If your Zen nano plus is d

If your Pc doesn't recognize your Zen nano Plus after a firmware update and the player doesn't turn on, try to connect to the USB port WITHOUT the battery in your MP3 Player.
Install the Mass Storage Driver and reflash the device.
For me it has worked.

A new firmware was released over the weakend that is supposed to solve problems of the player turning off or not turning on with protected WMA music.
One other point. When I first got my n200(basically the same as the Nano Plus), I didn't realize that I needed to hold the power button down for several seconds to get it to turn on or to turn it off.

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    Before I tried upgrading the firmware it would detect it as what it was -- a Zen Nano Plus. Now, however, I plug it in and I <EM>don't even get a notification that Windows detects it even so much as a generic device</EM>.
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    Sorry about the caps, but I feel Creative is about to let me down after all these years. Did I waste money on this thing or is there an actual solution that works?
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    The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
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  • Zen Nano Plus Won't Turn

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    Why not?! I've been transferring & deleting songs since I bought the Zen Nano Plus and now all of a sudden, I can't place songs into it. Help please.

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