Creative zen, anyone had problems

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  1. Arn

    Arnside Red Well-Known Member

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    got one for xmas, opened it yesterday, it's frozen in less than a day, have used the reset button but woudnt have thought it should freeze so quickly, although a lot of recent reviews seem to focus on this very issue (chinny)
     
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    Mine freezes from time to time

    got a zen V+.

    Still happy with it though.
     
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    cheers, as long as the reset works

    i can live with it, as long as it doesnt happen too frequently, sound is good, easy to load songs onto and navigate around, havnt sorted out videos or photos yet though
     
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    Mine did it loads of times

    got shut in the end, but my son has one and his is perfect. So I think I may just have been unlucky.
     
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    We have three Creative Zens

    A 40gb and 2 x 20 gbs</p>

    Yes, they freeze from time to time and can be a bit of a bugger to launch with the software, freezing frequently. But they tend to get over it and become extremely reliable machines. Mine sometimes goes into freeze when I try to load stuff on andI have to reset it, but it always comes back. They also have their little habits, like pausing when you press skip, or not moving on when you ask it to, but just keep perseveringand it will eventually do what you ask. One ofours will be three years old in April and is still going strong.</p>

    I wouldn't even consider an ipod now.</p>
     
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    Hang on though...

    They freeze from time to time, when launching software, when loading stuff on, they pause when you skip and don't do what you ask them to? And you wouldn't consider an ipod? How bad are ipods? Ours is faultless.
     
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    I've got a zen micro and i've never had any issues with it, are you sure you gave it long enought to charge before you first used it
     
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    you cant beat the Sony walkmans, the ones you put tapes in
     
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    RE: Hang on though...

    Go to any review site for ipods and creative and you will find as many horror stories as you can stomach.</p>

    I'm happy with mine, but they all glitch from time to time. If yours doesn't then you have been very fortunate.</p>

    http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews1155.html</p>
     
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