For the Zen Touch Own

I just wanna know if it's worth getting one if I already have a Zen Micro (I don't own it, it's my girlfriends). Because apparently, Creative only changes the design and not the interface, or features whatsoever, unless it's like photos or videos or something. The Zen Xtra had it's own uinique interface, just wanna know if the Touch is the same.

The touch interface is very similar to the micro's interface (some of the buttons do slightly different things, but the menu/layout is the same)

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  • Help with a New Case for the ZEN Touch 20

    Does anyone know of a case other than the one that came with the player?Something I can use,not like the pouch. It would be nice to change songs or even adjust the volume with out having to pull the player out all the time. If some one from Creative reads this....do you have any idea how much money you can make if you put out a case that gives end uesers access to all functions with out haveing to remove from the case.PLEASE HELP!!!!!

    Please Creative!! We need to have at least one case option that allows access to the screen and buttons at a reasonable price. Maybe strike a deal with a current case manufacturer to supply an option for all of the desperate users out here. I'm seriously looking at options to make one myself from materials I can find (actually came across a how-to on making a case out of a milk jug--please don't make us resort to such measures).
    By the way, the Vaja case is nice, but $80 (including shipping) is ridiculous IMO when you just need something to hold the player and provide access at the same time.
    My 2 cents.

  • Looking for a Zen Touch Remote...with the following

    So...first off...where in the world are all the accessories for the Zen Touches? Man..what a dissapointment...spent alot of money on this thing mainly becuase I use alot of creative products and did not want to give in to the IPod craze...not to mention I'm a service tech. at my work and we get like 0 ipods a day in for service...such garabage...anyways:
    I'm looking for a wired remote for my 40 gig Zen Touch. I DO NOT NEED...FM Tune...a friggen MIC..i mean common people...a mic!!
    !! I do not need the time...
    all I require is a forward...backwards...fast forward..reverse...power on/off...backlight display with maybe the time duration on a track...and thats about it. is that so hard? does it exsist?...i'm leaning towards a probably not.
    can't help but feel abandond on my unit given there is a lack on accessories for this unit...and it just seems like creative is pumping out those really small...no space mp3 players with a full heap of accessories to choose from.
    well at least your Elite Pro is nice.

    orangeblast wrote:So...first off...where in the world are all the accessories for the Zen Touches?
    What accessories do you want? Most of the iPod accessories are junk, or just infinite versions of the same thing.
    I'm looking for a wired remote for my 40 gig Zen Touch. I DO NOT NEED...FM Tune...a friggen MIC..i mean common people...a mic!!
    !! I do not need the time...
    There is only the one remote, so that's the only choice I'm afraid. But if you don't need the features, don't use them.

  • Any universal remotes for the zen tou

    Looks like Creative won't budge on bringing back the FM wired remote or any new remotes for the Zen Touch. Pity- I think they would still make a profit. So does anyone else make wired remotes suitable for use with the Zen Touch 20GB?

  • Where else can I buy the zen touch FM wired remo

    Hey,
    Does anyone from the UK know if I can buy the creative FM wired remote for the zen touch anywhere else apart from the creative website? As it is currently out of stock and I wondered if I could get it cheaper somewhere else?
    Thank you X

    I answered your post in the other thread
    http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=24879

  • What driver to use with Plays for Sure Zen touch

    Hi, I've upgraded my zen touch to 2.0.05 in the past.
    Now I'm using a new computer and I need to install drivers for the Zen Touch.
    The drivers on the CD do not recognise my Zen Touch, the latest drivers only support zen touch with firmware below 2.00.00, and to my knowledge, Microsoft has discontinued the use of Plays for Sure devices.
    Further more the bundle update for Plays for Sure device only works if it can detect the Zen Touch in the first place, which it cannot.
    So does anyone have a working driver for Zen Touch firmware 2.00.00 and above, thanks.

    actually I do have the mtp drivers installed, but the interface is not as good as the Nomad Explorer. But when I try to install the real drivers for Explorer, it tells me that the Zen is undetectable, even though it clearly is plugged in and seen by the computer.

