Zen Sleek Photo frozen and can't turn

A friend gave me his Zen sleek photo to see if I could figure out why it was frozen. I have had it in recovery mode and tried all the options there.. I downloaded and tried to redownload the firmware but when I do that it says already has that or download error. If anyone has any more suggestions for me to try that would be great.. at a dead end at this point. Thank you, Rochele

Tyr running Cleanup function in the player Rescue mode.
Jason

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Hi, I recently destroyed the LCD on my Zen Sleek Photo, but i can still operate the player, just blindly. I have gotten pretty good at it, but there are some sections which i can't guess at all, such as the drop down menu that controls things like random play and such. I was wondering if anyone has a flow chart image for the menus, or if someone would be so kind as to tell me where things are on the drop down menu, or at the very least, how to turn random play off, ie., press drop down, down 4, click, down , etc. Thanks alot!!
ah, by menus i mean the options drop down of course, as i have edited the main menu, and i have no clue whats there now hah. thanks again.
Message Edited by enazgrey on 0-25-2008 09:42 PM

Hello Enazgrey,
I tried searching using the following words "Zen sleek photos menu diagram" and found one article in the web. Maybe this can help you. Here's the link. At the bottom part of the article, there is a link given for Creative Zen Sleek Menu Diagram. Good luck.
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Creative Zen Sleek Photo & Windows Vi

I've got a Creative Zen Sleek Photo player, and I just got a new computer for school. Since all new computers come standard with Vista, I can't download any of my Creative software because it is not compatible with Vista. Is there any kind of?download update or file that I can get so that I can make the software compatible and install it's

You do not need to install the software on the disc. The driver is nati've to the Vista OS. Windows Media Player can Sync to the player rip cds, ect.

Zen Sleek Photo Copy to ext. Dr

I have two q?I have a Zen Sleek Photo player and love it. . Our music displays the Artist. can i the display to Albums only?2. I just backedup my music to a external dri've. Can i delete my music on my pc then copy back to my pc from the external dri've?ThanksChuck?Message Edited by dancnsailr on 0-24-200809:29 PM

To A clean up, if that doesnt work do a firmware reinstall, IF that doesnt work, so a reformat, you can do all of this using the rescue mode, by the way, use rescue mode to reinstall the firmware.
For your battery issue, have you drained your battery down to 0% a lot? if so thats whats causing the issue with battery life, its really unhealthy for li-ion batterys to be drained to 0%. if you havent drained it much only once in a while like say once a month, then something else is wrong, make sure bass boost and custom eq are off along with smart volume. if there all off Drain the battery once more completely down to 0% and recharge it completely. tell me if that works, i dont visit this forum much now. you can email me or PM me here if its still bad so i dont have to go on looking and searching for this thread.
KC

Zen sleek photo - please h

I bought a Zen sleek photo today and I'm really dissapointed. Firstly, I charged it, when that was done I turned it on, then it crashed. I reset it and it came on, then I realised that one of the earphones didn't work, grrrr.
I am also having enormous trouble with the vertical touch pad, it does what the heck it wants regardless of what I want it to do. It took me half an hour just to set the time, I was almost crying in fustration. To top it off, I am unable to transfer most of the music I have tried although the software looks ultra easy to use, much easier than the Zen Nomad.
Its hard to tell with just one earphone working but it doesn't sound great quality & not very clear at all and its not terribly loud even with the volume right up. Every now & then I get a burst of interferance, its not on the song when played on my laptop and it was from an original cd.
Its driving me mad, please help! Have I just been unlucky & got a faulty machine?
Thanks
Sarah
Message Edited by choccyface on 06-23-2006 2:57 PM

You might just be unlucky so you'll probably want to send it back. I have had a zen sleek photo for half a month now and i have had none of those problems. In fact, i've enjoyed having it so far.Message Edited by the_Adam on 06-23-2006 09:35 PM

A few annoyances with Zen Sleek Photo 20GB (Reque

Update:
PETITION FOR SEPERATING ARTISTS (See "Artist Listings"): Click here to open message in new window
Many thanks to anybody who gives comments or signs it!
Zen Sleek Photo Pictures: See 2nd page!
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I have just recieved my wonderful new Zen Sleek Photo 20GB, and right now I am only allowed to test it (Christmas present ^^)
I am very impressed with the player, absolutely wonderful
Of course there are a few problems/annoyances with the player.
I haven't been able to thoroughly look at the player, but a few things have come to my mind already.
I am sorry if this thread is perhaps too big :-/ But I really like the Creative MP3 players and want to enjoy my player as much as possible and recommend them to my friends.
>> Artist listings
The most annoying thing is with Artist names!
When you browse the artists, it looks for COMPLETE ONES, exactly as in the tag.
This is a very big problem for me... I would really prefer having it search IN the tags..
So if I look for Dr. Dre, it will find him with ANY of the features in the song.
I don't want it to display about 30 different ones with him in...
For example:
Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre, Mel Man
Dr. Dre, Hitman, Eve
Dr. Dre, Eminem
Dr. Dre, Hitman, Eve, Eminem
etc etc etc
This becomes very annoying and makes an extremely long list.
So what I would like to see, is that it just shows Dr. Dre as ONE artists, and then show his albums with ANY of the featured artists, not only solos.
Secondly......
>> Background Pictures
I have been looking around for images to add to my player as background pictures and found that there is no option to "fit to screen". When you view pictures it adjusts to the >> full-screen << size, not the actual menu size..
I think there should also be stretch/tile etc options.
>> Listen whilst viewing
I think it would be much much better to be able to listen to music whilst viewing pictures..it's just not the same :-/
>> Other formats
I think it is a shame you can only view jpegs on the Sleek Photo
It would be very easy to allow it to display PNG, GIF, BMP files and maybe even VIDEOS.
I am sure many people would be the sleek over another player because of that.
>> Pictures: Folders get image for thumbnail
This isn't much of an inconvenience, but it would be a nice little feature
So you can set or there is automatically an image set for the folder, so you don't have to wait for the address to display at the bottom. That is a bit too long sometimes too with the /pictures etc (If I remember correctly *hope*)
I really hope Creative gets around to making some additions to the firmware, user contact is the key to user satisfaction.
Something else I should say, is the products need updating on various area-specific creative sites. The Sleek wasn't even on some.
I couldn't search for any updates to the sleek photo as it wasn't on the US site for updates either.
Many many thanks for reading,
StephenR
EDIT: It may also be a nice feature to have album art displayed when you play a song Message Edited by StephenR on 2-7-2005 :43 PMMessage Edited by StephenR on 2-2-2005 04:48 AM

