Zen Micro and USB 1.0 == Errors! (w/ new firmwa

Hello,
I use my Zen Micro to connect at work and at home. But alas it will not work correctly at work (USB .0), constant lockups and incorrectly reports a full player when it has gigs of space left (after a cleanup).
This is using all 3 transfer options, WMP 0.0, Explorer, and Zen Micro Explorer.
On my home computer (USB 2.0), it works w/o error. No problems whatsoever.
Creative can you please fix this?

. I shutdown my Zen Micro and leave it long enough to shutdown completely (friday -> monday) (until the "quick restart" function times out, and it takes ~5s to start it, whatever that function is called, please make it settable).
This has been a request since the days of the Nomad Jukebox 3, but for whatever reason Creative have never added it to the settings. There's of course a petition at the moment specifically for the Micro to be able to change this, more for the folks that think the battery drain is related to this "standby" mode.
2. I start it up, and the micro for some reason starts to rebuild the library. It freezes for a few seconds at the end, then half the screen gets random characters and it sends out some buzz sound. Crash. 3. The only way to get it working again is to remove the battery, go into rescue mode, and run "cleanup", restart and let it rebuild the library again. This time it succeeds and everything works.
Shucks, although I've not seen anyone else mention this yet... It would be worth logging it directly with support.

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i have the Zen micro 5gb with .02.05 firmware.
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Is there a way to disable the Usb Charging ?
My question is strange i know... but i really don't want the Usb charging ...
I've tryed to connect open and closed but it charge anyway ...
please help
Edit: Ops i've putted "Keep this message at the top of the board list" and i don't know if is good .. sorry Message Edited by globalspace on 04-3-2005 0:59 PM

The Dell DJ's dont have this, and were dying to get this option..... Now there are complaints on not to have it's? :S
And like SSR said, it does not affect the battery as the type that is used is one that can be recharged hundreds of times (and by the time the battery is ready to die out your player will die out of your mind as you will most likely have a new one by then).

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My Zen Micro seems to be very fussy about what USB cables it will work with, to the point that the ONLY cable that it will reliably work with is the one supplied with the unit. Is this normal? If so, what exactly is special about the cable supplied with the Micro? If so, are there any other cables that will work well with the unit's
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There are certainly good and bad quality USB cables, although I've never had a device refuse to use one yet. Does the Micro cable have filter blocks at either end before the plugs?

I can recharge my Zen Micro VIA USB, but I cant transfer songs....

Hello,
Using the USB Port on my PC, I can successfully recharge my Zen Micro. But for some reason, I cant transfer music to it. Whenever I go to the "Zen Micro Media Explorer", I always get an explorer error for some reason, and it says "Zen Micro Not Connected"
I try other programs, such as WindowsMedia Player, real player, and NOTMAD Explorer, and they cant connect to the Zen Micro either (player not connected error)
Does anyboy know why? And can anybody please help.
Thanks in advance.

Thanks for all the input.
I've Solved the problem!
I called up Creative Tech Support, and they said to reinstall the software, which I did. Now it works perfectly. Thanks for all the support though. I think Creative's tech support is good, not as bad as people claim it to be.

Difference between zen micro and zen micro S

yeah... the title pretty much explains itself... I want to buy a zen micro and i went to the page which i was gonna buy it from (amazon) and it had gone, it said this product no longer runs instead buy the Zen Micro SE, WHAT IS IT?!!
xxx

Averry,
If you ordered the orange one today from our online store it would come with:
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and as part of the promotion currently running it would include an extra Battery.
If you wanted an AC adapter with it, you could order one along with the player and it should arri've in the same shipment. They are sold separately under accessories.
Jeremy

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only just got my zen micro and i am having big problems sync from media player it keeps coming up with unknown error. has anybody else had this problem and is there a way to fix it's

dave_sg,
In addition, you could also update this patch from microsoft for your Windows Media Player 0 to enhance better DRM support.
Jason

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I have the Zen Micro and use Napster to Go. I updated the firmware on my player yesterday since synchronizing my player has become very difficult. I have tried using both the Napster to Go and Windows Media Player 0 to do this. With Napster to Go I get a message that the player has stopped responding, usually within 0 minutes, and with WMP it never completes. After 2 hours, the synchronized is only at 8%. Also, I have many songs that show a license error, even though there appears to be no problem playing the songs and downloading on Napster to Go. It is becoming very frustrating. The computer seems to have no problem recognizing the player.
Also, if the battery is nearly dead and I hook the player to the computer, I can't try to sync at all until the battery is charged. Is this normal. I have used other players where if you plug them to the computer they are powered through the computer and charge while they are used.
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I hope this question has not been repeated.
I have a Creative Zen Micro and have attempted to install it on my current computer that uses Windows Vista 32-bit. However, it was unable to install or find the driver necessary.
I've already looked at the 'driver release plans'?for this product and there is only a page regarding 'Nati've Support', which says 'The MP3 products ZEN Micro, ... require the latest firmware to ensure Nati've Support in Window Vista'.
I've searched for firmware for the Zen Micro on a Windows Vista 32-bit in English, and found nothing.
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Robby & Lizzy
First of all for a little background information, the problem lies in a problem between Creative's firmware installation program and Windows Media Player . WMP is standard in Windows Vista. As a matter of historical information, Creative has not developed any drivers for Windows Vista, therein the rub; Windows Vista does support the Microsoft PlaysForSure initiati've, and many of the older players like the Micro series does have PlaysForSure firmware available to enable the player to be used in Windows Vista.
Now for an outline of the necessary ste
ps.
Back up all of the content on your Micro. The firmware that you will install includes a disk format that will erase all of the content and change the way that the disk dri've on the Micro is formatted.
You'll need to find a Windows XP system that does not have Windows Media Player installed. You or the owner of the system should also be knowledgeable in the use of Windows XP System Restore feature so that you can return the system to it's previous state after you are finished with it.
Create a Restore Point on the XP system. Download and install the drivers for your Zen Micro to the XP system. This will enable the player to be recognized by the computer.
Download the PlaysForSure driver for the Micro, V2.2.02, to the desktop of the XP system.
Connect the player to the system with a USB cable and execute the program.
When the firmware installation has completed, the player will reboot. You may disconnect the player. After you have confimed that the firmware revision is correct on the Micro, do a System Restore to put that system back in the condition that you found it.
Connect the Micro to your Vista system and it should recognize the player and install the nati've Windows PlaysForSure driver and pair it with your Micro.
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Would it be possible for someone to post a step by step guide that helps me understand what exactly I have to do to get my Zen working. Help would be much appreciated.

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PW: perdon for my english, xD

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but when it comes to the zen micro i have seom probs.
Usually, my pc does not even recognise the device. It sometimes makes the pc and/or micro stall. All kinds of very odd behaviour. I have managed to transfer about two songs after trying about 20 times.
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XNJB: <a href='http://www.wentnet.com/projects/xnjb/index.html' target=_blank>http://www.wentnet.com/projects/xnjb/index.html[/url]
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Also, is there another music download site that might work better with the Zen Micro?
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I'm not a serious tech head, but I know enough to use the stuff that I buy. Basically, mine doesn't recognize my player 00% of the time either, I usually just disconnect my player and restart... I guess the software and stuff is an inexact science. I figure that as long as you can transfer songs to the player then your cool, and it will usually allow you to do that.

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