Zen Micro owners NEEDED!

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Monkey Man

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What you wanna know about?

The vertical touchpad is a bit sensitive when it comes out the box, and takes about 5 minutes to get used to (i also put mine on low sensitivity) but now i like it better than the ipod wheel.

The sound quality is fantastic, much better than my old jukebox zen 20gb.

Anything else you wanna know about?

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OPaul

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What you wanna know about?

The vertical touchpad is a bit sensitive when it comes out the box, and takes about 5 minutes to get used to (i also put mine on low sensitivity) but now i like it better than the ipod wheel.

The sound quality is fantastic, much better than my old jukebox zen 20gb.

Anything else you wanna know about?

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Have you had an issues with the battery? I'm getting mine on Wednesday and the only thing that worries me is all the comments on low battery life.

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boomn

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What you wanna know about?

The vertical touchpad is a bit sensitive when it comes out the box, and takes about 5 minutes to get used to (i also put mine on low sensitivity) but now i like it better than the ipod wheel.

The sound quality is fantastic, much better than my old jukebox zen 20gb.

Anything else you wanna know about?

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Did you update the firmware yet? It changes the sensitivity a bit.

Have you had an issues with the battery? I'm getting mine on Wednesday and the only thing that worries me is all the comments on low battery life.

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Same thing for battery life. The shorter battery life was because they weren't charging properly.

I dont actually have one, but i did stay in a holiday inn express last night :p

actually i've just been reading up on them 'cause i want one :yes:

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Monkey Man

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No havent upgraded the firmware, im fine with the sensitivity as is.

Nope the battery is getting a full 10-11 hours for me, but i did read other peoples complaints about its battery life and read from a guy at creative that when you get it you should run down any charge that is initialy in the battery then let it charge fully, empty it fully and charge and empty fully again, and then you should have a high battery life. Hope you understood

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boomn

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That doesn't sound right to me. A Lithium Ion battery should not be charged down to zero. They are the opposite of older bateries and actually do better if constantly top them up

The battery life issues that i had heard about and that the firmware fixed was that the player doesnt properly recognize the charger if the charger was already plugged into the wall when you plug it in to the micro. The micro would only charge the battery patially because of this

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swiharta

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i have heard similar things about the initial draining and full charging for new li-ion batteries, not sure whether to believe it. Does anyone have some good links on that subject. In the end, I can't imagine it makes a world of difference, but if someone thinks it does, please post some evidence. Thanks.

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jerry

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Those concerned with battery life issues:

Using the FM tuner (and not recording anything), the Zen Micro would likely deliver longer batter time, since it could spin down the hard-drive. Battery play time might improve after a few complete charge and run down cycles. For our test, we charged it completely up, and then ran it all the way down just once. Right now Zen Micro is shipping with a second removable/rechargeable battery for free, so your effective battery time for playing MP3s is actually around 16 hours, assuming you've got both batteries gassed up. We should also mention that the unit arrives with a wall-wart power supply for recharging away from your PC, but when it's connected to your PC, the battery charges by pulling power from the USB port.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1725115,00.asp

If thats true, then replacing batteries is quite simple for Micro, its no issue at all. ;)

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i have heard similar things about the initial draining and full charging for new li-ion batteries, not sure whether to believe it.  Does anyone have some good links on that subject.  In the end, I can't imagine it makes a world of difference, but if someone thinks it does, please post some evidence.  Thanks.

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I just got a Zen Touch and although it is a diffrent player it does have a li-ion battery. In the manual it says it is best to charge the battery when it is down to about 30% and that it may extend its life if you charge in then.

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jerry

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does anyone here have pictures of the headphones that come with the zen micro and does it come with a dock?

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limited_edition_sticker.jpg

Look out for this sticker pasted on the exterior of the packaging if you are eyeing on the limited edition Zen Micro.

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earphones.jpg

wired_remote.jpg

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I dont think a dock is included, would have been nice though :p

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Matt

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http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/artic...ion_sticker.jpg

Look out for this sticker pasted on the exterior of the packaging if you are eyeing on the limited edition Zen Micro.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/artic...22/contents.jpg

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/artic...2/earphones.jpg

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/artic...ired_remote.jpg

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I dont think a dock is included, would have been nice though :p

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thanks for the pics! :)

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i hope i got the limited edition. :happy:

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YOHAN

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Damn, didn't know there was an edition that came with the remote.

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Yeah, I heard that the asian version came with more accessories! Makes sense since Creative is based in Singapore. And I think because everyone in North America adores the iPod more... which doesn't make sense... Creative should have bundled more accessories there to compete with iPod... oh, I don't make sense. :pinch:

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YOHAN

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What you wanna know about?

The vertical touchpad is a bit sensitive when it comes out the box, and takes about 5 minutes to get used to (i also put mine on low sensitivity) but now i like it better than the ipod wheel.

The sound quality is fantastic, much better than my old jukebox zen 20gb.

Anything else you wanna know about?

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Uhm... I've seen the picture... and it being held in a hand (could be a gigantic hand)... so can it fit inside your pocket like a n6600? Is it too plasticy?

PS. Does it smell good when you first open the box??? :D

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