Zen Sleek Photo-mic doesn't w

For some reason, the mic doesn't work. I can record with the player but when I play it back, no sound is heard. If I speak very LOUDLY and close to the zen sleek, then I can hear something, but barely. Any reasons why the mic isn't working? Or is it defecti've?

Lagavulin wrote:
In reference to SSR's post, sure, I accept that these issues are not exactly unresolvable, but there is TOO much inconvenience involved for TOO many people. It shouldn't be a case of trawling through umpteen websites/FAQ's just to get a vague idea of what *might* be causing a problem. And since it appears these issues are quite frequent (from a commercial aspect at least) IMHO, Creative should attempt to proffer some easier resolution to the potential pitfalls, possibly by adding a few extra bits of software/instructions with the product.
Agreed
Creative should perform more checks on the computer to make sure that everything is required and installed and configured correctly to use the player. The steps listed in the MTP FAQ <a href='http://www.nomadness.net/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=8&categories =Nomad+Jukebox+Zen#228' target=_blank>here[/url]. Are the most common methods to solve device detection issues. I'm sure Creative is aware of these problems and that these can be done. However Microsoft should be involved as it is their standard and Creative is simply making their products to the standard set out by Microsoft. Hopefully when WMP comes out, Microsoft would implement these changes or even change the way the computer recognizes MTP devices without disturbing the existing programs that do support MTP, like Notmad Explorer and Media Monkey. The suggestions listed in the FAQ are from Microsoft (hotfixes) and the users who have posted on the Creative, Dell, and iRi'ver forums. The suggestions were simply gathered up and put together.
<a href='http://www.myfilehut.com/userfiles/54685/fixup.zip' target=_blank>This[/url] file basically does everything listed in the FAQ, just doesn't download the hotfixes for you, but does do the registry changes, the Windows Services, and other things as well. Its a simple solution which I will start giving as suggestions more and more, hopefully it will end up in the MTP FAQ.

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Hi peeps,
Being a Creative fan :smileysurprised: I decided to add the Zen Sleek Photo to my repertoire of Creative kit (Gigaworks S750 and X-Fi Fatality SoundBlaster).
Well, it arri'ved this morning and after installing the software (except WMP0 as I already had that) I plumbed in the player and after getting the XP bubble "Found New Hardware" and the "Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard", when prompted to install the software for it, all I'm getting is:-
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Many thanks in advance,
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Lagavulin wrote:
In reference to SSR's post, sure, I accept that these issues are not exactly unresolvable, but there is TOO much inconvenience involved for TOO many people. It shouldn't be a case of trawling through umpteen websites/FAQ's just to get a vague idea of what *might* be causing a problem. And since it appears these issues are quite frequent (from a commercial aspect at least) IMHO, Creative should attempt to proffer some easier resolution to the potential pitfalls, possibly by adding a few extra bits of software/instructions with the product.
Agreed
Creative should perform more checks on the computer to make sure that everything is required and installed and configured correctly to use the player. The steps listed in the MTP FAQ <a href='http://www.nomadness.net/modules.php?name=FAQ&myfaq=yes&id_cat=8&categories =Nomad+Jukebox+Zen#228' target=_blank>here[/url]. Are the most common methods to solve device detection issues. I'm sure Creative is aware of these problems and that these can be done. However Microsoft should be involved as it is their standard and Creative is simply making their products to the standard set out by Microsoft. Hopefully when WMP comes out, Microsoft would implement these changes or even change the way the computer recognizes MTP devices without disturbing the existing programs that do support MTP, like Notmad Explorer and Media Monkey. The suggestions listed in the FAQ are from Microsoft (hotfixes) and the users who have posted on the Creative, Dell, and iRi'ver forums. The suggestions were simply gathered up and put together.
<a href='http://www.myfilehut.com/userfiles/54685/fixup.zip' target=_blank>This[/url] file basically does everything listed in the FAQ, just doesn't download the hotfixes for you, but does do the registry changes, the Windows Services, and other things as well. Its a simple solution which I will start giving as suggestions more and more, hopefully it will end up in the MTP FAQ.

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Try resetting it, with a paperclip (put it into the reset hole and you should feel a very small "button" to press with it).
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Taral88 wrote:
Hi,
I just bought a used ZenSleek photo 20G for my dad (67 year old guy who wants to listed to audiobooks), but I cannot get the device to connect to my Vista-run 32bit HP laptop.
Here's the strange thing: I have a ZenSleek Photo of my own (at least 2 years old) that works perfectly. I plug it into my laptop with the same cable, in the same USB port, and the computer automatically opens the organizer for me to put stuff on the player.
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I've been reading about Vista/Creative incompatibility a lot, and am wondering if I need to find a computer with XP and Window's Media Player 0 to play around with firmware on the new player. But why would my Zen work great and this other player that is exactly the same model not?
Have I just bought a piece of junk? or is there something I need to do?
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What does Device Manager report on the device? I would not mess with the firmware just yet. Did you have the Creative software on the computer before or did you install it trying to get recognized? It should be recognized on Vista without any other software installed. Does the player turn on when you connect it or does the battery icon just flash for charging?

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Jason-CL wrote:
Never tried audio book from overdri've before but have you try these steps from overdri've faq?
http://www.overdri've.com/software/omc/faq.asp#3
Jason
Thanks for responding!? I have tried following all of the steps they provided at their website. The program itself is pretty self explanatory. The problem always happens mid-transfer. For both WMP and OMC (OverDri've Media Center). I even updated everything I could for the Zen Sleek Photo, and as many of you know there really isn't all that much in the way of updates for it. I downloaded the ZenCast Organizer?thinking I could use it for all media types, not only ZenCasts, but I can't figure out how to put other files than ZenCasts into it. I'm usually not this computer illiterate!
I have tried using Real Player to upload the file as I read here in another post that some people managed to use that to get around file size issues (I think they were able to load smaller files, just not big ones whereas I can't load anything). Error message was reported and the list of errors ranged from not having the correct license (I feel this is incorrect as I can play the files on my computer... is that wrong?)?to the player not supporting that type of file. Does anyone know if the Sleek Photo's have problems with DRM's??I have even updated my WMP to and tried to upload the files again, same error message. Someone mentioned on another thread something about having an error b/c my ID Tags are insufficient for the player. I tried using my sync manager that came with the player, but it doesn't seem to want to do anything. It sat there for about 20 minutes searching or something. It was my last attempt so I got frustrated and decided to hold off on playing with it for a while.

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I have Windows 2000 so this means I "can't" buy Zen Sleek Photo because it requires Windows XP?
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