Zen Micro Manual Booting Prob

Hi there,?Since two months I got the Creative zen Micro player, but now I got a problem. The problem in fact is that it wont boot when I hold the button. It ony boots when i connect it to the Pc. The same problem is there with shutting the zen player down, when i hold the button it wont shut down. When I want to shut it down I have to remove the battery first. I tried to search for this problem on other forums, but I didn't see this problem on any topic. I have updated the firmware, but that didnt helped, I am afraid that it is an Hardware problem.... Does anyone have a clue ?Dirk

apuffer: What happens is that if you connect it before installing the drivers it will mark the player as not having any drivers (normally you'd be prompted to intsall, and typically people cancel out of it).
There's a known problem caused by Quicktime 7, so firstly check for that and uninstall. Then try reinstalling the software again.
Assuming it installs OK hopefully it will pick up on the drivers being present, but if it doesn't just go back into Device Manager and delete the driverless Zen Micro device. Then physically disconnect and reconnect the player, and the drivers should install.

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Zen Micro with booting proble

Hey i had this zen for 2 weeks so far and I've read the faqs and tried what it had to say.
My problem is that my zen micro freezes on the Creative logo. Now it worked before but in the past few days its been like this. I've did clean up reformated it and reloaded the OS/firmware. The only thing about the firmware is that it needed to boot up but like i said it freezes. It when i tried it a second time it said that the firmware is the same as the update so does anyone think i did it right? Suggestions in fixing my Zen micro is greatly appcreiated.

If you updated the firmware and then tried the same update again you will of course be told you have the same firmware. The only way to reload it is from rescue mode (using the reload firmware command).
Realistically though if you've updated the firmware and the player is freezing once or twice a day it sounds faulty. I would contact support.

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Hi everyone,
I've got a problem trying to upgrading my Zen Micro Firmware. When it says that I have to wait while it's rebooting the player, nothing happens. When I do it manually, the firmware is still the old one. Does anyone know what I have to do?

I too have exactly the same problem. Micro reboots once, then just sits there doing nothing. I have tried the on/off method ,as you said, it goes back to the old firmware. Having tried to load the update offline with no background programs running I still got the same fault (even leaving it for half an hour.) I have now given up as i am worried that it may corrupt the existing firmware. I have turned of the snooper setting as requested . I think that it shows signs that after the first reboot the computer is not recognizing the players USB. So it may be that after the st reboot the usb may need to be removed/reconnected. But i'm not going to take that chance as you will be losing power when trying to upgrade. Best way to corrupt a download on any item plugged to the USB is to remove it will been accessed.
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apuffer: What happens is that if you connect it before installing the drivers it will mark the player as not having any drivers (normally you'd be prompted to intsall, and typically people cancel out of it).
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I noticed that the Zen Micro does not work well with the I-Ri'ver FM transmitter. The MuVo works fine with this transmitter. What is up with this? I need an FM transmitter that really works, my 2006 car does not offer a cassette deck just CD.

I can't see why there would be a difference. What do you mean "does not work well"?

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I have a zen micro and I recorded four 0hour recordings from the radio and when I come to transfer them to the computer an error message pops up with this "Not enough storage is available to complete this operation" when I copying to a hard disk with 70GB free and each recording is 762MB. I tried copying the 4 files together and each one individually the same message pops up
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Search in "firmware problem" in the FAQ post.

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hi i recently purchased a zen micro. when i try to install the software from the cd i pick the region and the language and then an error comes up saying the "demoshield player has encountered a problem and needs to close". this happens evry time and i have tried it on 2 differernt computers. has anyone experienced this and how did you fix it's

You can try downloading each individual piece of software required from the download page instead. You need the following:
. Creative Zen and Jukebox Driver Upgrade version .30.03
2. Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer 3.30.2
3. Creative Zen and NOMAD Jukebox plugin 2.00.9 for Creative MediaSource
Install . then connect the player to the PC. Then install 2 (which needs the player connected for verification) followed by 3.
You can also download Zen Micro Media Explorer as well.

