Do Zen Micro sell well on Eb

I got an extra battery from when I payed $250 for a micro. I think that warranty will expire by the time it breaks yet again. So I might aswell try my luck on good ol Ebay.
So has anyone sold a Zen Micro or accessories or know how much money I can expect to get in return(I still got the box and extras)?

Zen Micro's sell well everywere..... It will sell good on ebay but not at full price if it has been removed and used from the package...

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Bladerunner "replicant" technology used in Creative Zen Micro

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Harrison Ford movie "Bladerunner" it's basically about a bunch of human looking androids who somehow find out that they have been built with only a certain lifespan (4 years i think) and because of this decide to kill their inventor.
What has this got to do with Zen Micros ?
Well I have been one of those users who has thought that all the RMA stories on this board were due to either bad luck or mishandling of the ZM's by the posters but my ZM has just died after EXACTLY 6 MONTHS of owning it and being treated with "kid gloves".
It hadn't been dropped and was working fine until it just stopped and started making whirring clicking noises. None of the recovery mode options would work, nor would replacing the battery fix it.
If I was a conspiracy theorist i'd think that it had been built by the Tyrell corporation (see "Bladerunner" for explanation). I'm guessing that if enough of the ZM's are returned that will probably kill Creatives reputation hands down.
Nice one creative.
On the plus side I am now getting a replacement within the warranty period, unfortunately i have to replace my silver one with a white one now due to lack of stock.
I guess it doesn't matter though as it'll probably be going back to them in exactly six months time as well - so perhaps i'll get to try out the full range of colours.

Closing this thread. I don't see anything positi've coming from conspiracy theory threads.
Glad to hear you're getting your player replaced in any case.
Cat

Zen Micro Playb

I have a Zen Micro about 8mths old and have an intermittent playback problem. It is almost as if the headphone connection has a loose connection. Is this a common problem? I'm not sure whether to try and get the player repaired or replace it. Anyone got any suggestions?

ooooh I'm sorry. The same thing happened to me. I have a 5g zen micro as well. I've had it for about a year now. a couple of months after I bought it, however, that same thing happened. Only the background of the music would play back, or none at all. It took me some time to realize that the female portion (the part you plug into) of the headphone jack was loose.
I had to send it to the company itself, because nobody in town could fix it.
It took about 2 to 3 weeks to fix. When they finally sent it back, it looked like they just sent me a new one. One of the big clues was that it suddenly had 6 gigs instead of fi've. It had none of the music on it either so I suggest backing it up if it's not all on your computer.
Hope it works!

Zen Micro -- Where can i use

I was wondering if the Zen Micro worked well when say snowboarding or riding a bike?

Bennetcq,
Jogging is definitely a bad idea due to the continual up/down motion, whereas I think the main risk when snowboarding/bike riding would be the potential for a fall.
If you snowboard down moguls or are doing rough trail riding I wouldn't suggest taking it along. If you are just riding on a smooth street or snowboarding down a fast trail (read: not jumping...etc) then the chance of damage is lower. Personally I would not take a HDD based player on either of these due to the fact that damage by a fall or heavy vibrations would not be covered under the warranty. This is more of the territory for flash based player like a MuVo 2 Cross Trainer or a MuVo Micro N200.
Jeremy

Zen Micro not working

Yes, I know, loads of other topics with the same problems... Sorry... But I've had my Zen Micro for well over a year now, and it's worked like a dream up until now. Suddenly, this morning, the keypad froze. And the on/off button would not work. I did the usual thing in these situations, removing the battery and putting it back in again. Problem still went on. I tried uploading more music because I was out of ideas as to what else to do. And by the way, I've never updated the firmware in it, or whatever it is you download on to it, because I physically can't (I only have 2 USB ports, my sister broke the two on the front, so I must remove the internet to plug the Zen in). So has anyone else had the same problem? If so, how did you fix it if you did get it fixed?Any help would be much appreciated.

