Zen Touch.., reliable and Audio boo

Considering the zen touch 40Gb. What are the genral experiences with reliability with this unit and can i put audio books on it's
Thanks

I have a 20Gb Zen Touch, don't know about audio books so can't help there .
But the reliability is excellent. It's only crashed on my 3 times since I've had it (and they were all on the first day I had it) and I've had it for over 3 and a half months now. Sound quality is amazing, it's hard to believe a player this size can pack such a punch. It sounds better than the stereo in my room when playing a CD on it! Touchpad is great, takes a while to get used to but now it's very easy to use. Get this player, you won't regret it!

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I have recently bought a zen touch (20gb) and need help putting music on

I have recently bought a zen touch (20gb) and i can't figure how to get music from Creative media Source to my Zen. I know how to select all tracks (i have 745) but i can't find the transfer button. If someone could help me it would be greatly appreciated.

You can use either the left arrow or the right arrow to transfer, depending on whether you view the content of your MP3 player on the left or on the right. Creative MediaSource is so fliexible that it offers you to view your different music sources in different panels. Apparently, you you may not be aware that you can view the content of your MP3 player in the right panel. Just to to the View Menu and you can select what you want to view in the right panel.

Zen Touch users (and possibly non Zen Touch users) with Firmware issues click he

i just got back from the mall.i visited the electroworld branch from which i purchased my zen. i explained to them what my problem is, at first they recharged the player in a usb port in front of me...then they also reformatted it too...told me to stick to the firmware that came with the product..the player responded and thanked them..but hr later, it blacked out again..i came back to the store manager showed him my zen ( he couldnt deny it doesnt have a problem ) and within minutes told me...they are going to give me a replacement. (the diagnosis was AUTO-OFF). they did and im very thankful. right now im charging the new player and hoping...i mean really hoping that this zen works. because im not going to waste my time again even with that warranty. if this zen is defecti've, im gonna li've with its defect..but im going to save up for the fruit's company in my next purchase..better yet why not a new pda...i can play [size="+2"]ZEN TOUCH USERS (and possibly non Zen Touch users)!!!
OH MY GOD
!!! I can't believe it, but after at least 5 hours of troubleshooting, I got it to work!!
I don't know if all of these steps are necessary or not, but this is what I did in approximately this order (I'm so excited now, I'm not even sure if this is the exact order, but I'm almost positi've this is how I did it verbatim). I really, truly hope this works for everyone else.:
ON YOUR ZEN TOUCH:
.) Don't connect device to USB yet
2.) Clean Disk
3.) Format Disk
*Don't bother with restart firmware or reboot; these options are useless.
ON YOUR PC:
.) Do NOT connect device to USB yet.
2.) I did what everyone suggested and rolled my Windows Media Player to v0 (using Add/Remove programs in Control Panel), made sure I had SP2, had the latest drivers, blah blah blah. I'm not sure if this is necessary, but I also uninstalled my Firefox WMP plugin just to be safe. :smileyindifferent:
3.) I un-installed (using Add/Remove programs in Control Panel) and re-installed my Zen Touch drivers, both my 2.0.00 and .30.03 (.30.03 is needed ONLY if you have XP Pro 64-bit edition). I'm not sure if re-installing the drivers is even necessary, but just to be safe, let's say it is. :smileyvery-happy:
---THIS IS THE IMPORTANT PART!---
4.) I plugged my device into my USB port. When it prompts you whether you want to Sync the device with Windows Media Player or Take No Action, don't ignore it and close out. SYNC IT! I made the mistake of thinking that because my firmware was corrupted and my drivers weren't recognizing my Zen Touch as nothing more than a worthless hard dri've that there was no way it would sync with WMP. IT DOES
!!! I don't know how but it freakin' does!
5.) Open up your firmware update file and try to update again. Mine worked immediately and updated the player within seconds!
NOTE: As mentioned on Creative's Support page, probably the only thing they were right about, your device will no longer be compatible with MediaSource. If you want to add music, you have to do it with Windows Media Player 0's Sync page now. And for the love of god, don't update Windows Media Player! It's not worth it! Winamp is way better anyways!
Good luck everyone! I sincerely mean that. :manhappy:
Message Edited by invisiblephrend on 06-07-2008 :32 PMusic files in it, watch movies, save medical books etc..

I also strongly recommend that when Windows Media Player asks you whether you want to sync automatically or manually to choose the manual option. Automatic just randomly grabs music files and could likely add?music you don't want on your device.

Zen Touch/Vista and Slow Transfer - Any Advice?

