You are sliding your finger up and down, right? If you are, it may be that the sensitivity is much higher than you need. Go into System, then Player, then Touchpad. Put it at the lowest setting. If you still have problems, I would recommend the epiZENter.net forums, as the people there are very helpful, and they practically know everything about Creative players. Best of luck. Also, if it DOES turn out to be a faulty player, Creative's return policy is 90 days labor (so basically anything) and $25 up to one year.
I just got a Creative Zen Vision M - 30 GB after reading reviews. I was satisfied that this was what i wanted. But i was frustrated in using the touch pad for navigation. Like, if i want to choose 'A', the touch-pad moves rapidly down to 'G' and gets played automatically. And likewise for all menu options....It is extremely frustrating. What's the use of features without having to listen to what u want????
Zen Vision-M users, please suggest what to do. Is this a tech-problem like faulty touch-pad ? Or what ? I dont understand. PLEASE ADVISE.

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