Zune Thoughts - Daily News, Views, Rants and Raves

Since the 1.0 days, Zune has matured into a very capable platform. Yet there are still flaws, some of which have bugged me more often than not as of late. Here's a handful that I believe deserve some attention.

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There's been a lot of complaints about the way the v2 Zune software handles your songs' metadata. Luckily, Zunerama member WillysJeepMan a.k.a. sracer (his avatar is Speed Racer) has laid out a detailed if somewhat lengthy step-by-step for cleaning up whatever mess has been left behind. Be warned—this could take the better part of a weekend to get everything in working order. Why can't metadata just be easy to work with?

“A few people on the official forums have issues with battery life after updating their Zune 30s to v2 Firmware. Zune doesn't charge correctly and although it says its fully charged after a few hours the battery dies. I don't think its a very common issue but if you have it see how you can try to fix it...”



Are any of you having battery life issues with the new Zune firmware? I actually never thought about it with my Zune 30 but I actually may have the issue myself. I have noticed my Zune was draining more quickly than usual but I just figured I wasn’t paying attention to how long I’d been using it. After reading that others were experiencing this, I’m willing to bet it was the same issue. I can’t really test it since it appears I left my Zune cable in South Florida over Thanksgiving.

However, if you are experiencing this issue there seems to be hope! A Zune-Online reader came up with the following solution to the problem. I’ll have to try it once I have my cable back.

“Drain your Zune 30 completely of battery life until you get the exclamation point of death. Fully charge your Zune 30, overnight even. Reset it. You do this by simultaneously pressing UP on the directional pad and the BACK button.”

"I wrote up my impressions of the Zune a while back and have used it on and off since that time. Recently I was asked to review the PQ DVD to Zune Video Converter Suite (review coming soon). This forced me to get a Zune connected up again. Does Vista play well with the Zune? Read on. I first plugged the Zune directly into the Vista box. I figured since Vista was new and the Zune was new, it should either recognize it right away or at least go to Windows Update and grab the latest drivers. Well, I was wrong..."



That's a quote from Joel at Geek.com, and he shares his experience setting up a Zune on Vista. It seems like things still aren't quite right with the Zune, and Joel is right: with Vista the experience should be even more seamless than under XP because both are shiny and new - or maybe that's the problem. I set up my Zune on a Vista computer last month, and it worked nicely enough - though I knew to install the software first. Have you had trouble with the combination of Zune and Vista?