I got my Zen Micro workin, now it is messing up!! Hel

I got my Zen Micro to work now. I put my songs back on there. The only thing that is messed up about it is when I play songs, you can hear other songs interrupt. For example, I am listening to Girl by Paul Wall, and then suddenly a Rolling Stones song comes on for one second..then it goes back to the song Girl. It does this to every song I listen to and a different song from my MP3 player interrupts.
Can some one help me? If you can, reply to this message for email me at: [email][email protected]][email protected][/url]
Thank You!

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Just got my zen micro, scratched battery co

Hi folks,
Ive just got my zen micro, despite it being brand new and being shrink wrapped, the back battery cover is covered in hairline scratches (you can only see them in a certain light) however its driving me nuts as im very fussy about these things
is there anywhere i can get a replacement? i rang support and the guy was like no! he didnt seem to care my apparently brand new micro looked damaged?
Also i find the sound quality poor on some mp3s, a bit 'scratchy' i suppose and they sound perfect on my pc?

Catherina,
Thank you for the swift response i appreciate it, re the sound quality its probably just the mp3s maybe and i will look into your suggestions, thank you
regarding the player, i bought it in the O2 experience on Grafton street, they wont replace it for the scratches as they say, rightly i suppose, that i could have scratched between thursday and today.
Im sure i havent tho as i never out anything like that in a pocket with anything else, and i noticed the scratches straight away.
Its odd as the rest of the player is immaculate as it should be but the battery cover looks quite worn.
If you could organise a replacement id be eternally grateful im living in dublin (as your profile seems to suggest that you do aswell)
I know its a silly thing to get worked up over but its bugging me!
(u are correct, its just the bit that slides on the back)

ZEN MICRO IS NOW DESTROYED BY

**bleep** **bleep** **bleep** **bleep**. i dismantled my zen micro while trying to fix the headphone jack and i made a stupid mistake... i didnt undo one of the small screws. this caused one of the white connectors to be ripped out of the unit when i seperated the casing from the zen. the gold connectors are all bent and mangled and some have fallen off. i am so upset at the moment and so frustrated at my stupid action.
does anyone know how <much this would cost to repair the white connector and headphone jack in it's
To creative: make your **bleep**ing products properly. I have had 2 replacement units with the same fault. I purposely chose creative over apple because i did'nt want to support them and i wanted to prove that creative is just as good, now i voided the warranty and have no chance of having it repaired or replaced again.Message Edited by coldfusion on 0-22-2006 05:5 AM

Ha ha ha! Sucess at last!
I got it working now!
I was missing a step in the second suggestion (link posted by DM) to edit the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\U SB and add "EVERYONE." Plus I didn't reboot right away! I guess that would help too. Sorry forgot to do that.
THANK YOU! The support on this fourm is wonderful! Glad to see the help is here for Creative products.

Zen Micro crashed, now cant get into me

I shut my micro down, it stuck on the shutting down screen, I left it for a while then i took the battery out, when I put it back in now it comes up with the creative logo and non of the buttons work ?
Anyone had this problem, im not happy opnly got it friday and its broke already !
Matt

ryonavin wrote:I would recommend trying to reset it. When you take the battery out there is a little hole that you can stick the end of a paperclip or a ballpoint pen into to flip the reset switch. That fixes most of the issues.
DON'T DO THIS! The small hole on the Micro is NOT a reset switch! It's the MICROPHONE!
To access the Rescue Mode on the Zen Micro you need to remove the battery. While replacing the battery in the back of the player, switch the power button over and keep it held over. The player should boot up into Rescue Mode and from there you should be able to select Clean Up. This acts as a defrag of your firmware and should reset the player to default. If this doesn't work or the player freezes during the clean up try a Format All ( this will erase all media on the hard disk) Again, if this freezes or hangs, the player will most likely need to be replaced.

How I got my zen micro to wo

I bought a Zen micro for my wife for Xmas. Last night i was having the worst time trying to get it to play nice with my computer.
P4 w/ Xp home sp2.
It just wouldn't work. I tried reinstalling the different software 4 times. Finally i loaded it up on my old computer ( trying to phase it out)
P3 w/ Win ME
It works like a champ on that pc, ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS!! I was able to update the firmware on this pc.
So i retried it on the new PC, still nothing. Then today i was goofing around and it worked. It seems I have to start up th Zen micro explorer first, wait for it to tell me its not connected, then connect the device. Won't work otherwise if its not in that order. I have yet to load the other software, still debating if I'm going to or not.
My opinions of the Micro so far are so-so. It works fine on a comp I don't want to be using. I have to do a song and dance for it to work on MY pc. It sounds great! Battery life is yet to be determined. Will update the thread once we have had it a while.
If you are having problems similiar to mine, you can try what i have and hopefully it will help. Comments and suggestions welcome.
LKS

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I just got a Zen Micro Photo!

