Creative Zen Stone Plus with speaker FirmWare editi

Hi, I recently bought a Zen Stone, I'm happy with this purchase, but there are a few things that I didn't like, little things like, not showing current song number in folder, or not showing ID3 artist tag.
And I was wondering if maybe Zen firmware is open source, and it's freely alowed for user to edit it.
Have a nice day.

There is a chap on here by the name of Daniel_K who re-writes Soundblaster drivers, not sure if he does anything for players though!!! Check out the lastest Reg post about him on this linky http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04..._driver_links/
Not sure if endorsed by Creative or Daniel_K though, so stand by for flaming!!! :P
Peace, Unity, Blah JailBreak

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The New Creative Zen Stone plus with built-in spea

?i was thinking of buying the the New Creative Zen Stone plus 2GB?with built-in speaker. http://creative.com/products/mp3/zenstoneplus/?The product detail info claim a 20 hours battery life of this product. . is?this a?true claim ?2. is there any problem about the charging process of this product?because the "previous" Creative?Stone Plus has a charging and?battery life problem. 3. Or should i just settle for the Creative muVo v00 2 GB instead ?Any thoughts guys?Thanks

xmouse,
Here you go:
Firmware for Zen Stone Plus w/ Speaker
You can find any other files you need by going to "Support" and then "Downloads" on this website.
Good luck,
Dale

ZEN Stone Plus With Speaker - How to enhance FM Radio Recepti

I could not receive many FM radio stations that I did with other radios.
Is there any way to enhance the reception of the built-in radio? Would replacing the earphone that comes with the mp3 player help? Thanks.

This is Creative's reply to my question:
"As regards to your enquiry, I would like to inform you that the reason
of why these 2 frequencies reception are low is because the signal
strength coming from the transmitting station are weak, especially so
for FM9.3 as it's often in mono.
One way to overcome this is to purchase a good and longer earphone as
the wire itself act as the antenna for FM reception. Allows the full
cable length run rather than twirl/coil them up.
Appended is an article on FM RADIO RECEPTION at Mediacorp website: http://www.mediacorpradio.com/ts/reception/"
I tried again in the open space instead of in my?house but still could not receive many channels. Quite disappointed as I chose?this over Ipod?because of this feature. Let me know if you can get a refund.

Zen stone plus with speaker 2GB ~~Radio function is very very BAD~~HELP!

Can Creative correct or bolster the FM radio function~~:smileyindifferent By fireware )
Or anybody can have some suggestion!!!!!!!
THis is ugent !!!
thx a lot~~

This is Creative's reply to my question:
"As regards to your enquiry, I would like to inform you that the reason
of why these 2 frequencies reception are low is because the signal
strength coming from the transmitting station are weak, especially so
for FM9.3 as it's often in mono.
One way to overcome this is to purchase a good and longer earphone as
the wire itself act as the antenna for FM reception. Allows the full
cable length run rather than twirl/coil them up.
Appended is an article on FM RADIO RECEPTION at Mediacorp website: http://www.mediacorpradio.com/ts/reception/"
I tried again in the open space instead of in my?house but still could not receive many channels. Quite disappointed as I chose?this over Ipod?because of this feature. Let me know if you can get a refund.

Thump / Pop noise when switching on / off Zen Stone Plus with Spea

Hello,
I just bought a 2Gb Zen Stone Plus with Speaker and I was disappointed by a very loud thump occurring when turning on/off the player. Moreover, starting with the player switched off, it is sufficient to press the on button (not necessarily until switching on completes) and the thump is there... each time I press the button! It is like an electrostatic discharge.
The thump is quite dangerous for my ears (for instance using high quality in-ear monitors) and for my 2. speakers system.
Is that normal? Should I return it's

Are you sure this isn't normal?
I hear a sort of electronic cracking sound in my right ear, quite loud and lower volume pop in my left ear after that when turning on the player. I also thought it was just cheap electronics.
I don't want to go trough the trouble of contacting the vendor for an exchange if a new one has the same thing.

Belt clip for zen stone plus with spea

I've had a Zen Stone Plus with Speaker for a little less than a year now. The speaker makes it wonderful for riding bike trails without using earphones to stay alert to the surroundings. It's worked quite well when used with a (technically unsupported) non-Windows PC. A careless person in a store collided with me yesterday, flinging it to the ground, with no damage to the electronics. It is disappointing to find, however, that there seems to be no replacement clips available for the one she damaged. Does anyone know if the clips sold with the multi skin packs for earlier models, sold elsewhere, might be the same spring clip

Hi,
Yeah..appreciate it very much.
I'll pass this to someone here for their reconsideration.
Cheers.

