Zen Nano 1G Line in quest

Hi
Just purchased a zen nano g great little device.
I was wondering would it be possible to connect a external microphone (say a small lapel mic) to the line in jack to give better voice recodings.
Regards
The Signalman

signal-man wrote:
Im a bit new to this, please excuse my ignorance what is pre-amped to line level ?
and bit level sensiti've , what is optimun level
A microphone just by itself produces a very low power. Some devices have an amplifier built-in to them, hence you can connect a microphone directly.
The Nano has a line-in, so that means it needs the microphone's input to be at line level. That is the output from the microphone needs to be amplified BEFORE going into the Nano.
Ideally you want a microphone or pre-amp that can be adjusted, but recording results with the Nano are not fantastic based on reports here.

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I have a Zen Nano Plus. I purchased it for recording church messages. I run the cord from the line in to the church sound board. The recording is good, however, the nano sometimes shuts down during the middle of the sermon. What would cause this problem
? Is there a special setting or fix?Please help

Hi,
Sorry to hear you are having problems. There is no setting for this as this isn't normal behaviour. I'd suggest loading the latest firmware onto the unit and also checking the box "Format Data Area" when given the option to during the firmwares install.
The firmware is available from here .
http://uk.europe.creative.com/suppor...ame=Windows+XP
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ps.
John

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I've got a Creative Zen Nano Plus and was very happy about its ability to encode MP3s from the line in jack.
Since the integrated microphone is not very good for recording (especially loud music) I tried to connect a microphone to the line in jack. Unfortunately I had to recognise that it doesn't record anything no matter if "Sync Track" is on or off.
I'd be glad if someone can tell me what exactly the problem is. Do I need some kind of special microphone (I read somewhere that it has to be "pre-amped", whatever that may mean) or is the line in jack designed for just recording from devices like a CD player? Help is very much appreciated. :-)

Big bump.
I did some research quite a while ago and thought that I should report the results for people also having that problem.
A line-in jack is not a microphone-in jack. The difference between them is that the former is not supplied with electricity, so it can't power simple external microphones on its own. Thus, a real microphone-in jack is needed, though none of the Creative products has one included. You will still need a pre-amped microphone to get recordings with proper volume, though. A good and cheap solution is the Archos Stereo Microphone that comes with a preamplifier including volume adjust (http://www.archos.com -> Accessories -> Audio accessories).
Microphone-in jacks can be found for example in the iri'ver iFP-7** and iFP-8** series. Since this players are discontinued and newer models don't have these jacks, it's kind of hard to still use that feature.

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Hi,
I recently bought a Zen Nano Plus from japan. Once I'm back to Thailand, I found my GB Zen Nano Plus has one line disappeared from the LCD. It was OK as long as I happy with the quality of it. After one month, there were 4 lines was disappeared from my LCD screen. Then I can't read my screen.
The question is, Now I'm in Thailand but I bought my Zen Nano from Japan. How can I claim my LCD to get it fix?
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Hi Nitipong! the same happened to me, but I bought it in USA and now I'm in Brazil. What you did to get it fixed?

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how can we record the music with line in?
which line in?
can we use earphone jack as line in?

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It's for connecting a line-out level signal to for recording (this should be documented in the manual as well, although it isn't available for download at Nomadworld.com so I can't check).
A line-out level signal could be from an amplifier (e.g. a headphone socket, or even better a proper line-out level connection) or a pre-amped microphone. Be warned though, a lot of people are saying the line-in on this (and I think the predecessor MuVo N200) aren't very good.

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I just bought the GB Zen Nano Plus and I love it. But today something weird happened, it was playing through my songs as normal the at the end of a certain song when it went to the next track, this next track did not automatically start playing as it should, i saw the solid square icon meaning stop on the player, and to play the track i had to repress the play button then it played through fine, so i erased the track before the track that would not play thinking i would just reload it when i got home, but that didn't fix the problem so i also erased the actual track that would not play until i repressed the play button, finally after erasing a few more tracks in the sequence, it stopped happening, it was weird because everyother track just plays through one after another like it should, my play mode is on normal, each album that i have tracks from on my player is in a separate folder. i am going to reload the problem songs and see what happens, just thought it was weird
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PB

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I already own a Zen Micro and have Creative Media Source installed on our computer. We just bought a Zen Nano (the re-labelled MuVo) and were wondering if these is any other software on the disk required to use the Nano. Since its recognized as a removable storage device upon plug-in, is there any other reason to install the software on the disk?
My main concern is accidentally overwriting the Creative MediaSource software already on the computer and wiping out all of the imported tracks and playlists I have set up for my Zen Micro.
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Tober38 wrote:
I already own a Zen Micro and have Creative Media Source installed on our computer. We just bought a Zen Nano (the re-labelled MuVo) and were wondering if these is any other software on the disk required to use the Nano. Since its recognized as a removable storage device upon plug-in, is there any other reason to install the software on the disk?
My main concern is accidentally overwriting the Creative MediaSource software already on the computer and wiping out all of the imported tracks and playlists I have set up for my Zen Micro.
Thanks, all.
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I got a zen nano for christmas, worked well till i got 28 songs on it. when i try to put songs on from windows explorer, ERROR-cannot create directory., and from creative, - an error has occured while transfering this file.
in my computer - it is called a removable dri've
NO songs work, even when i attempt to directly rip cds to the player
I have memory left, i wonder if formating it would work
Message Edited by gmn87 on <SPAN class=date_text>2-26-2005 <SPAN class=time_text>07:29 PM
Message Edited by gmn87 on 2-26-2005 07:29 PM