  • Is it possible Creative pulled the Zen Touch Wired FM Remotes for a redesig

    I was thinking of purchasing one of these wired remotes for my Zen Touch...but can't find them anywhere...anywhere here on creatives site and anywhere else online...all say out of stock...would make sense and all since it is Xmas coming up...but after reading all the reviews on this unit and how expensi've it is and how it breaks after a certain amount of months...perhaps creative is pulling them for redesign or something?
    would love to buy one...but...can't find one...yet everyone says this thing is crap!
    hrm.............wish there were more options.

    They've been hard to find since they were launched. Creative aren't good at keeping items in stock.

  • A Petition to ask Creative to update the firmware of the Zen Touch to Include EAX capabiliti

    <SPAN>Hi. I have been looking for a new hard dri've MP3 player and am thinking about getting the Zen Touch. But I was unhappy that creative removed the EAX functions that were in their other players. I will be sending this to creative to show them that people do like EAX in the player. If you would like to help me with this you can post and leave your name. Thanks! This was taken off of the creative Zen Extra?s website describing EAX: <SPAN>Customize Your Audio Playback with Innovati've EAX? Technologies Advanced EQ lets you customize your music playback with Equalizer presets or set your own using the 4-band custom equalizer Smart Volume Management? adjusts the playback volume of all the tracks on your playlist so they will remain at the same level without you reaching for the volume control between songs! Time Scaling speeds up or slows down an audio track with no distortion Sleep Timer and Wake to Music Feature Environmental Effects simulate audio environments such as "Concert Hall" or "Arena" Spatialization Effects expand your soundstage
    <SPAN>See here: http://eax.creative.com/nomad/ To go to the EAX website to learn some more.
    <SPAN>If you look HERE on the little flash demo you can see in the LCD screen of the touch that this picture of the touch HAS EAX. If the touch had EAX and creative removed it just before selling it then it must be easy to put back in.
    <FONT color=#3300cc><SPAN>Update:
    <FONT color=#3300cc><SPAN class=timetext><SPAN>
    <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3>Hi everyone.
    <SPAN>So I just went through all through posts to see how many names we have, and it turns out that there was much more discution than I thought there was. With all the names from the thread and from what UT-king has added we have ~556~ names. Its less than what I thought it was, but its still really good.
    <SPAN>The thread has been read 6795 times, has been posted on 36 times, and has a 5 star rating.
    <SPAN>Thanks every one for helping me with this !
    <FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3>Here is the post that has the signatures that UT-King has collected. <SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3>http://forums.americas.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=4732#M4732<FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3> <SPAN>You will need to scroll down a bit as it is the 5th post on that page
    <SPAN class=timetext><SPAN><FONT color=#3300cc>Uptaded on 4/27/05
    <SPAN class=time_text>
    Message Edited by Torstein on 04-28-2005 06:54 AM

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    Spetznaz24 wrote:
    <FONT face=Verdana size=>I agree, Creative needs to put the EAX function back and allow for it to be USB MASS Storage Device without drivers,
    <FONT face=Verdana size=>Sergey K.<FONT face=Verdana size=>
    I agree with the EAX Function back, and also the USB MASS Storage Device.dzyl-

  • Why is the Zen Touch.

