Zen V won't charge

Despite resetting my Zen V countless times, it staill says low battery despite being connected to the charger for hours. What can I do?

Does it do the same when you tried connecting it via USB cable? If it won't charge via USB cable as well, then the battery is defecti've. If it does charge via USB cable, your charger is the culprit.

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hey. couple of weeks ago i bought myself a creative v zen. i have win xp prof sp2 and everything was working fine. few days ago suddenly media explorer crashed while i was transfering music to the player. i had to reset my player. since then, my zen is simply not recognized, neither by media explorer, nor by windows itself. there's always a mtp device being found, but it won't install the drivers. i reinstalled all the drivers and all the software, i downloaded all the updates, but it's still not working. my player won't even charge itself. only if i'm lucky enough. and everytime i turn on the zen, it says that it's rebuilding the media library. does anyone know how to fix that thing ?

Have you try running Cleanup from Rescue mode?
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Hello everyone!
I have a black ZEN mozaic of 2GB memory here and months, I can't remember when I first got it, it was a gift. On my both old computers, it was charging perfectly.
I got a new laptop, with Vista installed and when I plugged my ZEN for the first time, it was charging. I tried to charge it today and add some new mp3s, and it was not detecting it, neither it was charging it. ( I am using the USB cable.)
I tried pushing the USB cable back and forth and it worked for a few seconds (both charging & detecting), but then it's gone. I also tried to reset it by the small hole that is on one side, but nothing.
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This just happened today. Yesterday it charged just fine. Between the last time I charged it and today, I haven't changed anything with my mp3 player. So I'm guessing that this is some random error that has occurred. Be that as it may, is there some way to get it to charge again? Do you think my battery died completely? If so, can I still use my mp3 when it's plugged up with my ac adapter?Message Edited by Mago_Hitokage on 08-03-200704:54 PM

Not that strange. It is a safety measure.
If you drain your battery bellow the acceptable leevl recharging it would be dangerous (could cause it to explode!) so a cirquit stops a drained battery from recharging.
However when you connect to the PC the player at least uses the USB power and tries to turn on, unsuccessfully though.
Just a word of advice: NEVER completely drain a Lithium battery, be it your DAP's or your Cell Phone's battery, ALWAYS charge it before it dries out.
Best of luck

2 month new Zen Micro, won't fully charge via

I have the zen micro 5gb and here's what been happening
Up until the last month the micro would charge up just fine. Now, it won't charge past one bar and it does show the charging icon in the upper right hand corner.
My USB connections are USB 2.0 at work and home and it won't fully charge. I ran the battery completely out of juice to try a fresh charge approach. I know the micro is getting power because it will run while plugged into my usb cable.
Oh yeah, recently, after the water drop on the screen, it usually loads the zen micro logo, then rolls right to the now playing screen. Recently, it sticks for about 0 seconds, and the touch pad is inacti've.
Before I deal with taking it back to BestBuy, I figured I'd see if there's anything I can try before.
Vesrion ..0
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MattMessage Edited by flananuts on 0-04-2005 07:58 PM

flananuts wrote:
Wow, I didn't know i had to have it in locked position for it to charge, b/c the charge indicator was always showing like it was charging, but no pulsing.
You don't have to, but if your USB power is marginal it ensures that ALL the power is dedicated to charge the player.
I just switched it to lock and it is pulsing. When I'm at work I have to use my usb connection to charge and I can't load the driver onto my work machine. If it is not pulsing, is it only just using the usb for power?
It's only using the USB power for the data connection.
What's the deal with the pusling?
It shows the player is charging.
Also, what's the benefit of upgrading the firmware to v2?
See the link "the difference between the Zen Micro v and v2 firmware" in the FAQ post.