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i have windows vista and its just not working with my creative if i try to download anyfirmwareit says my player isnt connected so i reconect it and still nothing anyone know wat the problem isis there anyone with windows vista and a zen micro were they both worki've been posting messages like crazy and still i have no anser to how to fix it??mabe i should buy an ipod?

weezerwer wrote:
i have windows vista and its just not working with my creative if i try to download anyfirmwareit says my player isnt connected so i reconect it and still nothing anyone know wat the problem isis there anyone with windows vista and a zen micro were they both worki've been posting messages like crazy and still i have no anser to how to fix it??mabe i should buy an ipod?
You will need the playforsure firmware for vista to recognize the Micro. You will need to update the firmware from a machine with windows XP. Then vista will recognize the your Micro. If your player has the old firmware there is no way to?update it in Vista.?
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Zen Micro not booting up and recovery mode doesn't do anyth

Hi,
I just got my Zen Micro yesterday and it worked fine until the second battery charging.
I charged it using the AC adapter. When it finished charging I tried to turn it on but it wouldn't go past the Createi've log (the second screen after the one with the copyright notice)
Since then I've tried all the options in the recovery menu but they don't seem to have any effect. (The recovery mode displays "Creative Zen Micro v0.0.58 at the top)
I tried "clean up" and gave it at least 30 minutes but it didn't finish.
I tried "reload firmware" but after some time I took out the battery and it still gets stuck at the second Creative screen. I don't get the firmware error screen.
Also tried the format and reboot options... nothing.
Yesterday I upgraded the firmware to .02.05 firmware and didn't have any problems. All the software also worked fine on my WinXP machine.
Would appreciate your help.
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I've had the exact same problems as GregL, except that I have the original firmware that came with the Zen Micro (I was planning to upgrade it until this whole mess happened).
I charged it fully a few times, and it'd been working fine for about fi've days, and now, I can't get past the "Creative" logo screen! Recovery menu works, but the options don't seem to get anywhere. They never get past "Erasing Firmware", "Scan Disk", and the like. I've tried rebooting and I've tried removing the battery, but nothing has changed.
Does anyone know what might be wrong with my Zen Micro?
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MP3- Zen Micro by Creation
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Still no ideas? Anything like this happen to you? A responce? Comment? Something telling me you're trying to help me figure it out? .. Gaah. I dont know how to fix it. I've called Napster and Creative labs but their both closed on Saturday and Sunday.. So I cant get help. They Guys at Best Buy cant help me because they have no ideas what to do.. So Im depending on you all to help me..

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Hi,
I have owned my zen micro for over a year, and love it! Recently, the sound started spitting in and out, so i replaced my headphones. Unfortunately, that didn't work, but I realized that if I press firmly on the heaphone's wire, and wrap it around the corner right next to the headphone jack, the sound works ok, as long as i dont move the wire... I have had to get the headphone wire "into position" and then wrap the wire tightly around the micro, or just hold it awkwardly, to get decent sound.
The headphone jack itself seems to be loose. By holding the wire tightly and pulling towards the corner, I seem to be getting the jack back into position. My question is: How do I tighten the jack? I am not an internal tinkerer (i just wrap my headphone wires around it as a solution!), and I dont feel comfortable opening the micro up and trying to tighten it myself. Does anyone know of a way to get this problem fixed?
Thanks!
Mike

The infamous headphone jack problem is quite common with micros. Since creative is aware of this problem they might fix it for you even though you're probably past warranty. get in touch with customer support and see what they can do (mention that it is a common problem!).
If they're not willing to cooperate use the search function in this forum. I remember a guide to soldering the jack in place and one or two other methods.

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. Make sure that battery is charged.
2. Detach your player from your PC, and ensure that it is turned off.
3. Remove the battery.
4. Move and hold the Power button to the Power On position and re-insert the battery to the Zen Micro. Hold the Power button until the Recovery Mode appears.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page in the [url="http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=dap&message.id=5535#M5535">FAQ on accessing Recovery Mode[/url].

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