Will buy a Zen Touch if.

Ok, I'm 75% sure that I'll be buying a Zen Touch 40Gb.
The question I have is the following. I currently have an Archos MP3 player which is recognised as an external HDD and I use MusicMatch to manage the MP3 Library and listen to MP3s.
Using the Zen Touch, and considering that I'll install that Nomad Explorer which allows me to see the Zen in "My Computer, will I be able to have my music library in MusicMatch and play MP3s or will I have to use Creative's own software?
If this is possible then I'll be 90% sure that I'll buy the Zen.

Have you consider the H340 and H320 from iRi'ver?
http://www.iri'veramerica.com/prod/hd/
They are more expensi've but you will get more for your money than with the Touch.
With respect to the library thing no you won't be able to use nomad explorer to access the Touch as a dri've from other Applications. I suggest that before you buy the Touch you download the manual which is in PDF format:
http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/download2.asp?manualID=848&Product_ID=0274?ionID=& Product_Name=Zen+Touch
This will give you a better idea of what to expect from the player.Message Edited by lsd_us3r on 04-22-2005 0:3 PM

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DO NOT BUY CREATIVE ZEN TOUCH 2

I cannot begin to explain the problems I have had with the Zen Touch that I bought 2 Weeks ago. The long and short of it is the original device that I bought, I could not transfer songs to it. Dowmloading the latest Firmware / Drivers / Application etc made no difference whatsoever. Problems ranging from errors like 'Device is busy or not attached', to copying songs across and them showing on Creative Media Organiser but not showing on the device itself. Also problems with the device freezing and having to wait for the battery to run out before it would work again. After lengthy phone calls to someone on support who could neither speak or understand english, I arranged for another one to be sent to me, in return for the faulty one. And guess what, the new one has exactly the same faults as the original. I have uninstalled the software on numerous occasions thinking that it may be a faulty install. Set it all up on my machine at work, and my friends machine at work, only for the same problems to occur when transferring songs. To top it all, I sent 3 messages to the support link on the creative web site, only to have a response to, yep you guessed it, NONE of them in FOUR DAYS. My advice to anyone who is thinking of buying a Zen Touch, or any other Creative Labs product come to think of it is, is to go out in the back garden and set fire to the money instead. Just incase anyone thinks I am doing something wrong, I work for a software company, and I know that if we sent a product / gave a support service that was as poor as that I have received, I would be out of a job in 5 minutes. I am Going to get my money back and go for an iPod, telling everyone I know to steer well clear of creative. Thanks for listening.

"If the mailer I received from Cambridge Soundworks yesterday (a Creative complany) is any indication, buying a 20GB Zen Touch or even Sleek would be a bad move. It looks like the Sleek is already being relegated to the status of "**bleep** stepchild" in the Zen line-up, which is where Touch has been for a while. The latest ad from Cambridge Soundworks was pushing the Micros, Nanos, Muvos and even Neeons. But no Sleeks."
You comments don't make much sense. The Sleek is a new model and is probably backordered by many dealers. That is probably why Creative is not promoting it heavily on its own. Demand from Creative's retailers is probably more than enough to consume the production for a while.
"But that's not what's interesting. It's what product <B>was</B> prominently featured: The Zen 20GB. This is the player that looks like a fat Zen Micro in a black case, previously available only in Asia. "
That does seem to make sense though, since Creative probably didn't make enough of them for a full retail store roll out in the US, so they probably decided that that selling them directly would be a good move. National retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Staples, Office Depot, etc. want products to be available in huge quantities otherwise they don't want to sell them.

Where can I buy a Zen Touch

Hi.
I have been looking at the Zen touch for a wile now and am thinking of buying the 40GB model when it comes out.
Today I went to Best Buy and Circuit City to look and test it out, but was disappointed to see that they don?t carry it yet? can anyone else think of somewhere to buy one that will have it out on the self with music loaded on it so I can test it's?
Thanks in advance!!
Torstein.Message Edited by Torstein on -03-2004 :43 PM