Because it had FM receiver and recorder, photo and 8GBs - but it's the biggest mistake I made.
I learn about new songs thru the radio and so it's critical to have a radio handy.
However, the zen keeps shutting off the music whenever I watch photos... this means no team music while you watch sports photos... no wedding songs while you watch wedding photos... no theme music while you watch graduation photos, etc.
I shoulda gotten a iPod Nano!

I won't rub it in. We learn and grow from our mistakes.
But here's my solution to the radio dilemma. I'm a huge fan of two radio shows: Prairie Home Companion and the local weekly Jazz Scene both of which are available as internet feeds. I record them as mp3 files and sync them to my iPod.
Maybe you can eBay your Zen?

Zen Micro freezed when syncing, now freezes when trying to reload or upgrade firmw

Got a Zen Micro, firmware 2..02
I started having problems syncing with my home PC, which uses XP SP2 with Windows Media Player . Trying to sync resulted in a freezed WMP an, after a while returned an error saying it couldn't communicate with Zen Micro or just showed that all the files to be transfer had been stopped.
Tried to sync in my office, XP SP2 with with Windows Media Player 0. It worked a bit better: could transfer files, but the speed of the transfers was unusually slow for USB 2.0. It ended with the WMP freezed and, after a while, all the files I use for testing where in the player.
In both computers, when the WMP freezed, the signal in the player remained with the lines in black, as if it was still communicating. I had to disconnected the player, disregarding the signal, which remained even with the player disconnected from the PC. When powered up the startup process ended in the "Creative" screen staying on forever, I had to remove the battery, go to recovery mode, Reboot the player and, after a library rebuilding it worked.
Read some threads and thoght that reloading the firmware would help. But the sign "erasing firmware" doesn't dissapear in my player's screen. I gave up after 2 hours. At that point, my player starting showing a "firmware error" at startup and going to the recovery screen every time it is powered up.
Tried to upgrade firmware. It gave a "player not connected" error using my home PC (WMP ) but not in my office (WMP 0). I try to "re-upgrade" to 2..02 but it returned a "failed to upgrade firmware" error (after a few minutes with the window freezed) and the player remained in "communicating" status (black lines in the screen's icon). Try then to "downgrade" to last .xx firmware version available, but the operation hangs after the "format completed successfully" message, with only two bars in the progress indicator, and it stays like this for a very long time (tried for 30 minutes), still with the communication black-lines-in-icon status.
If I try to re-run the firmware upgrade inmediately, it says "your player is not connected, please reconnect your player", as it is still in "communicating" status. I have to take battery out and reinsert it to be able to restart the firmware proess.
Any suggestions? I'm really restricted to not to send the player to Creative Customer Service, as it has just finished it warranty period and I'm nowadays in Argentina, from where the post cost would be huge.
Message Edited by raft on 08-4-2006 04:30 PM
Message Edited by raft on 08-4-2006 05:47 PM

Anyone from the Creative board or the guru around has an idea of what can I do?
would be really appreciated.

Just Got a Refurb Zen Micro, Can Anyone Please Help - Clic

Hi all,
Just got a Zen Micro 6GB refurb today, when i first tried it (before hooking upto a PC) the clicker didnt work. I hooked it upto my PC and transferred some tracks, when i disconnected however my device started playing up.
When i turned the device on the screen glowed blue for 5 or so seconds, and then turned off. My first (panicked) thought was that the player was updating its firmware when i had unplugged it, although it didnt mention this anywhere.
What was interesting however was while the device was in this "blue screen" mode, when i scrolled up and down the clicker made a clicking sound, even though i couldnt see what i was scrolling because the screen was dead apart from the backlight. This proved that the clicker did physically work.
I reconnected to the PC in some vein hope of fixing it, and after a couple of on/off cycles it booted, and has worked fine since, however when i set the clicker on it still wont click.
I am interested as to if anyone has any ideas as to how to possibly fix my clicker problem. I know it will physically work as i've heard it click when my device crashed, i reckon a bad firmware flash has stopped my clicker clicking.
Can anyone recommend me a particular firmware please, everyone said to stay away from the latest PlaysForSure firmware on my old Zen Xtra, and apparently it bricked lots of devices, so im a bit apprehensi've about getting the latest release.
If anyone can help me fix my clicker please i would be most grateful as i dont want to send my little player back.
Thanks!

