Zen xtra to zen mic

i able to hook up my zen xtra and a zen micro to my comptuer and transfer all my songs from

Look at the advice in the Appendix of my?Nomad Primer on backing up the player, particularly about making sure that you use a folder structure.

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  • Windows XP driver problem - Nomad Zen Xtra and Zen To

    I have both a Nomad Zen Xtra 60GB and a Zen Touch 20GB, both of which were working fine with my Windows XP Pro SP2 computer until a couple of days ago. I had recently put firmware 2.0.03 onto the Zen Xtra, and was using the drag-and-drop method in Windows Explorer to copy loads of albums across to it from my music folder. It seems I might have tried to copy too much over at one go, because eventually the file copying just stopped, and I had to unplug the Zen Xtra from the PC to abandon the copy process. Since then, neither Zen device has been properly recognised by any of my PCs. When I plug the Zen Xtra into?a USB port, Windows brings up the messages: "Found new hardware: Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra" and "Found new hardware: MTP device", then brings up the Found New Hardware Wizard, even though firmware 2.0.03 is supposed to provide "seamless support with any computer running Microsoft? Windows Media? Player 0 and Windows? XP - no drivers or software needed" (I have WMP0.00.00.4036 installed). The Zen Xtra's display does not show the "docked" icon except when plugged into my laptop (running XP Home Edition)... but even on the laptop Windows still asks for a driver, which it then fails to install properly. When I plug my Zen Touch into my PC, it detects that an MTP device has been connected, but Windows Media Player doesn't list it under the Sync tab, and when I try to install the "Creative Software Suite for PlaysForSure-enabled Creative Zen Touch Players", the installer complains that "Setup could not detect any portable device on your system... please ensure that Zen Touch PlaysForSure Firmware is properly installed". The device's firmware version is 2..0, and as I have already said, both this and the Zen Xtra were working fine with my PC up until a couple of days ago. Additionally, the "docked" icon?no longer appears?on the Zen Touch's display when plugged into the PC. I have made the registry change suggested in Creative Knowledge Base Solution ID #9287, and my PC is up-to-date with Windows Hotfixes. I've also tried uninstalling all Creative programs and reinstalling them one at a time, but I can not get my PC to correctly work with the Zen devices anymore. Any suggestions? Also, is there some kind of Factory Reset that I can do to get my Zen Xtra back to an earlier firmware?

    I had the same issue. My battery ran down during a sync, then I was unable to sync again.
    The Zen is showing up fine in the device manager, but none of the software (Media Player, MediaSource) sees it.
    Finally, after a day of trying new drivers, running cleanup, etc. I decided to go into the Zen's recovery menu. To get there, press and hold the Play button and press and hold the reset (use a paperclip) button while powering up.
    Once there, select the first option in the menu to Clean up the system. I forgot what it's called and I'm in the middle of a sync now, so can't look.
    Worked fine after that. Phew!
    If your device is being detected fine, but cannot sync, try that and post here if it fixes it.
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  • Zen Xtra to Zen Sl

    I have read in the forums that a person has traded their Zen Xtra 30gb to a Zen Sleek. I was wondering, is this available to all Zen Xtra owners? Cat, Jeremy, would you like to comment on the subject? Thanks for your time.

    It's not impossible... I just got my Sleek in the mail yesterday. No, you can't just call and ask for the special trade in deal. I had to go through a couple layers of management to get the trade in to occur. I bought my Zen Xtra roughly 0 months ago, and it has 0 problems other then the fact it didn't support the 2 Go services that I had been led on to believe prior to my purchase. When I first started talking to them, they didn't know of ANY Press Releases that stated the Xtra would soon have the capability. I provided them with not only 3 different press Releases, 2 by Creative and on by Microsoft, but I provided them with the emails that said it would be deli'vered in the st Quarter of '05. I receved a phone call a couple of hours later and Creative initiated an Advanced RMA. Basically, it cost me $5 to do the exchange. They sent me the Sleek (which I received Yesterday) and in return I am to send my Xtra back to them within 5 days of receipt. The $5 dollars to me was a minimal cost to get what I paid for 0 months ago. Yes I lost 0GB, but that was wasted space as long as I couldn't use it. Plus, the Sleek is a far better player IMHO, but I have had it in my posession fr roughly 24 hours, and am like a kid on Xmas morning. The Xtra is a laptop compared to the Sleeks Size....Well worth the upgrade....Now my wife wants one for her! Not a bad deal for Creative....Before I talked to customer service, you wouldn't have gotten me to buy another Creative Product. Not only may I buy another one, I dropped money on the Wired Remote and Docking station. Arri'ved on my doorstep today.

