Suggestion: ZEN Micro Photo: Album art when playing tra

I was kinda hoping that you could display album art whilst playing tracks on the ZEN Photo. If you can, I can't figure it out, nor is it mentioned in the brief manual.
Please consider this as a suggestion to include the feature in the next firmware update. I also think it would be cool to be able to display a slide show durring audio playback. You could create presentations for the road or simply display slides in MTV fashion that go along with the tunes.
What do ya think?

* I've seen some comments on the screen being dim (or not as bright as expected). Can anybody confirm or debunk?
I set the screen contrast to 80 percent. In normal office lighting, pictures appear crisp and bright enough. In total darkness, looking at the screen won't hurt my eyes either. OLED rocks!
* I've read reports about no music while viewing pictures. True or False?
Unfortunately this is true.
* Anybody using SUBSCRIPTION music on their Micro Photo If you are, can you see album art while a track is playing (like the Apple nano)?
Unfortunately again, album art is not displayed.
Overall I'm very happy with Zen Micro Photo. The only complain is that the radio is mediocre at best.

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View Album Art When Playing or When Clicking on a Song

In the past, with previous versions of iTunes, it was possible to simply click on a song and the album art for that song would appear in the lower left corner of the iTunes window. There was an option to have the album art showing either for the song that was currently playing, or for the song that was currently clicked on. I can't seem to find this feature/option anywhere. Is it no longer possible? It would be nice to listen to music, and then click on another, and see that song's album art without having to get info on the song or switch to the coverflow mode.

Yes. I know that. When choosing "View Album Art" then you can view the album art in that little window IF the song is playing. If no song is playing, then nothing shows when you just click once on a song title. In the past, it was possible to just click once on a song title and have the artwork show in that little window.

Creative Zen Micro Photo not work with

Hi,i formatted my hd 2 days ago.
I loose my cd with creative zen micro photo expoler.
When i connect my mp3 with usb cable appears an autoplay window of windows Xp that show me what i cand do with my mp3(Transfer Files with Windows media is the only option).
How I can do to use my mp3 with Creative Organizer?
Where i can find creative zen micro photo explorer?

Top of page on Creative banner, click Support-> Downloads-> MP3 Players-> Zen-> Zen MicroPhoto, chose your language and Operating System and select the software that you need.
Be sure to read and follow the instructions on the Show Details... pop-u
ps.
Looks like Zen MicroPhoto Media Explorer isn't posted any more, so Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer 3.30.2 (52.2 MB) would probably be your best bet.
I have had no luck getting MediaSource 5.x to work with my computers and I've tried very hard.

Playing zen micro photo thru usb on warfedale portable cd pla

i just got a warfedale cd player which is supposed to be able to play music from mp3s or usb device but when i plug in my zen micro photo via usb to the front, it just charges and doesn't play. it does work on my brother's archos mp3 but not my mum's smaller archos. hers and mine both charge thru usb, his doesn't, so maybe that's?y?i thought that maybe a lead going from jack plug to usb might work on mine but can't find one anywhere, tho the guy in one shop said he could make one he didn't think it would work and that it should work thru usb anyway. i now wonder whether its just down to settings. can anyone help with this?:angry::robotmad::manmad::womanmad:?

Thankyou for replying, what tiype of cable would I need to buy in order to connect my creative. Many thanks

Zen Micro Photo 6Gb .. When Will It Be In Canada.

hi... i was wondering if anyone knows when.. the zen micro photo will be for sale in canada...
hope someone can help me out with this!!!
please leave a message/comment... if you know anything about the zen micro photo!!!


sweet... i dont have anytihng right now.. lol.. im waiting for the 6GB photo.. to ocme out in canada.. someone said its gonna be 8GB!!! that'll be even better!! ... anyone know when it'll hit canada? i hear it hit the U.K a lil while ago.. yea.. anyone know anything else on the 6GB or 8Gb Zen Micro Photo.. Just Leave A Comment.. Please..
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Zen Micro Photo Sighting in U

