[ZM] Problem with idle shutdown.(or idle tim

Question

My zen micro's current firmware is ..0
I found this problem months ago, but didn't try to figure it out.
There is centainly problem with idle shutdown timer.
I guess the IDLE SHUTDOWN TIMER SHOULD NOT RUN IF THE PLAYER IS PLAYING.
Idle = player is on, but not playing or not performing any task.
My current setting is
Idle timer = 5 min
Sleep timer = 45 min
This problem occurs,
When the player is turning on from deep sleep mode (after 4 hrs of stand-by mode)
I left my player playing mp3 after turning on.
And eventually the player shuts down itself after about 5 min (which is setted as idle timer)
So I checked the screen when the player shut down itself, and the screen was displaying 'Idle Shutdown'
Once the player shut down, it will not shut down again after turing on.
Summary,
. Turn on player after deep sleep mode(4hr)
2. leave player as playing music
3. after time amount of idle timer, it shuts down itself.
4. the screen displays 'idle shutdown' when it shuts down itself.
anyone noticing this problem?

Answer 1

Jason-CL wrote:mcramen,I tested by taking the battery out(this will simulate as a deep sleep), and also turning on and off the player a few times without taking the batttery out with the same setting. The player are still playing now.Jason
Jason, there is a critical difference your test missed: He turned his player off, let it go into "deep sleep" after 4 hours, then turned it back on and left it playing; it then went into "idle shutdown" after 5 minutes. This can only happen with 4-hour-standby firmwares (..02, 2.20.05, and the deprecated .0.02) turned off while playing, which then go into "deep sleep" after 4 hours; if you "simulate" it by resetting, it won't start playing when you turn it back on. And if you press any button, "idle shutdown" will work normally and the bug won't occur. (Older firmwares will lose your place when entering "deep sleep" after 24 hours, so they won't exhibit the problem.)
Sounds like a firmware bug where it fails to recognize that a player turned on from "deep sleep" doesn't need a button punched to be playing. Get ready for .2 and possibly 2.2 firmwares, maybe?
In the meantime, the workaround would be to press any button (menu, pause/unpause, anything) if it's playing when turning on from "deep sleep". (Much like the previous post, but I suspect any button other than the power switch will work, not just pause. But I could be wrong.)Message Edited by RBBrittain on 0-9-2005 02:4 PM