Hi
You need to delete the songs in the root folder first. Then you can create some folders and put your music back into the folders. At a minimum you could have a Music folder with everything else in that folder.
There is more info about this problem in the FAQ (see link below) and here.
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I want to use my Zen Nano Plus to listen to books and to play music. I downloaded a book from my public library (way cool!) and put it in it's own folder. I downloaded a bunch of music and put all that in another folder. My problem is that I can't figure out how to listen to my book for awhile, then listen to music (ideally in shuffle mode) and then go back to the book and not have the book start over from the beginning. Any thoughts on this?
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How can I see how many songs are loaded on my Zen Nano Plus? When I click on the G folder or go into wither WMP or the Creative Software it shows the number of folders loaded on my player but how can it show me the number of tracks?
also how come SOMETIMES when i hook my player up the the USB the computer doesn't recognize the device and i need to restart the computer for it to recognize the device?
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Alternati'vely, you can view the info in settings -> information -> track count on the player, depending on the version on the firmware you have.

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I use Zen Nano Plus Media Explorer and I get this message:
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☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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from the menu bar at the top of the screen.Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try the action that you're having trouble with again. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
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I've been looking around for the MP3 player that will suit my needs.
The key features I need are...
. Above average sound quality.
2. Flash based.
3. Small. Can accompany me anywhere with ease.
4. User replaceable battery. (after few years, built-in battery will die. sending to service center for replacement is a pain in my country)
5. The screen that let me navigate through my music files.
I've been deciding between the iPod nano and Mobiblu DAH-500i(Currently I've not enough money for the iPod nano though.). But for some reason I just want to check creative website. My last creative product was back then...... the first generation Creative Nomad Jukebox 6GB.
And I found this one, the Zen nano & Zen nano plus. This player meets all my requirements. I quickly browse CNET and PCMAG.com for the reviews of this product. Yes, they say good things about it. But the rating is somewhat low compared to other models out there. PCmag give it 3.5/5. And Cnet doesn't even have a full review for it.(only 'preview' available.)
I'm not sure if I can think this way but after reading through the 'features' page, I think this product just simply 'SHOULD BE MORE POPULAR'. It's so perfect. It fills all the holes I have in my mind about iPod nano(no drag and drop) and DAH-500i(battery life). I'm not interest in FM radio though.
So I'm starting to wonder if there's some hidden flaws about it's Forexample, is it only compatible with AAA alkaline battery but not the rechargeable AAA Ni-MH or Ni-CD battery? This thing is build of very cheap plastic? etc...
Question # Please let me know what is the 'bad' point of Zen nano/ Zen nano plus. Because I really can't find it.
Question #2 Is there a hole on the device where I can atach a lanyard?
Thank you.

As said above, the N200 is the exact same (with some software exceptions and maybe the odd change) as the Nano Plus.
The plastic the player is made out of can be quite fragile (I've got a crack in the bottom of my player) - but it's not so fragile as the Ipod Nano seems to be (it's meant to be a magnet to scratches), it's a bit of a cheap plastic, but I'm not sure the extent of how fragile it is, though you can't literally snap it in half.
You will need to reload the firmware every so often, if you're lucky, it might be every few months, some have to do it every few weeks (It could be the luck of the draw, some people might have faulty products, but it is something that needs to be done). This usually is the fix for any random problem with the player (at least it's not always back to Creative for repair)
The Line in is pretty shoddy, don't use that. (They might have fixed it in the later versions of the firmware, not in .2)
The sound quality is well, as good as you can expect I suppose, it's not the worst thing in the world, but testing it against my cousin's Ipod Photo (I know it's not exactly a big comparrison), there's no or very little difference.
The battery is user changable, AAA batteries. There have been some cases with some rechargeables not working - that could just be the luck of the draw, or just a incompatability issue, like anything that uses batteries. However, most rechargeables should work with the player well. (I'm using rechargeables as well)
There is a hole for the laynard around the back of the player - yet I remember the hole on a user's player had broken. In Asia, the player is sold with the laynard, whereas in North America and Europe, it comes with an arm band and a rubber cover with a plastic belt clip.
The backlit buzz as mentioned above is also a problem, though on the Cnet Asia review for the N200, the claimed it wasn't audiable during music playback. Though how much it annoys you can depend on you, it's like some people can sleep with World War 3 outside, some can only sleep in perfect silence.
I'm sure there will be people with horror stories about the player, but there will always be people with horror stories about everything and anything.
Feel free to ask more questions if you want.
Although, saying that, the Samsung players are meant to be pretty good as well if you want to check them out.Message Edited by arcl on 09-26-2005 02:23 AM

Creative Zen Nano P

Hello there! I have one mp3 player and I tried to connect him to my Panasonic compact audio system SA-DH30 with the "Line In" Cable but it isn't working.
What can I do?
ThX.

First, I am not sure if you are trying to record TO the Zen Nano or playing music FROM the Nano. I am going to assume that you want to play the music on your Nano through your system. First, you need a Y-connector. This will have a /8" stereo plug on end and two RCA connectors on the other. These are cheap- found at Radio Shack, on Ebay etc. To playback your Nano, you use the headphone jack, not the Line In jack. The cable you were supplied with is used for recording TO the Nano. If you stereo does not have auxilary RCA inputs (could be labled "aux, tape, line-in,cd"), you may be unable to use your Nano. Another possibility, if you have a cassette player, is to purchase one of those cassette adaptors typicallly used with car stereos.

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