I need help operating a Zen N

Happy New Year Everyone!!
My 8-year old got a Zen Nano for Christmas and I am having some technical difficulties. I am downloading music to the player and the player is showing the artist and title, however, the music is not playing on the player. I am stumped because when I connect the player to my PC I am able to hear the music on my computer just fine. I am new at these gadgets and I need some help, fast. Thanks!

Hi, My son also got a Zen nano for Christmas and we were having the same problem. Our problem was the songs we were downloading were the wrong format. The songs had to be MP3 or WMA format to work. I was using itunes but switched to wal-mart music downloads and it seems to work better. Hope this hel
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Good Luck!

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