Creative ZEN is compatible with MP3 and WMA, some models of Creative ZEN can play WAV and Audible files. It is also compatible with music subscription services such as Napster To Go and Rhapsody.

However, Creative ZEN is NOT compatible with M4P music files you purchased from iTunes store. For iTunes users, ShareDRMusic provides a solutions of converting M4P to MP3 to play on your ZEN.

Share DRM Music is designed to convert any DRM protected music files (such as M4P, M4A, WMA, M4B), unprotected music files (such as WAV, MP3, WMA) and audio books to plain MP3, WMA, WAV files.

how to make itunes songs work on ZEN

ZEN is not compatible with iTunes format, including DRM protected AAC, M4P, M4B or DRM free AAC, M4A format. But Zen is compatible with MP3 or WMA. So, before you transfer iTunes music to ZEN, you need to convert them to MP3 with ShareDRMuisc. The following steps is just for this purpose:

You may click here to read the step-by-step tutorial.

• Install the latest version of ShareDRMusic

If you haven't installed ShareDRMusic, please click here to download. Then install it, run ShareDRMusic software.

• Run iTunes, set the Preferences of iTunes

If you are using iTunes 7, select menu "Edit > Preferences". Then in the preferences window, select tab Advanced > Burning. In the burning tab, Select ShareDRM Virtual CD-RW as the burner and Audio CD as the Disc Format.

If you are using iTunes 8, the "burning setting" window will be shown after clicking the "Burn Disc" button.

• New a Playlist containing all the music files you want to convert

Add all the music files you want to convert to MP3 or WMA to play on your Zen. Then click "Burn Disc".

Once the conversion is completed, you can find the MP3 or WMA songs in the output folder, with all ID3 tags and album information intact. Then you can open Creative MediaSource and sync the converted to your Creative ZEN player.

The Creative ZEN (formerly known as Creative NOMAD Jukebox ZEN) is a range of digital audio players (DAPs) and portable media players (PMPs) made by Creative Technology. The players evolved from the now-defunct NOMAD brand through the NOMAD Jukebox series. Three of its players won the Best of CES award from 2004 to 2006 in their respective categories, with one winning the overall award.

To date, major products of Creative ZEN series include ZEN Vision W, ZEN Vision, ZEN, ZEN Vision: M, ZEN Wav, ZEN V Plus, ZEN Stone, ZEN Stone Plus, ZEN Neeon 2, ZEN Neeon 6GB, ZEN MicroPhoto and ZEN Micro.

All ZEN players are compatible with MP3 and WMA, while various models support WAV and Audible files. They are bundled with device drivers and Creative MediaSource, which is a media player that includes transferring and syncing abilities exclusively for the players.

Some models are PlaysForSure-certified for being compatible with Windows Media Player via Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) and supporting the Janus DRM. They are natively compatible with Windows, while the current players exclusively support Windows XP and Vista.

how to make itunes songs work on ZEN

• Convert all kinds of audio or music files (such as M4P, M4A, WMA, M4B) to free MP3,WMA or WAV format in a few clicks, by using a virtual cd burning technology. You can play the these converted unprotected music files anywhere including Creative ZEN, Zune,Cell Phone, Pocket PC, PDA etc
• Batch convert any M4P, M4A, WMA files to MP3 or unprotected WMA.
• Keep ID3-tag while converting. All existing tag information are automatically reserved.
• With Virtual CD-RW burning tech to simulate the whole procedure of burning, ripping & encoding.
• Super fast conversion & have CD quality
• Very easy to use.

Supported Creative Zen Style

ZEN Vision W, ZEN, ZEN Vision:M, ZEN V Plus, ZEN V, ZEN Stone Plus with Speaker, ZEN Stone with Speaker, ZEN Stone Plus, ZEN Stone, ZEN Nano Plus, MuVo V100, MuVo T100, MuVo T200

"I just want to say what I great product you have. I was reluctant to install it after trying 3 applications before that did not work. This product is excellent. The only thing I had trouble figuring out was that I have to have the M4P Converter loaded AND iTunes at the same time. Once I figured that out, I fell in love in what this product does."
--Lamborn

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