Comments on: Next Zune Firmware Update Expected Mid-March

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:41:05 +0000

What is firmware cause my D-Pad broke and the people at best buy told me to download firmware and i want to know what that is and how to download it

You should be able to download the firmware through the Zune software.

By: GuitarFan117

GuitarFan117 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:26:22 +0000

What is firmware cause my D-Pad broke and the people at best buy told me to download firmware and i want to know what that is and how to download it

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:18:51 +0000

Hey, just a few weeks behind schedule is pretty darn good for Microsoft.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 04:02:00 +0000

Finally got the update, I wouldn’t consider the 28th mid-March, although at least it was in march. The most apparent change so far is disconnecting the Zune returns the menu almost instantly. Hopefully this will fix problems where track info/art wasn’t updated.

Now let’s see some removable disk support!

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:33:27 +0000

netster007x wrote:

Hopefully I’ll see removable disk support sometime

From some of the different sites I’ve been on, I don’t think you’re alone with that request. Hopefully Microsoft listens.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:14:42 +0000

Aha, I knew of and have used sleep mode, I just never knew that’s it’s name. I don’t think sleep mode is a very good name for it, as “sleep” seems less powered off while in reality this is the full powered down mode.

So before the battery would drain while in sleep mode -somehow due to the FM tuner? If that’s the case it’s a good fix.

I noticed the sync’ing glitches a lot -mostly the software resisting updating metadata album art of existing tracks on zune device. This is a very important fix.

Hopefully I’ll see removable disk support sometime

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:00:46 +0000

I’m quoting from [zunethoughts.com]
“To force the Zune into sleep mode (which is when it’s really off and consuming no battery power), press and hold the Back button then press down on the control pad. After four seconds or so, the Zune will go into sleep (off) mode and it will no longer use any battery power. To turn the Zune on again, you’ll need to press and hold the Play/Pause button and it will boot up – taking 15 seconds to complete.”

Hope that helps!

By: netster007x

netster007x — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:58:43 +0000

You quoted, “Weâ€™ve made some changes to the FM Tuner so it no longer drains the battery when in sleep mode.”

I have a Zune [black], WHAT IS SLEEP MODE? I’ve never heard this referenced for the Zune. I’ve heard of sleep timers but I’m pretty sure the Zune doesn’t have one (unless they’re now adding it).

The Zune feature I’d really like is removable disk support (without hacks).