/Zen Touch/Vista and Slow Transfer - Any Advice?s I recently purchased a new PC with the new Intel i7 quadcore chip running vista.
Everything running blazingly fast, except music transfers to my Zen Touch.
Did the firmware upgrade on my old XP PC (after rolling back Windows Media Player to v0 as mentioned).
Loaded MediaSource 5 on the new Vista PC with the proper drivers (the "playforsure" one, plus the CD burning one). Copied all my media files to the new PC using an external hard-dri've.
I have the 40GB Zen Touch, started transferring all of my 0,888 WMA files to it (96kbps), which normally may take the better part of a day, or overnight,?on the old XP machine.
I'm going on about 2 /2 days now (with the new PC, new firmware, new MediaSource software/drivers)?and finally it's almost finished.
It?started out like gangbusters, song ever second or two, but with each transfer seemed to slow, now doing about song per minute!
I've heard the 'playforsure' software slows things down...but this seems ridiculous. Is there anything I can do?

kovach wrote:
I recently purchased a new PC with the new Intel i7 quadcore chip running vista.
Everything running blazingly fast, except music transfers to my Zen Touch.
Did the firmware upgrade on my old XP PC (after rolling back Windows Media Player to v0 as mentioned).
Loaded MediaSource 5 on the new Vista PC with the proper drivers (the "playforsure" one, plus the CD burning one). Copied all my media files to the new PC using an external hard-dri've.
I have the 40GB Zen Touch, started transferring all of my 0,888 WMA files to it (96kbps), which normally may take the better part of a day, or overnight,?on the old XP machine.
I'm going on about 2 /2 days now (with the new PC, new firmware, new MediaSource software/drivers)?and finally it's almost finished.
It?started out like gangbusters, song ever second or two, but with each transfer seemed to slow, now doing about song per minute!
I've heard the 'playforsure' software slows things down...but this seems ridiculous. Is there anything I can do?
From the recovery /rescue mode on the player do a Cleanup>Reboot. the more files you have on it the slower the dri've may become since it's getting full. Also WMP works faster at least for me with syncing files.

Zen Touch sync and display probl

I left my Touch connected to my PC with WM0 running to convert and transfer tracks to the Touch. When I came back a few hours later the transfer had stopped - incomplete with and error message (didn't make a note of it ).
Now my it is not recognised by my PC. When I plug the USB lead in it is seen and the option window comes up. I click on the sync option and WM fires up but says that it can't find a player atteached. The Touch screen shows that it is docked.
I can't see the player as an external dri've either.
When I play anything on the Touch I can get as far as choosing tracks but as soon as I hit the play button the screen is different from normal. Instread of showing the track details all I get is a notice to "Add music from Library"
I have tried a reset, and rescue mode but they have not helped.
Can anyone give me any advice?
Zen Touch 40gb, Version 2..0
Track count 380.
(Showing 22gb free - but I think that's wrong)

Got it working again.
Did a reset and formated the dri've - lost my music though

Zen Touch 40GB and Windows Vista

Hi-
Apologies for opening a new thread,I can see there have been others on the same subject but cannot make head nor tail of them from the search function.
I have a 40GB Zen touch thats nearly full,I love it,its the best device I've ever had or ever will,can't speak more highly of it but my Windows XP laptop is gone , and the new one came with Vista .
Can anyone tell me how I can either add more music? or even get Vista to recognise my device. I cannot find a driver or software anywhere that will work. so I cannot add anymore new music or even get access to what I already have
thanks
redgav

$A longer-term, but one-time solution for the Zen Touch, Xtra & Micro (and a few, but not most, Sleeks & MicroPhotos) with original Creative PDE drivers and .x.x firmware (read the FAQs for more details):
Find a PC with Windows XP (SP2 or higher) and WMP 0 (not 9, not ). Download & install the Creative PDE drivers from this site. Connect your player. Backup any irreplaceable files to the PC (the next step will reformat your player). Download & install the "PlaysForSure" firmware update (2.x.x) from this site. Restore any files you backed up in step 5. Disconnect your player & uninstall the PDE drivers.<This will update your player to MTP (aka PlaysForSure), which is nati'vely supported in Windows XP (with WMP 0 or ), Vista & 7 without any additional drivers. (MTP drivers are also available from this site for certain older versions of Windows.) WMA DRM files can be transferred via WMP; other files can be transferred using WMP, Windows Explorer, or MTP/PlaysForSure-updated Creative software from this site.
The other post describes a kludge someone used to get an older Zen (with only PDE firmware) to work with Vista; it may or may not work. Creative does not support PDE-firmware players in Vista or 7.

