I cracked my Zen Micro earphones!

On creative's shop I don't see anywhere I can purchase the creative earbuds that came with my purchase of the micro Is it really true I can't get this headset/earbud set by itself? and if that's true what sort of headset <EM>should</EM> I buy now that my precious set is gone ? Please help me!

Don't know if you can replace the earbuds that shipped with your player. (Why would you want to anyway?)
For alternates I recommend Sony's MDR-EX7SL--really comfy, don't slip/tug out, and great sound! Find them on cnet.com and get a great deal too. They run about $25-50 depending on where you shop.
Trust me, these are way better, and you will be glad to be free of the old ones!

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Zen micro earphones don't make a connect

Hi - almost since the day I got my Zen micro I've noticed that the earphones don't quite make a connection. The problem has gotten increasingly worse to the point that sometimes I hear nothing at all. I tried other earphones and the same thing happened. The earphones that came with the MP3 player work fine in other devices - so its not the earphones... its the Zen Micro.
I was in an elevator the other day and 2 total strangers asked me how I like my Zen Micro. I said "I like it, except..." "The earphones?" they replied. It seems they had the same problem. This one guy said he had to return his Zen Micro twice. It appears to be a problem that happens often with this unit.
Has anyone else had this problem and what did you do about it's What's the point of having this device if I can't even use it's (It was bought in August and given to me in September as a gift.)
Thanks.

yes..i have been having the same problem. First it was not as bad but as time has gone on it has been getting worse as today when i was listening to it 85% of the time it was just not working. I am very disappointed as it is not the first problem i have had (USB-which i managed to fix). Can anyone pls help us with this problem?

Zen Micro Earphon

This afternoon when I was listening to my micro with the earphones that it comes with, the left channel of the earphones was making a static crackling noise. At first I thought it may be that my headphone jack was loose, so I pulled out anther pair. I tried those, and they sounded clear. I then switched the player off, thinking maybe that it was just "tired." I plugged the earphones it comes with back in, and the crackling noise was still there. After about 5min of trying to solve the problem, I have come to this conclusion. The left earphone crackles only when the volume is over 20, or when there is a loud part to the song in the 6-9 range. As soon as I switch the volume into the 20's, the crackling gets really intense, and when it gets to 25 it is extremely loud, but I don't listen to my music that loud anyways. If anyone knows how I can solve this without requesting a replacement pair from CL, that would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

i know, i know, but i like the creative ones because they fit in my pocket and if i lose them then i can always get my huge sony's out. i have the giant sony studio headphones. those dont fit in my pocket. and the CL ones are louder.

Creative zen micro earphone jack problem. does it still ex

ok im thinking of getting one also but does the newer version have the earphone jack problem still?

conor48: There have been emails copied and pasted from purported Creative employees saying that it was fixed in later revisions, but Creative Support have neither confirmed nor denied this officially on the forum.

Zen Micro earphone jack problem AGA

as you see above.
i have already ask for waaranty exchange once and the shaky earphone jack happens AGAIN.
Oh great i have gotta go exchange AGAIN or is tere another solution?

Don't tell me you tried to shake it again just to see if it was sturdy. I doubt creative does anything to repair it. And if they do, it's not like they'll solder it better and add some epoxy to provide a better seal.

Zen micro ear phon

so yeah. i somehow ripped my left ear phone cord fromt he part where both of them connect. and honestly, i truely LOVE the Zen Micro earphones. Im wondering if there is anyway if i can somehow get the zen micro earphones again or something... or if there are any good earphones u guys reccommend. id like suggestions.

Hi bustamebus,
I have both the EX5's and the EX7's but they are not a patch on the Sharp MD33's I got about a month ago, they are MUCH better in the sound quality area than the Sony's, nice clear mid/treble and strong bass, not overpowering like the Sonys.
Also the EX7's sound muddled compared with the MD33's. All these phones are used on my Zen Micro, another advantage of the MD33's is that they are louder than the Sonys, I no this does not appeal to all of you out there but sometimes you can't beat a bit of volume.
The choice is your's.
Message Edited by bigred on 06--2005 03:58 AM

Zen Micro headphone jack loosened resulting in poor earphone connect

I have had the 5g zen micro for 9 months now and love it. My battery play time has been tremendous, I migrated to the window media player and managing my music cannot be easier, I bought some high end earphones and the sound has been off the charts. But, recently, the headphone connection became loose and now my sound goes in and out, from right to left, sometimes muted or muffled...unless I hold the jack in place. It's become impossible to enjoy my music now.
I have sent a note to Creative customer service how I can get this fixed ASAP, as I don't want to be without my mp3 for an extended period of time. Has anyone had to deal with Creative on this? Do you have any suggestions?
I just bought another zen micro for a family member and now worried this may happen to them. I have not heard this problems from any of my friends that use the IPOD

Sounds like the common headphone jack problem. You need to contact support. iPods have the problem also, as do most (if not all) players. Whether the incidence is the same, who knows!

