Tech: Creative Zen mp3 player user queries

Subject: RE: Tech: Creative Zen mp3 player user queries
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 10:00 PM

I am not sure how to tell you to look for it, except that when you plug your device into your computer, and log onto Windows Media Player, it should see both.

Try removing and re-seating the card in the media player. Maybe it needs a little adjustment.

SRS

Subject: RE: Tech: Creative Zen mp3 player user queries
From: GUEST,BILLROBB
Date: 22 Feb 09 - 08:54 PM

how do you delete podcasts on the memory card?

Subject: RE: Tech: Creative Zen mp3 player user queries
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Feb 09 - 09:56 PM

When you delete a file you're essentially telling the device with the card or memory that it can write over the space previously occupied by that file. So you can go in with Windows Media Player and tell it to delete that file and it will go away--that space will be available to be written over.

If you can't use WMP, the device itself has a file system you should be able to access and tell it the same thing--to delete that file.

Have you managed to locate the memory card via computer or menu?

SRS

Subject: RE: Tech: Creative Zen mp3 player user queries
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 22 Feb 09 - 10:42 PM

Creative's own 'Media Explorer' has limited functions. For deleting files on an ancillary memory card you will find Windows Explorer more useful. Both the player and the card should be recognised by Windows as storage devices; if they are not, then you have probably done something wrong.

You need to describe your problem(s) a little more clearly if you want help.

What OS you are using? What model of Zen is it? What make and capacity is the memory card? Have you checked to make sure that your card is compatible with the player? Is it correctly formatted? Does Windows Explorer 'see' the card? Does Zen's own 'Media Explorer' see it? Can you access the card via the player's own menu?

If you haven't already done so, look at the support pages for whichever model you have:  http://support.creative.com/Products/Products.aspx?catid=213. If that doesn't answer your questions, by all means come back and ask again with some relevant details. Probably somebody will be able to help you, but do bear in mind that this isn't really a tech support forum.

Subject: RE: Tech: Creative Zen mp3 player user queries
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Feb 09 - 11:22 PM

To find Windows Explorer, if you don't routinely use it, go to the Start button, then All Programs -> Accessories to find it. It's a tree type file management. I've just been taking a guess at this device, so thanks Malcolm for offering more authoritative advice. :)

SRS

Subject: RE: Tech: Creative Zen mp3 player user queries
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 26 Aug 11 - 11:12 AM

Years have passed and I'm using a Sony Walkman now. Sounds great and is easy to navigate. I still sometimes have to poke around the menu to find all of the disks in any given recorded book I've stored in there.

We drove to Tucson last week and my son hasn't had an mp3 player for a while. He uses them up, and we haven't replaced the last one. He had a small SD disk with music and I found a $9 DP Video universal car music player with FM Transmitter, model DF59, that plugs into the truck lighter outlet and it has a digital setting that takes a USB device, an SD/MMC card, or a mini plug input jack. Before we left for our drive he took the music on his little SD card and moved it onto several flash drives since this device doesn't easily find all files on huge drives. The multiple flash drives worked great. This is for people with older vehicles that don't have docking ports for their iPod, etc. http://dpaudiovideo.com/

SRS