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1. #Creative zen micro firmware install#
2. #Creative zen micro firmware portable#
3. #Creative zen micro firmware windows#

The first is a Windows Explorer-like program that lets you easily access and organize files on the player, while the second includes convenient tools such as an automatic tag cleaner (operating via Gracenote's Music ID service) and an automatic organizer (based on ID3 tag info). It also encompasses a digital user guide and two useful programs called Zen Micro Photo Media Explorer and Creative Media Tool Box. The most important thing on the disc, though, is the Creative Zen Micro Photo app, which establishes the connection between player and computer. The last includes Creative's MediaSource software, a music-management app that we largely ignored, as well as Windows Media Player 10 and Adobe Acrobat Reader.

#Creative zen micro firmware install#

The Creative Zen Micro Photo ships with a soft pouch, a USB cable (used for both transferring and charging), a pair of decent earbuds, a user manual, and an install disc. This MP3 player's interface is a breeze to use. In addition, the Zen Micro Photo includes a DJ that will decide for you. Of course, you can also go directly to any of the last three, as well as straight to a playlist that you've created on the PC, then transferred over. The interface is hierarchy-based, which means you navigate to a genre, then an artist, then an album, and finally a track. In fact, the Creative interface is used on many popular MP3 players, including the Apple iPod. The Creative Zen Micro Photo (pink) next to the Apple iPod Nano.Ĭreative recently patented the interface found on the Zen Micro Photo. But the main difference, of course, is the Zen Micro Photo's small, but nice, full-color OLED screen it measures 1.6 inches diagonally, can display 262,144 colors, and is viewable from any angle. There's also a choice of 10 colors-black, gray, white, pink, purple, green, orange, light blue, dark blue, and red-though some shades are slightly different than those of the Zen Micro. And you still get the easily removable and replaceable battery, a standard mini USB connection, and a hold switch. It doesn't pack on any extra ounces either, keeping its lightweight status at 3.8 ounces. Surprisingly, the Creative Zen Micro Photo is a fraction smaller (3.3 by 2.0 by 0.63 inches) than its monochrome-screen sibling, yet it manages to pack in 2GB to 3GB more storage, offering an 8GB microdrive, or about 2,000 songs. Unfortunately, it doesn't integrate the two as we'd expect at this point in the photo MP3 player game.

#Creative zen micro firmware portable#

As a portable audio player, the Creative Zen Micro Photo is top-notch, and it makes a decent photo viewer. The microdrive MP3 player is actually a hair smaller than its predecessor, yet it offers 8GB of storage for a reasonable $249.99 originally, the player was slated for 5GB and 6GB drives at $299 and $349, respectively. The retail version of the Zen Micro Photo is an improvement over the prototype in key areas, notably hard drive capacity. Well, it has finally arrived, and we're happy we waited.

debut of the Creative Zen Micro Photo ever since Creative originally announced the color-screen version of the Zen Micro back in January at CES 2005. But the Zen Micro will always hold a special place of reverence in my heart.The MP3 editors at CNET have been patiently waiting (and waiting) for the official U.S. It' s been replaced by my workhorse (if one can have a 'workhorse' PMP) 3G iPod nano. Oh, and of course, the glowing blue details on the player, especially while charging, were all sorts of slick.Sadly, I' m afraid my little Micro doesn' t function anymore. I can' t say I used the FM tuner all that often, but at that point in history, we could say, 'At least it' s there!' Context menus let you bring up more info on all of your tracks, which I found handy and enjoyed. Sound quality on the Zen was always great for me. The only downside, of course, was when your hands were gloved during the colder months—a problem we face on a larger scale with all of our touch-sensitive devices these days. thanks, Zen Patent), and the touch-sensitive front was fun. The interface was great (albeit strangely familiar. And maybe I' m the only person that enjoyed it, but you could delete songs off the Micro without having to connect it to your computer again. It was solid, a little chunkier than the iPod mini, but with the benefit of a removable battery. Back when our PMPs did music and music only—remember, the iPod photo was a baby—this was the MP3 player I loved.