What Model EarPhones come with the Zen Micro Limited & "Lite" Edition(

http://creative.com/products/welcome.asp?category=437
can anyone please identify them for me?
limited edition (one that comes with wall charger, case, etc.)?
second edition (one that comes with only the player and min. accesories)?

I bought the limited edition Zen Micro back in december, which came with:
- Zen Micro with Battery
- The standard white earphones
- usb cable
- wall adapter
- hard case (with belt clip and desk stand)
- Extra battery
- Pouch
- Installation CD-Rom
The new Zen Micro's (4GB and 6 GB, 5GB still has extra accesoiries) come with:
- Zen Micro with Battery
-The standard white earphones
- usb cable
- Installation CD-Rom
If you buy a 5GB new Zen Micro, it will still come with:
- Zen Micro with Battery
-The standard white earphones
- usb cable
- wall adapter
- hard case (with belt clip and desk stand)
- Pouch
- Installation CD-Rom
(so there is no extra battery or remote)Message Edited by gijsdvm on 0-02-2005 :04 PM

Zen Micro Photo Earphones prob

Hello there,
I bought my Zen Micro Photo 2 months back. No problems so far, but from a week or so I am finding a decrease in volume in the right ear phone. Its considerable enough to identify easily and decent volumes.
I tried using with my own earphones (not creative one which was supplied) and they are working fine, with no difference between left and right.
I connected the creative ear phones to my computer and again noticed the difference in volume between left and right.
Could anyone tell me what the problem is !!! The cable, the connecting end everything looks fine. No breakages nothing.
I also noticed there is decrease in the magnetic power on one of the earphones.
Does the earphone need any cleaning or so?
Thanks
-Siva

I have had this happen with some earphones in the past that were dropped a few times. The earphones included with mp3 players tend to be very low priced earphones. If you spend $20-50 for headphones sold separately you will get better sound quality. Search the forum under headphones or earphones to see which ones users feel are the best value(some $20 headphones might have better sound than others that are $30 or $40).

ZEN MICRO won't hold it's charge!!!!!!!!!!

I have owned a 5GB Zen Micro for about 3 years. Up until about 4 months ago I had no problem with the unit holding it's charge for several hours. Now I can't get it to last for more than 0-5 minutes when using the FM radio. By that time the battery indicator shows hardly any charge left and then it does dead. Any [email protected]

krw99 wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I had considered the possibility that the battery may indeed be at the end of it's life. As it turned out I also googled the model and battery name, and came up with a Canadian site that had?them on ?sale and decided that with postage it would be just as cheap as getting it'sdirectly from?the US with higher postage costs and the exchange rate. I love this model so much I hope to keep using it for years to come provided I have no further more costly problems. Despite it's greater thickness compared to similiar models it is a very attracti've looking unit.
The reason I chose?the Zen Micro?in the first place, as opposed to an iPod?was because I could replace the battery if need be, and also for it's FM radio capability. I?did have to have the chip that contains the earphone jack connections replaced last year, as many other owners have also had to do. But it was worth the $60 it cost me.
Cheers,
KRW99
I had originally planned to buy an iPod back in '04, because everyone else had one, but after I saw? this video I decided to do some more research. I ended up with a 5 Gb Zen Micro in February '05 and wondered why anyone buys an iPod, when a far superior product was available from Creative.
The original battery started? to go about a year and a half ago, so I popped a new one in and kept on enjoying it. I thought that I would finally have to say goodbye to my little friend when I accidentally dropped it onto a tile floor. The dreaded click/whirr...click/whirr...click/whirr... of a dead hard dri've.
I read a few posts on the Say Goodbye to My Little Friend (Zen Micro)? thread and replaced the dead hard dri've with a SanDisk 8Gb? Ultra II Compact Flash card, using the instructions on? this page.
I was so happy to see it boot up aain and once the firmware was loaded, I started filling it up with some of my favourite music. It's nice to have an extra 3 Gb of storage space too!?
Notes about the iPod's Dirty Secret video can be found here.

Zen Micro Wired Remote Control Prob

Anybody having problems with their supplied zen micro wired remote control?
Mine seems to be having a connection problem with the player, slight movements will cause breakages in the music, left earphones will cease playing out.
Seems that some people are having problems with zen micro's earphone jacks, however, using the supplied the earphones(minus the wired remote control) works well.

hmm, I had same problem with 2 days- was definetly a loose connection in the wiring of the remote plug, as has been no problem with other headpohnes, and is not the 'heasdphone jack' issue (yet! thank god!)
took 3 weeks to get replacement remote from creative (only returned remote, not Zen, luckily) have not really messed around with the replacement yet, but looks ok.... am really hoping so cos it is really useful for going mountain biking with the zen nice & secure in my backpack....

Zen Micro: how many are working proper

I bought a Zen Micro for my daughter for Christmas and finally sent it back because it was having the docking problems. I have reguarly read the messages in this forum since then, waiting for an indication that the problem has been fixed. I have read many ideas of what is causing it, from USB ., USB 2.0, usb cables, full battery charge, etc., but no consistent solution. I have also read many posts in which people say most are not having any problem.
So, my request is, if you have a Zen Micro, and you have had no problems at all, please post a message with when you bought yours, and the firmware and software you are using. Thanks a lot for your help. I'm just trying to figure out if it is worth it to take a chance again. I don't want an Ipod with $00 non-user replaceable batteries.

