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I bought a Creative vision m player and whilst I was deleting music (tracks) the player froze and started making an internal beeping noise and now goes to the recovery menu. I've tried the clean up option and the reboot but it doesn't do anything.I don' really want to format and lose all the info,what can you suggest

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You won't need to replace the hard drive but you will need to format it to fix the problem. You should format it and then update the firmware. to format the hard drive, hold the on button in the on position and press the reset button, you will then get a menu with Clean, format, load firmware etc. try the clean option first, if that does not fix your problem you will need to formatthem to your player easily.

If you have all of your files kept on your PC you should be able to recopy

Good luck

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Sounds like the drive is bad.
Booting straight to the Recovery menu
I decided to open it up to check out the hard drive to see what kind I would need so I could try replacing it. The data plug that attaches to the hard drive itself was partially unplugged. So, I pushed it back in all the way, put it all back together again, and turned it on just to see if something different might happen. (I had it set in my mind that the hard drive failed and I would need a new one, so I didn't expect anything different to happen) And to my surprise, it worked just like new again.

Before you go off and invest in a new hard drive, I suggest opening it up and make sure that plug is in all the way. Since you'll be opening it up in any case, it wouldn't hurt.

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Creative vision m player won't register on my computer
Hi, kindly get the driver at : www.creative.com/
www.nodevice.com/driver/.../Creative-Labs/MP3_Player.html

kind regards, Jay

Sep 10, 2009 | Creative Labs ZEN Vision:M Digital Media...

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Zen mozaic won't delete albums?
was your action deleting or just removing ?

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Removing Tracks On your player, to remove tracks is to remove them from the Selected Music view only. The tracks are still in the player and can be accessed from submenus like Artists or Albums.
x! To permanently remove tracks, use the delete function. See Deleting Tracks. x!
On the main menu, select Music > Now Playing.
Press OK. In the Now Playing view, the progress bar changes to a rating bar.
Press OK again. The Selected Music view appears.
Press or to select a track.
Press and select one of the following:
Remove > Remove Track
Removes the current track from the list.
Remove > Remove All
Clears the list.
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x!
Deleting TracksThis action permanently deletes tracks from your player.
> To only remove tracks from the Selected Music view, see Removing Tracks. <

On the main menu, select Music.
Select any submenu with audio tracks, for example, All Tracks.
Press or to select a track.
Press and select Delete Track
x!
(details from "view all knowledgebase solutions" on the site of Creative)
http://support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=213&CatName=MP3+Players&subCatID=214&subCatName=ZEN&prodID=17897&prodName=ZEN+Mozaic

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My USB port, no longer recognizes the Creative M, yet it charges it the same way?
If you can't connect through USB anymore (also no reaction on you computer and no sign of connecting on the screen of the player),
you are going to need a new logic board. I know only one place that repairs creative zen players and sells the parts besides ebay obviously. If you just want to get the music out you can stick the hard drive on an iPod video logic board (they are compatible) and use a utilty like sharepod to extract the music.

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My creative zen vision M says FIRMWARE PROBLEM! HELP!
Hi you can try going to Creative's web site and downloading there Creative MP3 Player Recovery Tool software and what that does is update everything and most of the time it will fix what the problem . I would try that first.

I hope this helps

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Creative zen m vision won't start up,
You tried these yet? 
Reset, Format or Clean Up a Zen Vision:M

If your player stops responding, you can reset it. To reset the player, push the end of a pin-like object (for example, a pin or straightened paperclip) into the Reset hole. This should not cause you to lose any data or audio tracks, unless you were in the middle of transferring an audio track.

To reset Zen Vision:M to factory default settings:

Press on the Menu/Back button on your player, and select System, and then Reset.

To Format or Clean Up Zen Vision:M

1. Detach the Zen Vision:M player from your PC , and ensure that the unit is off.

If the battery is too low, charge the battery fully before continuing
2. Slide the Power switch towards the Power icon and hold the switch in the Power On position.
3. Push the end of a pin-like object (for example, a straightened paper clip) into the reset hole, press gently and remove.

