Zen MicroPhoto firmware differen

I have a white Zen MicroPhoto from Singapore with a firmware version of .00.07. My friend has an American grey Zen MicroPhoto that he got from Best Buy the other day and it has a firmware version of .0.0. Does anyone (hopefully a mod) know what the differences between the firmwares are? I noticed the firmwares aren't on the downloads section of the American or Singaporean Creative websites. I also noticed the American version comes with a Play-for-Sure CD so I'm thinking the difference is that the American version supports Play-for-Sure but I would just like to confirm this. Thanks, Alex

As a rule, there are no national differences in Creative firmware other than government-mandated ones (mainly volume limits in EU countries). The only caveat is that if you download another firmware with the exact same version number (mainly Europeans defeating said volume limits with non-EU firmware), you must go into recovery mode and choose "Reload OS" (or "Reload Firmware") to wipe out the old one before installing the new one. Since it's been reported US MicroPhotos have a different firmware version than Singaporean ones, that shouldn't be an issue.
That said, I'd check Creative Singapore first, since they may post the revised firmware only there, and wait for other changes to update the US MicroPhoto firmware. (US Sleeks got a firmware update about the same time as European ones; but the downloaded firmware both places added Audible support, which wasn't in the original US firmware, as well as MTP/Janus.)
Message Edited by RBBrittain on 0-3-2005 :0 AM

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I have tried to 'clean up'..but i dont think it has worked.

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xChinaDollx wrote:
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.) Ability to view pictures + listen to music
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