Zen vision m battery lif

ok i was wondering about how many months do the zen vision m batteries last how long do the zen micro photo last ? oh im not talking about usage im mean like in months

I don't know about months. Are you wondering about the average life span? They say li-ion batteries last up to 2-3 years. For more info go here:
www.batteryuni'versity.com

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Zen vision M battery replacem

hello all
i need a little help
i have to change the battery in my zen vision m 30gb
what battery model should i use ? ( is 3.7 v li-ion polymer ok ... wheres the best place to get it ) ?
how do i open the case ( mp3 player ) ? do i need a special tool ? is there a risk to break it ?
thank u so very much
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I recommend using OEM battery made by Creative. This person sell & repairs? http://cgi.ebay.com/Zen-Vision-M-Battery-GENUINE-Creative-Labs-TESTED-GOOD_W0QQitemZ20027345020QQcmdZViewItemQQptZOther_ MP3_Player_Accessories?hash=item20027345020&_trksi d=p39.c0.m4&_trkparms=72%3A423|66%3A2|65%3A2|39%3A |240%3A38? Instructions for opening & replacing of the battery? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akJDRpx6rA8

Zen Stone Plus Battery Life Test -Summ

Battery Life/ Playtime: Up to 9.5 hours for continuous audio playback
Battery Type: Rechargeable Li-Ion Polymer (Embedded)
*CREATIVE specifications.
I had tested on my zen stone plus battery life... I used uni'versal travel adapter for zen micro to fully charged my zen stone before began my test... I let it continuous audio playback till all battery drained
Detail :
* 30 Song, ~80 song is rock/techno, ~50 song is pop
* Bit Rate: 28-320 kbps
* Audio sample rate: 44kHz
* Bass Boost On
* EQ set to rock
* Continuous audio playback - No skipping Tracks
* Volume - 3/40
* No headphone plugged -(Because of this battery life might vary, whether u use high powered
headphone or not)
* No radio, stopwatch, microphone used
* Firmware .03.0
* Player's date and time - Off
* Idle Shutdown - 0s
* Contrast - 40%
* Waked up the player from idle few time ( To check my player condition)
* Result : 8.8 hrs ( 8 hr 4 min 2++ sec) for the above condition.
First 3 hrs - Full bar
Next 4 hrs - Left 2 bar
Next hrs - Left bar
Next 40 min - Battery drained (Player shut down by itself)
**Estimated * as i said i check my player condition few time
P.s. If i missed out anything, Please tell Me.
Thank !Message Edited by hippon2 on 0-8-200707:34 PM
Message Edited by hippon2 on 0-8-200707:36 PM

ok, I will tkae that under consideration. Now I have another battery issue, after fully charging the MP3 player I noticed that the battery life drain rather quickly while it is off. I lost 9% of it's charge from taking it off the charger at midnight and then plugging it into the usb port of my computer the next morning at 10:00am. The clock is turned off so it should not be doing anything for those 0 hours.

Creative Zen X-Fi Battery Life

I just got a new Creative Zen X-Fi 32GB player a couple of weeks ago. One of the selling points for me was the stated 36 hours of audio playback time. However, on my first two charges, I have only gotten about 2 hours of battery life, with usage as follows: no X-FI, no Wi-Fi, player locked about 90% of the time so that screen is turned off, a litle bit of usage with the headphones on and volume set at or 2, and the rest of the usage with volume set at 0 to 2 and using either the external speaker or with the player hooked up to an FM transmitter in my car.
What are others experiencing? Any tips on getting the claimed 36 hours? Is that possible only with all usage with the headphones and the volume set very low?

brubenking wrote:
I just got a new Creative Zen X-Fi 32GB player a couple of weeks ago. One of the selling points for me was the stated 36 hours of audio playback time. However, on my first two charges, I have only gotten about 2 hours of battery life, with usage as follows: no X-FI, no Wi-Fi, player locked about 90% of the time so that screen is turned off, a litle bit of usage with the headphones on and volume set at or 2, and the rest of the usage with volume set at 0 to 2 and using either the external speaker or with the player hooked up to an FM transmitter in my car.
What are others experiencing Any tips on getting the claimed 36 hours? Is that possible only with all usage with the headphones and the volume set very low?
player locked about 90% of the time so that screen is turned off, This will get you the longest runtime. External speaker & playing video will really use up the battery.

My Zen Vision M battery problems. not normal and i cant find ans

My Zen Vision M will have a full battery or almost full ( used slightly in the mornings usually) and i turn it off then later in the afternoon it will be dead. why? some one plz help me !!
i usually use it on the bus. in the morning and i want to use it in the afternoon, but it wont even turn on. would it help if i bought a new battery , or a wall charger? thx ~ xavi
oh , and when i turn it back on in just like an hour , it usually will turn on again. but it will drain faster.