    I just wanted know know one thing, WHY DID YOU GUYS MAKE THE SMALLER ONES BETTER THAN THIS?!?!?! I own a 40gb creative zen touch and a friend of mine has a smaller 5gb one with exactly everything the touch has except the touch pad on the smaller one is better (liek the design you guys decided to choose) and having radio, as well as having the mic thing where you can record anything without using your computer. For example you can record important meetings in case you miss something out during the meeting without have a microphone connected to the computer to record. (if you dont know what i mean well i mean you just have the mp3 and you put the record function on during a conversation and you can listen to it afterwards instead of using a regular computer with a microphone at home...)
    Anyway my whole point is why make the smaller ones better than the bigger ones? 20-40gb is very nice but why make some smaller ones better and more options to work with? Is it because the Zen Touch's are older and the smaller ones are newer?
    This makes me want to get a refund now and get a Zen Vision or whatever can do Radio/Music/Pictures/videos/mic recording/lots of size (20gb or 40gb).
    Basically this sounds like a media source player but i have no idea since the things are so big and can barely fit in a pocket.
    Please respond in advance and thank you for your time.
    EDIT: I forgot to ask, why is the Zen Touch so thick?Message Edited by Someguy0 on 0-23-2006 :53 PM

    The reason (I speculate) that the Zen Touch doesn't have all the features that the Zen Micro has is because it is a much older player. It was made before Creative started putting FM radio adn Microphones in all their players.
    And it is so thick because of the 24 hour battery, which takes up a good part of the player.

  • I've decided to go with the Zen Touch. Any advi

    hey guys, through all the research, i've decided to go with the zen touch 20gb (unless i find out what price the 40 will be sold at). Anyway, I'm planning on getting one by the end of the week. Anyone have any advice on first things to do? are there any upgrades or downloads i should get right off the bat? by any chance are there any nuances that the player has that it would be important to know? any common problems that there is a way of avoiding? any information would be great. im getting it from amazon.com for 99, well that is unless i can find an actual store that actually carries it, which im sure i wont. im excited...thanks guys.

    Since the player is very new, there havn't been any updates for the firmware, if that's what you're wondering. I personally don't own a Touch, rather, I have an Xtra, but basically just follow the instructions on the installation manual (usually tells you to charge the device for x amount of hours, how to connect the device to your computer, install the included software, etc).
    The only thing that is notable about the Touch is that when you first get it, the touchpad takes a while to get used to... or so I've heard.
    Oh, and someone found the 40GB version at http://www.ecost.com/ecost/ecsplash/...asp?dpno=65048
    Dunno if this is for real or not though

  • The ZEN Touch Fix... Buy an IPOD.

    Let?s compare ZEN Touch and Apple IPOD.
    ? Does IPod have plenty of accessories from third party suppliers like Bose ? YES
    ? Does Zen Touch have plenty of accessories ?. NO.
    ? Does the all the Zen Touch features like the ability to use it as an external file share work? NO.
    ? Does Creative Lie, Lie, Lie and ignore their faithful customers? YES
    ? Do the Zen Touch owners have a clue as to when their firmware upgrade announced last October will be out? NO
    This looks good for Apple and IPod.
    Not to good for Creative. This is what happens when you are successful. You screw faithful customers.
    Guess what. I am no longer a faithful customer and I have been one since their first 8 bit sound blaster card.
    Last but not least. Don?t forget DO NOT TO BUY CREATIVE. I will be sure to share this feeling to anyone who will listen. If I see someone buying a Creative product I will let them know their on their own if there is trouble. It?s better to buy a non creative product?..
    Ticked off Zen Touch owner.

    JK23 wrote:
    Be patient. You shouldn't hold Creative to statements released by CNET. Even if Creative itself announced anticipating the release of new firmware by a certain date, it is a goal, not a firm promise. One should always buy a product for its current capabilities, not what it might do in the future.
    With all due respect, a lot of people say the same thing as you said (I do when talking about motherboard and CPU tech with people who want to know what to buy), but they aren't seeing the "big picture." Promises of features to come should ALWAYS be treated with skepticism, especially if you hear rumor or speculation about missed release dates for things such as firmware updates. However, the truth of the matter is that a pattern of events such as announcing an anticipated date of release, failing to make it happen on said date, and no update put forth by any form of pr, are potential indicators of problems within the company. Just how extensi've those problems are cannot be determined until more concrete proof is established, but the fact that such indicators are noticeable should serve as a warning sign to buyers (new and returning alike).
    Creative must be very careful in this area as the DAP/MP3 player market has the potential to reach a far, far wider and varied range of customers, many of whom have never bought a Creative product of any kind in the past. Too many problems, and it could become a spotlight casting a negati've light on Creative's entire collection of products, whether or not they are experiencing the same sort of product release and support problems as the Zen / MuVo lines have.