Greetings:
Just saw an article on DAP Review (http://www.dapreview.net/news.php) supposedly showing pictures of a Zen Micro Photo taken at a BestBuy in Florida. The article also reported order listings for the Micro Photo on several U.S. based web sites.
I did a quick "Froogle" on Google (couldn't resist...GRIN) and lo and behold there were 4 pages of listings for the Zen Micro Photo. None of the sites claimed to be shipping the Micro Photo and prices ranged from $249 - 268 U.S. A few of the sites included:
Buy.com</LI>
J and R Music, and</LI>
Crutchfield</LI>
The Crutchfield site listed an estimated arrival date of November 7.
Any official response from Creative? Has anybody in the U.S. acquired a Micro Photo from a U.S. supplier?
If there are people in the U.S. who have a Micro Photo, how about posting a couple of "real world" photos. And, as a sidebar, a couple of questions:
I've seen some comments on the screen being dim (or not as bright as expected). Can anybody confirm or debunk?</LI>
I've read reports about no music while viewing pictures. True or False?</LI>
Anybody using SUBSCRIPTION music on their Micro Photo If you are, can you see album art while a track is playing (like the Apple nano)?</LI>
Any information, feedback, etc. will be appreciated!

* I've seen some comments on the screen being dim (or not as bright as expected). Can anybody confirm or debunk?
I set the screen contrast to 80 percent. In normal office lighting, pictures appear crisp and bright enough. In total darkness, looking at the screen won't hurt my eyes either. OLED rocks!
* I've read reports about no music while viewing pictures. True or False?
Unfortunately this is true.
* Anybody using SUBSCRIPTION music on their Micro Photo If you are, can you see album art while a track is playing (like the Apple nano)?
Unfortunately again, album art is not displayed.
Overall I'm very happy with Zen Micro Photo. The only complain is that the radio is mediocre at best.

Problems with Zen Micro Photo being recognized

I have a Zen Micro Photo 8 GB player, which I have had for a couple of years, and have had no problems. I recently purchased a new computer, and have Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3. I have installed the Creative Zen software from the supplied CD, and when I plug in the player and turn the player on, and open Zen Micro Photo Media Explorer, it says "Your player is not connected. Please connect your Zen MicroPhoto to your computer."? The player has firmware .20.0. The player plays well - ... Any suggestions?

amgpls wrote:
Thanks. In addition to the OS and firmware I noted, I have Windows Media Player 0 installed on the computer.
Did that help you to get the player recognized?

SOLUTION - Zen Micro Photo Stuck in Recovery M

My Zen Micro Photo got stuck in recovery mode after I followed Creative Labs Technical Support suggestions. They had me do a Clean Up, a Format All a Reload Firmware and a Reboot. After doing this my unit was stuck in Recovery Mode. They then had me load the latest firmware. v .3.0, from a PC connection and I found that it worked fine, but doing the above steps put me back into Recovery Mode hell. So I did some testing.
I loaded firmware version .20.0 from my PC thinking the problem might be in the firmware version. Doing the steps they had asked me to do caused me to be in Recovery Mode Hell, so again I loaded firmware from my PC.
This time I went through each item one at a time and rebooted after each. Clean Up/Reboot, Format ALL/Reboot and Reload Firmware/Reboot. They all booted normally except when I did a Reload Firmware.
Next I loaded firmware v .3.0 to my unit again and did the same test. Again it put me in Recovery Mode Hell after I selected Reload Firmware from the Recovery Mode screen.
Conclusion DO NOT LOAD FIRMWARE FROM RECOVERY MODE. If you have to load firmware at all, do it from your PC connection. I'm going to copy this into the VERY LONG message I have had with Creative Labs Technical Support over the past 5 days and let them know what I have found. I hope this helps others to fix their Micro Photo.

