. I saw Napster works directly with the micro.

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Currently the Xtra will support any service that uses normal WMA DRM (or of course the very few that use MP3). It won't support PlayForSure (and Janus DRM) yet, but a new firmware is supposed to bring this. See the FAQ.

Zen xtra doesn't work and i just bought it yesterday, HE

i just bought my nomad jukebox zen xtra 30GB yesterday, and it gets stuck on the Re-Building Library scree and, like kind of freezes. everytime i turn it on. and the telephone tech support is only open during the weeek.
PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Hi Friend I have a creative player too!
creative SUCKS!!!!
and if I were you I would get my ass right back to the store and retun it fast!!!!!
if you keep it you will heading down a world of software HELL!!!!!
I am going to do my very best to tell the world to keep clear of Creative Mp3 players they suck real bad!!!
I am gong though a hell like you would not beleve!
So it's up to you, you just got yours there is still time to save yoursself from a hole lot of hell!
take it from me, as I sit here with close to $400.00 of crap I can not use!!
Now I got to go out an get a dam iPOD
if they had them out when I was looking for a player I would have gone that way instead.
SAVE YOURSELF AND RETURN IT AND GET A iPOD or any thing but Creative!!
go luck to you, Sunnybubbles

Zen Xtra 40G - PC Not Recognizing Unit after Firmware and Driver upgrade

I own a Zen Xtra 40G unit and have just recently upgraded the firmware to the latest version (.20.08). I then proceeded to upgrade to the latest Windows XP driver (.26.02) and after reboot, the system no longer recognized my jukebox.
I tried my room mates, still on an older version of the firmware, and his worked without a problem.
In order to check and see if it was a one time fluke, I uninstalled both the driver and Creative MediaSource and re-installed from the original CD.
Again, my jukebox (still with the new firmware) worked flawlessly. I then upgraded Media Source to the latest version (2.03.09) and rebooted only to find my jukebox still worked perfectly.
I then downloaded and installed the latest Windows driver again (.26.02) and rebooted. My PC stopped recognizing my jukebox again but my buddie's still worked without a problem.
Is there a known flaw with the Windows driver and the latest firmware version.
Could Creative fix the problem or let me know if there is a setting I need to change in order for my PC to recognize my jukebox under the latest software and drivers?

So am I to assume from that message you think I should revert back to the old driver?
Of course Technical Support was no help. Sometimes I think they either a) don't read English very well or b) don't read the entire e-mail.
Here's what they wrote:
With regards to the issue you are having, may I enquire on the programwhich you used after applying the Windows update that informed you thatthe player is not connected. In the meantime, please try downloading these two files and see if ithelps:Below is the link for the latest drivers/applications updates.<A href="]http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/[/url]Select MP3 Players -> Zen -> Zen XtraSelect Windows XPThe files are Creative MediaSource Software Update version 2.03.29 (39.46 MB)Filename: CMS_PCAPP_LB_2_03_29.exeThis software update allows you to manage your Creative NOMAD? playerwith the latest version of Creative MediaSource?, an advancedfull-featured media player.2) NOMAD JukeBox Type 2 Version .0.03 (English) Web Release (7.70 MB)Filename: JBTII_PCAPP_LB__0_03.exeThis software update is for Creative Zen and Creative NOMAD? Jukeboxowners who have installed Creative MediaSource? (version .00.54 orlater) on their computers.Please email us if you have any further questions or comments. Thankyou.For faster service please reply with previous correspondence whenreplying to this email.
Had they read my e-mail, they wouldn't have pointed my to software I had already DOWNLOADED and INSTALLED!!! Oh well... we'll see what tomorrow's answer brings.