Zen Stone Plus with built in speaker HELP NEE

i had problems copying my media file to my mp3 . error message : The parameter is incorrect .
Therefore i reformat my MP3 , it solve the problem but it suppose to be 2GB , but now become 90 MB . any advice or help?

xmouse,
Here you go:
Firmware for Zen Stone Plus w/ Speaker
You can find any other files you need by going to "Support" and then "Downloads" on this website.
Good luck,
Dale

Creative Zen Stone Plus Returns First Track On Player After Recharge

? Hi Everybody... I didn't see this topic posted on another thread, but I wasn't going to read thousands of posts to get this answer either. My problem is I own two players, one is a Creative Zen Stone and the other is the Zen Stone Plus. My Zen Stone does not return to the first track on the player when I recharge it (it remains on the same track), but the Zen Stone Plus does. This normally wouldn't be a big deal, but my mother-in-law listens to audiobooks. Sometimes those books don't have seperate tracks which means there is a single track that runs for like 6 - 8 hours. Is there a way to allow the player to pick up where it left off? It is a real pain to have to fast forward through most of an audiobook, especially when my player (the less expensi've player) continues where it left off. BTW.... Letting her have my player is not an option since hers has a display screen and mine doesn't.

So, reading the forum, it seems we have seroiusly problems with charging.... I'll try all I've read: disabling "energy conservation mode" on USB root, using an USB powered hub as Battery Charger, updating the Firmware, formatting / resetting the player and then using cml and the led to charge it to the full. I hope it solves, at least for me.... ?

Creative Zen Stone Plus 2GB vs. Zen V plus

Hi. I recently had my Zen Micro just freeze and die after 8 months. I lost ,600 songs. I am now interested in purchasing a flash mp3 for working out and commuting. I've heard good things aobut the Zen Stone Plus and the Zen V plus. Can anybody give me any adivice on deciding between the two? Thanks!

There's a site http://www.smartratings.com/review/e...mp3_players/35 where a compilation of expert reviews for Creative ZEN V Plus 2GB MP3 Player can be found. You will see that it received quite a good ratings from some of the experts who tested it. And lastly, the reviews are conveniently located because you can accessed them from one place.

Lame Foldernavigation with Zen Stone plus with spea

I purchased the 4GB Model because i hear a lot of Audiobooks. Those are organised in folders. I downloaded the manual / help file before purchasing and was quite happy that the Zen support folders. Now im disappointed the way the Zen Stone handles them. I added some other shortcomings and suggestions of improvement too.
Its not possible to navigate into/out of a folder. Instead you see every folder regardless of it'ss hierachy level. Although the player "supports" up to 4 hierachy levels. This is really disturbing. I want to use those leves to organize my files and to increase overview. Its not possible! So it makes no sense to organize your files as Zen does not show the structure.
So i have to scroll through hundreds of folder. What increases problems is that you cant do that fast. Every time i go to the next folder Zen starts playing this folder. This is not only annoying but takes about 3 sec of time. It gets a little faster if dont hold the button but than you have to press the button so many times.
Great you can turn the display bei 80 degrees. Even greater would be to do that in 90?s ste
ps.
I like to use headphones which also work as a strap so hanging around my neck i can't read the display properly. Due to it'ss round shape it would make even more sens to make this possible. You can even think about making the 4 buttons displayrelevant. (There function rotates with the direction of the display.) The display is big enough to display some tiny icons like the play triangel or a + and - sign. Then you would have softbuttons which can even become other functions you can see directly.
Its good the display turns off after a while to preserve energy. But i dont like to press buttons then different/more. Now after max. 30 sec it turns off. The next press turns it on again and only after this it'ss reacting normally on pressing buttons.
Im kind of used to press the center button for play / stop. Not only the ipod shuffle but many, many (soft)players work exactly the same way. So im kind of confused to press the tiny double button on the headphone side which is barely reachable particulary if you use the silicon cover. I know, i can press the center button twice but after 30 sec i have to press it three times! Just to pause the playback. This can't be!! Imagine how often you have to pause the playback and how often you change settings etc. I really think the functions of those buttons should be exchanged.
The speed of rewind, forwarding should increase over the time you hold those buttons. Now its about 0 sec. which is not enough. This is particulary useful for audiobooks.
If you switch to/playback another file via Directory search Zen should memorize the songposition of the last song. (Bookmark-function) This is also particulary useful for audiobooks.<
I have a suggestion to solve problem and 2:
No folder starts playing just by selecting.
The folder view is recognzied.
If a folder contains songs (not only other folders) those are shown and can be selected/played.
Its visible by an icon or an different font if folder are empty or contain other folders.
With the +,- buttons you go to the next, previous folder / song. This goes as fast as you press. Holding those buttons starts scroll/selecting which increases speed by the time of holding.
The I<< and >>I - Buttons expands/collapses folder.
Holding those buttons for longer collaps / expands all folders.
The Center Buttons plays the folder / song and returns to the playback view.
Lots of ideas. I hope someone appreciate them and maybe some of them can wind up in an firmware update someday. That would be awesome.
Nevertheless i love my zen.
Alexandra

Hi,
Yeah..appreciate it very much.
I'll pass this to someone here for their reconsideration.
Cheers.