GunsNRoses, I have looked at the I-ri'ver H340 and its VARRY nice. I would go for it right away.
But the thing that bugs me is they took out most of the functions from the American version (some of the missing functions are: USB host to take pictures from digital cameras, UMM, there?s more but I cant think :P ) also they take most of the accessories out. They did this to make the player cost less and to be a better competitor with the I-pod.
On the other hand (for a bit more $$$) they do have an international version (AKA World version) that has all the functions and just about all the accessories. So if I get one I will get the international one.
But today I emailed their tech support to see what would happen if I sent the international one into the American repair center. They replied that if I sent the international one and it needed to be replaced they would only be able to replace it with an American one. So I am looking into being able to get the warrantee out of US.
The H340 is a .8? hard dri've so its a bit more shock proof which is nice.
The sound quality is vary good but I did not get to compare it to the touch.
They did not have any pictures loaded on it so I did not get to see that side of the player.
I also like that I-ri'ver based the hard dri've format on the FAT format, making the hard dri've plug and play compatible, although this makes the player have a bit longer start up time (the longest time I have head is 40 seconds.)
The interface is a bit hard to use if you don?t know how to, but once you get used to it it'ss EZ.
To be able to record from anything is vary nice.
Having the color screen is cool to.
I have heard rumors about the player having the ability to save song lyrics and allow the user to access them when listening to music, I would find this really good, I don?t know if it will do this.
I have spent a little time on the I-ri'ver forms to see what people say about it. From what I have seen on the I-ri'ver forms most of what people that have a H340 are asking for new firmware and not so much talking about hardware problems.
The I ri'ver is more expensi've than the touch but it has more functions and comes with more accessories.
Here?s a link to a site that sells the H340 if you wont to look into it more. They have some good info on it. : http://www.teamdigital.net/store/customer/product.php?productid=402&cat=203&page=
Another thing about the international player is that it comes with a different wall outlet cable than we use in the US. But I do believe that the USB cradle charges the battery. And you can always go get a power adapter.
On the Zen touch.
I do like the other Zen models and a touch pad sounds nice. But I need to see it.
I do not like that creative removed EAX from the player?s firmware and hope that creative will add that back with an update.
It is nice to see that creative brought back the LCD wired remote with FM receiver.
From the looks of the case creative supplies with the touch it looks good. Although others have said that its design faulty I think it will work fine.
The touch is not plug and play, which can be annoying but it makes the player start up faster.
The touch is also a .8? hard dri've, which is a bit more shock resistant than the 2,5?(other Zen models.)
I don?t know much more on the touch, but I hope I do soon.
I am still at a loss as which player I will buy, they both look so good. I hope when I can finally see them next to each other and test them I will know.
The I ri'ver is more expensi've than the touch but it has more functions and comes with more accessories.
If you have any questions post them and we can talk about it.
Torstein.Message Edited by Torstein on -05-2004 06:00 AM

Where else can I buy the zen touch FM wired remo

Hey,
Does anyone from the UK know if I can buy the creative FM wired remote for the zen touch anywhere else apart from the creative website? As it is currently out of stock and I wondered if I could get it cheaper somewhere else?
Thank you X

I answered your post in the other thread
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=24879

Will my incoming Zen Touch 40gb drive my headphon

I just recently bought a Zen Touch 40gb, and it should be here any day now.
I am wondering if this little bugger is going to be able to dri've my Labtec Elite-840 headphones. I've had problems with the power required to dri've these beasts before.
Thanks for any reply!Message Edited by cerbeos on 03-02-2005 03:46 PMMessage Edited by cerbeos on 03-02-2005 03:55 PM

Short of trying it it's difficult to say. If the Touch doesn't have enough power then you can always consider a headphone amp, but this is another box, with more batteries, to carry around.
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Will Zen Touch be made Rhapsody to Go compatib

I am considering buying a Zen Touch, but want to use it with rhapsody to go. Is the firmware upgrade required for Rhapsody to Go the same as the one required to make it Napster to go? I know that Creative has promised to make Zen Touch NTG compatible but want to know if a Rhapsody upgrade will also happen? If there are any ballpark timeframes on this happening, that would be great.

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Creative MP3 Players (Especially ZEN Touch 2) durability: satisfied?

