Zen Micro: changing volume through programmi

Does anyone know a way to change the volume of a Zen Micro other than using the scroll bar? Can it be done through Creative Media Explorer or some other computer program rather than through the Zen itself? As I said in a previous post, I'm having scroll bar problems, and if I can just force the volume to change without using the scroll bar, at least I'll be able to play music.

Alas, I am no longer under warranty, and at the moment am not willing to pay $25 plus whatever else the repair costs to get my Micro working again. I did, however, just buy a $2 wired remote control, which solves the immediate problem of not being able to hear anything at all from my player. (Raising the individual volume levels of songs hardly helps when the player itself is effecti'vely on mute.) Saving playlists, etc, is still impossible, but at least I have my music for the moment.

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As I already posted my message about this problem on the older forum, I just want to ask here again for help:
My Zen Micro is like any other European Zen Micro player volume limited, because of some law, which should prevent ear damages etc.. I have to listen to mp3s louder than 20 (in the volume control) to hear in an adequate way my music. Some of you told me to download the international firmware from www.nomadworld.com , but that does not work :
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b) there are no other special "international" or other firmwares available to download, so I could not have done anything wrong.
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Thank you for contacting Creative Technical Support.
In regards to your issue, you can try uninstall and reinstall
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Reboot: Reboots the device
Please attempt the options 'Reboot' and 'Clean Up' first. If they do
not
help, you must try 'Reload OS'. To do this, you must have a downloaded
firmware from our website ready. Please let us know the results after
these steps, as soon as possible.
For faster service please reply with previous correspondence when
replying to this email.
Best Regards,
Technical Support
Creative Labs Americas
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Moderator Note: Removed the name of the Email Advisor. Please do this in the future when posting email responses from Creative.Message Edited by Jason-CL on 07-2-2005 02:05 PM

LakeTahoeGuy,
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<SPAN class=majorheader>Solution ID # 6963 - <SPAN class=text>Using the Zen MP3 player with Xbox 360
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Bye
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