HI.. Thanks for you answer and sorry for the caps!!?The player do not charge in usb or ac adapter mode..When i try to turn on the palyer with a ac charger plug in, i see a minimal flashing blue ligth on the power botton but the palyer never turn on... In?usb mode..nothing....2 days plug in my computer and nothing...My player have warranty yet, but im outside of United States, im in Venezuela and i want to know if here exist a creative office because i need repair my player..i do not understandig why this player "dead" too soon... Im waiting for help or an answer to solve my trouble with my player!!?Thank you again!?Antonio

New Zen Micro..Battery life prob

I bought a new Zen Micro yesterday...followed all the instructions..even bought the CCPP..while i was using the USB to charge it..i ripped 5 albums to the device...When it was fully charged.. I unplugged it.. This morning I played it for about an hour and then lost one bar on the battery icon..an hour later, i lost a 2nd bar. What's this all about?..what happened to the 2 hour life of a charged battery? When i phoned tech support they told me "sometimes when you rip an album, it corrupts the battery icon and you may not be fully charged'>..Sounds like a lot of techno doubletalk....HELP!

A new Lithium Ion battery takes 2 or 3 charges to reach peak performance.
You should also make sure you have the ..0 firmware which reduces the standby time, and standby drain.
Also make sure you read the FAQ post about how to maximise battery life.

Zen Vision: M Screen replacem

Just a FYI.
If your screen cracks due to ANYTHING whatsoever, it's $22 down the tubes.
Plus the cost of you shipping the player to them.
This happened to me, it can happen to you.
Thank you, who/whatever broke my screen (my guess is that I sat down, and the player in my left front pocket bumped into the armrest). That's the last time I put a pocket sized appliance in my pocket without special protection.
This would have been avoided if there was a hard plastic case for the thing.

I recommend using OEM battery made by Creative. This person sell & repairs? http://cgi.ebay.com/Zen-Vision-M-Battery-GENUINE-Creative-Labs-TESTED-GOOD_W0QQitemZ20027345020QQcmdZViewItemQQptZOther_ MP3_Player_Accessories?hash=item20027345020&_trksi d=p39.c0.m4&_trkparms=72%3A423|66%3A2|65%3A2|39%3A |240%3A38? Instructions for opening & replacing of the battery? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akJDRpx6rA8

Zen Micro: Poor Battery Performance Even with Firmware Upgr

The Zen Micro's battery life is advertised to last up to 2 hours, but I am only getting approximately 7.5 hours. I have installed the latest firmware v.0.03 upgrade, and fully charged and discharged both batteries at least fi've times each (using the USB and AC adaptors before plutting into outlet). Before the firmware upgrade I was getting just under six hours of battery life. For testing purposes I am using 28kbps MP3 files, volume level 8, no EQ setting, no backlighting, and the headphones that came with the product. Since I have the player sitting on my desk, without being listened to, there's no skipping or forwarding of music tracks. Gi'ven the non-demanding settings, the battery performance is disappointing.
I have contacted tech support and they want me to send in my player for repair or replacement. It seems this issue is prevalent for all Zen Micros and I don't want to send mine in to have it returned all scuffed and scratched and not fixed (or get some grimy second-hand, refurbished model instead).
So I want to confirm that others are experiencing this same problem before I decide what to do. It seems it would be best to get another one from Amazon instead of going through the hassle of repair.

I notified Amazon of the problem on Friday and got a brand new replacement on Monday. Talk about great service.
Unfortunately the replacement is a crapper also. My second Zen Micro immediately and completely locks up when plugging in the USB cable. Since I didn't return my original unit yet, I was able to try another cable but got the same results. I fully charged the batteries, tried all of the various recovery mode options, and still had the Creative drivers/software previously installed on my computer from before. I'm running WinXP SP2 with up-to-date patches, and no other software installed since. My PC's motherboard has built-in USB 2.0 support (with power mgmt turned off) and updated drivers and BIOS, but these things shouldn't be an issue anyway since it worked fine with the first Zen Micro. I'm not able to upgrade the firmware, let alone transfer music, because of the lockup problem. I build and fix PCs for friends and coworkers all the time so I'm confident in my trouble-shooting abilities.
The second Micro makes the first one seem perfect. I really wanted to like this MP3 player, but two defecti've products in a row is totally unacceptable to me. What a waste of my time. I should have been more suspicious about Creative products since my Muvo TX FM player was buggy as well (i.e. player would immediately shut down when powering on). I will check out the Rio Carbon or iRi'ver products instead.

Zen vision m batter

hi! is it possible to buy a zen vision m battery from creative and get it posted to me i know i can put one in and my warrenty is no more. In about a year it will die please make this possible creative. thanks

thanks for the reply. i have found batteries on ebay just in case you have not seen them they price at around ?5.00 including postage and package zen vision m batteries. ok thanks again

Zen Vision M 30Gb Battery Prob

My zen vision m 30gb player can not hold battery charge. The battery when charged fully will drain out without usage. When charged fully and in use, the charge will last for only 2 to 5 minutes instead of the 5 to 0 hours it use to last. Can any one help me with this problem please? The firmware I am using is v .62.02_0.0.23 and my operating system is windows XP professional with service patch 3. I have done clean-up and reboot, the only thing I have not done is reformatting the player.

branbran,
Based on your description, it would be advisable to get in touch with support. Check the "Support" folder on your installation CD for Customer Support contact details.

