Zen Nano+ and USB2

Just got this little gadget and I'm very happy with it. Aside from backlight sound hiss (you guys at Creative really need some pointers in circuit design to separate noisy ground of backlight led with your D/A audio circuit ) which I disabled right away, I have a question about USB2.0 interface. I have used other USB2.0 compatible mp3 players without a problem of a true high speed transfer. Here, when I move my files to Nano+, the transfer speed is around 500kbps - that is not USB2.0!!! What's up with that? Also, when I'm connected to my laptop and transfering files, does my battery juice being used up or does a player works usb-powered than?
Overall, this player is really cool. Oh, when is the official firmware going to be released? Even a copy of a current firmware for a backup is a must. Common guys, put it in your download page. And, last but not least, would be nice to see a firmware update to support OGG files. How about it's Of course, I assume backlight noise is your hardware poor design problem, so I probably shouldn't hold my breath of a firmware fix :smileyvery-happy:

It sounds slow. Can you test on another PC?
It will use power from the PC/laptop when connected.

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I did look at the comments for the latest Muvo N200 firmware update and I noticed a blurb about directory play back not being consistent. Does the Zen Nano have the same problem as the Muvo N200? Is there a firmware forthcomming for this issue? Thanks.
Tom

The N200 plays the track in alpha-numeric order - I'm sure the Nano isn't very much (if at all) different from the N200
Like 0, 02, 03, a, b, c, ID3 tags don't affect anything except the song title comming up, as far as I'm aware.

Creative Zen Nano and Musicma

I won some downloads. They are from Musicmatch. I have winodws 98SE. I downloaded the free jukebox. I downloaded a few songs with no problem. I just received a Creative Zen Nano. I installed the software for it. I transferred those songs to the player with no problem. When I tried downloading more songs on Musicmatch it showed that the download was complete, but then it gave me a software error message. It showed that I purchased the downloads, but they did not show up in my playlist. I don't know what the problem is. Do you think it is conflicting with the creative software? Should I uninstall part of it's I had no problem downloading before I installed the Creative software. I hope someone can help. Thanks.

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"Zen Nano" and "Zen Nano Plu

I just bought a Creative Zen Nano 52Mb MP3 player at BestBuy.
But everywhere I read, I see "Creative Zen Nano Plus".
What is the difference beetween Nano and Nano PLUS?

I have had my ZEN NANO for year. Then I start getting the flaky power shutdowns. so I start surfing lookin for an answer. One common answer I got was "upgrade the firmware." Well I thought "why would it go now.. I've never done anything out of the ordinary" Anyway long story short DON'T I repeat DON'T update the FIRMWARE until you check one vital thing. Connect your NANO if it shows up in Windows- so far so good- open the the dri've whether it is d: or e: whatever. Then right click on the NANO dri've and go to properties you should get a screen that says "Removable Disk X: Properties" FILE SYSTEM SHOULD BE FAT if it is FAT32 you may get more space but you also set yourself up for all sorts of weird issues. I backed up my mp3's formatted my NANO to FAT and reloaded it, found I didn't have enuff room for song, but I haven't had a random shutdown since i reformatted.....

Diffrences between ZEN NANO and ZEN NANO P

HI ! What would be the differences between the creative mp3 player
Zen Nano
and
Zen Nano Plus ?
Do they both have radio FM ?


Be Grateful if you could help me.
Claudia

The real differences between the two models are that the Nano Plus has a Line In connector for line in encoding, and it has an FM radio with the ability to record from the radio.

Zen Nano and Code

I bought a Nano for my daughter's graduation, and of course - it doesn't work right.
We followed the installation instructions and all we get is that the device is not connected. Device Manager shows a Code 28 - device drivers are not loaded. We deinstalled and reinstalled, tried all 4 USB ports, downloaded and insatlled the latest mass storage drivers from the web and still get the code 28.
The PC is running Windows 2000 SP4 with all the current updates installed. The Nano works fine on my laptop running WinXP.
Help! I'm not a novice at this stuff and it has me stumped. I even tried doing a "reinstall driver" from device manger and pointed it to "C:\Program Files\Creative\Mass Storage Drivers" manually, and the wizard still tells me that it cannot find a driver for the device.
Personally, I'm ready to stomp on it...

well um maybe urfirmware is bad try booting in recue mode ok i dont know how but if u find out how usually windows detects its like that then u have to format it and reload firmware

Problem with zen-nano-plus!! please help

i have the zen-nano-plus 52mb. and i try to update the firmware with latest version but i don't delete the music files in it.
i have started the instalation and the program asked me to delete the files on zen. (i didn't care keeping the files, so i continue the instalation)
when the program began to delete the files, after in few seconds i received an error messege from windowsoperating system reported error. the limit time on semaphore it's over.) now i have an 0.00.00 firmware version and i can't use the zen-nano because it's not starting. i have tried with the recovery tool but same situation it happend again. please help me if anybody knows something!!!!

