Xbox 360 - zen

sinjin_smythe

ive tried to import music onto the 360 but it doesnt seem to recognize my player . Any ideas ??

stevieg_irl

when you say import, what do u mean?
i dont think u can copy songs from an mp3 player to the 360, but you can rip cd's on to it.
i hooked up an ipod to it,usb connection went to the dashboard then media, it listed of all my songs and playlists

sinjin_smythe

i thaught it would be like any other pc, connect to usb wait for it to recognise and rip music from the player onto the hard drive

stevieg_irl

no, i think its because of copyright, wont let you keep copying songs
but you can listen to them while playing (i havnt tried that yet)

daveirl

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Boco

weedhead:

We had the same problem yesterday. You need to upgrade the firmware on your player to the latest version before the xbox will recognise it.

mcgovern

Boco wrote:

weedhead:

We had the same problem yesterday. You need to upgrade the firmware on your player to the latest version before the xbox will recognise it.

Cool, was having this problem myself, will try that when I get home, thanks!

mcgovern

mcgovern wrote:

Cool, was having this problem myself, will try that when I get home, thanks!

On 2nd thoughts, it seems this will wipe everything off the Zen, dont need it working that much!

sinjin_smythe

Nope nothing yet, upgraded with this firmware but nothin
http://www.nomadworld.com/downloads/firmware/wma-zenmicro.asp?nProdID=10795&sProd=Creative%20Zen%20Micro

mcgovern

weedhead wrote:

Nope nothing yet, upgraded with this firmware but nothin
http://www.nomadworld.com/downloads/firmware/wma-zenmicro.asp?nProdID=10795&sProd=Creative%20Zen%20Micro

Thats the wrong firmware.
http://ie.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/download.asp?sOSName=Windows+XP&region=3&Product_Name=Zen+Micro&Product_ID=10795&modelnumber=&driverlang=1033&OS=10&drivertype=4&x=16&y=7
As Boco said, you need the latest firmware, which is the above.

projectmayhem

on a slightly related note, apple are pissed off ipod's can connect to 360's, as microsoft never asked if they could allow for this to happen. court case pending. if it goes through it's likely creative, iriver, sony and so on will follow suit.

i'd link to a news story if i was arsed

falipo

are M$ bot suing apple for the menus in the ipod or something already?

Clank

projectmayhem wrote:

on a slightly related note, apple are pissed off ipod's can connect to 360's, as microsoft never asked if they could allow for this to happen. court case pending. if it goes through it's likely creative, iriver, sony and so on will follow suit.

i'd link to a news story if i was arsed

Not really because the court case is over Apple using the iPods data port, which is proprietary to Apple iPods.Any of the Creatives or iRivers I know of just use a mini USB port.

Apple recently made manufacturers pay for the use of the data port, how recently I cant remember but its in the last 6 months, now 360 hardware is in dev more than 6 months, but the software may be a different kettle of fish.

projectmayhem

Clank wrote:

Not really because the court case is over Apple using the iPods data port, which is proprietary to Apple iPods.Any of the Creatives or iRivers I know of just use a mini USB port.

the bigger creative zen's and irivers use different types of port to the mini-usb thing too. not sure about sony's stuff though

mcgovern

projectmayhem wrote:

the bigger creative zen's and irivers use different types of port to the mini-usb thing too. not sure about sony's stuff though

I've got a 40GB Zen and it uses the mini-USB....

Clank

The Creative and iRiver just use another type of miniUSB, there at least 4 types that I know of.

mcgovern

Clank wrote:

The Creative and iRiver just use another type of miniUSB, there at least 4 types that I know of.

Its the same one as my Motorola phone, nokia phone, HP Digital Camera and more
I guess its a fairly common one.