Hi,
I'm trying to repair my friend's zen right now. It appears that your zen has a problem with the power switch. Try taking off the cover and looking at the connections where the power switch connects to the board. My friend's micro power swith broke off and has the same symptoms, hopefully you can just resolder one of the connections and it will work again. If anyone knows where to get another power swith, that would be great cause my friends micro no longer has one...Message Edited by nahatley on -02-200609:02 PM

Zen Micro Power Adapter w/ the ZenMicro Pho

Well I bought a Zen MicroPhoto and unfortunatley it does not come with a hard travel-case nor a wall power adapter.. but, I purchased a Zen Micro before and thankfully have those accessories with me.. however, I wonder, can I use the Zen Micro power adapter with my ZenMicro photo The connection is the same, but I still am worried if something is different..
Any insight would be greatly appericated,
Thanks in advance!

Yes, this is perfectly fine. Creative sells the same power adapter separately for the MicroPhoto. I use my Micro's. It gives more juice in a smaller period of time than the USB connection.

Zen Micro Remote Prob

I have now owned two remotes, one which I returned and another I just bought off eBay, and neither have worked on my Zen Micro. I can hear sound through earphones when I plug them into the headphone jack but pressing he buttons on the remote does nothing. I can't skip tracks or pause the music. The remote is not on hold, is there anything else i could try?

Well, Ebay could mean a few things. Was it a store on Ebay or a private seller? You might need to contact the seller to see if they can provide you with a (proper) receipt, that shows what you purchased and when you purchased it. If you bought it in November then you should still be within the 90 day (full) warranty. You do normally need a receipt to prove the original purchase and date.
Contact Customer Support anyway to see what they advise, and it wouldn't hurt to e-mail the seller to see if he/she can give you a receipt.
Cat

Brand New Zen Micro Hangs on "Creative" Logo Scr

Like some of you out there my new Zen Micro worked with the initial charge prior to my charging it although I never got to put any music on the thing.
Then after the charge, it hangs on the "Creative" logo screen. I've tried all of the instructions, including removing the battery, holding on-off switch "on" while replacing the battery, choose one of the options, but the clean-up, format, etc. all seem to start but do not finish (I've left each for half a day and it never finishes).
I downloaded the new firmware and connected my Zen via the USB cable to my PC, but my PC does not see the Zen device and asks me to connect it even thought the device is connected and the "Creative" logo screen is displayed.
Does anyone have a strategy for correcting this issue? I can return the device, but I hate to since I love the idea of using it. It's cool.

hi,
hope this is not too late... but try calling the creative support hotline .. have someone from creative walk you through the trouble-shooting in case something was missed when you tried it.
that way, you can get creative support to confirm if the device is defecti've or not and they can provide you suggestions on how to rectify it: return/exchange with seller, return/exhange through creative, etc.
i also went through that drama last week, when my micro was charging and never responded afterwards. turns out mines was defecti've even before i even played anything on it
i called amazon and was able to get them to send me another one. this new one was able to finish charging the battery ... i'm charging the 2nd battery to make sure and hopefully when that's done, i can start loading songs and test out the sound as well, recorder, calendar, etc .. as i wanted to make full use of all these features.
hope you get your micro working soon.. good luck!!!

Creative Zen Micro MP3 - BIGGEST piece of junk I ever bough

I bought a Zen Micro MP3 player about a year and a half ago. For the last few months I was having trouble with the headphone jack. It became loose on the circuit board that it's attached to. All I need is a new circuit board and the unit will work fine.
I contacted the company and they told me that they dont sell parts to the public. Then they told me to call their "Creative Tutor" telephone number in order to diagnose the problem and also to be able to get an estimate and to be able to send it in for servicing. In other words, it has to cost you $2.99 to get an estimate of the cost to repair the unit and also pay that in order to be able to send the unit in for servicing.
At this point, with all the problems that they are having with the headphone jack in this unit, dont you think they, (the company and their tech support center) would know what the problem is ? Also, why should we have to pay a service charge in order to be able to send the unit back for servicing ? This is ridiculous !!!!!! :angry:
Unless the company want to acknowledge the fact that their units are defecti've and make some sort of decent arrangement with the consumers that purchased them, I will NEVER buy another one of their products and suggest the same to all my friends and business associates.
The purchase of this MP3 player is the biggest waste of money that I ever had. I paid over $200 for it and the unit it totally worthless at this point. Thank you Creative for being there for us !!!!!
Robertg34