Go to Creative.com and click the Support link. Look for the firmware driver for your Zen Nano and follow the directions. I had to do this to fix my Zen Nano Plus, because it had the exact same problem that yours had.
Good luck!

Zen Nano organizat

I have recently bought a Zen Nano, and I love it. I love it's size, its color, and it's layout. When I got it home for the first time, I installed MediaSource, and this Zen Nano Plus Media Explorer. I also use Musicmatch to purchase and exchange DRM music on it. I have a few albums on it. My problem is that it is not organized by Artist, then Album, then song... It seems as though its organized by just the track. To fix this I tried putting all my music into folders entitled their artist name, then album. Now it skips directly to the album folder. I would like to know how to organize music so I can get to it by Artist, then Album, then Song. If possible. If not then why would they waste space with a GB dri've in it.

The flash memory players work on folders and filenames not tag info. The only tag displayed is the title tag.
Any folders without music files in are ignored. A workaround I suggested for someone else was to create a dummy file - make a? one second recording of nothing, convert it to an mp3 file then put a copy of it in each Artist folder. Then you should be able to use the Skip Folder function to pass through the Artist folder to the enclosed Album folders.
Hope it works as I haven't tried it myself.
PB

Zen Nano Scrolling Through So

I just purchased a Zen nano and was wondering if there was anyway to see a listing of songs rather than having to go through them all while they're playing. I thought going to the music icon would do that but I have had no such luck.

Only the hard dri've players do that as they build a Music Library. On the Muvos and Nanos you have to scroll through to find your songs.
Use folders to put songs in groups then you can use Skip Folders to find the folder you want, and then scroll through it find the song you want. This will be quicker than putting all songs in one folder.
PB

Problem with transfer and ordering of tracks on new Zen Nano P

I recieved my Gb Zen Nano Plus player on wednesday and transferred quite a few tracks to the player that night. They transferred fine, I was able to customize the playing order and all the songs play fine.
But since then, I have been unable to transfer tracks to the player or change the order of the tracks. The player is recognised when I plug it in, but I am just unable to do anything with the tracks!! I have plenty of memory left and it isn't anything to do with the USB.
I really need to know what's going on and how to fix it :-(
Help!!!

What error message do you get when you try to transfer the extra files?
Are all files in the root folder? If so see the FAQ.
PB

Help, Zen Stone and Nano Plus not recognized on my PC (XP) have tried everything I can f

Hi,
I recently bought a Zen Stone but I cannot get my PC to recognize it. Everytime it is plugged in I get taken to the "Found New Hardware Wizard" and it cannot find a driver. I have gone through all the help and none of the proposed solutions makes any difference. The Stone charges fine, but I cannot access it: in Device Manager it appears in Other Devices and does not appear in My Computer. The Safely Remove Hardware icon appears in the tray but when I right-click on it, nothing happens. The same thing is also happening with my older Zen Nano Plus which I am sure was recognized a couple of months ago. Both the Stone and the Nano PLus play music and I tried the Stone on a friends computer and her Windows XP recognised it fine. I am running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 and I automatically do all the recommended Windows Updates. Things I have tried: * Unplugging all other USB devices * Using USBs at back of computer * Using a paper clip to reset the Stone * Changing the Power Management options for USB as advised on Creative Media website * Updating my chipset device drivers * In Other Devices trying to reinstall drivers * Downloading new drivers and other software for my Zen Nano * In the BIOS switching off USB 2.0 * Rolling back from Windows Media to 0, removing Microsoft User-Mode Driver Frameworks Feature Pack .0, and downloading "Update for DRM - enabled Media Players (KB8922)" * Downlaoding Iomega patch * Running msconfig to remove all startup and Service files apart from Microsoft to ensure there is no conflict with other loaded software (still didn't work) Something has defintely changed in my computer to stop Zen from working and yet the USB ports work fine with my digital camera, printer, keyboard and mouse. Please, please, please, does anyone have any ideas about what may be causing my problem Thank you Stephanie

