New Zen 16gb in stock @ Amazon UK £189.

Just got an email from Amazon. The Zen 6gb is in stock at 89.99, personally I think its a bit too pricey compared to the 8gb. Even with all the teething problems that the new Zen has. I still love it!!

Hi,
It sounds like your Creative Zen is frozen. Have you tried resetting it's To do this just put the end of a paperclip into the reset button on the bottom of the player. My 8GB Zen occasionally freezes when it is connected to the computer; when it does this the screen goes black and nothing works but the blue light is still on by the On/Off switch.
My player hasn't frozen much recently. I am always careful to make sure there is nothing being copied to the player while it is being disconnected from the computer and I have also performed a cleanup.
Also when you first charge the Zen it probably needs to be charged for at least 4 hours and preferably on an AC adaptor.
I hope this hel
ps.
Del

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