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Also, I wanted to thank you for this site. I was one of those people who couldn't get their Windows to recognize the Zen, so i trouble shot and was completely satisfied. Thanks again.

peteyv, Mar 2008
Ah, Finally fixed it ran clean up several times rebooting each time now lists in the creative software WMP10. All I can think of is maybe the drive became so fragmented.
Thanks for the input and Great site!

w216uhk, May 2008
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[wallry]

Been a while since we had a Firmware upgrade. I hope Creative haven't parked software development for the X-Fi2.
If nothing else, they absolutely need to do something about the volume slider. After 4 months with the device, I still end up stabbing around to get the volume I want. Quite frankly, this control is the worst bit of user interface design I have yet come across. Creative need to replace it with an entirely different control and put it on top so the whole operation takes a couple of seconds.
There are other concerns peppered throughout this forum that should also be addressed, so I won't repeat them here.
I'm otherwise happy with the player, but cannot recommend it to friends without pointing out the annoying interface.

[jimmyboy88]

hi wallry
the last news about zen x-fi2 was the release of adk for developers meaning developers can develop games and applications for x-fi2
lately, creative is not only quiet about creative x-fi2, they are also very quiet in terms of launching of new products. not heard anything from them

[wallry]

Quiet - oh, dear. I hope all is well at Creative. I still think the sound is topnotch, and the X-Fi feature really brings my music to life. Not to mention that these players are great value. With just a little more effort, they could really make the X-Fi2 exceptional.
I don't suppose the adk developers can tinker with the main interface?

[s0nlxaftrsh0ck]

I think creative abandon's their mp3 players a little too early sometimes. I know of only 1 or 2 for the original zen x-fi and I think 2 for x-fi2. Then they just go dead for awhile. They should keep up with this stuff..I wonder why they can't sometimes...::ponders::

[wallry]

Here we go - signs of life over at the Firmware download page. Wasn't going to bother, then noticed "Ensures a correct display of your music/audio tags", so I guess that's worth having.
Anyway, thanks for the upgrade Creative. Now please go fix the darn volu ... hang on, don't want to sound like a stuck record.

[s0nlxaftrsh0ck]

Maybe I should look into seeing if there is one for the original X-Fi. Somehow though I doubt they are doing a thing about it >_>...

It'd be awesome if we could just make our own custom firmwares...

[jimmyboy88]

thanks for the heads up

[mslf500]

Creative Centrale has got to be the worst interface I have ever used.  I was making a few minor tweaks to a group of songs that had not tags.....I thought I was editing just that group.  It re-tagged 1/2 of my 3400 songs before realized what was going on.

I almost tossed the mp3 player against the wall.  Hours of reconstruction later, I am still not finished fixing them @#%^ tags.

Anyone got a better interface?

[jimmyboy88]

how about winamp or windows media player?