Have you followed the installation instructions?
Step :Insert the battery
Step 2:Set up the software
Turn on your computer.
You must log in as an administrator in Windows ? before you can set up the
software.For more information,refer to your operating system?s online
Help.
2 Insert the Installation and Applications CD into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
dri've.
Your CD should start automatically. If it does not,follow the steps below:
i.Double-click the My Computer icon.
ii.Right-click the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM dri've icon,and then click
Autoplay .
3 Follow the instructions on the screen.
4 When prompted,restart your computer.
WARNING DO NOT connect your player to your computer before setting up the
software.
Step 3:Charge the battery
Connect your player to your computer?s USB port with the supplied USB
cable.
2 When the battery is charging,the battery charging icon flashes on the
Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED)display.
3 Disconnect your player from your computer when the battery is fully
charged and you see on your player ?s OLED display.Fully charging your
player takes approximately fi've hours. If your fully charged player remains
connected to your computer for a prolonged period,the OLED display
blanks out automatically to save battery power.
NOTE:
? For continuous battery charging using the USB port,make sure
your computer is not in power conservation mode.For more
information on power conservation modes,refer to your
operating system's Help.
? Connect to a computer USB port only;avoid connecting to a USB
hub.
?For express battery charging without using your computer,
purchase the Zen MicroPhoto Power Adapter or Uni'versal Travel
Adapter.

Just got Zen Micro. Need some HE

Hi!
I just got the Zen Micro (5 GB). I installed the cd, and I'm not sure what firmware is, and if it's already installed or I have to do it myself. I didn't read anything in the instructions that said anything about it. What is it and why do I need it's Where do I get it's I tried to transfer songs, but when I plug in the USB cable to my Zen Micro, it says.. "Player not found". ? Any ideas? Am I doing something wrong? Sorry! I'm not very computer or technology savy. So help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Karen

haha thanks for the quick reply!
okay, next Q. do i need to update my firmware? i would assume my zen came with the most updated version since i just bought it. i don't know if it matters where i bought it however. i got it from amazon.com
i did install everything that was on the CD. including things that i already had, such as windows media player and acrobat.
any other suggestions for why it says "Player not found"?
i did reboot and clean up the memory twice to see if it would fix it but to no avail.
also, the screen freezes on me sometimes and i have to reboot. ?
thanks!
Karen

I just got told that you are not Making Zen Micros Anymore...Is this tr

Topic.
Someone Just please give me a short 'n sweet answer so I can Decide If I am Getting a Zen Micro for Christmas or some other mp3 player.
Thanks In Advance

OK Someone that works at a shop where my mum went to get me one fore Christmas said that the Zen Micros were now obselete, But they still had stock left, just no more will be shipped into them.
So I asked it to see if this was true, I mean if it is it might not be worth it, what with the difficulty of findng accesories (sp?) and all.
Also Does the Zen Micro Photo Have an accesory that is a dock/ recharger but also has speakers on it's

Zen Micro not recognized in Dev. Mgr. or Media Sou

OK, I got this Zen Micro off of Ebay. It has some songs already loaded on it, they work fine, sound is great. It came with the CD, and I installed it onto my computer (XP SP2). I'm under the impression the USB cable it came with works because I plugged it into the wall charger and got a full charge, and when I plug the USB cable into the computer the charge icon shows up. But the device didn't show up in Media Source or in the Device Manager. There is no Windows Portable Device listing, nothing Creative listed under the USB listing, and no Other/Unknown listing.
The player has firmware 2.2.02. I updated the Media Source to 3.30.2. After I read that the version 2.x is for the PlaysforSure thing I downloaded an update for MS that said it was for PFS and the Zen Micro. Then I tried to install an update for the Zen Micro Media Explorer [the one that says: Zen Micro Media Explorer (version 4.00.27) and Zen Micro Media Explorer (PlaysForSure?) (version .00.2)] but it got to the point in the install for me to plug in and turn on the player, which I did, but I had to exit out of the install because it still didn't see it and wouldn't continue any farther.
I've read the links given in the sticky topic up top about Playsforsure/Zen. I have WMP .0.572.5230. I saw a bunch of older threads about WMP causing problems but it appears by now that has been fixed?
The computer is a Dell Dimension E52 bought in January. I can't do the steps for unplugging all the other USB devices because my keyboard, mouse, and external HDD (which I use for almost everything) are plugged into them. I've tried the player on the 4th USB port in the back of the computer and both the ones in the front.
I haven't tried anything with the cleanup thing or firmware because a) I'm terrified because I've seen so many threads about firmware issues destroying the player and b) I can't update the firmware without the computer seeing the player, right?
I think that's about all the information I have to supply so far. The mp3 player is supposed to be a birthday present for my husband (his party is this weekend) so I'm really hoping I'm missing something obvious and quick to fix!! If anyone has anything to share I'm all ears!

