Picture washed out, wont charge.

These sets have several common problems which are listed below.

Problem #1) Convergence

Yours may have one or more of the following symptoms

• Screen Looks 3-D
• Colors wont align
• Screen may look distorted or warped
• No Audio/Video - makes a chirping sound.

Problem #2

Another common problem is dull or washed out video.
Your TV may have one or more of the following symptoms....

• Dull looking picture
• White looking picture
• Halos around objects
• Red/Orange looking picture

You can see some more examples and find the fix here...

http://www.fixya.com/support/r2861467-solution_video_looking_whiteish_dull

Ok then its your Creative Vision M 30gb problem. go to the store and have them fix it.

remove the battery, if you let the battery connecters hit the terminal a few times it works a a manual reset it works with almost anything

if you don't have the kind of charger that goes directly into the dock connector, the zen vision needs a 5V charger ( it happens to be compatible with the PSP charger). if you just plug it into a usb cord it will not charger. you may also need the little white adapter piece the goes into the dock connector. i know only one place that sells older creative zen accessories and repairs creative zen visions . if you have all of that: i assume you pressed the little reset button on the bottom, it may just be frozen? if that doesn't work and you are sure you're charging it right, your logic board is dead.

Hey, i had the same problem but i figured a way to fix it. This might work only if the battery doesnt work (it should still work when connected to the charger). First take a paper clip and straighten it. Then use a tool to bend a small length by a right angle. The bent part should be about 1 cm so it is only slightly protruded when inserted. then fix the adapter and charger. The left side of the charger will be coming out a bit because of the paper clip. Then off the player. Then press the reset and pull the power tab and hold it in the on position until the recovery menu ( I think thats what its called) appears. From the menu do a "disk clean up" and after that do a "reboot" from the same menu. Then the player should start up. Now turn off the player and remove the the adapter so that the Vision m turns off completely. *Then re-attach the adapter and while fixing the adapter make shure it presses the reset button (through the staple pin) while it starts up through the power supply.* Now hopefully the battery icon should show that it is charging. If this does not work then repeat the part withinthe asterix (*).

Minz

throw it...:)))))

Q. Zen V is dead
"If your Zen V is dead, wont respond to anything, try this, plug it in to the computer, hold the power switch in the on position, THEN trigger the reset button, worked like a charm for mine, I had thought it a lost cause."

Q. How to reset Zen v +
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22T_gkkZjmM&feature=related

read this:
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10960

if you are using a fromt usb port- switch to the back usb. The front ports don't always give the zen enough power. Also- look in Device Manager and see if there is a zen listed there- and if it is does it have a yellow exclamation mark? It may not be the zen that is having problems but your computer.

Zen V is dead
"If your Zen V is dead, wont respond to anything, try this, plug it in to the computer, hold the power switch in the on position, THEN trigger the reset button, worked like a charm for mine, I had thought it a lost cause."