Zen Micro can it be fixed

Someone Help me or guide me in what to do with my Zen gosh Zen Micro super neato cool I was wondering what to do with it b/c it does the following: my computer says the zen mirco isnt connected to my pc when it actually is. So I wasn't successful in loading the new firmware. I think something is wrong with the software inside the player.
What do I do and can this be an easy fix or not?

hey Jason thx for reply well it's weird like I said but whenever I downloaded the firmware ver. 2..0 or something the newest one it just said that the Player/USB was not hooked up to the computer when it actually was and it doesn't play any music it goes straight to restore mode. tell me if you need to know a little bit more thx

Similar Messages

Zen micro can not be operate if it is connected to Travel Dock for Zen

I just bought Travel Dock for Zen Micro. I have 2 problems. Any body can help me please? 1. When I connect the Zen Micro to Travel dock. The Zen micro can not be operate both manual or using remote. But the charge sign in the Zen micro is appeared. So I am sure that the connection between Zen Micro and the travel dock is OK. No sound is produced. Any clue for it. 2. The I tried to connect the zen using line in cable. There is sound, but the sound is too weak, even if I set the maximum volume. Any clue for it? Any one has the same problem? How to overcome it? Thanks before for your helping and information

hey Jason thx for reply well it's weird like I said but whenever I downloaded the firmware ver. 2..0 or something the newest one it just said that the Player/USB was not hooked up to the computer when it actually was and it doesn't play any music it goes straight to restore mode. tell me if you need to know a little bit more thx

Just Got a Refurb Zen Micro, Can Anyone Please Help - Clic

Hi all,
Just got a Zen Micro 6GB refurb today, when i first tried it (before hooking upto a PC) the clicker didnt work. I hooked it upto my PC and transferred some tracks, when i disconnected however my device started playing up.
When i turned the device on the screen glowed blue for 5 or so seconds, and then turned off. My first (panicked) thought was that the player was updating its firmware when i had unplugged it, although it didnt mention this anywhere.
What was interesting however was while the device was in this "blue screen" mode, when i scrolled up and down the clicker made a clicking sound, even though i couldnt see what i was scrolling because the screen was dead apart from the backlight. This proved that the clicker did physically work.
I reconnected to the PC in some vein hope of fixing it, and after a couple of on/off cycles it booted, and has worked fine since, however when i set the clicker on it still wont click.
I am interested as to if anyone has any ideas as to how to possibly fix my clicker problem. I know it will physically work as i've heard it click when my device crashed, i reckon a bad firmware flash has stopped my clicker clicking.
Can anyone recommend me a particular firmware please, everyone said to stay away from the latest PlaysForSure firmware on my old Zen Xtra, and apparently it bricked lots of devices, so im a bit apprehensi've about getting the latest release.
If anyone can help me fix my clicker please i would be most grateful as i dont want to send my little player back.
Thanks!

Have you followed the installation instructions?
Step :Insert the battery
Step 2:Set up the software
Turn on your computer.
You must log in as an administrator in Windows ? before you can set up the
software.For more information,refer to your operating system?s online
Help.
2 Insert the Installation and Applications CD into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
dri've.
Your CD should start automatically. If it does not,follow the steps below:
i.Double-click the My Computer icon.
ii.Right-click the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM dri've icon,and then click
Autoplay .
3 Follow the instructions on the screen.
4 When prompted,restart your computer.
WARNING DO NOT connect your player to your computer before setting up the
software.
Step 3:Charge the battery
Connect your player to your computer?s USB port with the supplied USB
cable.
2 When the battery is charging,the battery charging icon flashes on the
Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED)display.
3 Disconnect your player from your computer when the battery is fully
charged and you see on your player ?s OLED display.Fully charging your
player takes approximately fi've hours. If your fully charged player remains
connected to your computer for a prolonged period,the OLED display
blanks out automatically to save battery power.
NOTE:
? For continuous battery charging using the USB port,make sure
your computer is not in power conservation mode.For more
information on power conservation modes,refer to your
operating system's Help.
? Connect to a computer USB port only;avoid connecting to a USB
hub.
?For express battery charging without using your computer,
purchase the Zen MicroPhoto Power Adapter or Uni'versal Travel
Adapter.