C'mon.... please?

Zen Micro: My comp won't install driv

Hello everyone, this is my first post. I just recently bought a Zen Micro, and during the installation, Right when it was about to finish, I got an error message that read like "There was an error installing the drivers". Everything seemed to be installed right, and everything worked, but when I connected the Micro to my computer through USB, my computer recognized that the Micro was there, but when I tried using the Zen Media Explorer, it said that my Micro was not connected. I tried calling customer support and they told me to uninstall and reinstall, same problem. They also said it might be my anti-virus software, so I uninstalled that, same problem. I even went to download the driver from nomadness.com, and those drivers won't install either. Does anyone know what I can do to get my drivers to install?

just got a zen micro and guess what i am having the same problem, running on widows ME, went through the installation procedure. get a big red x that says windows cannot find driver, tired to reinstall the drivers both from the cd and from the usbman.com site, all end up in the same place, reinstalling drivers is not just happening. the systems subolder shows a yello question mark under zen creative.
a hint or two:
. i had the same problem with my Rave mp3 player and the service support fellow asked me to download the files from usbman.com, still didnot work. returned the **bleep** thing.
now i have the zen and guess what, it is doing the same thing, wonder if it is windows me?
2. when i restart the computer is get the following message (this is new for today)
windows could not upgrade file % etc. etc. this error happened on the restart after installation.
help me please.

Zen micro photo wont connect

well my brother got a zen micro photo for his birthday yesterday, so in the evening we tried to start putting music on it and it wont even connect. i have windows with service pack 2, windows media player 0, and the micro explorer. now when i connect it to the computer it wont even start charging :/ and the explorer says its not connected, plz help

a way to make windows detect it is too try and run add hardware wizrd in controlpanel also if u make theplayer gointo recovermode then connect it to ur pc windows USUallydetects it as a plaer in recue mode i think well try if u dont know how toget there i think that u hold down the play/pause button er i mean first take out the batery and then hold down the play/pause botton while u plug the usb into ur pc and i think itll go into recovery mode and windwosshould detect it then and thats when you caninstall the firmware using the executable file and if something goes wrong try it again and usually itll work

Where can I find older firmware for my Zen Micro? (Also, firmware install troubl

I recently got a Zen Micro for free. It had several problems, most of which I've fixed, or can not fix until I solve this one:
Every time I start up, it gives me an "Overheating, Shutting Down" error. It's not overheating (I drenched the circuitry in circuit-freezer), and the one thermostat chip I could find is working normally. Any clue where others are? CPU, perhaps? (The problem does not occur when hooked up to the USB)
I read something about firmwares .02 and later having an overheat shut-down program integrated into them. So before I give up on this thing, I would like to try firmware .0 or lower.
Of course, the Zen being out for 4+ years, such old firmware is hard to find.
You guys, being Creative people, should know where I could find some. If any of you have any on your computer, could you send it to me?
Also, I tried to install firmware .02.05, but when I load it, the program gives me an error telling me to update my jukebox drivers to the latest version, of which they are. The latest . and P4S firmwares load fine onto the Zen. Help?

MTP is microsoft's media transfer protocol. Essentially, your micro can now connect to WinXP SP2 computers with WMP0 without loading Creative drivers.
The new firmware you installed allows you to drag and drop files to your micro using windows explorer. In order to use any of Creative's software, you'll need to download and install updated versions from their website.

Zen Micro, doesnt work. HELP

Hey I just got my zen micro, and it was working fine ,but now for some reason when I turn it on it only goes to the "creative" screen. I have tried the "recovery mode" but to no avail, please help me get my creative working.

can you please tell me how to get to the recover mode?
o yha and try to take out the battrie and push hold the power button for like a min.
please tell me how to go to the recomver mode

I got my Zen Micro workin, now it is messing up!! Hel

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