Replacing zen touch battery in the

If i ever get round to buying a zen touch player which im strongly close too is there anywhere i could buy a replacement battery if needed in the future after the warranty expires in the uk, i have seen a link for a US site but im hoping for somewhere closer to home any help would be great.

plecc: I've not seen any link other than the site listed in the Zen FAQ at Nomadness.net, but a Google search should turn up anything else if it exists.

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ZEN TOUCH BATTERY REPLACEMENT POL

BEFORE I PURCHASED MY ZEN TOUCH 40GB, I EMAILED CREATIVE TO SEE WHAT THERE BATTERY REPLACEMENT POLICY WAS. I GOT AN EMAIL BACK SAYING CREATIVE WILL REPLACE THE BATTERY FOR YOU FOR ABOUT $80, YOU JUST HAVE TO SEND THE UNITY TO THEM. THIS WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR ME TO GO WITH THE ZEN TOUCH OVER THE IPOD, THE BATTEYR REPLACEMENT POLICY WAS CHEAPER AND BETTER. CREATIVE SAYS THE BATTERY SHOULD LAST BETWEEN 3-4 YEARS UNDER NORMAL USUAGE BEFORE YOU HAVE TO SEND IT IN TO BE REPLACED. MY QUESTION IS HAS ANYONE HAD TO SEND IN THEIR ZEN TOUCH TO HAVE THE BATTERY REPLACED YET? IF SO HOW LONG DIDI IT TAKE TO GET YOUR PLAYER BACK? HOW MUCH DID IT COST? WHEN YOU GET A NEW BATTERY INSTALLED DOES THIS MEAN WHEN YOU GET THE PLAYER BACK YOU HAVE TO RE-LOAD YOUR MUSIC FROM SCRATCH?
THANK YOU

dis974 wrote:
I GOT AN EMAIL BACK SAYING CREATIVE WILL REPLACE THE BATTERY FOR YOU FOR ABOUT $80, YOU JUST HAVE TO SEND THE UNITY TO THEM. THIS WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR ME TO GO WITH THE ZEN TOUCH OVER THE IPOD, THE BATTEYR REPLACEMENT POLICY WAS CHEAPER AND BETTER.
Wow, I am glad someone has asked Creative about that - that is good news, my sister (who owns "my" Touch) will appreciate that! Incidentally, Apple just lowered the price for their iPod battery replacement program to $65.95:
<A HREF="http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery/"]http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery/[/url]
Just pointing it out, not trying to be nasty or anything - I do not want to anger my supervisors on this forum...

I've Just Replaced My Macbook Battery And The Turning Screw You Twist With A Penny Has Came Of What Do I Do

I've Just Replaced My Macbook Battery And The Turning Screw You Twist With A Penny Has Came Of What Do I Do

Don't worry I've sorted it! I just had to turn off Reminders as well in iCloud. Calendar then worked fine, even when I turned Calendar and Reminders back on.

Zen touch battery replacem

Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible after the non-replaceble battery of the zen touch once goes dead to send the player to Creative to exchange the battery?

You can replace the battery yourself, so I guess that creative could do it to. If you would do it yourself, the warrenty would be void, but the battery should not die before 90 day warranty..

Zen Touch Battery Is

Hi,
Just recently I bought a Zen Touch. I've always charged after the "low battery" sign is displayed, played songs at 92 Kbps, and rarely used equilizer settings. However, I'm still beginning to notice severe shortening of battery life. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong/what I should do to prevent this? Thanks.Message Edited by t3hggnore on 03-27-200605:32 PM
Message Edited by t3hggnore on 03-27-200605:37 PM

I agree that comment was totally uncalled for...
Charging the battery when the?battery is totally depleated can do more harm than good especally with the type of battery in these players, I would reccomend that its charged as soon as the battery hits one bar on the display.
Charging via USB is slower compaired to DC charging. If you use a DC adapter when your player's battery is almost depleated then it , charges faster and 2, it's supplying a fair enough voltage and current and also delei'vers a deeper charge compared to USB charging
Message Edited by 2027746 on 03-28-20062:2 PM

Zen Touch battery issue, pleas

Hallo, and thanks for reading me.
few issues...
First: is it normal that when you transfer many cds to the Zen Touch it looses one or two battery points even when fully charged? considering that it is really new it is worth asking...! wasn't it supposed to last 24h? And when is the best time to rechardh it's from totally uncharged or from middle charge? any other key thing concerning battery life that i should know?
Second: how can i create a playlist directly from the Touch?
Thanks a lot friends!!!

ziomatte wrote:First: is it normal that when you transfer many cds to the Zen Touch it looses one or two battery points even when fully charged? considering that it is really new it is worth asking...! wasn't it supposed to last 24h? And when is the best time to rechardh it's from totally uncharged or from middle charge? any other key thing concerning battery life that i should know?
As Igedit says, yes it's normal. The battery can run flat in an hour or two during transfers, so use the mains adapter if you can.
Second: how can i create a playlist directly from the Touch?
See in this thread.