Zen Micro: Can See Files in Mead Cen

Yes, i cant see the Files in the media center anymore...he doesnt show me anything but he says, that the Zen Micro is connected...there's no error message or something.
i also cant import new files...he says, that the player is busy or something...man
David

davidinsarasota wrote:
I had the same problem last weekend and I did a system restore to the previous day and it solved the problem.
does windows2000 have this option?
now i did this:
i formated my zen mirco, cleaned up and erased the firmware ("reload firmware").
then i updated the player to the newest firmware.
at first, the midea explorer shows me everything and i can upload files, but only about 3...then there appears an error "Error" ... after restarting i can't see the files in the media explorer anymore...same problem like before.

Zen Micro - Can it be used in the ca

Hello,
I have a Zen Micro and wondered if there is any way that it can be used through a conventional car cd player (as the Ipod can).
Any ideas ?
Cheers.

Many car stereos have a line in. If that is available then use that. If not, then you can get an fm transmitter that plugs into the player, and use your car radio to receive the signal. If there is a tape player, then you can use a cassette adapter to transfer the signal from the player to the car tape player. These are the same methods that would be used with an ipod.

Zen Micro, can't start

my Zen Micro used to work at its full potential. but when i was playing a song i accidentally pressed "Copy From Album" (something like that). then my Zen Micro froze and was not able to use it ever since. I can turn on my Zen Micro, but it just goes to the screen that says "CREATIVE." i tried the Recovery Mode, and still no luck! it keeps freezing and never wants to start up!
if anyone can help, it well be greatly appreciated
thnx!

Similar problems were discussed here often. If recovery does not work, only help is to contact Creative customer service and act according to their reply. Usually they ask to send player back to them for replacement.
I had similar problem. After 3 days my player hanged and nothing helped. I was disappointed too, but since I was sent the new player, I feel much better Sending replacement took about week (from Ireland to Slovakia).
So the new one works well (already 3 weeks) and is fully loaded. Sometimes it gives me hard time when I'm switching it on and creative logo appears instead of splash screen, but it's never hanged. So slowly I relax.

Need accessories for Zen Micro-can anyone he

Hello Everyone,
I purchased ny zen micro a couple of months ago and already i am keen to get accessories. Does anyone know where to get accessories (from a proper shop like John Lewis etc.). If you do please send a reply as soon as possible
Thank you

In Japan, the remote comes with the Zen Micro (still doesn't justify the $80 dollar price increase!!). I tried using the remote and found it to be a waste. I wouldn't bother buying it. When I am wearing a jacket I put the Micro in my jacket breast or side pocket. When I am not wearing a jacket, I use the case and belt clip.
Unless you make massi'vely long playlists and would thus keep the Micro in your bag for LONG periods of time, the remote is essentially useless. It only has volume, puase, play, and next track controls, and no display of course.
Just my thoughts on the remote. The clip sucks on the remote too. It's too small to clip to the strap on my bag securely.
Jason

Zen Micro - Can I playback in mo

My wife is totally deaf in one ear as a result of a childhood accident. Is there any way that I can play the Micro in mono so that she can hear both channels? Would it be ok to make a small cable adapter that connected both channels together?

You can encode your mp3's in Mono. There is no way to make the player itself output Mono from a stereo source, but it will happily play Mono mp3's (I have accidentally ripped to Mono before... *doh*).

Problem putting music on my zen micro. Pleease help

Okay, so i'm having a problem syncranizing my music onto my zen micro for some reason.
I've had my my zen micro player for almost a year and i've always been able to sync music onto it with no problem but i haven't put any new music on it for about a week or so and yesterday i tried to put music on it and it said that my windows media player read an unknown error and wouldn't put any music on it. ( i use my windows media player to put music on it, by the way )
So i have no idea what to do. I tried to reinstal the program that came with the player but that didn't work either and even that program said it read an error when i tried to use it to put music on there.
I even downloaded a new version of windows media player and tried to put music on it but that told me:
"Windows Media Player cannot save the sync settings because your device is full. Delete some unneeded files on your device and then try again."
But that's prett much impossible since my zen micro can save upto 2,500 songs and i only have 89 songs on there, no more and nothing else.
So can someone please help me and tell me what's wrong and what i have to do to fix it

you should be able to download the drivers and software you need from this site- just go to Support>downloads and enter in your OS, model no., etc.
it will give a list of programs, I don't have a mac but you'll probably need to download at least the driver and maybe the mediasource organizer

Zen Micro Swi

Does anybody know where I can buy a replacement surface mount switch for the top of my Zen Micro? I was fixing the bad solder on the headphone plug and the switch broke trying to but it back together.

