[KandieMan]

I was talking to my friend today who owns the Creative Jukebox Zen (20gb). He said his starts up instantly, definitely within 2 seconds.

Recent reading had be believe that all HD players do take time to start up (and this makes sense), which is about 10 seconds or so? This of course excludes the iPod which never actually turns off.

Why would an older Zen have no startup time, but a newer model (ie iHP-120) take time to start up?

 

[asbradbury]

The Zen doesn't actually turn off untill 24 hours (thought I've heard they changed it to 18 in the xtra + nx) and so it boots up practically instantly (no EAX boot logo etc). If it's been off for longer than that, you've removed the battery or used the reset switch bootup takes a little bit longer (and the time it takes probably varies depending on how full your hd is) but is very quick (I'd guess about 4-5 secs, but it's been ages since I've done a cold boot ).

 

[GSTom1]

When you power up a Zen that has completely shut down (off for more than 24 hours...it might be 18 hours on Zen Xtra), it'll take a few seconds to start up (10-15 secs) and you'll see the start-up logo (it comes with a default logo that can be changed).

When you power up a Zen that is in sleep mode (has not been off for more than 24 hours), the Zen powers up almost instantly (2-3 secs) and it goes directly to the main menu or the now playing screen. It bypasses the start-up logo entirely.

 

[KandieMan]

Okay.. so the Zen basically does exact same thing as the iPod? Never completely turns off?

Does the iHP-120 have a feature similar to this, where if i plan on turning it back on within (say.. the hour?) i can put it into a sleep mode instead of OFF?

 

[GSTom1]

Quote:

Originally posted by KandieMan Okay.. so the Zen basically does exact same thing as the iPod? Never completely turns off?

The Zen does completely shut down after an 18-24 hour hibernation (sleep mode) period.

 

[Achtunghoy]

The Karma has no sleep mode, but it starts up in three flat.

 

[austonia]

NJB3 with 60gb takes 7 seconds. (on cold boot). turned it off, then back on, loads in 1 second.

 

[austonia]

I will note that the NJB3 only has a 1-hour sleep cycle before it needs to go though the full 7 second bootup again. Makes sense to me.

 

[bangraman]

The NJB's out on loan right now but I think mine sleeps for less before it needs a full boot. It's no worse than the iRiver iMP for start-up so I'm not that bothered but sometimes I did wonder why sometimes it comes back up straight away and at other times it goes through a full boot. Thanks for clearing that up... I'll remember that hour sleep.