Fixing the creative zen xtra - creative firmware won't bring me dow

Hi all,
Recently my zen xtra crashed as a result of Creative's shoddy firmware! Anyway, I'm out of warrenty, creative want to try charge me about 20 quid and I ain't having that (read my other posts you'll hear the whole story)
Well now I've decided I'm gonna try fix things myself. I've ripped my player apart to reveal the 2.5" harddri've. I've got hold of a caddie to hold this in and connected to the computer. Dri've is not recognised (as i suspected, the firmware has corrupted toc and whathaveyou). So I'm formatting the dri've now, seems to be going ok (i'm thinking if I can't get the player working again at least I can make a 40gb external mini hard dri've)
Anyway, what I need now is to compare this hard dri've to another zen xtra one thats working and well. If anyone has (for some bizarre reason) backed up their zen dri've in this way cause you let me know. I need to know the file structure that it uses (as the software hides the real structure) and also the firmware (a working copy please!) that is as how it is installed rather than by using the installation software for the more conventional way :smileytongue:
Any help with that is appreciated, and those of you who are like me and have a ?200 paperweight should consider making it an external dri've like this also. (cheap caddies on ebay for those who want to know!)
hope this helps
phil

if i get a friend's zen xtra dri've and put it in mine, would you reckon it would work or am i likely to bugger up that too?
if the firmware is part in hardware then i doubt there's a lot i can do, but my intention was to copy my friend's dri've to mine then put it in and see if it works...
any ideas?

Zen Xtra MTP Issues

Ok so im having the well known MTP/WMP problems, have spent hours going through the forums looking for solutions to this problem, yes i tried the XP route with very little success because i have an XP system with sp3 (called around cannot find anyone with an sp2 system) and after much frustration and dissapointment i came up with an idea.
Is it possible to make an image file of a fully functional Zen Xtra hard drive and burn it onto a freshly formated hard drive?
I realize that the whole copyright BS will come up but im very upset with the way Creative has handled this issue, Im not looking for your music files i just want to be able to use the machine that I payed good money for!
I have an original Zen Xtra with a 30 GB HD, furthermore ( i hope Creative staff reads this ) if i have no choice but to go out and buy a new mp3 player, guess what im not buying? Yes! IM NOT BUYING ANOTHER CREATIVE EVER IN MY LIFE! Thanks for the poor customer service Creative.

deejaydak wrote:
I realize that the player will not read an ISO file, but you can burn an image (ISO, NRG, Etc) onto another hard dri've. I suspect that the problem is on the operating system that goes on the hard dri've because when i unistall the drivers windows detects the zen xtra and install the drivers, windows reads the firmware on the motherboard, when i try to reinstall/update the firmware it says the xtra is not connected.Look as a Creative customer, i believe that Creative should look into a fix for its customers, telling your customers to find a system with XP SP2 & WMP0 is absurd, windows will automatically update itself, everyone tells people?to update their software why would you tell us to backtrack to something that may be hard to find at this point in time? Please stop reffering us to someone else, we are YOUR customers help us out!!!!!
I don't disagree with you but if you want that player to work you need Xp & at least Sp2(3 may be ok) but WMP0 is necessary as WMP prevents the firmware file from seeing the player.Did you uninstall WMP as per Microsofts instructions? http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...tallation.mspx

Zen Xtra 60 gig problem, help requi

hello
i have a nomad juxebox zen xtra 60 gig, and it has worked fine for several months.
recently, i had a problem that when i was listening to a track, parts of other tracks would interrupt the song, before switching back to the original song. this would only last for a second or so, and not all the time, rarely in fact
since then, and my current situation, the player when loaded up has gone into "rebuilding library" mode, and has seemed to fail in doing so, "firmware problem" has appeared on the screen and the blue light is on.
it doesnt do anything else until i turn it off.
so , can anyone help me? is there a way to sort this out?
thanks in advance

ste00 wrote:
i have already looked in the faq but cant find what im supposed to find,
The link is near the bottom of the FAQ and called "I have a "firmware problem" error". It'll take you to this page. You can of course use find and just enter "firmware problem" on the FAQ page.