I am having a similar problem. I am stuck in recovery mode and my PC won't recognize the MP3 player at all? I have rebooted, cleaned up, formatted, pulled the batt, etc. Finally I pulled the battery for longer than 30 seconds and that seemed to fix the problem. We will see.
JW
ECIT: oh ya, I am using a microphoto as well.Message Edited by Jfawkingdub on 06-29-200703:2 PM

Zen Micro photo.....HELP?

ok sooo.... i am an idiot..............one night after coming home i was running to catch a ride with my friend and on the way.....my zen micro photo fell outta my pocket and into the grass..............well the next morning i obviously couln't find it so i got in my car and drove to the place that i got the ride from- well i founf it in the grass. So i was real happy that i found it until i got home and all it does when i turn it on is go to that stupid recovery mode-----and it wont go any where else.......................it doesn't look damaged at all. UGH it makes me real mad some one PLEASE HELP and gimme some suggestions!!!!!ASAP

It really sucks about your player
...but it was concrete.
...and you've got a disk dri've inside there.
what do you think would happen if you dropped a desktop computer from 3 feet off the ground onto concrete?

Zen micro photo wont connect

well my brother got a zen micro photo for his birthday yesterday, so in the evening we tried to start putting music on it and it wont even connect. i have windows with service pack 2, windows media player 0, and the micro explorer. now when i connect it to the computer it wont even start charging :/ and the explorer says its not connected, plz help

a way to make windows detect it is too try and run add hardware wizrd in controlpanel also if u make theplayer gointo recovermode then connect it to ur pc windows USUallydetects it as a plaer in recue mode i think well try if u dont know how toget there i think that u hold down the play/pause button er i mean first take out the batery and then hold down the play/pause botton while u plug the usb into ur pc and i think itll go into recovery mode and windwosshould detect it then and thats when you caninstall the firmware using the executable file and if something goes wrong try it again and usually itll work

Zen Micro Photo: PC doesn't detect dev

I just bought two Zen Micro Photos. On my PC, I downloaded the latest driver without installing any of the software that comes with the device. I plugged it into my PC, and it detected it immediately. No problems.
On my wife's PC, I downloaded the latest driver and installed all of the software. The PC will recognize that a USB 2.0 device has been plugged in, but it will not recognize it as an MP3 player. I have searched these forums and tried various suggestions (like pointing the New Hardware wizard to C:\Program Files\Creative\Jukebox 3 Drivers), but everything turns out the same: the PC cannot install the hardware.
I plugged her Micro into my PC and it works as expected.
When plugged in, her Micro does *not* show the docked screen.
Both PCs are Windows XP SP2.
Can anyone help?

Nevermind, I found where to figure that out. Looks like her PC doesn' t have SP2.
I'm downloading it now, and I'll be back if I run into any more issues.
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Zen micro photo malfunct

I got a zen micro photo a couple of weeks ago, every thing installed fine, it worked perfect. Then one day I go to plug it in for a charge and get an error message "One of the divices attached to this computer has malfunctiond and windows does not recondnise(spell) it. As soon as i get this error, the zen micro completly freezes. The only way i can turn it off is if i take out the battery. At first i thought this was the player it self, so i went beck and returned it. Got a brand new one and everything. I had all the software installed so i just plugged it in and guess wat... i got the same error! I tried reinstalling everything and starting from scratch, but i keep on getting the same error. I need help guys! I want to get this thing to work and there is no way in heck that im getting an IPOD! Im running win xp sp2 recently i installed a usb 2.0 card (which is plug and play) this was inbetween the time i hadn't charged my zen yet. I tried pluging it back to my old usb ports but i still got the same error. I dont think its the usb card...
i need help plz! I cant charge it because it freezes when i plug it in and my battery is almost dead.

I never encountered this with my MicroPhoto, perhaps one of the devices malfunctioning could be in your computer itself and not the player?

Zen Micro Photo Problems- Please He

Hi all, I have enjoyed my zen micro photo for the past year with relati'vely little problem, but recently when i plug the zen in, it won't light up nor charge and seems like the computer didn't even know it's plugged in. Another serious problem is that if i do get it to charge, after i remove the zen from the computer, it won't turn back on! and it also keeps shutting down by itself if the heaven was merciful that day and the zen managed to turn on. Any solutions? Please help me!

what error message to you get, does the micro think its detected, is it charging and all that. that firmware will let the computer detect the player in the same way as your old one.
have u looked in device manager to see if its a problem device?
basic suggestion try to work out where the problem lies, test it on another usb cable, another usb port another computer. try and find out where the problem lies, then its easier to help.
regards olly