Creative don't sell spares, and I'm sure it's gonna be tricky to find something similar as a part. Perhaps from a busted player, that's busted in another way at least? eBay?...

Zen micro USB doesn't work with car ra

My zen micro can't connect to my car radio or my teac reciever chr-255. Neither can connect to the USB. It reads for a secund and then just give up. Has anyone got the same problem or even bette, has anyone solved it's?

I suspect the problem may be that your car stereo and Teac receiver are expecting a USB flash dri've type of player and not a PlaysForSure MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) player.
With USB flash dri'ves, the car stereo and the receiver are expecting what looks like a hard dri've which they can just browse and play files directly.
MTP players don't look like hard dri'ves, despite what you might have come to expect because of the Creative Media Explorer interface. CME is performing MTP operations and presenting a view that just looks like a hard dri've.
MTP is used, in part, to manage playlists and to enforce DRM (digital rights management) licenses.
I keep hoping that Microsoft, Creative, and PlaysForSure/MTP compatible players will come up with a standard for operating the player like an iPod so integration will be as seemless for non-iPod players as well.

ZEN MICRO IS NOW DESTROYED BY

**bleep** **bleep** **bleep** **bleep**. i dismantled my zen micro while trying to fix the headphone jack and i made a stupid mistake... i didnt undo one of the small screws. this caused one of the white connectors to be ripped out of the unit when i seperated the casing from the zen. the gold connectors are all bent and mangled and some have fallen off. i am so upset at the moment and so frustrated at my stupid action.
does anyone know how <much this would cost to repair the white connector and headphone jack in it's
To creative: make your **bleep**ing products properly. I have had 2 replacement units with the same fault. I purposely chose creative over apple because i did'nt want to support them and i wanted to prove that creative is just as good, now i voided the warranty and have no chance of having it repaired or replaced again.Message Edited by coldfusion on 0-22-2006 05:5 AM

Ha ha ha! Sucess at last!
I got it working now!
I was missing a step in the second suggestion (link posted by DM) to edit the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\U SB and add "EVERYONE." Plus I didn't reboot right away! I guess that would help too. Sorry forgot to do that.
THANK YOU! The support on this fourm is wonderful! Glad to see the help is here for Creative products.

Zen micro with playforsure and removable d

if u have the playsforsure firmware installed on your zen micro, can you still use the removable disk function on computers without windows xp. also, can you still charge it on computer without windows xp?

88888888,
If you have the PlayForSure firmware, yes you can still use the Removable Disk feature of the player and it's also a yes for charging. Just make sure you slide the power switch to Lock position when you're charging.
Jason

Zen Micro Disk Size 5GB

Hi,
I just bought a Zen Micro mp3 player, 5GB. With Creative Mediasource I copied all my mp3 and WMA music to the Zen Micro. If I right-click in XP on my Music folder, Windows tells me the total size on disk is 2.9GB, 595 files.
BUT, after 500 files I get a warning saying that the destination is Full ?? But the Zen Micro is 5GB !?!?
How is this possible ? I checked some file sizes on the Zen Micro, and compared them with XP file sizes, but they are the same !?
What is going on here ?
Thanks
Roger Luijten

It also depends on what you have your bit rate at.
for example, if it is set at wma 60kbps you will only be able to fit about 800 - 000 songs on it.
the only way the zen micro can hold 2,500 songs on it is if you set the bit rate to wma at 64kb
ps.
I have all my songs set to wma 60kbps and i'm already takin up 40% of my hard dri've space: with 384 songs on it so far.

Zen MIcro:Auto power off and USB charg

i wanna know whether the zen micro has an auto off feature. also, can it be charged via USB?Thanx

When you say auto off, do you mean that it turns off when it's idle? If so, then yes, it does. Otherwise post up more detail and I'm sure someone can answer your question.
The Zen Micro can charge over USB aswell, but remember this will take longer than with the power adapter.
Cat

Zen Micro can it be fixed

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for