Zen Micro audio prob

My Zen Micro has poor sound quality, you can barely hear the vocals and everything else has a watery sound. I know its not the headphones because I checked them on my cd player and they worked just fine, and when I put in a different set of head phones into my Zen Micro it still had the audio problems. Has anyone else encountered these problems? If so, what is the problem and the best way to fix it's

I have the same problem and it seems to be caused by the headphone jack. If I adjust the headphone plug by turning it or holding it in the jack, I get normal sound. If the headphone plug shifts, I get the weird sound you're describing. It happens no matter which headphones or speakers I use, so I think I have confirmed it's the jack on the player itself.

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  • Zen Micro audio jack prob

    Hello everyone, I brought my ZEN Micro early this year. Starting this couple weeks, the audio jack on the player is not connecting well. The music/sound won't play correctly unless keep moving around the audio plug. I did connect with different "working" headphones but still having the same problem. I assumed that the metal connectors inside the jack is loosed. Does anyone here has this issue before? and how did you get it fix? How much it is going to cost for getting it fix via Creative? Thanks!!

    Very common problem, look around at the other postings, this has been dicussed. No worries though! Since you're 90 day parts and labor warantee is up you will need to pay for Creative to "fix" it. Actually they don't fix it, but they send you a new one with a re-inforced headphone jack. This happened to me and after I got my new one I haven't had any problems. Just send an e-mail to Creative explaining what happened and they will issue you an RMA # and how much it costs (that price is floating around this forum, you'll be able to find it if you look hard enough). Well, hope this helps!

  • Zen Micro audio Ja

    I have purchased two Creative Lab MP3 players in the past two years and both of the audio jacks work intermittently. If you plug in the earphones and wiggle?the plug ?around, you get sound in both ears. Then you move and the sound cuts off. I thought I might just type in "Creative Lab Audio jacks" into a search engine and it led me to this sight and all the problems I have read about these audio jacks. I guess I paid about 60.00 for one and 90.00 bucks for the other. I guess they are not worth getting fixed and if I did what would keep them from breaking again. Its ashamed that Creative Labs would not have corrected this problem beacause the 00's of threads I read date back to 2004. Oh well, Li've and Learn....

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  • Zen Micro Audio Recording Opt

    I'm shopping around for a digital music player. I noticed that the Zen Micro has an audio recording option, which will supposedly record up to 0 hours, is that correct? I was wondering if this recording would save as a file I could transfer to my computer or if I must listen to it on the device. Also, I think I read that the largest (data?) file size that can be held on the player is 2GB. Would this apply to a maximum-length recording? How big of a file would that be? Also, do audiobooks fit on the Micro? And the same questions apply to recordings taken from the radio.
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    Amber

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  • Zen Micro audio books quality probl

    I just acquired a Zen Micro to listen to audio books in bed. I transferred a few into my player and half of them sound like a slow play back - i.e. deep voice and very slow. Almost like when (for us old timers) you play a 45 record at 33 or play an audio tape too slowly. When I Play the files on my PC they sound fine.
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  • Zen micro FM prob

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  • Creative Zen Micro Firmware Prob

    So I've got a Zen Micro bout a year or two back and it stopped working a whle back.
    It turns on fine but used to make a buzzing sound and?freeze. It had a small box with?'Firmware Problem' written on the screen.
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    I've tried to renew the Firmware and I tried the recovery tool thing, but neither worked.
    Is there any way to fix it's Or is it totaly gone?
    Thanks in advance.

    Did the firmware problem happen during a firmware update, or did it just happen all of a sudden, and if so how?
    to re-load the firmware, download the latest firmware on a Windows XP machine, go to control panel, tne add/remove programs, look for windows media player and if its there click on remove, you should see a window saying something along the lines of windows media player rollback.
    Next lok for something called ( or somethg like)windows media player runtime, and remove that ( it may show the roll back screen again, continue, and complete the process)
    re-start windows
    Plug in your Creative MP3 player via USB connect it to a chharger ( if it uses/can use an external charger) and let it go to 'rescue mode'
    Click on the firmware update, and when it asks you what language, highlight re-load OS ( or firmware) in recovery mode on your player.
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    Is the player regognised by your P.C running windows XP? ( go to control panel then hardware, then device manager?
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    see hereMessage Edited by Rich_T on 06-2-20070:23 AM

  • Zen Micro - Dock Prob

    Ok, so I connect up my micro to the computer. All is well,it is recognised on device manager. I then go on Zen Micro Media Explorer and on the player, it keeps changing from the docked mode screen to normal playing mode... On the Media Explorer all the buttons are disabled and it says 'device is not connected'. I try go on Creative Media Source Organiser or Creative Media Source Player, and the Micro is listed on the left, but when I click on it an error message pops up saying "creative mediasource player has encoutered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the incnvinience."It doesn't show any specific error code or anything, but I have tried reinstalling the softwares, but no luck. The software itself is very unstable on my computer for some reason which I am unsure of, my computer can handle much more power demanding software such as Photoshop and other media programs, but MediaSource Player seems to run really slow, etc.Any suggestions anyone?rich

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  • ZEN MICRO PLAYBACK PROB

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    They sound fine on WMP0 or Real Player. I have also played these files on 3 other mp3 players and they sound fine on them. Any ideas?

    You'll need to reencode them at a supported rate. I have a suspicion it's the bit-rate being too low, but also check the sampling frequency.