  • Zen Xtra with Zen

    I recently bought a Zen V 4G and have a Jukebox Zen Xtra 40G. When I installed the software for the Zen V, the computer doesn't recognize the Xtra. Any thoughts?

    Bvijlbri wrote:
    Hi,
    Thanks for your elaborate answer!
    However, the problem persists.
    I don't get a notification to connect my player during the driver set up, however when I break off the set up forcefully (ctrl alt del) I do get the message that the system is waiting for my response. I guess that's the dialogue box asking me to connect my player.
    I just can't find that dialogue box anywhere.
    If I hook up my player anyway, Windows starts installing the driver and mentions that the Zen Xtra is now ready for use. However, it doesn't turn up as an external disk or something like that. And Mediasource won't install either because it keeps mentioning that it hasn't found any supporting devices.
    Have you had this experience as well?
    Kind regards,
    Bart
    Did you read the blog of the link I posted to you? Have you tried? installing? just the Creative Nomad Explorer? http://support.creative.com/download...ownloadId=8069 without installing MediaSource? I can't really say if it will work without MediaSource since I do have that installed on my Vista machine but you could try it. I only use that program to load my player. I do not use MediaSource5 to load the older player as since I have the PFS plug-in loaded on there & because of that MediaSource does not see the Zen NX. Of course create a Restore point on just computer before doing these things. Let us know how it goes.

  • Help! I can't decide which one to buy(zen xtra or zen tou

    Hello everyone,
    I use to have an zen nx so i'm familiar with the nomads. I'm want to buy a new one but can't decide on which one. Should get a 30gb zen xtra or a 20gb zen touch. The hardri've capacity is not a big deal to me, as a 20gb mp3 player is good for me. I just want to know how they function differently.
    thanks

    The Xtra has slightly more in the way of features within the firmware and the larger hard disk.
    The Touch has a much greater battery life and is smaller.
    Best to decide on what's important to you.

  • Nomad Explorer not detecting Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra after firmware upgr

    <blockquote dir="ltr">From the firmware thread: "The Creative drivers shouldn't make any difference. An MTP device is looking for the Windows Media Player 0 MTP driver (which is installed with WMP0)."[/quote]Is that why my updated Zen Xtras (40G and 60G) are no longer recognized by Nomad Explorer on Windows XP? XP sees them. MediaMonkey sees them (and can synch). (WMP0 is installed, but I haven't tried it.) Nomad Explorer (3.0.0, 22 Sep 2004) says nothing's detected. Is this because I'm still using the latest driver (2.0.00), which the Creative download site says only supports firmware below 2.00.00. (If so, interesting choice by Creative, making us downgrade the driver.)?I wouldn't care, but Nomad Explorer is the only way (I know of) to edit the devices' names and startup bitmaps. And I wouldn't even care so much about the bitmaps, but I really really want to edit the names so that I can tell them apart in MediaMonkey's list of devices. Can we still use Nomad Explorer? Which driver should I be using? Creative's download section is anything but clear:?2.0.00 (8 Oct 2006): Supports XP but the firmware must be below 2.00.00.
    .30.03 (3 Sep 2005): Supports XP but was released before firmware 2.0.03, so does it support it's?There's also a legacy OS Driver for Windows 2000 (.0.00, 27 Feb 2006) which specifically says it supports PFS players. Is this what I need? Can we no longer use Nomad Explorer on XP (even though it's listed as a download)?

