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This download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your Creative ZEN® Stone Plus (with built-in Speaker) player. It increases the fast forward or fast rewind speed of an audio track when you press and hold the respective button. For more details, read the rest of this Web release note.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Increases the fast forward or fast rewind speed of an audio track when you press and hold the respective button.

Requirements:

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

Note:

• To install this firmware, do the following:
  1. Download the ZENStonePlusSpeaker_PCFW_L19_1_03_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.
• To view the updated User's Guide, download and install the latest starter pack at www.creative.com/zenstoneplus.

This download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your ZEN® Stone Plus (4 GB) player. It increases the fast forward or fast rewind speed of an audio track when you press and hold the respective button. For more information, read the rest of this Web release note.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Increases the fast forward or fast rewind speed of an audio track when you press and hold the respective button.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN Stone Plus (4 GB) player

Note:

• To install this firmware, do the following:
  1. Download the ZENStonePlus4GB_PCFW_L19_1_03_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 is updated with the latest software and User's Guide for your Creative ZEN® Stone player and Creative ZEN Stone player (with built-in Speaker). It enables you to drag audio files to and from your player using 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/zenstone, and it includes the following:

• Creative Media Lite (1.51.03)
  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 drag audio files to and from your player using Creative Media Lite.
• Adds an audio playback feature in the Creative Media Lite window.
• Enables the conversion of 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 or Creative ZEN Stone (with built-in Speaker)

Note:

• To install this starter pack
  1. Download the ZENStone_PCApp_CLI_L4_1_51_03.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™ V (Video). It improves the support of album art display. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Improves support for album art display.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista™, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or higher)
• Windows Media® Player 10 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN V (Video)

Notes:

• To install this firmware
  1. Download the ZENVVideo_PCFW_L22_1_32_01.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 download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your Creative ZEN™ V. It improves the support of album art display. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Improves support for album art display.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista™, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or higher)
• Windows Media® Player 10 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN V

Notes:

• To install this firmware
  1. Download the ZENV_PCFW_L22_1_32_01.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 download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your Creative ZEN™ V Plus. It improves the support of album art display. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Improves support for album art display.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista™, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or higher)
• Windows Media® Player 10 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN V Plus

Notes:

• To install this firmware
  1. Download the ZENVPlus_PCFW_L22_1_32_01.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 download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your ZEN™ Stone. It improves the stability of your player. For more information, read the rest of this web release note.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Improves the stability of your player.

Fixes:

• Resolves the incorrect behavior of the Volume Restriction feature in firmware version 1.04.02.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista™, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 1 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN Stone

Notes:

• To install this firmware, do the following:
  1. Download the ZENStone_PCFW_US_1_06_01.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 download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your ZEN™ Stone Plus. It displays the player battery level status correctly in Creative Media Lite. For more information, read the rest of this web release note.

Added Features or Enhancements:

• Improves the performance of channel scanning for FM Radio.
• Improves battery charging when Creative Media Lite is used.
• Improves the readability of the "No Recording" message in Portuguese.
• Adds the option to enable or disable the player's date and time.

Fixes:

• Displays the player battery level status correctly in Creative Media Lite.
• Ensures smooth playback when a large number of tracks (more than 800) is played continuously.
• Ensures that the Idle Shutdown settings do not turn off the player when the FM Radio is in use.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows Vista™, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
• USB port
• Creative ZEN Stone Plus

Notes:

• To install this firmware, do the following:
  1. Download the ZENStonePlus_PCFW_L19_1_03_01.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 download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your ZEN Vision:M™. It improves the stability of your player during startup. For more information, read the rest of this web release note.

Note: If your current firmware version is 1.10.04, this new firmware may require you to retransfer any existing DRM-enabled tracks back to your player. For more information, see "Notes" below.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or later), Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 or later
• Windows Media Player 10 or later
• AudibleManager® version 5.00 or later for Audible® audio content playback
• USB 1.1 port
• Creative ZEN Vision:M 60 GB

Notes:

• To check your player's firmware version number
  
  1. Turn on your player.
  2. From the main menu, select System -> Information.
     The firmware version number is indicated under "Version".
• To install this firmware
  1. Download the 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.

• When your player restarts after installing this firmware, the following will occur for the first time only:
  • The Rebuilding Library screen will appear.
  • Photos may take slightly longer than normal to appear.
• If the firmware version checked above was 1.10.04, and your player has playback issues with DRM-enabled tracks, launch the file transfer software to delete the existing DRM-enabled tracks on your player and retransfer DRM-enabled tracks to your player.
• Should you reinstall an earlier firmware version (1.20.02 or earlier) after installing this firmware, you need to retransfer any existing photos back to your player.
• This firmware supports the playback of Audible Type 2 and 4 tracks.
  Important: to transfer Audible content, you must have AudibleManager version 5 or later installed. AudibleManager allows you to download, burn, organize, transfer and listen to Audible audio content. Download AudibleManager from www.audible.com/software.

This download contains an improved version of the firmware found on your ZEN Vision:M™. It improves the stability of your player during startup. For more information, read the rest of this web release note.

Note: If your current firmware version is 1.50.02, this new firmware may require you to retransfer any existing DRM-enabled tracks back to your player. For more information, see "Notes" below.

Requirements:

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or later), Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 or later
• Windows Media Player 10 or later
• AudibleManager® version 5.00 or later for Audible® audio content playback
• USB 1.1 port
• Creative ZEN Vision:M 30 GB

Notes:

• To check your player's firmware version number
  1. Turn on your player.
  2. From the main menu, select System -> Information.
     The firmware version number is indicated under "Version".
• To install this firmware
  1. Download the 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.

• When your player restarts after installing this firmware, the following will occur for the first time only:
  • The Rebuilding Library screen will appear.
  • Photos may take slightly longer than normal to appear.
• If the firmware version checked above was 1.50.02, and your player has playback issues with DRM-enabled tracks, launch the file transfer software to delete the existing DRM-enabled tracks on your player and retransfer DRM-enabled tracks to your player.
• Should you reinstall an earlier firmware version (1.60.01 or earlier) after installing this firmware, you need to retransfer any existing photos back to your player.
• This firmware supports the playback of Audible Type 2 and 4 tracks.
  Important: to transfer Audible content, you must have AudibleManager version 5 or later installed. AudibleManager allows you to download, burn, organize, transfer and listen to Audible audio content. Download AudibleManager from www.audible.com/software.