  • Zen Micro Remote Prob

    I have now owned two remotes, one which I returned and another I just bought off eBay, and neither have worked on my Zen Micro. I can hear sound through earphones when I plug them into the headphone jack but pressing he buttons on the remote does nothing. I can't skip tracks or pause the music. The remote is not on hold, is there anything else i could try?

    Well, Ebay could mean a few things. Was it a store on Ebay or a private seller? You might need to contact the seller to see if they can provide you with a (proper) receipt, that shows what you purchased and when you purchased it. If you bought it in November then you should still be within the 90 day (full) warranty. You do normally need a receipt to prove the original purchase and date.
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  • Zen Micro Update Prob

    I have emailed Creative about 3 times aboute this problem. All they keep doing is sending back some stupid automated reply telling me how to set up my programs. I already know that.
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    ollyp wrote:the whole point of the v2 firmware is that it works with windows media player, and windows explorer someone told me. they have updated media explorer to accept it but its not designed to.
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  • Zen Micro Shuffle Prob

    Hi there, I have about 700 songs on my zen micro, and I mainly listen to it on Shuffle Repeat with All Tracks. This includes atleast 5 hours everyday at work, all of my driving, and all weekend camping this weekend, I've had this particular player for about 6 months now.. 6 GB. I know for sure that there are songs on my player that the player has NEVER played, and some songs and artists that it plays noticably more frequently than others, and I mean over the whole time i've had it. I also know that the songs that it never seems to play are songs that do work correctly, as I have scrolled through and found the songs I didnt remember I had and played them to see if they worked properly. It seems to me my player has a mind of its own, knows what music it likes and what it doesnt want to play for me.:smileyindifferent: Its very noticable, and im kindof frusterated. Does anyone else have this problem or know anything thats going on, or do I just have to put up with it. Yes, i also realize that if it's truly random, there is as much chance of the same songs being played over again as there is playing different ones. Thanks, Justin

    noroom wrote:
    So, what you're saying is that shuffle creates a new "virtual" playlist, with the songs you selected in random order. This resulting in a song never being played twisce.
    While random chooses the next song randomly, which could (theoretically) result in the same song being chosen 4 times in a row.
    Did I get it right?
    Yep, kinda. I'm not sure I like the use of the word playlist as this could cause further confusion, it essentially just remembers what tracks were played but there is a limit to that memory and I've never seen a definiti've number for what that is and whether it varies by player.

  • Zen micro screen prob

    ok well, i got my zen for christmas (this year) and i woke up this morning to use it so i turned it on and for some reasn the backlight comes on but nothng shows up on the screen! you can here the clicker when u move around the menus but cant see anything and when i press the play button i can still listen to music. anyone have any ideas of what i can do?

    Thats interesting, try the reboot mode on it here how"?How do I enter Recovery Mode on my Zen Micro?To go into Recovery Mode
    Take out the battery, press and hold the ON/LOCK button in the ON position and put back the battery back.
    <
    Wait until Recovery Mode appears on the display
    <
    You have the following options
    Clean Up - (To rearrange your stored data)
    <
    Format All - (To format and remove all data)
    <
    Reload Firmware - (Reloads your player's operating system - Do not choose this option unless you have downloaded a firmware update from the Creative website)
    <
    Reboot - (Restarts your Player)
    <
    If that doesnet work contact creative by e-mail or phone, here is there e-mail
    http://us.creative.com/support/custsup/welcomeds.asp
    they respond within 24 hours.
    Hope this hel
    ps.

  • Creative zen micro transfer prob

    When using Napster to transfer songs to my zen micro mp3 player the following happens.
    License storgae is not working.Contact microsoft product support.
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    It has worked previously without any problems! Can anybody help??

    Here is a list of things to check:
    ) Confirm you have Windows Media Player 0 installed on your XP SP or later system.
    2) Confirm your Zen Micro has the latest 2.x firmware (2..02 Beta or later). The .x firmware does not support N2G. Download the 2..02 Beta firmware from http://us.creative.com/support/downloads
    3) Confirm KB8922 "Update for Windows Media Digital Rights Management-enabled players" is installed on your XP SP or later system with WMP 0. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;8922 for details.
    4) Confirm your Zen Micro's system time is synched to the system time of your computer.
    5) Confirm XP and the Napster client recognize your Zen Micro is connected. It should display under the "Portable Device" object in the "Library" window of the Napster client. The Zen Micro Display should read "Docked". See if you can transfer files using WMP 0. Confirm the Creative Zen Micro Media Explorer version .00. ( http://us.creative.com/support/downloads ) can access your Zen Micro. Can it transfer tracks to the device?
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    8) Check the USB cable connection. Determine the USB chipset on your system. There are forum threads where users resolved transfer problems by installing a new USB Adapter with a different chipset or determined the problem was the USB cable. You can also troubleshoot by attempting the transfer on another computer (if available).

  • Zen Micro - Battery prob

    Hi, i got a problem with the micro battery i charged the battery but only after 3 hours 2 battery lines have decreased, why the battery empty itself so fast? (sorry for my bad english)

    Frost wrote:Hello, I've got a question for You. On the main page is written that Zen Micro has 2-hours Battery Life, but mine is low after 6 hours !!! I've made what was recommended about battery but nothing has changed, ( worksh longer....thats all !! ) Is it general in Zen Micro, or only my product is faulty ? I hope You write me soon.
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    Frost: There's lots of information on this in the FAQ post. If you aren't getting the full life then something is different in your setup to the test specification, which is 28kbit/s CBR MP3s with no EQ, Smart Volume etc.

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