Zen Touch 20g and PlaysForSure Firmware 2.11

Hi,
I have been trying for months but cannot get my Zen Touch 20g to work with Vista. I have followed to the letter the details posted on these forums:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R84R3...IN=B0002TSU2O# Was this helpful?
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...cending&page=2
However this firmware wont update the player. I just keep getting a message that says 'You cannot use this firmware upgrade for your player. Please download a suitable firmware upgrade'.
I have uploaded the driver, driver version : JB3MV2_PCWDRV_US__30_03.EXE and I am using Media player 0, on an XP platform with service pack 2 installed.
Can anyone help as this problem has already done my head in many times over.
Thanks
Shane

Have you actually erased your firmware? http://forums.creative.com/creativel...scending&page= This thread here tells all the steps & has all the links. The source of your problem may be the WMP runtime file.Once you change to that firmware you cannot go back.

Zen Touch Connection AND Firmware proble

after installing the firmware upgrade 2.. my player was not recognized in CMS or any other player although it was visible in the device manager and Windows says the driver is installed and works properly. I tried to reload the firmware through the recovery mode but now the installation is impossible because the computer says my ZEN TOUCH IS not connected. I tried it on different computers where my zen always worked but there as well it failed to be recognised. I read all the complaints on the forum,all the possible suggestions, tried the solution SID0053 but to no use. I really hope I will be get useful information te get out of this mess.
Best greetings
Gilbert Tenret

Hello Brotsalami,
Yes I did all you mentioned. I had already all the software you mentioned and after a difficult start it worked but then my ZEN TOUCH (what's in a name!) wasn't recognized anymore.Now I just want be able to reload the firmware but then i get the message that my player is not connected although windows recognizes it!!
To Jason or anybody else from Creative: I would appreciate a helpful reaction from any of you.

Zen touch, XP and Drive

Hi,i have Win XP SP2 and a Zen touch 20Go, but when i install the drivers (i tried those on the CD, the Net..), my computer don't recognize the player.windows' automatic installation can't find the driver, and when i go to the "device manager" there is an exclamation point near the Zen touch. I tried to install desinstall but it does'nt work.. someone can help me?Thanks?P.S: scuse me for my english...?

Hi Guys, Creative doesn't do a very good job of explaining itself, or making it easy to find what you need. I just spent the last two days getting what I needed to make my Zen Touch (refurb from EBay) working. I zipped up what I found, and I will put the zip file on my website. **Unfortunately, I have to let it sit on my yahoo geocities account for the next 24 hours***http://www.geocities.com/chintue/ZenEverything.zip It contains:The User Manual in English (.PDF)The Drivers for XP (The one that says "install first" really needs to be installed first)The Upgrade to the Drivers for XP (Install this last, it upgrades the drivers.) [Removed temporarily] ***For the user that is having sync issues, attach the player,and then go into the control panel.From the control panel, open "System"From there, go to the "Hardware" tab.Open "Device Manager"In the list of devices, right click on the player and chose remove. Restart your system and then re-attach your device. If the system recognizes your player, use something like MediaMonkey to sync the music. Its a lot less tragic
!!! Feel free to IM me on Yahoo! (Chintue)Message Edited by Chintue on 08-2-20070:03 PM

Zen Touch software and AC adaptor compatible with Vision

I just got the Vision: M and I'm wondering if I can use the software and AC adaptor I got with my previous player, the Touch with the Vision: M.

Hey There,???The Zen Vision M runs on a 5V DC Power Adapter running at 2.5A so i would not recommend it as it could seriously damage your battery and void your warranty. I am not a professional but this is from my basic knowledge of electronics. Hope This Hel
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Please FIX, Apple : Macbook Multi-Touch BSOD and Audio Problem in Vista

Readers: The below message is sent to www.apple.com/feedback and to mac-related sites. If you encounter the same problem as I did, please reply and acknowledge the problems highlighted in this thread.
Dear Apple,
First of all, I would like to compliment you on delivering the excellent new MacBook Aluminum series. As someone converted from the PC camp (no less by your expensive and convincing "PC vs Mac" marketing campaigns) , I was delighted how great life is on the Macbook and Mac OS.
However, life on Vista/XP is another story altogether. While I love to do EVERYTHING on Mac, you have to admit there are a lot of times I have no choice but to do my computing on Windows (eg. gaming and many sites still support only IE). Below are the Vista "show-stoppers" i encountered while using Bootcamp/Vista.
Note, I do understand where Apple's priority is in terms of OS support, but the very fact is that you spent so much money converting PC users to Mac (mainstream advertisement and such) so I think you are obliged to meet the expectations you set. Also, many users like me are paying a premium over similarly-spec Windows notebook. So I think it's only right that as customers, we request that you fix these "show-stoppers" which make Macbook unusable under Vista ( which contradicts your advertisement marketing claims...else sooner or later, someone else will be frustrated enough by the issue to raise a class action lawsuit. Won't be me though cause that's too troublesome but it probably will convince me not to do make my desktop switch to iMac ).
1) Multi-Touch BSOD under Vista
I've consolidated some forum complaints below to illustrate how widespread this problem is. Frequently, the dreaded BSOD pops in out-of-the blue while I am not doing anything particularly complex on Vista. The same message always appear that the problem is caused by "applemtp.sys". This is with latest MTP drivers and even disabling the "Apple Multi-Touchpad Mouse" under Device Drivers. I am at a loss what to do here cause it seems that the only way out is not to use the touchpad in Windows !
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8910026&#8910026
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8826460&#8826460
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9273598&#9273598
2) Audio Crackling/Disappear
Again, I've consolidated some threads below.
Many users hear cracking noises under Vista, when playing MP3, streaming internet audio and gaming. My experience in gaming is that 80% of the time, the audio will be killed halfway in the game. I've got many titles(WoW, Battlefield 2, Last Remnant, COD 4..etc) so the problem is not confined to one title/publisher. Online research speculation believes that this is DPC-related issues due to Broadcom driver but I think the other part is also due to Keyboard Manager in Bootcamp. Even the audio driver itself may be an issue.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9086447&#9086447
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9071165&#9071165
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=614302
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=629209
http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewto...d=11699#p11699
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/1961838-post3.html
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
Thank you for your kind assistance in looking into this matter. Appreciate your acknowledge and response.
Regards,
Redlee64
MacBook 13" (Late 2008, 4GB Ram, Vista 32-bit)