    Thanks, but if the Nomad Explorer requires the suite to work, I'll just have to do without it. The Creative Suite is better than it used to be, but IMO it's still not as good as MediaMonkey. Still, Creative doesn't list the Suite as being required for Explorer to work, so I don't think that's it. From the Download page:?Requirements
    Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 98 Second Edition<
    Creative NOMAD Jukebox 2, 3, Zen, Zen USB2.0, Zen NX, Zen Xtra or Zen Touch<
    I'll try the other driver tonight and see if that's it.
    Message Edited by skst on 0-0-200702:57 PM

  • No driver found - Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra - WinXP

    I have used my Zen Xtra for over 2 years now, with the same PC I am currently having problems with. I recently had to do a complete reinstall of Windows (note that I have done at least 2 other complete reinstalls during the life of my Zen Xtra, with no problems). Windows Device Managers sees the NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra, but with the yellow question mark and exclamation point. Each attempt at driver installation results in the same problem. The driver ("JB3MV2_PCWDRV_US__30_03.EXE") installs completely, I'm told to reconnect my device so the driver can take effect. When I do, the device is still marked in Device Manager with exclamation point and yellow question mark, and Windows continues to ask if it can find and install the driver. I have told it not to (knowing that I just installed Creative's own driver), with no success, and other times let Windows try to install the driver (hoping it would find the Creative driver that was just installed). No luck. I have even done another complete reinstall of Windows, and tried to install the driver before any other program or hardware installations into my system. No luck. Note that there are no hardware changes between now and when I have done other complete Windows reinstallations. It just no longer accepts the Creative driver. I have also tried to install the driver in safe mode, with the same results. I have also completely removed the Zen Xtra (showing hidden devices in the Device Manager), and tried to reinstall. Firmware version of Zen Xtra was upgraded over a year ago to 2.0.03.
    Specifics:
    Windows XP Pro SP2
    38GB free hard dri've space
    Zen Xtra firmware version: 2.0.03

    I have the same problem. But when i try to installl it it says he is missing an .nfo file.
    I removed WMP and reinstalled WM0 because is crap.
    I have Windows XP SP2
    I have the newst firmware on it.
    Can somebody help me with this because it's annoying not to put any new music on your mp3 player.
    I never experienced this before even after formatting my HD.
    Almost the same problem as fritzm but not completely because het gets an different error.
    I have installed the CD but that doesnt work either.
    I have installed the software from the website but that didnt help because he doesnt recognize my player.
    Please help!!

  • How can I use my Zen Xtra like a flash memory

    Hello, I want to know how can I use my MP3 player like a flash memory.
    I have one and if I conect it with other computers I can't transfer documents and with a flash memory I conect it in all the computers with Windows XP and all of they detect the flash memory and they can transfer documents.
    With my Zen Xtra I connect it and the computer detects it but I can't transfer anything because the computer doesn't have the software.
    My question is.. Do I have to install the software in all the computers that I use ? or there are other forms to conects PC and MP3 Player? ( I want to transfer documents like text, image, etc)

    But some MP3 players do that, why this one can't be connected with all the computers ?
    Message Edited by morfo on 0-22-2005 05:54 PM

  • I can't get my Zen Xtra to work on my new comput

    Hello. For years now, my Creative Zen Xtra has been working perfectly on my old (and I do mean old, Windows 98 old) computer. However, I recently bought a new computer with Windows Vista, and I just can't get it to work on there. I've installed all the software on the CD I got with the player, but when I open the player, it says "Not connected". All my other USB devices are working, and when I connect my MP3 player, it switches itself on, so I don't think there's anything wrong with my USB ports or the cable, and I can only assume there's something wrong with the software. I already tried looking for a driver update in the Downloads section of this site, but couldn't find anything for Vista.
    Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be and how to solve it's If so, I'd be very grateful. Thanks in advance.

    Do you have any security software installed, blocking these ports? http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3125

  • Deleting more than one file at a time from Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra 4

    Is there a way to delete more than one file at a time from Zen Xtra? Actually, I'd like to delete most of the 800+ files and the only way I've found is to do them one at a time..! Help!

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    select that folder.
    This did it! I was doing an "import" which would only let me do one song at a time. But the "add to library" and the drag and drop both worked. Thanks!!!
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  • Creative MediaSource/Zen Xtra/Vista Is

    I have had?a Zen Xtra for a couple of years, I recently got a new computer which has Vista Installed. After going through the nutroll that was downloading MediaSource for Vista and updating the firmware to be Play-for-sure, etc... everything seemed to work together. Except for one issue that I cannot figure out;
    When I operated on Windows XP and I linked my Player to the computer I would see all my songs listed on the screen. Now on Vista I see folders of the albums as opposed to all the tracks listed. This is making creating playlists much harder, searches slower and general management of 6400 songs more difficult than it should be.
    There has to be a way to be able to see all the tracks listed without folders, I am sure I am not the first. Has anyone here cracked the code on this yet?
    Thanks for any help I can get.

