Just got my 1 Gig Zen V .

And all I can say is WOW. What a great piece of hardware, and the software for it is equally impressi've. Now I have a question. Is it possible to get the software from the Zen V to work for my 20 Gig Touch? (or doubtful - my old Jukebox 3)?It is very simple and quick. Anyone know?Eric

Thank you both. I kind of figured as much. It is definitely not dampening my enthusiasm anyway. The wife made me turn it off last might so I could get some sleep.By the way, I had read a while back that the V series does not use the ID3 tags for album art. That is totally incorrect. If you have the cover in the tag, it shows up on the screen as the song is playing. I have to go look at accessories now. Eric

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