Comments on: Creative Labs Zen Micro 5GB Review

By: A.Mason

A.Mason — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:37:51 +0000

I had some songs on my Zen micro, about 700.So I went back to add more songs. And everything has deleted from my Zen. But when I go inside of the information its saying there are songs on there. It’s a 2005 zenmicro 2.11.02 version. Need updated software 2007 version or something.

By: Sam Struck

Sam Struck — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:04:11 +0000

I bought a Zen Micro about 2 years ago. It still works but I can only listen to music without backlight and EQ for about 2 hours. I just bought a new battery half a month ago! It sometimes freezes up. It takes a long time to load a song or to rewind and fast forward. I would much rather be using itunes instead of the software compatible with this. I like the sound quality though. I would not reccomend this to anybody. It’s fun for a little while but just not worth it.

By: Roy

Roy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:12:46 +0000

Had two Micro Zens for my teenagers. One failed with in 3 months, had it replaced and it failed again with in 6 months. Could get Creative Labs to fix it. The second one lasted about 18 months and has now died and can’t get is fixed. Kids now own a ScanDisk & Ipod which work great. Wish I didn’t waist my money with Creative Labs, won’t but their products in the future. Poor quality and lousy support.

By: Ilya

Ilya — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:54:38 +0000

I bought a 6gb micro about a year ago and I love it. The sound quality is great. I have had 1 or 2 freezes. Other then that I don’t have any problems with it. Totally worth it.

By: Yulia

Yulia — Fri, 11 May 2007 04:48:39 +0000

I have had my *replacement* Zen Micro for more than a year – the first one lasted about 4 – 5 months. I had a few "freezing" issues with the original Micro I bought, so I sent it back to the COMPANY, who replaced the body for me, and even upgraded it to a 6GB from a 5 for a mere $25. Which I thought was pretty nice, all things considered. I’ve had NO problems whatsoever with the audio, and even dropping it once from about two feet onto concrete proved it’s sturdiness. This Zen is worth it.

By: Resse

Resse — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:28:23 +0000

Well I have the same problem except mine will not turn on unless it is on the charger. And even then I don’t get music, all I get is Clean up mode and reboot. I have no clue what happened. I have had a few tech support friends of my own and they suggest that I download a update of firmware, but even that said that it would remove my radio. What’s up? I should have gotten an iPOD!!!

By: Jeepgyrl25

Jeepgyrl25 — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:40:51 +0000

I’ve had my Micro for over a year now, and when it worked, I loved it! However, I’m having the notorious ear phone jack issue; the sound is output in layers, and I am constantly trying to “reposition” my headphones to get full sound. My husband called Creative Labs for assistance, and he was told that it would cost him $22 per month for a “customer service subscription.” After reading these reviews, it seems we’d be paying Creative Labs $22 so that they could tell us there’s nothing they can (or will) do. Next brand, please…

By: simpson

simpson — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:34:24 +0000

After about 1 year of problem free use, the battery life dropped to less than 1 hour, this also caused file transfer issues. Then after replacing the battery and problem free use for a few more months, the earphone jack failed. i guess all i have now is a 5 Gb usb data drive. worked well for that first year though… and the extra features (ie FM radio) were great!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:11:18 +0000

I have not encountered any of the problems talked about in the review — however, I believe I have a newer version of this, and would suggest to anyone who is attempting to use MediaSource to instead use the Media Explorer, which is not a media player, but a quick, easy, and organized way to put files on your Zen Micro. All in all, extremely pleased with my 5 month old purchase.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:59:13 +0000

lol both these things happen to me, first one i had died after a month all layers of the music where split and stuff so you wold only hear vocals or background, sent it to get repaired and 2 months later they just gave me a new one, now just today about 5 months after replaced it dropepd from my pocket and interface doesnt work, no good son.