Nomad Zen XTRA hardware/physical p

For some reason i guess after continuous use it started to have probs....some times when i press the Back button it seldomly takes a few pushes to get it to work, also when i press down on the scroll knob/wheel it also presses the Play/Pause button instead of the scroll only so it gets annoying pausing it when im trying to do something and annoying that it takes a few tries to select the option i want,another thing is the top side of the back plate wasnt fully connected and doesnt stay on all the way...so i decided to unscrew the bottom 2 screws on the plate just to LOOK if anything was out in the open taht i could see was wrong and the warranty copper strip/sticker was some how loose and it looks like dirt got in and caused the sticker to come off and not stick soo not sure what exactly to do if the warranty was voided by just using it and never opening it
Message Edited by Milhouse on 04-2-2005 :28 PM

I decided to void my warranty and look at what the problem was with the buttons (in my case, the Menu button.) It turns out that the button switch/receiver had broken its ceramic covering. So now it seems, I cannot access my music at all. This is unfortunate, because I've come to really like this player, and I'd hate to see it go to waste as just an external hard dri've. My last course of action is to remove one of the switches from another button position (Back) and resolder it to the Menu portion of the board. I've searched online for a replacement part, but to no avail.
If you're having problems with a physical deformation in your player's button capability, just hope that your warranty is still valid. Like I've said, I voided that warranty even though my 3 month warranty was already over. This is not an easy fix, I'm not even sure that it is possible to fix a button without assistance from Creative.
If it is at all possible to send my Zen Xtra to Creative and pay a minimal fee to have my product fixed, please inform me. I love the Zen Xtra, but I just can't see myself paying another $300 for another one with the experience I've had with my current player.

Nomad Zen Xtra - 60G - Major Issues

I bought the Zen Xtra for my husband for his b-day last April (2004). Over the summer the Zen Xtra worked well and transfer of 307 tracks of songs was successful. Then, in the fall we decided to try setting up playlists through the Creative MediaSource software. Since then we have had numerous problems with the machine. First of all, when trying to create a playlist, the Xtra froze. We've since gone through the motions of (a) upgrading all the software/firmware we could and (b) rebooted and done a disk cleanup.
Unfortunately this has NOT solved our problem. Yes - we are now able to use the Zen Xtra for listening to the tracks we already have on the machine, but everytime we connect it to the computer and try to either add new tracks, (We aren't even able to do an AudioSync! The error we get is :"Unable to read file. File may be in use, missing or corrupted". Of course this is not the case because we are able to listen to the song from the Zen Xtra.) listen to a track (through the xtra on the computer), (the error we get here is : "Unable to playback current track. The audo device may not be available or the file may be missing or corruped.") or try to create a playlist (The error here is: The operation failed. Ensure player is properly connected before trying again.")
In each of these cases, the Zen Xtra freezes up and we have to go through the whole process again just to get the stupid thing to play songs so we can listen to them. We are very disappointed that we are not able to use the Zen Xtra to its full capablities. What are we missing? How can we get it to work as it's is supposed to through the software on the computer?

Thanks Cat for the info. I've managed to get all my files from the Xtra over to my PC.
I am still experiencing the following by the Zen Xtra:
A) if the machine is shut off for longer than a day, it takes from 25-30mins to turn on. It gets "stuck" at the EAX screen
B) I am still unable to create a playlist on through the Media Centre. Everytime I try, it says that the Zen Xtra is not connected and then my Zen gets "stuck" forcing me to do a manual reboot of it.
I believe this to be a software problem, but that's not to say that I'm not totally disappointed that I'm unable to use my Zen to its full potential. (And manually rebooting and/or waiting for 25-30min to listen to my Zen isn't fun either.) Does this SOUND like a simple software issue or is it more? (Remember my warranty will run out soon)
If it IS a software issue is there any OTHER software out there that I would be able to use to appreciate my Zen to its fullest?
Thanks again.J

My Zen Xtra freezes when organizing fi

Can anyone help me?
A week ago when I was deleting some songs from my playlist (using MediaSource) my Zen Xtra froze up and then my playlists were lost. I have reset my Zen, reloaded the MediaSource software, updated the software and tried various other solutions but I still can't seem to create Playlists or work with my music files without my Zen freezing up.
Fortunately, my music library is still in tact - but I would really like to be able to organize my files without having it freeze up.
If there's anyone who can help with some suggestions - I'd really appreciate it.

thegodofcheese wrote:
try banging it on the desk a few times - literally. mine did the same thing...i freaked out...looked for origional packaging and what not...couldn't find it...so i got pissed and slammed it on the desk a few times - it then started working. sometimes they work like charms and sometimes they work like crap. go figure.
This should only be done as a last resort. The originator of the post ought to read the FAQ before resorting to this.
p.s. - learn to spell rescue mode if you're going to make a big deal about that thing that didn't work either.
It might not work for you, but stalling at EAX without error is very often cured by a disk cleanup. Also, I believe Jason works in the Asia support team, so English is presumably not his first language. Plus I know plenty of people who do have English as a first language and still can't spell or use grammar correctly. Basically, have some manners.