+1 very angry plink in the bucket

Windows 8 upgrade problems (touch screen and audio)

my　computer is HP touchsmart 600 1005xt and recently upgraded from windows 7 to windows 8 (64-bit)
after up grading I noticed that the touch screen does not work and and the speakers also did not work

HI,
Here are a few tips that might help you to get your touch screen working:
Activate Windows and install updates by pressing the Windows logo key + W. Type "Activate Windows" into the search field, and then click on the Activate Windows icon that appears in the upper left corner of the screen. In PC Settings, click on Activate Windows, wait for your computer to connect to Microsoft, and then follow the onscreen instructions. Restart the computer. Press the Windows logo key + X, and select Control Panel from the menu. In the upper right corner of Control Panel, select Large Icons from the View by drop down. Click Windows Update. Install touch and/or graphics driver updates. Restart the computer.
Another thing to try: Go to the HP Support and Drivers site and click Drivers and Software. In the search field, enter your product name or number, and then click Next. Select your operating system from the drop-down, and then click next. (If you don't know if your operating system is 32- or 64-bit, press the Windows logo + X key again and select System from the menu.) Follow the onscreen directions to install any appropriate drivers. Restart the computer.
If the touch still doesn't work, try this: Press press the Windows logo + X key, and select Device Manager from the menu. In Device Manager, click the little triangle next to Display Adapters to expand the list. Right-click on the graphics card and select Disable. When asked if you want to disable the card, click yes. Restart the computer. You may have to tinker with your screen resolution.
~Lil.Liebe
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Zen Touch 40Gb and Ctpde

Hi,
Has anybody experienced problems loading tracks onto the above machine
and the CPU suddenly rockets up to 00% and Nomad Explorer grinds to a
halt? I look at the processes and CtpdeSrv has drained my CPU power
I have logged a call with Support but have got no response as yet.
My firmware revision is .0.03 and have followed the instructions of rebuilding
the library but this has made no difference.
I don't have any plans to upgrade to the new super dooper firmware just yet
Many thanks for any advice,
Phil.

Many thanks SSR
I have downloaded the latest driver and it transfers
data just fine.
Many thanks for your help
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Zen Touch/Dust and Garb

I don't know how in the world this happened, but when I pulled out my player from my backpack I came to discover that my player had cracker particles INSIDE the screen window! I searched all around my player to find how in the world could cookie and dust particles have found their way inside my player, but all I could see were the USB and headphone jacks. These openings seem a little too small for me to imagine how they could have made it in there. How can I clean it's Will I have to open up my player using the screws?!Message Edited by AmeliaB on -26-2005 07:4 PM

Try going to the retailer from where you bought the unit (hopefully at a reputed electronics store). They would probably offer the best solution. Good luck. It sounds like a real heartbreaking discovery (I know MY heart would sink if I had that problem.)

Creative Zen Touch Accessories and rep

Does anyone know if there are any accesories available like a speaker system?car tuner like the ipod, any other cases apart from the one you get wihen you buy it's
Also I have a small scratch on the silver part along side the screen.Does anyone know if this can be replaced or repaired?
many thanksMessage Edited by GAV980 on 05-6-2005 02:4 AM

vajacases.com has some nice cases... expensi've though.
there are also meant to be some skins coming out from a company called (I think) Exspect at the end of May.
There's a gizmo which lets you put your Touch into a car drinks holder, which is available at the Creative online store. There's also a Creative version of the Belkin Tunecast II, which is also available in the store, as is a Creative portable speaker system.
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