Pick up metal objects with zen micro headphones? battery life with firmware 1.02

hey all
just purchased my zen micro couple days ago.
the package we got here in downunder is satifying. included were the wired remote and also the stand/case with belt clip. these were the only reasons that made me choose this over the ipod mini.
this has not occurred to me until tonight, but the headphones seems to act as magnets and were stuck to each other as the phones were dangling
i never noticed this happening with other phones
also the battery life of my zen was horrendous. its lasted 5 hrs with eq and smart volume on. the zen was on hold the whole time as the actions were controlled by the wired remote.
this was with the firmware that was shipped with the player .0.03 i believe
have just updated the firmware now, and will be testing the battery life to see if the problem is rectified.
if not, then an exhange for an ipod is inevitable.

Yep, SV is a battery killer, around a 50% drop in life has been meaured and the effect is known to be pretty negligible.
And as others have said, them headphones have magnets in, like pretty much any speaker

What is average battery life everyone is getting for the Zen Mic

I just got my Zen Micro last Thursday. I'm concern about the battery life. I haven't fully tested the battery yet, but I'm estimating that I will only get about 6-7 hours for it. The advertised time was suppose to be as much as 2 hours. Now I know that depends on your usage (e.g. volume, bitrate of the file, play mode, etc.). What are other people getting? Thanks.

My last test, I tried to be as natural as possible. That is: back light is on; shuffle mode is on; eq is on; volume is normal (at 4 to 6); I skip or go back to tracks; I fast foward; the contrast is at 50 percent; average bitrate (from 28 to 360); smart sound off; and other minor things that I can't remember. That test gave me only 7.5 hours.
I think that is pretty modest usage. Any average mp3 user would do the same thing. Yet, I only got 7.5 out of the possible 2. I don't like the sounds of that.
I'm running another test right now with the same conditions above, and I'll let you guys know what I get.

Battery life on new Zen 1

So, this is my second unit and I'm lucky if I get 2 hours battery of just audio playback out of this thing... I set the volume to 8 which I figured is a good compromise but no dice. Anyone have any suggestions This a problem Creative knows of or am I doing something wrong Also, my Zune would completely turn the screen off when it wasn't plugged in but the Zen stays somewhat lit all the time, that something I can change or is that normal

The battery life problems are a result of the player going into standby mode rather than switching off. I manage to get around 7.5hours over a 4 day period, using the player for 2hrs a day. This is playing from big playlists so very few button pressses.

How is your battery life? (on new ZEN on

Well, after the firmware update I thought I'd give it a try and see how long it would last.Last time I did this I got 22 hours, with the first update, the sd card one. This time it ran for 28 hours! With volume 5/25, when I did my last test with 22 hours, I only had it at 5/25 volume.No EQ, no smart?volume, no bass boost etc...And most of my music is 96 kps wma or 28 kps mp3 with a few 92 kps mp3s I've downloaded recently. Then while I'm doing?the test, I'm looking at the Zen page to see how they got battery life(sometimes they say half volume at 28 kps mp3 etc) and I noticed they upped it to 30 hours life instead of 25!Now I don't feel so special. :P?So, I just want to know how much juice you get out of your ZEN?And say if you use eq, volume level, bass boost, kps, etc

Hi guys, you will not keep your player on all day long, so you will not get those?playback durations in normal daily use... i tried all the f/w and now i?use my zen?with the .03.04 f/w and it gives me about 4-5 hours (EQ on, Bass Boost and Smart Volume off and i browse the player much)... yesterday, after an approximately 3 days of daily use (4-5 hrs/day) it got down to the final bar... This is better?than the new f/w?s?for me because when I turn it off with the new f/w s it drains quickly because of the hot standby mode... if you have any solutions for this issue (except leaving it turned on ) i will update my f/w too... coz i can not use my SD card as well as i want to especially while watching video...

Zen Vision M 30gb battery problems

i just bought the zen vision m and im already having problemswhen i try using the usb port nothing will happen no charging icon apears ( i left it for h and 30m no results)?so then i got awall adapter and it turned on!!! great!!!but when i disconnect the charger it automatically turns off and i dont think i see a charging icon but i do see the icon with the plug so i think it says it full charged but its not.......is it because i have to let it charge longer or what... plz help

i dont know how it happened and i dont care how it happend lol but its charging now!!! wooooot the chraging symbol has shown up yeah!!!!! now..just gotta wiat 5 hrs for it to fully charge... o and i have to go buy a psp chargercasue the one i used was borrowed hahahaha....(psp charger works with the zen compare prices ppl mabe save a couple of bucks)

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