Zen Micro Photo not working with new XP SP2 install

Okay so my Zen Micro Photo stopped being recognised on my computer about ten months ago when I upgraded to WMP (for BBC iPlayer - it's compulsory to have it). Anyway I li'ved with this and have now got thoroughly sick of the same songs and nothing new so I have done a fresh install (on a brand new hard dri've) of Windows XP SP2 WMP9 with the sole intention of using this install/hard dri've?for the player. I used the original installation disk and it prompted me to upgrade to WMP0 as I installed everything. There were no errors during the install and I rebooted when prompted to.
When I attach the player it is recognised by the machine (task bar icon and correctly labelled in System > Hardware > Device Manager which reports it to be?working okay) but the Creative media software says "player not attached" when it is. It is not visible on My Computer as a dri've so I STILL have no access to the player. Player screen reports "docked" with a logo and is flashes a charging icon. Driver v5.2.0.0. The player plays fine but hasn't had new music on in almost a year
There is nothing else on the XP install (IE6 and everything - argh!) I did the registry permission tweak thing mentioned?here:?http://support.creative.com/kb/showa....aspx?sid=9287?but it didn't do anything.
Any help greatfully received!

Re: Zen Micro Photo not working with new XP SP2 install. Have you installed this plug-in?
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Creative Zen Micro Photo Problem (Detecti

BEFORE I CONTINUE, REFERRING TO THE KNOWLEDGE BASE DOES NOT WORK FOR ME, I TRIED THE STEPS BUT THEY SIMPLY DON'T WORK.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
YESTERDAY, I RECEIVED MY ZEN MICRO PHOTO BLACK 8GB in the mail, and was able to get the charging started through my computer after installing the required software (mediasource, media player, wmp 9.5 codec, etc). Before I started the charging, I connected my player's USB cable to the back of my pc. Windows XP w/SP2 prompts that it 'found new hardware.' I go ahead and check in my computer if the player would be able to be accessed. I also confirmed with Creative's mediasource software, and it claims that 'no player was detected.' I did the same in windows media player 0, and says that no hardware was detected. I confirmed to make sure that the USB cable was properly connected, and it was. I tried all the ports and tried other devices through them, and they were able to be successfully detected and used, (i.e; web cam). I don't understand why my creative zen micro photo would not be detected by the software included. Windows is requiring me to install some sought of driver for the player, but I already installed all the required utilities and codecs. I believe it is charging and is detected by windows but not as a removable storage, etc, just 'FOUND NEW HARDWARE', and then no drivers found even through the CD creative provided me. I am also fearing that the battery is taking a long time to charge. This morning I saw that the player was on, but was still charging(I assume). I decided to charge while the player was turned off. Hopefully, now it will be fully charged while the player remains off. I will check when I get home. In the mean time, would some one please assist and respond to me for resolving this situation ASAP for the detection of the player. Thank you very much, Arjun (please do not further me to the knowledge base site as I have already tried all the steps, and no improvement what so what in successfully operating this player. Thank you. Just to add on, I also attempted for a firmware update, and the utility said it was not able to detect the player either, so I wasn't able to even complete a firmware update. Please assist me, URGENT. Thank you.

I sadly am very unhappy with the ZEN Microphoto 8. I was planning on leaving on a trip in the morning and found that suddenly my laptop no longer will recognize my device. I hasve been using the device for several months now with no problems at all, unitl this afternoon. It went into recovery mode and no matter what I tried I could not get it out.
I was finally able to unlock the unit by connecting the unit to my desktop. I was then able to install the firmware update. But now the unit will not work on my laptop at all. All of my media is on my laptop. I have tried several cables to no avail. I am sure that someone is going to mention the suggestion that the device not be used on a laptop, however I find it frustrating that after so much time the unit suddenly does not operate. I tried all of the suggestions in the support section. And it seems truly sad that this might just be due to the cinnection to athe laptop, considering the number of people that now use these as their primary PCs.
If any suggestions can be provided as to the cause of this problem I would love to get it fixed.
Eric

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