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This starter pack is updated with the latest version of the software and User's Guide for your Creative ZEN® Mozaic. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This starter pack includes the following:

• Creative Centrale (1.16.02)
  Rips audio CDs and VCD/DVDs, transfers and manages your music, photos, and videos.
• User's Guide
  Provides information on using your player.

Enhancements:

• Ensures a hassle-free installation when you upgrade Creative Centrale later on.
• Improves the software's startup stability.
• Corrects the display text on certain languages. 

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN Mozaic player

Note:

• To install this starter pack:
  1. Download the ZENMozaic_PCApp_L4_1_16_02.exe file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.
     
• For computers with Windows Media Player version 10 or lower, make sure your computer is connected to the Internet while installing the starter pack.
  

This starter pack is updated with the latest version of the software and User's Guide for your Creative ZEN® X-Fi player. For more details, read the rest of this Web release note.

This starter pack includes the following:

• Creative Centrale (1.16.02)
  Rips audio CDs and VCD/DVDs; transfers and manages your music, photos, and videos.
• User's Guide
  Provides information on using your player.

Enhancements:

• Enables transfer of non-protected AAC files (.m4a files from iTunes® Plus) with the use of Creative Centrale on Windows 7.
• Improves Creative Centrale's startup stability.
• Ensures a hassle-free installation when you upgrade the software later on.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2
• USB port
• Creative ZEN X-Fi player

Notes:

• To install this starter pack:
  1. Download the ZENXFI_PCApp_L4_1_16_02.exe file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.
     
• For computers with Windows Media Player version 10 or lower, make sure your computer is connected to the Internet while installing the starter pack.
  

This starter pack is updated with the latest version of the software and User Guide for your Creative ZEN® X-Fi2 player. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This starter pack includes the following:

• Creative Centrale (1.16.02)
  Rips audio CDs and VCD/DVDs, transfers and manages your music, photos, and videos.
• User Guide
  Provides information on using your player.

Enhancements:

• Updates the User Guide for firmware version 1.10.xx or later.
• Improves support for Windows 7.
• Improves CD ripping and ID3 tagging.
• Improves support for BMP (.bmp) file conversion.
• Ensures the correct resolution after you convert videos. 

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN X-Fi2

Note:

• To install this starter pack:
  1. Download the ZENXFi2_PCApp_L4_1_16_02.exe file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.
     
• For computers with Windows Media Player version 10 or lower, make sure your computer is connected to the Internet while installing the Starter Pack.
  

This download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your Creative ZEN® player. It ensures smooth operation of your player's FM Radio. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Fix:

• Ensures smooth operation of your player's FM Radio.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP (Service Pack 2)
• Windows Media® Player 10 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN player

Note:

• To install this firmware
  1. Download the ZEN_PCFW_L22_1_21_03.exe file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running on your computer.
  3. Connect your player to your computer.
  4. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

• If your player fails to restart after the firmware upgrade:

  1. Turn off your player.
  2. Disconnect your player from your computer.
  3. Press and hold the Play/Pause button. Continue to hold the button while you perform steps 4 and 5. If you accidentally release the button, start the procedure again. 
  4. Gently push a straightened paper clip into the Reset hole.
  5. Slide the On/Off switch towards the USB port and hold until the display lights up. The Recovery Mode screen appears with four options: Clean Up, Format All, Reload Firmware, and Reboot.
  6. Select Reload Firmware, followed by Yes.
  7. Connect your player to your computer.
  8. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your ZEN® Mozaic player. It improves the battery charging process. For more details, read the rest of this Web release note.

Fixes:

• Improves the battery charging process.
• Enhances the playback pattern for the shuffle playmode.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN Mozaic player

Note:

• To install this firmware, do the following:
  1. Download the ZENMozaic_PCFW_L22_1_06_01.exe file to your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running on your computer.
  3. Connect your player to your computer.
  4. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This starter pack contains the software and User's Guide for your Creative ZEN® Mozaic player. It enhances the software update functionality of Creative Centrale. For more details, read the rest of this Web release note.

The starter pack includes the following:

• Creative Centrale (1.04.05)
  Rips audio CDs and VCDs/DVDs, transfers and manages your music, photos, and videos.
• Creative Removable Disk Manager
  Resizes your player's removable disk capacity, formats or deletes the removable disk partition.
• User's Guide
  Provides information on using your player.

Enhancements:

• Enhances the software update functionality of Creative Centrale.
• Reduces the sizes of video files converted using Creative Centrale.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2
• USB port
• Creative ZEN Mozaic player

Note:

• To install this starter pack
  1. Download the ZENMozaic_PCApp_L4_1_04_05.exe file to your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your Creative ZEN® Stone (with built-in Speaker) player. It further improves the speed of fast forwarding long duration tracks. For more details, read the rest of this Web release note.

Enhancement:

• It further improves the speed of fast forwarding long duration tracks.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN Stone (with built-in Speaker) player

Note:

• To install this firmware, do the following:
  1. Download the ZENStoneSpeaker_PCFW_US_1_04_02.exe file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running on your computer.
  3. Connect your player to your computer.
  4. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This starter pack contains the software and User's Guide for your Creative ZEN® Stone Plus player. It adds an audio playback feature in Creative Media Lite. For more details, read the rest of this Web release note.

The starter pack can also be found at www.creative.com/zenstoneplus, and it includes the following:

• Creative Media Lite (1.52.01)
  Rips CDs, transfers media files and controls your player's volume restriction level.
• User's Guide
  Provides information on using your player.

Enhancements:

• Adds an audio playback feature in Creative Media Lite.
• Enables you to drag and drop audio files to and from your player using Creative Media Lite.
• Fixes unreadable tag properties of audio files in Creative Media Lite.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN Stone Plus range of players (with or without built-in speaker)

Note:

• To install this starter pack
  1. Download the ZENStonePlus_PCApp_CLI_L4_1_52_01.exe file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This starter pack is updated with the latest software and User's Guide for your Creative ZEN™ Stone player. It enables you to customize the audio format when ripping audio CDs. For more details, read the rest of this Web release note.

The starter pack can also be found at www.creative.com/zenstone, and it includes the following:

• Creative Media Lite (1.11.08)
  Rips CDs, transfers media files and controls your player's volume restriction level.
• User's Guide
  Provides information on using your player.

Added Features or Enhancements

• Enables you to customize the audio format when ripping audio CDs.

Requirements:

• Windows XP Service Pack 1
• USB port
• Creative ZEN Stone player

Note:

• To install this starter pack
  1. Download the ZENStone_PCApp_CLI_L4_1_11_08.exe file into your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running.
  3. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

This download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your Creative ZEN® X-Fi player. It ensures a smoother operation of your player's FM Radio. For more details, read the rest of this Web release note.

Fixes:

• Ensures a smoother operation of your player's FM Radio.
• Enables seamless playback for supported video formats.
• Ensures the correct playback pattern for the Shuffle playmode. 
• For players with wireless networking features, this firmware enables your player to effectively set up the IM chat gateways. 

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN X-Fi player

Note:

• To install this firmware, do the following:
  1. Download the ZENXFI_PCFW_L22_1_04_08.exe file to your local hard disk.
  2. Close all application windows that are currently running on your computer.
  3. Connect your player to your computer.
  4. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.