Trouble Transferring Data Files From Zen Xtra to Computer...HELP

Hello to all technical-savvy people out there in computer land, I'm hoping you can help me somehow, as I am frustrated beyond belief.
I have a Creative Nomad Jukebox, Zen Xtra, 30 GB. I used it for, obviously, listening to MP3's while I was out of the country in Australia, and I also used it to store data...all of my digital pictures and videos. When I got back to Chicago, I was able to download all the drivers and software onto my dad's computer from online, and was able to successfully transfer everything from my Zen Xtra onto the computer.
I am now at my mom's, and trying to do the exact same thing to her PC and to her laptop....neither of them want to cooperate with me. The computer recognizes the device, and can recognize the data, but it is unable to transfer the information from the device to the computer. I have done the following:
Downloaded the drivers/software
Restarted the computer (plenty of times)
Rebooted the Zen Xtra
Firmware upgrade
And I still can't transfer. I want to show my mom the pictures desperately, and it's realllly frustrating me. If anyone can help me out, my email is [email][email protected]][email protected][/url]
Thank you,
Sheryl

If it worked with the exact same drivers/software on one PC but not another, this suggests a USB incompatibility (especially as you've tried a firmware upgrade). It's not clear whether this is Creative's drivers and/or certain USB chipsets, but issues do seem to exist for some people with certain combinations of hardware.
Out of interest, have you tried a disk cleanup? To access the Rescue Mode hold down the play button and KEEP it held down, press the tiny reset switch once, and KEEP the play button held down until the player boots into the Rescue Mode. Choose Disk Cleanup from the menu. Note: Disk cleanup should not remove your tracks. It searches through the disk for files and rebuilds the index, and can be useful for correcting any strange behaviour.

Scrolling problem Zen Xtra...is it magnetiz

I went on vacation last week and put my Zen Xtra in our little hotel safe (which turned out to be an electronic safe). Let me start by saying that it has worked great for the past 8 months since I got it. We went away for the afternoon, and when I came back my player turned on fine, but when I scrolled down on my black scroller, it scrolled continuously. And one week later it still does that. Has anyone had this problem? Do you think it's been "magnetized" by the electronic safe it was in? I had one in an electronic safe on a different trip -year previously and there wasn't any problem.
The thing is that all the buttons work fine...i can press "play" and it'll play the 40-song mix I had on there last, the "volume", "track", "back" and "power" buttons work fine, AND I can press the black scroller "in" without problem, it's just when I move the scroller down or up that it scrolls continuously and can only be stopped by either taking out the battery, or pressing-in the "reset" hole.
I decided to try and just erase the whole thing because I thought I might be able to solve it by re-installing the firmware, but when I open it in safety mode, I have to scroll down to "re-load" and as soon as I scroll down, it again scrolls continuously to a point where I can't do anything else.
If anyone has had this problem and fixed it, i'd love to hear about how. Or if anyone knows someplace I can go to get it fixed, i'd definitely do that. Help!

I'm thinking that it has nothing to do with putting it in the safe. I think it might just be a coincidence and it just happened to go bad just then. I'd be more concerned about magnets near a hard dri've. As those two things don't mix very well. I think you might be able to get it fixed through Creative, but you'll probably have to pay for it since it'll be out of warranty.

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I know this seems to happen to me alot, but the thing (my zen xtra) crashed again and I have the hardest time finding the right drivers.
I think I need to reformat something, I'm not sure. It won't go out of rescue mode.
I went to the support/download part of the site and downloaded everything that was there, but nothing seems to help.
Could anyone help me?

And it freezes up alot. That's why it crashes, I have to reboot it then it won't get out of rescue mode.
Is there anything that I can do to get it to stop freezing?

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