4. Release the Power switch when the Creative logo appears. The Recovery Mode appears:
* Clean Up (Performs a disk scan on the player's hard disk, it will not affect music files)
* Format All (Formats the players hard disk - Note: all contents will be lost)
* Reload Firmware (Reloads the Operating System on the Zen. Select this option ONLY if there is a firmware available to reload.)
* Reboot (Reboots the device).
5. Select Clean Up or Format from the Recovery Mode, and then select Reboot.

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Nov 12, 2008 | Creative Labs ZEN Vision:M Digital Media...

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C cover art does not transfer to my zen vision m, only the music tracks transfer
A few possibilities. Go to http://193.95.171.83/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=224,E=0000000000373151655,K=1742,Sxi=15,Case=obj(8179),Kb=ww_english_add,VARSET=ws:http://us.creative.com/

for more details

Creative ZEN players do not currently support album art from Rhapsody version 4.0.
Album art is either embedded in a track, or exists as a thumbnail image in a separate file, allowing one album art file to be associated with an album. Currently, Rhapsody only supports album art embedded in the track. Future versions of Rhapsody are expected to support thumbnail versions.
Creative Media Explorer or Windows Media Player 10 or 11 can be used to transfer music purchased from Rhapsody to a player with album art included.

Album Art is supported by Creative ZEN, Creative ZEN V Plus, ZEN V, Vision:M and ZEN Vision players.
The ZEN Vision (PF1150) requires a firmware update for Album Art. You can download the updated firmware:
If you experience any difficulty transferring Album Art with Windows Media Player 10 or 11, to ZEN Vision:M, delete WMPInfo.xml (see below), and then transfer the tracks again.

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

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Creative zen vision 30 gb problem: radio works fine, video works fine; however when playing mp3 music files the sound is distorted. Confusing as sound works fine on radio and video. I have formatted and...
i accidently unplugged it whilst downloading music and now it has locked. i cannot get it to do anything

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Creative Zen Troubles
Try this: disconnect the player from the computer, turn it off, hold in the volume + button, and reconnect the player to the computer while holding the volume + button in. Keep holding the volume + button for an additional 5-50 seconds. Windows should eventually go into recovery mode and revive the player- it will pop up a window that says Found New Hardware Wizard.

Mar 23, 2008 | Creative Labs ZEN Vision:M Digital Media...

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My zen is freezeing
1. I'd try a system clean up first (instructions below)
2. definitely upgrade your firmware (http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/)
3. If all else fails, back up all your music on your PC and format it (instructions below)

.... from Creative's site

Reset, Format or Clean Up a Zen Vision:M If your player stops responding, you can reset it. To reset the player, push the end of a pin-like object (for example, a pin or straightened paperclip) into the Reset hole. This should not cause you to lose any data or audio tracks, unless you were in the middle of transferring an audio track.
To reset Zen Vision:M to factory default settings:
Press on the Menu/Back button on your player, and select System, and then Reset.
To Format or Clean Up Zen Vision:M
  1. Detach the Zen Vision:M player from your PC , and ensure that the unit is off. If the battery is too low, charge the battery fully before continuing
  2. Slide the Power switch towards the Power icon vision_m_reset.jpgand hold the switch in the Power On position.
  3. Push the end of a pin-like object (for example, a straightened paper clip) into the reset hole, press gently and remove. vision_m_reset1.jpg
  4. Release the Power switch when the Creative logo appears. The Recovery Mode appears:
    • Clean Up (Performs a disk scan on the player's hard disk, it will not affect music files)
    • Format All (Formats the players hard disk - Note: all contents will be lost)
    • Reload Firmware (Reloads the Operating System on the Zen. Select this option ONLY if there is a firmware available to reload.)
    • Reboot (Reboots the device).
  5. Select Clean Up or Format from the Recovery Mode, and then select Reboot.

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Crashed
The songs that are skipping are most likely corrupt or have been encoded incorrectly.

Delete them and that should solve it.





Best of Luck.

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