Creative Zen Touch Battery Drain

I need to drain the battery of my Zen Touch completely. It has a nasty habit (well this is the third one in a row now in 5 months) of freezing and not allowing me to select any options in the recovery menu, or going past the Zen Touch startup screen:angry:.
Anywhoo... I need to drain the battery completely because I have the sneaking suspicion that its stuck in a loop that cant be broken by reset (which I have tried), or screaming at it :-)
But I digress. I run it down so it switches itself off, and when you press the power button it flashes 3 times. This to me indicates it still has power in it.
Question - "How long till this "internal" power is used up?"
Question 2- "Is there anyway I can drain the fukker quicker than letting it sit idle for a couple of days?"
Cheers Ears for the Suggestions anyon might care to share.
A close to depressed/angry/manic Creative audiophile

I very very very much doubt that flattening the battery will solve the issue.
But, the player goes into a standby mode for 24 hours. After this it will go into a full shutdown, which you'll be able to spot due to the increased bootup time.
The absolute fastest way to drain the battery is to download/upload tracks to/from it. This hammers the hard disk which is the biggest battery consumer.
And please try to keep the language clean...

Zen Touch plugged to the AC adap

Hello,
I wonder if it is risky to leave my Zen Touch always plugged to the AC adaptator.
What would you do?
Thanks !

karlozkiller: Often your replies are wrong, so perhaps you ought to read up a little more before replying.
This answer is also wrong as () Lithium Ion batteries don't get very hot (2) they have a charging protection circuit which turns off when the battery is charged, hence don't continue to charge causing any problem with heat.

Zen Touch Battery Drain When Doc

whenever i am transferring my music to my Zen Touch through my computer, the battery in my Zen drains really quick (after maybe 4 hours of transferring, the whole battery could be drained). i thought when it's docked it's supposed to actually charge it's am i doing something wrong or is this a harware issue? thanks!

Only the Micro charges when it's docked. Transferring files uses a MASSIVE amount of batter power. Best to be done with the mains adapter connected if you can.

Zen Touch Battery Quest

when i first bought my zen touch, i started loading songs on it through theusb port because i was told that the usb also charges the battery, but i didnot realize that the usb only charges the battery when the player is turnedoff, so when i loaded my first batch of music onto my player the battery wasnot charging like i thought, so i kept going back and forth from the acadaptor to the usb just to make sure the player was working and to load somemusic onto the player and listen to it to make sure it worked correctly,then i realized i had to fully charge the battery before i could really useit. so after doing all this i decided to just charge the battery fullythrough the ac adaptor before loading anymore music and playing any moremusic on my zen touch. i hope by starting off like this that i didnt do anydamage to the battery or shorten the life of it between charges because ididnt fully charge it at first before doing any transfering and playing ofmusic. please tell me there is no possiblity of ruining the battery life percharge or overall by doing what i did.thank you

It's hard to know for sure. I even contacted the author of BatteryUni'versity.com to ask about initial charging, and he was unsure as to whether it really makes any difference. So the general school of thought at the moment is that an initial charge certainly doesn't do any harm, so it might as well be done (you'll see some manuals even recommending three complete charges and discharges).

Zen Touch: battery not working anym

I have bought my Zen Touch a bit more than a year ago, so I am not covered anymore by the warranty (and apparently I can get any official support from Creative...) Not many serious problems so far, up to a few days ago.
I can only use my Zen Touch when plugged on the power cord. The battery is not responding. When plugged using the cord, I don't have any indication of the battery being charged. When I take out the plug, the player "dies". I tried to connect using the USB cable (and without the power plug) but that did not work (I think that was not working on mine since the beginning anyway.)
So far, I have looked for a similar problem on the forums, reset the player, rebuilt the library... Without any result.
If you have an idea how to solve this problem, that would be nice Otherwise, I will open it to see what the battery looks like...
Thanks.

Yep, try a reset.

