Muvo Micro N200 Random Shut

Hi I recently purchased a black Muvo Micro N200. It was working great for awhile, but suddenly it just started to shut off. Its random. Then like everyone else, it would shut off when i barely turned it on and see the display muvo n200. Im reformatting and going to install then new filmware. Hopefully this solves the problem. Im just mad at the fact that this problem exists. How can creative release a product that has these problems. How could they sell a product with this problem, did they rush it's Didnt they test it out? This problem doesnt seem to be rare, they should have encountered it. I just hope they are fixing this problem. If i had known this would happen i wouldnt have bought it.
-was frustrated now disapointed

I'm having the exact the same problem. I've been using mine with .WMA files for the last month and I've had no problem with it. Now that I've starting using .MP3 files I'm having this problem all the time. After studying the behaviour for awhile, I don't think it is as random as it appears. It is happening consistently with the same .MP3 files that I've ripped from CDs at 224khz. I don't have a problem with any 28khz files and I don't have a problem with the same songs ripped at 28khz. I'm off to the customer support page to make a warranty claim. I think that's the only way to get anyone's attention.

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There is a known slight glitch in the N200, in that, for the 3 seconds when the backlight is on (say, when you press a button) you can hear a bit of a 'shh' noise. Apparently the level of the noise, or its being there at all, varies between individual players and what sort of headphones you go for. It's on mine, (black gb N200) but my plan from the start was to set the backlight to 'always off' as this saves batteries ( you can still read the screen, it just doesn't glow, in this setting). Even when it was on, it was for such a short amount of time, and so quiet, that it didn't bother me at all.
Setting this aside, I think that a gb N200 would be a great present.
Its main selling point, as far as I'm concerned, is that it's incredibly easy to use. You plug it in to the computer and save your songs onto it like you would save word files onto a floppy disc (remember them... ). As with a floppy disc, you organize the files into folders which you can name things like 'rock' 'classical' or give one an album name and stick all the tracks from an album into it.
The supplied software is logical, friendly and nice looking, but you don't have to use it to organize your files, the player can also be accessed as a UMS device - and of course this means that it's not just music files you can store on it.
Once you're out and about, it's child's play to select the folder you want to listen to, or you could just set it to 'random' if you'd prefer a surprise. You can also listen to a specific folder either in your set order, or listen to all the tracks within that folder randomly. The buttons and menus are logically set out and simple to get the hang of.
I have no complaints either about the sound, which is excellent as far as I'm concerned.
The player is also unbelievably tiny - the pictures do not do this justice! 'Cute' loving girls and 'gadget' loving boys will think this is amazing - I certainly do.
The FM radio is a nice touch, and I find reception to be pretty good, especially if I'm listening in the library (of course with low volume and closed earphones!) and so not moving about a lot. - the earphone cord acts as the antenna, so you don't want to be jostling it around. This is an arrangement shared by most mp3 players with an FM receiver
The battery life is better than certain other competitor'sand, for my amount of usage, really does seem to last forever.
I would definitely go for the gb, not the 52mb, as even someone who is not a huge music fan will appreciate the extra space.
Other features include voice recording, line in encoding, and recording of FM radio. While nice add ons, I would definitely say that if you want a voice recorder, buy a voice recorder etc, as these features are strictly little extras and are nowhere near as good quality as the players main purpose: - its mp3 and wma playback - which, as I have said, is excellent.
I think you can tell that I love my little player, but even I am aware that it has its flaws.
They don't matter to me, as the player does everything I want it to amazingly well, the question is: do they matter to you?
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Bertil
Read this thread to get more info on the root folder problem:
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