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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: 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: 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 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: 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 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 M: My Creative ZEN Vision M battery

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:12:01 -0700

It won t charge.. It only works when I plug in.. I replaced the battery twice

Creative Zen V Plus: Why won't the loading screen go away

Fri, 09 Jun 2017 08:17:28 -0700

when i turn the device on the screen just shows the creative logo then when I press any

of the buttons nothing happens

Creative ZEN: Why will my zen not charge?

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 06:02:14 -0700

Why will my zen not charge?

Creative Zen X-Fi: button input part?

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:35:00 -0700

Where i can find button input part?

Thank you, Fotis

Creative Zen Microphoto: OLED Screen part nmber and Connector J1 part number?

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:05:11 -0700

Hi,

I have a Creative Zen Micro Photo with a faulty screen, broken board to board connector (J1) and a headphone jack that is a bit problematic.

May I know the part number of the above mentioned component? I want to try out the repair work myself.

My email address is pangwui0309@gmail.com

Please do advice.

Thank you

Yours Sincerely,

Teh Pang Wui

Creative ZEN: Dim screen with new battery &LCD

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 17:41:13 -0700

I installed new battery and LCD screen and screen is still dim at 100%.

Creative Zen Vision M: Type of audio jack

Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:39:02 -0700

What type or model of audio jack (on the motherboard)? I wanna buy it and replace. My audio jack crumbled. I had to make a homemade jack from another player and solder additional wires.

⟐ Edited June 17, 2015 at 23:39 MST