Replacement Zen Touch Randomly Disconne

So the first Zen Touch I got several months ago worked fine until about a month ago when it got a hard disk error. I got an RMA and got it replaced. However, the replacement, upon transferring files, would stop after just a few files had been transferred, claiming that the device had been disconnected (it hadn't.) I was using the latest firmware and drivers and the problem persisted in several different transfer methods. So I contacted Creative and they basically told me to get another RMA. So I did that, and uninstalled the drivers. When I got my second replacememnt and reinstalled the latest drivers and firmware, it had the exact same problems. So what could possibly be going wrong?
Thanks!

DaLkO,
Is the player currently using firmware version 2.xx.xx? Perhaps you can try these patches.
Windows Media Format 9.5 Runtime:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/8922
DRM performance fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/902344
Jason

Quick tutorial-- replacing Zen Touch hard dr

I got the "click of death" last week on my 40GB Zen Touch and the "hard disk error" message. I tried slapping the player to unjam the HD, but that didn't work. When I called Creative, they told me it would be $79 to repair. Through doing a little research, I was able to replace the HD for $57. Here's how I did it:
<FONT color=#ff0000 size=2>Disclaimer: please don't try this unless your warranty is expired!
) Purchased a HITACHI Travelstar C4K60 hard dri've on ebay for $57 (shipping included). The model number on the one I got is HTC426040G9AT00. This is not the same exact dri've that came with the player, but it is the same brand. From what I gather, they key is to get a dri've that's
a) .8 inches (not 2.5)
b) 4200 RPM
c) Hitachi brand, as there's no uni'versal form factor. You need to get a Hitachi to be sure it will fit in your Zen.
I think any Hitachi 4200 RPM, .8" dri've should work. Unfortunately, there aren't a ton of these available on ebay. They're mostly about $90+ off ebay.
2) Followed these instructions for opening up the Zen.
http://www.stainlesssteelrat.net/Pictures/20050520/Touch.mht
By far, the hardest part of this was unscrewing the little screws. Be sure to get the right sized screwdriver because it's easy to strip the screws. They screws are in there tight and are a pain to get out.
3) Pulled out the old dri've, put in the new one. Pretty self explanatory once you've opened it up following the site above. I used a small screwdriver to gently pry the old dri've off as it's in there pretty tight.
4) Put the player back together. Note, the touchpad won't work well unless all the screws are in fairly tight, so be sure to do that.
5) Start up player. The menu should come up giving you four options, Clean Up, Format All, Reload OS, and Reboot. Run Format All. It should just take a few seconds.
6) Install firmware. Download it from here, http://www.nomadworld.com/language.asp?sDestUrl=/support/downloads. Run the .exe file with your Zen plugged into the USB on your computer. From there you should just have to follow the prompts.
You player should now be back in working order and you can now reload your music. Hopefully you backed it up. :-)
I would estimate this took me 3 hours of work, 2 hours of which were spent trying to unscrew those darn screws! Well worth the $22 I saved. The process wasn't very complicated at all and takes very little techinical knowledge. I hope this helps others as this seems to be a common problem. Thanks to whoever made that guide to opening the Zen, you saved me a lot of money!

Bump, nice post Bertt and I'm happy very happy you took the time to post your success story. Unfortunatly the link is down for me at the moment, I tried a quick google search for "Opening a Zen Touch" but didn't find anything useful. Their is still valuable HD info that everyone should take a look at.
Also I agree with your comment that replacing a HD doesn't take much tech understanding, especially a direct replacement. You just have to put everything back the way it was when you opened it. So good luck for all you who try to save yourselves a good amount of $$ (I dont think you even including S/H in the price you listed.)

My ipod touch battery in the top right says it is full when the large icon in the middle of the screen says it is not full?

I plugged my ipod touch in to be charged because the battery is 20% and after a few minutes of charging it says on the right hand corner that it is full, but the large battery in the center of the screen says it is dead. Then I unplug it and it says the battery is 20%. How do I get it the charge?

- See:
iPod touch: Hardware troubleshooting
- Try another cable
- Try another charging source
- Inspect the dock connector for bend or missing contacts, corroded contacts, broken, missing or cracked plastic.
- Make an appointment at the Genus Bar of an Apple store.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

Why I cannot charge my Zen Touch 20gb on the US

I have the Zen Touch 20 GB
in the manual was written, that the Zen can be loaded by the USB !
But it doesn't works...
Can someone explain me why not ?
thanks a lot

It seems to vary. Some report that it takes the same time as the adapter, others find it takes longer. I think it must depend a little on how much current the PC gives over USB which is supposed to be 500mA, but perhaps it varies.

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