Creative Zen Stone Plus

Hi, I'm having some problems with my mp3. Both my?laptops just can't seem to recognise it though it was working fine for the past few months. It turned up as another dri've ?Removal Disk(I instead of the name of my mp3(as i've?named it). Kept on saying that i need to format the dri've in dri've I: before i can use it. Y/N.
and NOW. i cant even switch on my mp3 though the start up screen comes up but just died there and the battery is full.
so please please please, help me out

There is a chap on here by the name of Daniel_K who re-writes Soundblaster drivers, not sure if he does anything for players though!!! Check out the lastest Reg post about him on this linky http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04..._driver_links/
Not sure if endorsed by Creative or Daniel_K though, so stand by for flaming!!! :P
Peace, Unity, Blah JailBreak

Screen of Zen Stone Plus with pixel problem

+I have a problem with the screen: seems that some colums of the screen does not work properly.
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How can I do? I'm out of warranty. I have reset, format and reinstalled firmware yet.
Is this an hardware problem?
(sorry for the bad english)

Hi,
Sorry but I am unable to see the picture. I guess you probably might want to contact a third-party vendor or someone knowledgable in electronics to help you repair/replace the screen.

Will Creative Zen Stone work with Lin

I'm considering buying?a Stone, but I use both computers with XP and Linux. I have tons of mp3's already downloaded to my Linux, I'd like to add them.

Yes , it works with Linux. Just mount & umount it like any other usb stick.

Battery Replacement Zen Stone Plus

Li-Poly batteries last approximately 3 years after manufacturing (charged or not). So if your Zen Stone ceases to function and it has not been abused, it'ss likely a dead ? no longer can be charged - battery.
I purchased a battery (actually 3 to meet their $ minimum) from allbattery.com? Polymer Li-Ion Battery 3.7V 240mAh. Order it with NO PCB option. $3.99 each plus shipping. After they arri'ved, I note the brand name is ?Tenergy. Original battery specs from Creative are 280mAh, a nominal difference. Specifications I didn?t have were charging requirements, but I?m happy to report they recharge seemingly identical from the Creative OEM batteries.
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BATTERY REPLACEMENT:
Run Exacto knife or small utility knife around sides and end NOT including end opposite display (or you will cut through a ribbon cable) penetrating no more than 0.075 (/6th inch) to split case of Zen Stone. It may be necessary to insert small jeweler?s screwdriver directly at corners to gently pry, releasing positioning studs. If you?re lucky, you won?t break off studs, but if you do, don?t worry they are mostly for alignment purposes.
Lift off control pad (volume up down, fast forward, reverse, center select button) Remove two Phillips screws holding pc board to bottom case and lift edge of pc board with small screwdriver under USB port.
Hinge pc board up with headphone jack on top and lift up battery with screwdriver.
Examine ribbon cable, which is folded around control board and sandwiched between control board and pc mother board. If cable is torn (or cut) you?ll probably have to throw Zen Stone in trash as this cable may be impossible to repair.
Remove white tape from top of battery and unsolder + and ? connectors
Tint ribbon cables with solder (I used a little solder paste to get solder to stick), the solder in wires, paying attention to + and ? terminals. Be very careful not to touch the ribbon cables together or solder on a metal surface.
Cut a piece of electrician tape and wrap around ribbon cables and soldering joints.
You can test your Zen Stone prior to assembly.
Reassemble in reverse order using a pin, tooth pick or small paper clip and clear silicone caulk around edges. Wrap elastics around unit holding upper and lower case together while caulk dries.
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&Hi,
Thanks for creating this guide. This forum does support pictures, click on Insert/edit image to insert an image. Take note that only urls are accepted so images have to be hosted on an external image hosting site like tinypic. Oh and welcome to the Creative Forums.

Creative ZEN Stone Shuffle Mode?

%Creative ZEN Stone > Shuffle Mode? I recently bought a Creative ZEN Stone 2GB (2nd generation) MP3 Player. I created one folder with random music I like to listen to while making sports which I'd like to play in Shuffle mode and some other folders containing some complete albums, ordered with numbers in front of the file names. If I switch to the "sports" folder an choose Shuffle mode, the player seems to shuffle all the files on the Player. Of course I'd like it to shuffle only the files contained in the "sports" folder, listening to ambient music during sports doesn't motivate me too much you know. And if I want to play the "ambient"-folder in Shuffle mode, I don't want to listen to power metal at all.
Did I miss something or is the Player unable to shuffle one single folder? Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you choose Shuffle mode, it shuffles all the files on the Player, regardless of any folders.
Is there any (probably 3rd-party) firmware out there with which I can make my Creative ZEN Stone 2GB (2nd generation) shuffle only one single folder?
Thank you in advance for you answers.

When you say second generation, do you mean zen stone with speaker or/and screen
On the zen stone plus with speaker ( and screen) you can shuffle just the contents of a folder without playing anything from another folder b y doing this:
Music > select a folder select play mode, select shuffle folder, job done.

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