StephenR wrote:>> Artist listingsThe most annoying thing is with Artist names!When you browse the artists, it looks for COMPLETE ONES, exactly as in the tag. This is a very big problem for me... I would really prefer having it search IN the tags..
This range of players have always worked from tag data, so it will always show what's in the tags. If you want to see different data then it's a case of changing the tags.
Similarly the search works on start of string data, rather than searching as a substring. It might be too much for the small brain of this player to do substring searching, but still a good wishlist item. No Creative players do substring searching to-date.
>> Background PicturesI have been looking around for images to add to my player as background pictures and found that there is no option to "fit to screen". When you view pictures it adjusts to the >> full-screen << size, not the actual menu size.. I think there should also be stretch/tile etc options.
I guess it might be a case of adjusting the pixels and aspect ration of the file?
I don't have the player, so just a guess.
Still a nice wishlist for pictures you don't want to have to mess with.
>> Listen whilst viewingI think it would be much much better to be able to listen to music whilst viewing pictures..it's just not the same :-/
There's a petition on this for the Micro Photo. Clearly Creative have listened as the Zen Vision:M will be able to do this, and hopefully they'll backtrack firmware for the Micro and Sleek Photo to do it also.
>> Other formatsI think it is a shame you can only view jpegs on the Sleek Photo It would be very easy to allow it to display PNG, GIF, BMP files and maybe even VIDEOS. I am sure many people would be the sleek over another player because of that.
Again, see the Vision:M. It does all this.
I couldn't search for any updates to the sleek photo as it wasn't on the US site for updates either.
Did you try the European site? Ultimately it's very new so they might not be any updates.
What with the similar release times of the Sleek Photo and Vision:M it might be that regions forego the Sleek Photo and replace with the Vision:M anyway.

Zen Sleek Photo on Amazon.co.uk Link Ins

Amazon.co.uk finnaly have the Zen Sleek Photo listed, and look at all the information it has on it!!!
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branded34,
Go to the Microsoft website and download this patch.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/80509/en-us
Run the patch and try installing the software again.
Jason

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Technophobe help needed!! I have a creative zen sleek photo and need help!!! PLEASE REPLY

model number creative zen sleek photo daphdd09 hi i hadnt used it for a while i then put it on charge last night and when i got up and took to work this am it has now frozen when i turned it on. I rest it it and charged it and it says realoading library and then freezes again no buttons work dont know what else to do please helpxxx

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http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=3&subcategory=264&product=505 0
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And try what I said, it may work!

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This concerns problems with Vista and the Zen Sleek Photo mp3 player. The Zen software is not compatible and won?t install.
After receiving some information from ?Creative, and after some further experimenting on my own, I have put together a procedure that will, in fact, do a full install of the Zen Sleek Photo on a machine running Vista.
I have also discovered that this installation procedure also works for my Nomad Zen Xtra ? an unexpected bonus!
It worked for me, and I have received feedback from several dozen people already who have used this procedure with 00% success, so I know that it works!? I am currently getting three or four requests daily for this, and most have been kind enough to follow up and let me know that it solved their problem.
I will send this info, in Word document form, to anyone who requests it. Just email me at:
[url=mailto:[email protected]">[color="#0000ff" face="Times New Roman" size="3">[email protected][/url]
Dave McClay

Dave, I tried to send email to [url=mailto:[email protected]">[email protected][/url]?but it's bouncing back. Can you pl post your correct ID? I'd like to get the procedure for Zen Sleek Photo Installation on Vista. Thanks?

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DM,
Thanks. I mentioned when I posted that question that it was stupid to ask. I should know better, hey I thought I should at least ask. I know you all think I'm whiny for buying a Zen that is not yet Audible compatible, but this player is just wonderful. I still have my Micro, which is great also, but I'm hoping the Sleek Photo will also be Audible compatible. A tech at Audible told me that if the ZSP has bookmarks it will no doubt be added at some future date. I hope so. Thanks for answering, you are one of the most knowledgeable posters on the forum and I thought I'd get a response from you first.
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Zen Sleek Photo and Windows Vi

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[email protected]

I emailed you and got a message back saying your email is down.

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I bought a Zen Sleek Photo in March, I've never had a problem with it until today. I tried to turn it on and nothing happened (its fully charged and not on hold). I connected it to my computer, and the charging symbol would not apear. When I try to turn it on now, the blue light on the power button blinks three times and stops, but it still does not turn on.
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