Can't access recovery mode in Creative

I want to update my firmware for my Creative Zen. I press and hold the play/pause button while starting the player. I should release this at the moment I see the creative logo. The problem is that I never see this logo. The screen is blank while the player is booting and the first thing I see is the ZEN logo. Why doesn't the creative logo show up?

I figured it out. Apparently the player has a cold start and a warm start. If I turn of the player and wait several hours, then I get the creative logo. When I turn it off and (almost) immediatly turn it on again, it goes directly to the ZEN logo, to speed up the restart.

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