MediaSource Pla

My Zen Micro works great, and the player software works pretty good too, but I have two issues with it...
) I have to rip the files to my PC first, and then import them to my Micro because when I use the Import tool, the CD will not show my tracks. It shows the dri've, but if I click on the dri've it will not open. So I have an extra transfer to do. Sometimes it works directly from there, sometimes not.
And you cannot use the regular transfer in the player because then it doesn't put the music in the proper folders.
2) I wish the mini player option would be able to dock in the bottom toolbar like Windows Media player does. I like the player better than window's because I can use it while managing my songs. But I want to be able to pause, skip tracks, etc in the bottom toolbar without having to actually open the window.
Any chance you can do this, or creative will upgrade that?

I believe Import will not rip audio CD. Import is for copying the MP3/WMA files in your PC hard disk to your MP3 player.
To rip an Audio CD directly to your MP3 Player:
- Launch Creative MediaSource Oragnizer.
- Go to Tools->Settings->Audio CD/Rip to set the ripping format.
- In the Sources window, click to view [d:] Audio CD.
- Click the Get Info button to get the CD information from CDDB. Wait for a while for CDDB to populate MediaSource with the CD information.
- Go to View->Right Panel View and select to view your MP3 player.
- In the Audio CD content panel, select the tracks that you want to transfer.
- Transfer the tracks from Audio CD to your MP3 player by clicking the arrow pointing from left to right.

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My problem is that I cannot play audio CDs using the MediaSource Player. I can see my DVD Player and CD Player in the MediaSource Player 'Source' column and a list of all the tracks on the CD. (no track info, just track numbers and length)
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I've read all the info that came with the card and on the Creative Web site and have been through every configuration screen multiple times but haven't found a switch that turns this feature on.
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Thanks for that. I have been going around in frustration with this thing for a few nights. Even my husband is at a loss with it and he knows more about this stuff than I do.
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