This variant appeared following an EU Commission proposal to address hearing health concerns by requiring a limit on music player output level. This is independent of Audio Settings' Restrict Volume. at the maximum setting, 25, the volume is that of the non-"e" variant's setting 20. In the "e" variant, the output level is reduced by approx 6dB i.e. The version number is suffixed by the letter "e" e.g. Units shipped in the EU after a certain date have a different variant of the firmware. The latest version, 1.21.03, was released on January 19, 2009, which improves FM radio player operation. It improves the player's playback performance of WMA (.wma) files. įirmware version 1.21.01 was released on February 28, 2008. Transferring content via the SD card slot is enabled, though only image files are viewable. The prior version, 1.20.02, was released on December 19, 2007. Adapter charging and startup time were quickened. Thai language support was added, while video playback was improved. Version 1.10.05 was released on October 23, 2007. The earlier versions have reportedly caused players to occasionally result in a white screen of death. Numerous firmware updates were released very soon after the player's launch, fixing a variety of bugs. can be done by copy and paste from Windows Explorer, either to the card in a PC slot, or to the card in the player slot with the player connected by USB to PC whereupon the card is available as an MSC device. Though an Import All command makes copies of SD card tracks to internal memory, it fails to index them (even after Clean Up) hence leaving them completely inaccessible.Īn advantage of SD card over internal storage is file transfer to the SD card does not require specialist software e.g. This is considered poor by some reviewers expecting the SD card to function as an expansion of the internal storage. Playlists stored on SD card cannot be played. Add to Selected, Save As Playlist, Bookmarks etc. SD card content does not appear under the regular menus Music, Artists, Albums, etc., appearing only on a separate "Memory Card" menu item which offers a folder-file browser. The SD card acts as a separate storage volume with reduced features relative to the internal storage volume. (Limited native support as a mass storage device is available on Ubuntu 9.04+, and possibly other Linux distributions.) Third party programs such as XNJB add transfer-only Mac OS X compatibility. Synchronises with Microsoft Outlook contacts, calendar, and tasks Pop, jazz, rock, disco, vocal, new age, classical, acoustic, and 5-band custom setting Non-removable, rechargeable lithium-ion battery MP3, iTunes-encoded AAC (unprotected ".m4a"), WMA (including protected), not in ZEN MX: WAV and Audible 2, 3, and 4 formats ZEN MX: AVI, WMV, MP4, MPG, ASF, MOV, M4V, DAT (all transcoded into Creative's proprietary CMV format) MJPEG, WMV, and AVI ( MPEG-4 SP, DivX, Xvid), while MPEG-1, and MPEG-2 are supported, but must be transcoded with the included software (Video must not exceed the player's screen resolution at 320 × 240 pixels). This is the first Creative player to have a SD card slot (enabling the support of SD and SDHC cards an optional adapter is needed for microSD and miniSD cards), support for DRM free iTunes-encoded AAC (in a ".m4a" extension), as well as a truecolor TFT LCD display. Because of its dimensions, the ZEN is advertised to be the "size of a credit card". The player has a width of 83 mm (3.3 in), a height of 55 mm (2.2 in) and is 11.3 mm (0.44 in) thick, making it the slimmest Creative portable media player and the second slimmest Creative player of any type (other than the discontinued MuVo Slim ) at the time of its release. The ZEN is referred to also by the identifier DVP-FL0001 though this does not appear on the unit. A 32 GB model was announced on December 4, 2007, setting a record for storage capacity among flash players. This flash memory-based player is the de facto successor of the ZEN Vision:M and was announced on August 29, 2007, to be available in capacities of 2, 4, 8, and 16 GB, as of September 14. The ZEN is a portable media player designed and manufactured by Creative Technology. SigmaTel / Freescale Semiconductor STMP3760 Īvailable in 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 GB flash memoryĤ-way directional pad, 9 buttons, power/hold slider For the portable media player series, see Creative Zen. This article is about the portable media player.
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