    To get it working with Vista you need to update the firmware to the latest ( last ?) version or one that starts with a number 2.something.
    to do this you need:
    a P.C running windows XP
    and on that XP PC you MUST make sure that:
    you have removed/rolled back windows media player
    removed/rolled back windows media player runtime
    even if you dont think any parts of WMP are there, check in add/remove programmes.
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  • MediaSource 5 isn't recognizing my Zen Xtra pla

    Hi,
    I have a Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra mp3 player, version .03.02. I've had it since July of 2003.
    I recently bought a new computer (Dell Inspiron 520; Windows XP Home Edition). My old computer had Creative Organizer software on it. I no longer have (or more accurately, I can no longer find) any CDs that would allow me to install that software onto my new computer.
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    Therefore, I went back to the Creative support site and downloaded and installed the Creative MediaSource 5 software ( CMS5_PCAPP_LB_5_0_38.exe ), but when I open up Creative MediaSource 5 and click on "Transfer Music," I get a pop-up box saying that there isn't any mp3 player plugged into the system, so it can't transfer anything. It gives me that box no matter how many times I unplug and re-plug in the player to my computer.
    At this point, I'd prefer to transfer my music to my player via the MediaSource software, since I have a feeling it will be more user-friendly for me. However, any advice that will help me with transferring music to my player and allowing me to find it easily on the player will be most appreciated.
    Thank you!

    Hi,
    If you have not already, please make sure that you have the correct plugin installed. Check the firmware version of your Zen Xtra and go back to the download page where you downloaded MediaSource 5.
    If you have the PlaysForSure firmware in your player, download and install this:
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    CMS5_MTP_PCAPP_LB_5_00_36.exe
    Otherwise, download and install this:
    Creative ZEN and NOMAD Jukebox Plugin 5.00.22 for Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer 6.24 MB
    CMS5_NJB2_PCAPP_LB_5_00_22.exe
    Hope this hel
    ps.

  • Can't find my zen xtra in the Creative MediaSource Organi

    My Zen Xtra shows in "NOMAD Explorer" but when I try to use Creative MediaSource Organizer to transfer file from my computer to Zen xtra player, I can't found Zen xtra under "my computer"
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    thanks for helping

    super80: Have a look here in the Zen FAQ at Nomadness.net on how to install MediaSource, which also makes reference to the required plugin.

  • Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra 60 GB can't be found through Mediasource Organizer

    I have been using the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra HDD Player since a few years and I have always been satisfied. But recently, I had a massi've computer problem, forcing me to do a complete re-install of Windows XP, without the chance to backup my old XP.
    So of course I also needed to reinstall the Nomad Player. However, since I can't find the CD-Rom with the driver, I had to download (almost) everything.
    At first I installed the drivers of the player and then I installed the Nomad Explorer (I still had that one on an old HDD). When I start the Nomad Explorer, the player connects and I can see the music that is stored on the player.
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    I once read something like that you need at least Windows Media Player 0 or . Since I had 9, I installed 0, but that didn't change a thing.
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    You need the Creative Nomad Jukebox? plug-in 5.00.22 for Creative MediaSource5 found here.http://support.creative.com/Products...me=MP3+Players

  • Zen Xtra won't appear in Creative MediaSource Organi

    I've been using my 30 GB Jukebox for a couple years w/ no real problems except that I remember there being a problem w/ a USB port & I had to change something so that the Creative MediaSource Organizer software could recognize the mp3 player. Now I've bought a 60 GB Zen Xtra (same player, x2) & am having the same problem. I've upgraded everything & hate the new interface for transfering files... most of the time the program just freezes. I'd like to be able to use the same Creative software I was using before, but it doesn't recognize the new device. If anyone knows what I'm talking about or how I can fix it, I'd rather not have to call?Customer Service?again for $3.

    I'm just giving this topic a bump. I've upgraded to Creative MediaSource Organizer v 3.30.2, but it won't recognize either of my mp3 players when I plug them in. I'm able to use the Zen Xtra Media Explorer, but?most of the time it just freezes up. I'd like to be able to use the software I'm familiar w/, so if anyone could help me out I'd appreciate it. I seem to remember having a similar problem when I first purchased my 30 GB Zen Xtra.

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