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Creative ZEN: Part # for replacement battery and source?

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 15:44:58 -0700

I need a replacement battery for my 2007 Creative ZEN 8GB player and don't know the part # or where to get it from.

⟐ Commented August 05, 2025 at 15:44 MST

Creative: My old Creative Zen Stone seems charged, connected but won't power on

Tue, 13 May 2025 13:31:57 -0700

This is a longshot: I love my old Zen Stone (Plus, maybe). Haven't used it in years but want to. It connects to my PC fine, shows it is charging/charged but won't turn on, whether plugged into the computer or not. Any guesses as to what is wrong with it? Any way to fix it?

⟐ Commented May 13, 2025 at 13:31 MST

Creative Zen Microphoto: Screen is black - is the contrast set too high? Or is the screen bad?

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:33:25 -0700

I got two of these on eBay and they are personally owned players. Very nice condition with original headphones, pouch, and cable. They both have the same issue where the screen lights is just totally black and I can't read anything. The blue light lights up and the player can play music. The firmware is on the latest but I ran the firmware update tool hoping that it would reset settings but I still can't see anything.

If the screen is dead, it would be very odd to receive two nearly perfect condition devices with the exact same defect but maybe it's very common for these screens to just die.

Any tips appreciated! Thanks.

⟐ Commented November 13, 2024 at 8:33 MST

Creative Zen Vision M: Where do parts go?

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 10:19:58 -0700

Hi, I just found your site while looking for help with my creative Zen. I bought it a carboot and l am trying my luck refurbishing it by replacing the battery. All was going well but two rubber parts have fallen out and I haven't a clue as to where they belonged. I was wondering if you could help by sending me a picture of where they are supposed to go. (how do I attach a pic?).

Thanks for your time.

Regards, tam

⟐ Commented April 14, 2024 at 10:19 MST

Creative Zen Vision M: Flash Retromodding - SSD Installation?

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:26:56 -0700

Much like the Ipod Classic conversions that are gaining traction, has anyone performed an SSD Conversion with the Zen Vision M’s?

⟐ Commented January 31, 2024 at 21:26 MST

Creative: My creative zen sleek 20gb is frozen after I turn it and I can’t turn

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:12:31 -0700

My creative zen sleek 20gb mp3 player is frozen after I turn it on and it won’t turn off until the battery dies. How can I fix this?

⟐ Edited by author January 04, 2024 at 13:12 MST

Creative Zen Vision W: I have a bad battery and can’t find a replacement.

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 08:22:43 -0700

I recently acquired 2 Zen Vision W’s, and both of them have bad batteries. I can’t find a replacement online, and was wondering if anyone knows where I can get them? It uses a 3.7 volt lithium ion battery rated at 1.65Ah and has 4 metal pins

⟐ Answer edited January 15, 2023 at 8:22 MST

Creative Zen Vision M: Where can I get a charge card for my creative Zen m 60 GB

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 22:52:34 -0700

How do I get a charger for my creative Zen m 60 GB

⟐ Answer edited December 01, 2022 at 22:52 MST

Creative ZEN: Saving new playlist on MP3 player

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 05:16:07 -0700

When I make a new playlist using Zen Media Explorer getting to the final step "saving to

the playlist" it will not save the playlist. Need a fix or instructions of what to do.

Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen: Need Drivers for windows 8.1

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 09:03:14 -0700

I have a Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra 60gb. does anyone know where I can get drivers for Windows 8.1? I can't seem to be able to download or upload music from this device on my computer.

⟐ Answer accepted July 23, 2021 at 9:03 MST

Creative Zen Vision M: How do I replace the battery?

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:44:29 -0700

Greetings,

It seems that my Creative Vision M battery has died and I'd like to replace it with new one. Any advice how I can do that?

Thanks!

⟐ Answered October 14, 2020 at 20:44 MST

Creative Nomad II: Why radio is not getting signals after I took off the cooper sheet and

Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:09:25 -0700

I cleaned the headphone socket long ago and later i found the radio not getting signal but i cant remember this happen after i fully removed the cooper sheet or before since i didnt use the player for long time

I resoldered the headphone socket but still no radio signals but music play fine

How to fix it

Creative Zen V Plus: Where can I get a replacement screen

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:13:10 -0700

My screen is dead and i need a new one

⟐ Answer edited March 16, 2020 at 0:13 MST

ZEN V Creative Media Player: My display screen is very dim...

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:47:10 -0700

my display screen is very dim... Is there something I can do to repair

⟐ Commented November 18, 2019 at 9:47 MST

Creative: Want to replace the battery on my Creative Zen Xfi.

Sat, 24 Aug 2019 06:02:06 -0700

Hi. Watched your excellent battery replacement pics but the -ve black lead had come off the PCB, and I cannot tell where on the PCB it has come from. As it is the same length as the +ve lead it must be around there somewhere.

Any insights on where it should go?

Thanks

Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen: Creative ZEN TOUCH 2?

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 23:54:30 -0700

Does anyone know if, and how can I replace the battery and the hard-drive (maybe switch to flash memory?) on a zen touch 2? Every time I try searching for it, it always gives me results fro different zen models… It’s not listed even here, That’s why I had to chose a different model (can the admins add it to the device list? thank you).

It’s this one right here: https://www.cnet.com/reviews/creative-ze...

Surprisingly the battery still holds for 12-16 hours and the drive loads fine, but after almost 20 years, you never know when something will fail.

Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen: Why is my device not powering on?

Sat, 09 Feb 2019 09:39:40 -0700

I tried pressing the power button and the device does nothing. The device is plugged in.

⟐ Commented February 09, 2019 at 9:39 MST

Creative Zen Microphoto: Earphone jack in the player is not working on the left channel

Sat, 21 Jul 2018 13:35:02 -0700

The earphone plug in the player only works on left channel

Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen: The Screen on my Zen Xtra flases creative to EAX to a blank sceen

Wed, 23 May 2018 08:13:26 -0700

My player does the afore mentioned things when I plug in the charger.And it will not take a charge.Is this fixable. It continues to do this as long as it is plugged in.

Thanks,Bill Swartzel

Creative Zen Vision W: replace the CREATIVE PMC-HD0004 ZEN VISION W hard drive

Mon, 07 May 2018 06:02:49 -0700

Need to change the HD and need a repair manual.

⟐ Answer accepted May 07, 2018 at 6:02 MST