  • Is the Zen Touch Compatible with Yahoo Music Unlimite

    i'm hoping to sign up for what looks like a pretty decent service at an acceptable price point. however i don't see the zen touch (mine is 20gb) on the list of compatible 'windows plays for sure' devices. i know the micro is.
    anyone know what the status is of the zen touch and if there is anything i can do about it if current software is not compatible? thanks!!

    cohenfi've wrote:
    it was easier to be patient before yahoo's $5 per month announcement!!
    thanks all....
    It's just a marketing <strike>scam</strike> scheme by Creative to force you to upgrade to the Zen Micro, or the upcoming Creative Zen 20GB.
    First they tell us an update for Xtra & Touch by 2nd quarter? Then delay it until god knows when... disappointing really

  • Is the Zen Touch Mac Compatib

    My Cousin has an iMac and i'm visiting him and I was wondering if I could transfer tunes from his computer to my Zen Touch. Also, is the zen touch like the ipod where it will only support syncing with one computer. Where it makes you delete everything on the device before setting up another partnership.

    > we dont take kindly to apples round here...u know if it
    > dont got a usb port then it work wrk either...i know it
    > sounds stupid but i've seen apple computers without usb
    > ports...wat were they thinking
    Duh -- probably the same thing the _PC_ makers were thinking back before USB was invented!
    I agree -- your childish anti-Mac rant _does_ sound stupid.
    Thanks for sharing ;-/

  • Easy solution for connecting Zen Touch to P

    Hi,
    I'm a Mac user, when I want to connect my Zen Touch to any Mac I used "xnjb" a small freeware (.7Mb) that I could run directly from my USB key; It work great, install nothing on the computer and could upload or download any kind of files between the zen and the computer.
    I try to find a similar solution for PC without success, I even try to install "JB3MV2_PCWDRV_US__30_03.EXE" on a computer friend; this not the ideal solution because it install something on his computer and even with that installation the window explorer see a USB device but can't read it.
    Is some one have a solution similar to what I used on Mac?
    Cheers,
    Luc

    Hi Mosey,
    I don't want the new firmware because my Zen touch work good with the old one and the Mac software for the Zen are not supporting the new firmware yet,
    Do you have a solution working with the old firmware, even if it's a third party one.
    Cheers,
    Luc

  • Are they getting any closer to releasing a new firmware for the Zen Tou

    I mean so I wouldn't have to use stupid Mediasource to transfer music, and could just plug my Z. T. into any computer and transfer music. It seems to me that some bright consumer could write a program to do this, or is it impossible for this to happen for some reason?

    I think its pretty bad that a company that made over $375 million in Q2 and reported sales of over 2 million mp3 players is putting such little investement into providing updates for existing (still on sale) products, mainly the Zen Touch and Zen Extras... They seem to think that only Zen micro users deserve Firmware updates despite the fact that a large number of us have bought and continue to buy other existing creative models! Surely with such high profit and demand they must be able to put more resources into updates for their players (mainly Firmware), or at worst give us a serious time frame as when to expect the updates (if i had known how long i would be waiting i might not have bought my Zen Touch in favour of a differnet player). I have always looked upon Creative as a very trustworthy company that deli'very high quality and high spec products. I never for a moment thought that the updates would be so few and far between! I am afraid to say I am dissapointed :smileyindifferent:.Groan over!:smileyvery-happy:Message Edited by lukeg_uk on 02-8-2005 2:29 AM

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