My daughter bought a Zune about 5 years ago. She never used it. I thought I would try it. Works fine when it is plugged in to the computer or wall socket. When you unplug it it won't turn on. The battery is green when I unplug. When I plug it back in to the computer, the battery shows red. How can I get it to work without it being plugged in to something?

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Just bought a zune and when I try to use it, it says "to start, visit www.zune.net/setup" and it doesn't let me use it.

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I turned on my Zune and the screen froze so I turned it off but it would not turn back on.

I went online and read somewhere that if the screen freezes then you should press up and back and wait for the zune insignia to come on. Well my zune was not just frozen it would not go on but I tried the up and back thing and it worked. it took about 9-13 seconds but it worked so give it a chance and if that doesn't work try charging it overnight. Hope that helps :D

SOURCE: 8gb zune ''back'' button does not work

the set needs to be oped and have switches checked, one of the switch is holding down a connection of power.
also check the reguration of that set,
pause switch is cascaded in series with the many switch.
plse try that

SOURCE: Help My Zune Turns On But Blank Screen

My zume turns on but no results

SOURCE: usb device not recognized when i plug in my zune

maybe the USB is rusty or dirty...it also happens to me