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# Saturday, June 11, 2005

Creative Zen Micro Remote

Zen Micro Remote

I just found out via Josh Bancroft that the Creative Zen Micro can be turned on and off via the Remote! This is fantastic. After buying the remote, I quickly stopped using it because of this perceived limitation. I tend to keep the Micro in my bag, and I inadvertently mess up the current song I am listening to because it's hard to grab the device w/o touching one of the touch sensitive buttons.

I just pulled my remote out of hibernation and tested it out. Lo and behold... it works. Now that is something you can't do with the iPod remote (as far as I can recall).

 

Saturday, June 11, 2005 2:41:37 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
You can hold down the play button to put it to sleep - as close as an iPod gets to turning off.
Saturday, June 11, 2005 3:51:48 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
Glad you found that tidbit helpful. I wonder how many Zen Micro owners are frustrated by that problem. You'd think they'd put something like that in the documentation - oh, wait! The documentation that came with the remote was basically a little slip that said "don't eat it, and don't strangle yourself with it." :-)

When I'm using my iPod with the remote, I usually just pause it, and let it turn off. However, it comes right back to life the next time I press Play on the remote, which is what the Zen Micro wasn't doing at first blush. That's what had be frustrated until I discovered that you just have to hold the button for a few seconds.

Now, if I could only figure out why the heck the button layout on the remote is completely reversed from the logical/intuitive layout...

Regards,

Josh
Saturday, June 11, 2005 4:24:57 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
The Dell DJ remote does the same thing! It works great in my car since the DJ is tucked in glove box:
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dce_djmusic&message.id=34333
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Sunday, June 12, 2005 8:38:04 AM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
What's funny is that this is listed in the instructions for my Creative Zen PMC wired remote. I can't imagine using the device without it, so I can imagine your excitement.
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