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My creative zen v plus is not detected by my pc when connected its screen has reddish lines neither it is shutting down nor it is working

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  • Anonymous Dec 12, 2008

    i have the same problem ><

    when ever I open the media Explorer , it say it's not connected !!

    .

  • monclova-16 Dec 17, 2008

    ITS AN CREATIVE ZEN. AVI

  • Anonymous Mar 08, 2009

    This hasnt worked for me. I have new firmware and all the software from creative.
    none of it will accept that i have it plugged in.

  • sivasiva_cpt Mar 09, 2009

    When i connected to pc my zen v plus not detected my pc.suggest me to solve the probled



    GK sivakkumar

  • Anonymous Mar 13, 2009

    I have the same problem and wonder if it could be a virus. How do I check for this if the device is not even recognized?

  • Anonymous Mar 14, 2009

    how to download songs to zen v plus

  • AFEM Apr 12, 2009

    my creative zen v plus is not detected by my pc when connected, all the time I get firmware error.

  • sivasiva_cpt May 11, 2010

    my pc not detected my zen v plus



    gk sivakkumar

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Using the instructions below try Cleanup first, if that doesn't work... (if you have a backup of all your music on your computer), try the format option


This is from Creative's website:
Zen V Plus and Zen V

  1. Detach your player from the PC if it is connected, and turn off the player.
If the player stops responding, you can reset the player. To reset the player, gently
insert a thin object into the Reset hole located below the power switch.
2. Press and hold the Play button while powering on your player.
3. When the player displays the Creative logo, release the Play button.

It will display the following options:
Clean Up
Scans the player and removes invalid links from its music library.
Does not affect music files themselves.
Format (All) Caution! Erases all content!
Save a copy of your player's content before formatting.
Reload OS/ Firmware Caution! Erases your player's firmware.
DO NOT select the Reload Firmware option unless you have access to a PC and you have downloaded the necessary firmware to install.
Reboot Reboots the device.
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I had the same problem, I have creative zen v plus 2GB and it was not detected by my pc with Win XP SP3.

Connect the player, if you have already install the software go to device manager and find creative v plus , right click on it and uninstall it. Disconnect the player and go to windows media player 11, connect the player again and right click on Sync and choose Refresh Devices. Your problem will be solve!

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