I have EXACTLY the same problem. In fact I posted it just 2 days ago under the thread "I will never buy Creative again" and they removed my post after 24 hours. Guess they don't like critizism. The guy actually blamed the user for not following their recomended procedure of only using and armband or a beltclip and that it was the customers fault for putting it their "pocket". Nice to alienate your customer base. The service tech told me that the manual tells you this, which is BS because the company supplies a NECKSTRAP for the love of...so if the headphone jack is so weak it can't be used outside an armband of a beltclip why supply a neckstrap?!
When all was said and done it would cost a MINIMUM of 00 bucks to fix it and closer to 25 with the stupid 2.99 cost to diagnose....great deal for a 89.00 player. This is the worse customer service ploy I've ever heard. Even if the thing is out of warrenty, I've had it about a year, at least fix it for a reasonable price since it is a well documented problem. A problem the tech denied.
I work for a large Hollwood company that gave out Ipods as Christmas gifts last year to our clients. The company gave out close to 500. I was going to recommend the Creatives for next year but guess how likely that is?

How to transfer all music in my Zen Micro to either my PC or another mp3 player....help ple

i have a creative micro zen with about 000 handpicked and some very hard to find songs on it...i don't really have trouble with the player itself, just the software and the continous problems seems like everyone is having with something... my question is this..........if i wanted to get another mp3 player as a backup in case this one crashes, then what does everyone think about one of the smaller ipods? what about their software and such? and, if i do decide to get an ipod, then how would i transfer all these 000 mp3 songs onto the new ipod? would there be an issue with the fact that they are not bought from itunes?? would it not be safe to do that? and if it is okay to do that,? how would i transfer the songs back onto my PC, as i have tried everything suggested on this board recently in trying to do that using Mediasource and it just won't work even after downloading all new plugins etc. if someone has an idea about this, please let me know step by step if possible about how i can get these songs that are valuable to me from my zen micro, to my computer, and then onto another mp3 and if ipod (nano for instance) is a wise choice or if there is another player in the same category that others have found they have waaaay less problems with and better support/service with it's?any help anyone gives would be greatly appreciated!? i appreciate all the suggestions to my other questions as well!?thanks,barb

for a new mp3 player, i would get this one, its awesome (and the one i would get if i had a choice instead of my microphoto that broke)... here's a link
http://reviews.cnet.com/Samsung_YP_T9_4GB_black/4505-6499_7-3208083.html the 4gb one is $80, the 2gb one is $30... so thats cheaper than an ipod, and much better features and stuff

Creative zen micro working with itunes.

for i long time i have been using the musiclibrary organisation tool provided by creative... and i have been satisfied...
but last week i discovered itunes... for all i know itunes was originally for apple products only (such as the ipod)... but i read various articles concerning this topic... and i found out that some people believe that it is possible to work with itunes and the zen mico... and here is the point: "How can i tell itunes to work with my great player zen micro?"
just to make sure that there is no offense... i liked the creative tool very much, but from my point of view itunes has got a tiny lead in inconsiderable details...
so i'm counting on your help... hoping to get an answer soon... jok3r

Zach,
Have you try the legacy driver in this post before with WMP9? Although the Micro Photo player isn't listed in the list, other forum member has posted success with the driver so if you haven't try it yet might as well give it a try.
Jason

Creative Zen Micro Case

Well guys, unfortunaly i purchased this case a few days before christmas, and for christmas i received an upgrade from my zen micro. So well, now i have this case sitting around. The case is in excellent condition, as it was only in the case a few times. Below i have the specs of the case, below that some pictures of the case. and below the the prices.
Specs:
* Plastic Screen Cover mounted on the case
* Made from anodized aircraft grade aluminum and precisely cut for accuracy and style
* Lightweight but durable construction
* Metal snap to close firmly
* Foam padding surrounds the inside of this case
* This case has cutouts for all the ports
* Optional Swi'vel belt clip and metal knob included Pictures:
these are actual pictures of the case. THESE ARE NOT STOCK PHOTOS.
[img"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/evilgecko/IMG_2348.jpg">[img"]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/evilgecko/IMG_2349.jpg"> Price: I originally bought this case for around $23 usd. It was shipped to be all the way from hong kong, giving me a $0 shipping cost addition. In the end, it came out to about $35. I however, am asking $20 SHIPPED, or $8 plus shipping, you choose. For all of this, you get a case, without the heafty shipping fines.
Price is nogotiable. If you are interested, please either reply to this thread, or email me at: [email protected]

Oh man, I got that case and I hate it. When my Micro is in it, the case doesn't firmly close, and I'm afraid that it will pop open and my Micro will get scratched worse than just being carried around in my pocket.

