Problems with Zen... Has anyone had a problem with this mp3 player going to the recovery mode?
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To get to the recovery mode, remove the battery cover and then hold the power button at the OFF position. DO NOT LET GO OF THE BUTTON. When the player says it is shutting down, remove the battery. Wait about 10 seconds and replace the battery without letting go of the power button. When the battery is back in, wait 2 or 3 seconds and let the power button go. This will take you to the recovery mode. Then you can select CLEAN DISK or REBOOT to get your player back to normal operational status.
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Mine seems to do the same thing. I called the number on the Instruction booklet, the person I talked to could not help but unsuccessfully tried to reach their tech support. They never called me back. I really like the player- it is just what I was looking for. I will return the unit as I also think it is defective. Cannot decide whether to ask for a replacement, or just get my money back.
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Has anyone given thought to pressing "pause" on your mp3 player? Not a big problem for me.
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I've had the Zen Micro for about 18 months, and about 2 months ago the headphone jack started acting up. The headphone connection neads to be at a perfect angle, which make the player near useless when you are moving. However, 18 month isn't too bad and I am considering buying another Creative.
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just got my zen yesterday and i am having a problem. about every 10-12 minutes the music will slow down to almost a stop. I have to hit the forward button to go to the next song and then it will play fine for about 10-12 minutes then is will slow again. the battery is showing fully charged. It is very distracting to have to pick it up and forward it about every 3 songs.
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Boris...I found your comments helpful. I got the 8GB Zen about a month ago. I really like it. My biggest qualm is the SD card. I find that the player freezes very often when I play from the SD card...especially when I play video. I've had no such issues when playing off the internal memory. I got a generic SD card brand. I noticed that the product page on the creative web site has a compatible list of memory cards... should i stick to them to minimize the 'freezing' incidents ? I am interested to know what brand you are using. thanks in advance.
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Happy Birthday, Joey. I don't know, I haven't had that problem with my player. Of course the turn it off and then back on is the first thing to try. Have you heard the songs played OK on your player yet ? Because something might have happened when they were transferred or in the recording itself. Otherwise maybe try different equalizer (EQ) settings.
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Delete the USB driver and restart your PC, then it should be ok. It is not the MP3 problem. I have 3 of this mp3. , they don" t have any problem since Ibought it last June
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I have a Zen Sleek (monochrome screen). It has "lasted" in that it "functions." That's the kindest thing I can say about it. It's durable unless you run into things with it, but the firmware is horribly unstable. Of course, that may be different for the color players, which use different firmware.
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You may be able to restart it. If you still have the instructions see which two buttons to press or look them up on google search. The Zune 80G gave me all kinds of problems so I know how fustrating it is to own one. I eventuall had to buy a Sansa Fuze and retire my Zune.
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I downloaded from the amazon app site. Since I wrote the review my Zen died and I cannot get to restart.
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I've had the Zen Vision W for about 5 moths. Never had a problem simply dragging, dropping and playing .mp3 files. Viseo files need to be transfered using Creative Media Explorer. But the "The" will sit at the beginning of the filename, and sort with the T's.
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NO! Is a matter of fact it froze up my player for a couple of minutes and I had to reset it to factory settings just to get it back to normal. I was trying to listen to a book recorded on MP3 format. Actually, it's a picky machine and also it's a discontinued unit so good luck if it messes up on you.
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I can't figure that out either! It would have been nice that they would include some instructions, huh? I think that part of the problem is that my computer is not compatible with this brand of MP3 player, so when I connect it up, nothing happens. :/ I haven't sent it back to Amazon, yet, though because it is always a pain to return stuff and I'm stubborn and still believe there's a way to get this thing to work! :)
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i had the 4gb zen and i loved it so much, i sold it to get a bigger capcity. this is a very cool player and for the price, you cant go wrong. as far as the sd card goes, it is kept seperate from the internal library, which is good and bad. i personally like them to be intergrated, but sounds like you want to keep them separate, which is good for you. its like having two separate libraries! for example, i put over 800 songs on the Zen and i had a 2gb sd card ( only $15 on amazon) which i was able to put almost 200 songs and around 8 tv shows. so if i wanted to watch an episode of say, House, i select sd card on the menu and voila! now all the content i stored on my sd card appears. but if your playing music from the internal library and select "sd card" the music will stop and now your in the sd card library. pretty easy and straight foward player. i havent used the Unbox service, i just used Slysoft software called Clone Dvd Mobile to convert my own dvds to generic avi? i forget, but you have to select 320x240 res. or it wont work. that is the max resolution the zen can take. but its very sharp and clear and everything worked fine for me on the zen. but i can imagine if you press too many buttons at once, it could result in the player freezing up and i have done it before. not on this Zen, but on my old ZVM and ZV. so i learned to just be patient when dealing with any pmp or dap. hope this answers your question. ps: you might want to contact Amazon about the Unbox service and the ZEN. i read it was compatible.
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Yes, as a matter of fact, I just started a new discussion on how to correct a few issues, and make it a lot more enjoyable with Mac. Check it out if you are having problems. It's (now) by far the easiest MP3 player I've ever used.
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if this mp3 player isn't seen as a lettered storage device (ie the D: drive, etc), it is your computers fault, not the mp3 player. are you running windows 98 by any chance?