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My daughters 30G Zen Nomad Jukebox Xtra sat, with the battery in, for about 3 months after she lost it due to low school grades.
After she got her grades back up, I gave it back to her, and it won't charge at all now.
?The charger itself is fine (I checked the 5V with a multimeter), and the unit was charged and working when I took it from her 3 months ago, which is why I don't understand it. I did try the reset button with a paperclip. but it didn't help.
When it's plugged into the charger, there's absolutly nothing on the screen indicating that its charging at all, when there should be an indicator light on it. HELP!!!!!!Shawn

Well, tech support got back to me with the following instructions, that didn't help me at all, but I'm hoping it will help someone else, so I'm pasting it here.
For my problem though, I still don't understand how a working player gets put into a desk drawer, and 3 months later, it comes out and won't turn on, even with the power adapter in and the battery out.
Maybe its a magic desk.
Any ideas.......anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
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:::::::::::The following is pasted from tech supports email to me:::::::::::
With regards to your enquiries, I understand that you are having issues
charging the Zen Xtra battery.
May I know if you feel any warmth on the power adaptor while charging
the battery for 5-30 mins?
Please try the following:
- Remove the battery from the player.
- Power on the DC input connecting to the player. Power on the player
without the battery in the player for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours, place battery into the player (Check if it is charging)
- If it is still unable to charge, remove the battery and place battery
into the player again.
- Repeat the following steps for at least 2 times.
- If the charging indicator appears, charge the battery for 4 hours.
Shall the issue persists, please test the player unit with another
battery. Perharps your friends have a player of the same model? This is
to determine if the issue is with the player or the battery.

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Welcome to Creative forums!
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My Zen Touch won't turn on, nor will it charge.
Here's what happened:
. I hadn't used it for about a week
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3. I plug it into the charger and nothing happens.
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5. I take out the charger and it turns off! I try to turn it back on and still nothing happens.
6. I plug the charger back in and, yet again, the title screen appears but doesn't change or charge.
It seems like the battery life has run out, but it won't charge.
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Nevermind, I just went and checked my mp3 player (I left it on the charger) and now it is charging. I conclude that the battery was dead and I was just impatient :P
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I've also formatted the player several times.
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FernIe, I have the exact same problem, although now my Zen Micro won't turn on at all via the switch.
My Zen Micro is 5 months old and its only been over the past few weeks I've been having problems. It started with having to hold the switch in the power on position for a least 30 secs and trying it at least 5-0 times before the player would turn on, and having to remove the battery to turn it off. Now, not matter how many times I try the switch or how long i hold it for, the player won't turn on.
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FernIe, I have the exact same problem, although now my Zen Micro won't turn on at all via the switch.
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tjgondek

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XP sp3
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Hi,
I can't answer conclusi'vely, but in general I'd agree with your observations.
My brother purchased a Zen Microphoto A while ago with a Wall-wart to USB Charger (generic, labeled for Ipod), this didn't charge it. If it was plugged into a powered hub with the PC off, it still wouldn't work. It would only charge if the PC was on ( suppose the PC was telling the Zen 'it's OK you can charge now' ?) I then got him a genuine Creative Charger from Ebay and it's been fine. I got the wife and my daughter Zen's for Xmas( a Micro photo and a Zen V+) and got a couple of Creative Chargers too, and all's ok with them.
I think your probably right, there's either an internal resistance or voltage on one of the other pins, If I get time I'll take one of the chargers apart (when they're not looking ).
Sorry I couldn't be more help and Welcome to the Forum.
DaveMessage Edited by dpensox on 2-30-20060:45 PM

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Suddenly, my 4th generation iPod Touch won't charge. I don't mean it won't hold a charge; I mean it WON'T charge. There's no (peep!) when I attach it to a Mac, a Windows box, or to the wall. I've tried not only at my place but at my doctor's office, too, on his computer. Rats.
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Thanks for sticking with me, Kevin; I always like figgering things out, and your theory's interesting. I'll mention it to the Genius. It doesn't give me any hope, but not having any hope, I can always be pleasantly surprised, whereas if I go in all hopeful, someone can dash my dreams. This way, I'll prolly just have my expectations met.
I appreciate your talking it out with me a lot!

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