How to sync playlist in Zen X-Fi?

Zen X-Fi 32GB
Software version .04.08, recently installed
Running Win XP SP3
I need clarification on the proper procedure to sync playlists. I had several playlists on the player that got duplicated. For example Jazz was duplicated during sync as Jazz() and Jazz(2). Rather than edit the playlists I deleted all of them using the delete key on the player. I then tried to transfer current versions of the playlists from Creative Centrale via the Sync Manager. None of the current versions of the playlists will transfer to the player.
I've performed player cleanup per instructions at: http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=208/page/3

After much effort and frustration I've figured out to "transfer" playlists from Creative Centrale to the Zen X-Fi. The problem was that I thought playlists would sync on "automatic sync." Wrong.
Instead, one has to transfer playlists from Creative Centrale manually, apparently one at a time, using the procedure at: http://203.2.42.97:80/srvs/cgi-bin/webcgi.exe/st=273,e=000000000087002422,k=9677,sxi=0,varset=ws :http://uk.europe.creative.com,case=52954
(copy and paste this convoluted link)
I find it very unintuiti've that playlists don't transfer with automatic sync (or even manual sync), especially since the sync manager displays "playlist" as a file category in the file comparison dialogue box.
I hope this and my previous post save someone experiencing this problem hours of frustration that I've endured with this issue.

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