Bought my dark blue Limited Edition in mid-December from Amazon.com. I first charged the unit before doing anything else and it hung up upon completion of that first charge. Removed and replaced the battery and have had no further hangs of any sort. I upgraded to .0.03 right away and am still there. I mostly load music by syncing with WMP 0 and even without the MTP support it works fine for me. I also use Notmad Explorer occassionally to manipulate playlists. It works fine too.
My only problem is I cannot reliably use the touch pad. I'm always selecting the wrong thing or skipping over what I want. Since I love everything else about the ZM, I'm living with the touch pad. I have tried both low and high sensitivity settings and it seems to work slightly better at the high setting.
I haven't actually timed my battery life, but I'm guessing I'm getting somewhere around 8-0 hours playing WMA at 96kbps with Smart Volume off and only occassional use of EQ. I usually disconnect the headphones when the unit is turned off, but I don't know if that changes anything. I try to run the battery quite low (no bars or low battery warning) before a full charge, but I do let it charge for a while sometimes while its connected to the USB port on the PC.
Unlike some, I have been very pleased with the FM radio. I get good reception even at work in my ground floor office of a mostly metal building. That's with the stock earphones.
I started out using USB ., but added USB 2.0 to my computer (Windows XP SP2) and had no trouble with either. I have not seen the problem some have reported about problems when the battery is fully charged.
One last thing... I have 697 songs on my ZM, with about 2.8 GB of free space.
Randy
Message Edited by RMoore on <SPAN class=date_text>0-28-2005 <SPAN class=time_text>04:33 PM
Message Edited by RMoore on 0-28-2005 04:34 PM

Zen Micro FM Tuner --

Just bought a Zen Micro. Was glad that Creative has maintained their impeccable audio quality in this new player but things are way different with the built-in FM tuner. The reception was horrible, no matter how I position it and how I move the earphone cables around, I just cannot get a good reception - there's always static/white noise in the background. The other FM tuners I have receives just fine. Is there going to be a fix (firmware or otherwise) for this otherwise great player?

RockinRox
Do you li've next to a radio tower by any chance?
I knew trhe FM tuner wouldn't be amazing but it get's the job done. Stations with good reception will generally come in clear through the Micro. It's not something that should totally surprise you, every review mentioned the fact that the Micro got moderate to poor reception.

I dropped my Zen Micro 6gb like a week

i was at the gym and i turned my head suddenly (with the earphones in my ears) and it fell on the floor i have to say it might have been foot fall.When i picked it up the music would play but the screen was blank.....so i figured i'll jsut let it rest so i did and it had been working fine until today..i turned it on went througth comin on process fine but then it would just freeze at the point where the screen has teh Zen Micro on it...it's passed it's warranty sooo i can't send it in and i don't have the money o get a new one is there anything that i can do? :angry:

Unfortunately there's no guide for replacing the Micro hard dri've yet.
You can of course contact Creative and get it repaired out of warranty, but it will be expensi've.

Lower sound Zen Vision Plus than Zen Micro Pho

Hello! I have had Zen Micro/Zen Micro Photo in -2 years, before I this year switched to some Asono player, but the sound was low on that, and I wanted to go back to Creative for it's quality and sound.So I bought the new small Zen Vision Plus, very satisfied with video & other cool new functions! And to secure me a good sound, I bought big Creative headphones for 400 NOK, and they are very good with good sound and base(bass).But whenever I used the MP3 player, the sound dissapointed me, I also tried with the default earphones which followed, and the sound is still not as high as on Creative Zen Micro/Photo.My friend has Creative Zen Micro the old one, and we started the same song at the same time on both our players, and tried with the default headphones and the new headphones which I bought. And belei've you me the sound on his MP3 (Zen Micro) was much louder then on mine. So it is dissapointing to see that I am stuck with this MP3 with lower sound. I love the design & functions on Zen V Plus, and love the sound on Zen Micro. So I don't want to go back to Zen Micro. Is there some way to fix this? Some sort of upgrade? Or has it something to do that the MP3 in USA has lower sound and MP3 in Europe has higher, or the other way around? How do I check where my MP3 is from?I hope someone here has tips & tricks or solution to this problem, very annoying that my MP3 is "almost perfect"! I got to go play tennis now, waiting for a positi've reply, thanks a lot guys! Every single post is helpfull, thanks again!

well man all i can say is...bigger isnt always better. I have a Zen Micro Photo, its about a year old, i just have regular good ol target special headphones and its loud enough to blow an ear drum. Sometimes if i dont feel like?wearing headphones, i just turn it all the way up and set the headphones on my desk or something. sooooooooooooooooo i would just stick to the stuff you know is good...plus the micro photo is BAMF

I cracked my Zen Micro earphones!

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