A way how to fix the Zen Micro head phone jack prob

Hi! I am one of the many people that purchased a Zen Micro MP3 player, I loved it until around 6 months of use, an audio shorting problem with the head phone jack, started to repeat it's self every time, that I would plug my head phone's into the Zen Micro head phone jack. After awhile, I was tired of this problem, so I just decided to never use it again, unless I could find out if the maker of the Zen Micro had a repair service. I noticed that some people had their Micro's replaced a few times under the warranty that is included with the player. I also noticed that some one created a way to fix this problem, but I wanted to see if I could find an easier way to fix the problem. Well I did end up finding an easier way to fix the problem, this is what I did.
Absolutely in all means I can't be held responsible / reliable for any unforseen thing / things, that you may or could, do to the Zen Micro, by following the instructions, which I provided. By trying what I did by following the instructions, which I provided you; you accept all responsibility to any thing / things, that may or could happen to the Zen Micro.
The Instructions:
I took a stapler pressed it down to get a used staple then I carefully inserted it in the outer part of the plastic head phone jack ring. Then I pressed the rest of the staple flat against the Zen micro. And Now I get great sound, it is at least better than, the way it was before I inserted the staple. I would suggest to always remove the staple. When you connect the Zen Micro to a computer, charging device, or any other device other than a pair of head phones. You understand that if you leave the staple inserted in the Zen Micro and don't remove it. While you have it connected to a computer, charging device, or any other device, or devices, even a pair of head phones, and some thing happens, you can't hold me responsible.
If you would like to see a photo of how it looks please reply to this message and just include your email address please. I will send it to you as soon as possible. The photo has 4 photos sized down to perfectly fit on one photo, so you can get a good idea of what it should look like.
Message Edited by theZenDude07 on 02-28-200707:45 PM

Thank you for the information, can I please have the photos so I dont destroy it entirely !. Take care,?Simon?(Dublin, Ireland)

Questions about the zen micro leather case???

hey everyone,
i saw the pictures of the zen micro leather case in the US store and was going to get them until i heard that the case is quite useless and annoying with the two-way flap open. Do you still think i should get them or a diiferent one(im DESPERATE to get one!!)
thanks everyone.

There are several designs out there including... the flexi-skin (at Boxwave.com as well as eBay), Noreve's, Krussell's?and Vaja. It really comes down to what you want from a case. I've gone for a flexi-skin as I want easy access to the controls, and I kept my screen protector (but screen protectors are easy enough to buy).

My Zen Micro is a dead BR

My zen micro is about 4 months old and has developed the common headphone jack problem experience by every zen micro owner..well..eventually. That was one problem I could handle by just turning the headphone jack a certain way. Now, however, my micro is dead. It had frozen while it was connected to my computer. I disconnected it and tried to restart it and it went as far as the Creative logo. I proceded to going into recovery mode and attempted to format the hard dri've, which decided to freeze on me also while it was formating. I then restarted it again in recovery mode and tried to reset the firmware, which worked fine, however, when i tried to put the new firmware onto the micro the computer said it had failed. I disconnected the micro and turned it off intending to do a simple restart, however, it has not turned back on since. My zen doesn't light up or turn on when i plug it in to the computer or the wall charger, i've tried several times to go into recovery mode again but it does not turn on. I have tried every possible way to turn it back on but it just sits there..useless..like a brick..
I've read countless other posts about people having the same problem but I haven't found a fix yet. Has anyone found out exactly what is happening? What can I do to fix it's
ANY feedback would be incredible help
Thanks

ok this has happened to me a couple of times. the only thing i've noticed that is consistent is it happens when the battery gets very low...say after 2 hours of running time (ha! when I think back to the 9- hours running time they told it would have when they sold me on this over the ipod)
anyway...when it happened before i have had some luck by taking the battery out holding the power button to the on position and reinserting the battery. it's very important to get the charge strong on the battery..
we'll see if it works this time. i'm here today for the same reason as everyone else... I think I'm at 4 months..

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