Hi, Quick update, have also gone through everything in http://forums.creative.com/creativel...cending&page=3 and tried downloading the Fixup but with no success. Made the major mistake of following advice to delete USB controllers and ended up with no USB ports working (not good since my keyboard and mouse use USB). Had to do system restore to get back to square one. I have contacted Creative support several times and tried everything they suggested and they have tole me that there is nothing else I can try. Can find nothing else to try and with so many people experiencing the same problem with the Creative Zen's, I have come to the conclusion that the Zen is not compatible with many people's XP and only wish I had known all this before I bought it. If anyone has any other ideas I can try, please let me know, otherwise I will have to send my new Zen Stone back to Amazon as completely unusable. Goodness knows how anyone who doesn't know their way around a computer is ever supposed to get one working. I am really disappointed with Creative about this. Anyone recommend a good MP3 player make that actually works in Windows XP Regards Stephanie.

Fm radio problem and speakers zen nano plus..

. Why does my zen nano plus automatically turns of when i use the fm radio even if it has full battery?
2. Why does my zen nano plus automatically turns of when i connect pc speakers even if it has full battery?
I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Try reloading the firmware for your Nano Plus - that sorts out most problems with these players. Go to Support, Downloads and choose MP3 Players, Zen, Nano Plus. Make sure you follow the instructions carefully.
PB

Problems running creative zen nano plus and nomad muvo on same compu

We have 2 nomad muvo mp3 players and now a zen nano plus .Have had constant problems with the media organiser .
Installed zen nano plus and selected enable smart fit to get maximum amount of songs and it worked fine but as soon as we tried to install software for the 2 nomad players it would not work smart fit for any of them.
Uninstalled everything and got the zen software in and it was running ok but then seemed to have problems and although smart fit was enabled it just copied files as the original mp3.
It then fatally crashed yesterday and I am awaiting a replacement as I had only had it for 2 days.
Is it possible to run all 3 and to be able to use smart fit on all 3 players or am I better off having just one working and using the file converter for the other 2.


Make sure that you have installed the MediaSource plugin for MuVo in order to get SmartFit You have to access SmartFit via the MuVo node of the Sources window in MediaSource. You won't see SmartFit if you access your MuVo via the My Computer node of the Sources window in MediaSource..
Here is what you should do to get the latest MediaSource software:
- Download and install the latest Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer 3.30.2 from your product download site.
- (Depending on your firmware)
Download and install the latest Creative Zen and NOMAD Jukebox plugin 2.00.9 for Creative MediaSource from your product download site.
or:
Download and install the latest Creative MediaSource Plugin for PlaysForSure devices (version .00.8) from your product download site.
- Download and install the latest Creative MuVo plugin .0.05 for Creative MediaSource from your product download site.
- Download and install the latest Creative MediaSource Plugin for CD Burner 3.0.8 from your product download site.

Zen Nano Plus and audible

Hi, I subscribed to audible. From all MP3 players I have the only one audible manager recognizes is Creative Zen Nano Plus. When I try to transfer to player I get message that my program in format 4, creative supports format 2 and 3. Is there a way to upgrade my software? Thanks

You will not be able to upgrade the player itself to play format 4. It only plays 2 or 3.

Zen Nano Plus and N200- the sa

Yesterday I ordered a N200... or a Nano Plus, actually i don't know since the title said Zen Nano Plus, but the pictures and text said N200. Of course I asked support which I was going to get when I ordered and in their reply they said they are the same but with different name... so I don't really know what i'll get tomorrow, but then I guess it won't matter if they are the same with different name... But are they really the same?

Hello,
Just so you don't make a mistake, the 200 and the Zen Nano Plus were different for me. Both I bought were GB but the software was different on the N-200. I was told NOT to load the N-200 on the Zen Nano Plus. I also bought Notmad software and they said that the ZenNanoPlus would be supported soon.
I mistakenly thought I had to upgrade the firmware to get Audible compatibility. I did not. It was Audible ready out of the box. It was .00.02 from the factory. I got 2 different Creative support people telling me 2 different things...including how to upgrade the firmware with N200. One support said DO NOT do it.
Finally I got someone who said it was audible ready as it is. I tried it and it worked perfectly. So...just check. I am not sure who was right. All I know is I blew one up once trying to upgrade and I am real cautious now. At this time, I would not trade the Zen Nano Plus for anything......except perhaps for a copy of the new firmware for the Zen Touch ! Had to get that in.

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