3 ?'s...How do ya & why does it?

[bungo]

I cant find an answer for this so Ive come to you all...

1. Lets say Im playing a tune & want it to just stop. How do I/can I do that without shutting down the player or starting something else in its place?

2. Twice now Ive awakened from sleep & Ive seen the ZEN screen flash on for a few seconds & then shut down again.
Before bed I shut it down & leave it lying on my dresser with my wallet, key, etc.
It happens quickly but it does happen ( how often I dont know!? ) & I just go back to sleep. There dosent seem to be any battery discharge either.

3. And lastly, when I plug in a jack for headphones or cassette/radio connect into the player while its off there seems to be a electrical current present. Is this normal? Should I be putting the off switch into lock mode after Ive shut down the player?

Wots...uh, the deal?

[CrowdAds]

[mc.p2]

1. You can usually just press play/pause, but if you are in the videos menu for example it will play the video, so I have the shortcut button set to go to now playing, so I can stop it from there.

2. ??? I've never seen this happen to mine. People have posted that their screen flashes sometimes when they unplug their headphones, maybe it is related to that.

3. I've also noticed this. I suspect it could be "listening" for a remote or providing power for a remote, but I don't know for sure.

[sumx4182]

i can almost feel what is coming next...

"I know about pause, I want to 'stop'!!"

If that was the next thing to be posted...continue reading...if not, then look away.

I am copying this from the last time I saw this question posted...which was coincidentally copied from the time before that...

Originally Posted by me (i'm now quoting three generations of threads!)

as quoted from the last time some one mentioned the "stop" button...

[bungo]

Originally Posted by sumx4182

i can almost feel what is coming next...

"I know about pause, I want to 'stop'!!"

If that was the next thing to be posted...continue reading...if not, then look away.

I am copying this from the last time I saw this question posted...which was coincidentally copied from the time before that...

Terrific explanation to ? 1! Thanks!!!

? 3 was expained as to the what may be happening but what about the "How to" make it stop. Can this be done?

Does placing the power switch in the 'LOCK' position when shut down have any sort of effect on the player?

[sumx4182]

Originally Posted by bungo

Terrific explanation to ? 1! Thanks!!!

? 3 was expained as to the what may be happening but what about the "How to" make it stop. Can this be done?

Does placing the power switch in the 'LOCK' position when shut down have any sort of effect on the player?

great, i'm glad I could help and you may be the first OP to respond kindly to it! haha.

[Woembah]

You can stop the song you're playing: Pause the current song and then press the 'backwards/left' key.

[sumx4182]

Originally Posted by Woembah

You can stop the song you're playing: Pause the current song and then press the 'backwards/left' key.

::makes the 'over your head' gesture::

[BobbyRS]

Hello bungo.

3. And lastly, when I plug in a jack for headphones or cassette/radio connect into the player while its off there seems to be a electrical current present. Is this normal? Should I be putting the off switch into lock mode after Ive shut down the player?

From the Zen FAQ:

When the Zen is off and I plug in my headphones, the screen flashes all white for a split second and the blue power indicator light, lights up. Why does the Zen do this?

Here is the thought behind this: A capacitor, perhaps within the output of the power amp is discharging. The Zen only seems to do this for a period of time after the Zen is turned off. After a period of time (after turning off the Zen), before plugging in the headphones, the screen doesn't seem to do this. Most likely due to the power finally discharging slowly on its own. Also, once the headphones are plugged in and the screen flashes white, the Zen doesn't seem to flash white again afterwards.

I also believe that your number 2 question is related to a similar cause like question/issue number 3.

[bungo]

Thanks for all the explanations.

Im not quite so paranoid that Creative is somehow doing some secret thing in the middle of the night & that was the reason my lil' player was secretly waking up & silently sending personal info about me to Creative headquarters.
But I suppose only M$'s Bill G. is still doing that, huh!?

No one has remarked on it & I havent noticed anything, so I take it that putting the on/off switch into the lock position after powering off has no effect at all...

[BobbyRS]

Thanks for all the explanations.

No problem.

But I suppose only M$'s Bill G. is still doing that, huh!?

And the millions of spyware deveolpers/companies that run within their OS.

No one has remarked on it & I havent noticed anything, so I take it that putting the on/off switch into the lock position after powering off has no effect at all...

Not sure. You're the first I've heard comment on doing that.

[mc.p2]

Originally Posted by bungo

No one has remarked on it & I havent noticed anything, so I take it that putting the on/off switch into the lock position after powering off has no effect at all...

Nope, no effect.

[werezenwolf]

I had heard that #2 happened when the player went from the 'stand by' "off", to the real "off". sorry don't know if there are technical names for those states

My Zen Vision:M, Zen 4 GB, and my Zen Microphoto all do this.

[BobbyRS]

Originally Posted by werezenwolf

I had heard that #2 happened when the player went from the 'stand by' "off", to the real "off". sorry don't know if there are technical names for those states

My Zen Vision:M, Zen 4 GB, and my Zen Microphoto all do this.

Yeah, that would make a little sense, but that wouldn't explain why it would do this repeatedly which many have noted. The Zen appears to do this for the duration of being in stand-by mode and eventually stops flashing when it does finally turn off.