Hello,
I'm willing to buy a ZEN Touch 2, it look so amazing!
However, what I would like to know more: durability!
Is the ZEN Touch 2 (Or any other MP3 Player from Creative) durable enough?
I'll still have the year warrantee, but I'll need to ship it in the US, it'll need to be shipped at another adress in the US, and then shipped back to me (I'm in Canada).
That'll be a though job, you know.
My first MP3 , an Archos .5 Vision, died on me when it ran out of batteries for the first time; strangely, I reloaded it, and it had trouble booting.
My second and actual MP3, Archos 2 Vision, has brokens contacts in the headphone jack... -___-
Well, it still work, but it's really annoying.
If you are a ZEN Touch 2 owner, please give me your feedback!
Thanks you very much!

Hi Gamex I have a Zen Touch 2 with GPS in the UK. In the first 3 weeks, it froze 3 or 4 times, and then finally died when downloading the Creative update to Android 2.2. You need to be aware that Creative Tech Support seem not to have yet caught up with the fact that they have a new type of MP3 player, and all the Knowledgebase articles they will refer you to are not relevant, as they deal with the older hard dri've type of player. It took me all but a fortnight of shouting to get them to authorise its return for repair/replacement, which is where it is currently. In addition, if you're going for the GPS model, advertised as 8GB, be aware it's capacity for music etc is a mere 4.gb, and any apps you download will eat into that. The way round this is to buy a big micro SDHC card (I got a 32gb one) which integrates seamlessly into the player. You can opt to put the apps on there if you so wish. That's the bad bit; the good bit is that it looks and feels great, and the touchscreen, while not as responsi've as some, is more than acceptable, to me at least. The sound quality is not as good as some other Creative players, mainly due to the fairly low spec earbuds supplied. Get some good ones, and the sound is fine, although strangely there is no equalizer facility. The FM radio, with RDS, gives quite astonishing reception on the move. You can import playlists from Media Player, but there is no option for crossfading, so you get a fairly significant gap between tracks. There are a fair selection of apps available, including an antivirus one (I see you were asking elsewhere about that) but you cannot access Android market; apps are downloaded from the Ziio website. Battery life is obviously dependant on what you are doing; wifi and GPS use will inevitably eat power before your very eyes. Using it for music was giving me around hours (less than claimed). Video playback (which is also very good) brings that down to around 4 hours. Overall I would say I was a little dissapointed with it, but that said having been without it now for nearly 3 weeks I realise how much I want it back, so it can't be all bad! Hope this helps? Regards Mike F

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Im thinking of buying a Zen Touch in the next few weeks but i have one niggling doubt which i haven't been able to resolve over its file storage capabilities.
Can i simply drag and drop file onto it without the need for seperate software, as i intend to make use of my colleges T3 connection and i do not have user privliges to install new software or drivers?
Sorry if this has been brought up before, i couldn't find any info on the matter.

To do so with the zen touch you will need nomad explorer. A program that ties into windows explorer.
If you will need a player that does this take a look at the Zen Micro. You can partition 2GB on the hard dri've of the micro for data only and if you do so it should show up as a removable dri've.
Torstein.

Zen touch: upload yes, but downlo

hi,
i want to buy a zen touch 20gb device. i've read something about it on the net, but there's one question left:
. can i transfer files from my player back to my pc?
2. can i transfer audio files only or are all filetypes possible?
thanks
cyte

Provided the songs aren't protected, then yes you can transfer them back to the PC aswell. Some songs, like ones you might buy online in WMA format, have protection on them that won't allow them to be copied from the player again.
You can copy data files to the player aswell, but you will need to do this through software (included on the CD and the web).
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Spetznaz24 wrote:
Im planning to buy the zen touch 20gb, however i noticed that no where does it say that it has EAX settings like zen extra has. Will there be a firmware for zen touch to support eax and also which battery is compatible with the zen touch? is it the same one that zen extra has which retails for 49.99? thanks
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Hello, I have buy my zen touch 20go last 0/05 and it doesn't wants to work like an external hard disk whereas it's specified in the user manual that you can use it as an external hard disk. I have update all my drivers and firmware and all but it doesn't change anything.
Please help me!

It will never work as an external hard dri've. It will only been shown up as an portable device wich dosn?t have a dri've letter. you just can use the nomad explorer to put data files on it but you have to have installed the drivers and nomad explorer on all the computers you want to connect the touch.

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Hey I am going to set up my car so that it will play my Zen Touch. Currently I am planning on using the Belkin Tunecast II as an FM transmitter but I haven't found a power cord that will plug into my cigarette lighter. Anyone out there that has done this and can give me a few recommendations? Thanks

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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.

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