ZEN M – Clean Up and Format


I just spent about 1 hour trying to get my son’s “freezing” ZEN M to cooperate and just reset since he placed one MP3 on it.

I finally found these instructions for a firmware update, I had to follow these since I couldn’t even reset the device. Unless you are reloading the firmware because of a failed upgrade, I don’t think that you will have to perform the “Reload Firmware” step of step 6 but I would advise doing a “Clean Up” and “Format All” instead and then follow it up with a Reboot.

Let me know by way of some feedback if it works, I did all four and then reloaded the firmware a second time because this particular Zen was really bad.

If your player fails to restart after the firmware upgrade:

  1. Turn off your player.
  2. Disconnect your player from your computer.
  3. Press and hold the Play/Pause button. Continue to hold the button while you perform steps 4 and 5. If you accidentally release the button, start the procedure again. 
  4. Gently push a straightened paper clip into the Reset hole.
  5. Slide the On/Off switch towards the USB port and hold until the display lights up. The Recovery Mode screen appears with four options: Clean Up, Format All, Reload Firmware, and Reboot.
  6. Select Reload Firmware, followed by Yes.
  7. Connect your player to your computer.
  8. Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions on the screen.

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