One of the joys of Zune Pass ownership is that, once a month, you get to download ten ‘own-it-forever’ tracks of your choice.
I am gradually accumulating my all-time favorite tracks this way. I think I want to get more organized about how I go about that. I’m a believer in subscription music, but it’s great [...]

It’s a new year, and a new month… so, Zune Pass holders, don’t forget to claim your ten free download-to-own tracks.
In case you missed this, anyone with a Zune Pass subscription can select ten tracks each month, to download and own forever. This is in addition to the unlimited Zune Pass access to a multitude [...]

You wouldn’t know it from our forums, but apparently a few people on Zune.net have reported that their Zune 30s are still not bootable.
(Most Zune 30s, including mine, became frozen on December 31st, but re-booted back to life on January 1. The problem was a ‘leap year’ bug in a date driver associated with the [...]

If you got a Zune player this Christmas, congratulations!
To get the most out of your player, join us in our Zune user forums! We have many members who have ’seen it all’ and who like to help other Zune owners.
We also have a thread dedicated to giving tips to new Zune owners. Check it out!

Merry Christmas Eve, to our regular forum members and to the new Zune users who will join us this holiday season!
If you expect you’ll be finding a Zune under your tree this year, we welcome you to join our forums! We have many members who have ’seen it all’ and who like to help other [...]

Ever wanted to listen to your music based on how you’re feeling?
Zunerama member WillysJeepMan, has managed to create an app that enables Zune users to tag songs and create playlists based on mood. The app is based roughly on Moody, a small little app created for iTunes users to easily and quickly create mood playlists. [...]

This was a new one to me, when Zunerama member rdhoss encountered this scary “NG” screen when trying to upgrade his Zune firmware to 3.0.
Fortunately the “NG” display (’no go?’ ‘no good?’) went away after a couple of reboots, and his player updated without further misbehavior.
Now another member, Brponder, has reported it. To get it [...]

If your Zune player is misbehaving, you can often straighten things out quickly. Try the following, in this sequence. Often the first step or two will resolve your issue.

Turn it off and then on again. I know it’s obvious, but that’s often all you have to do.
Reboot. (Press and hold Back and Up.)

If that doesn’t [...]

With release 3.0, Zune introduces support for audiobooks from market leader Audible.com, as well as Overdrive.com.
Today we’ll look at the Audible experience.
Audiobooks are not available directly from Zune Marketplace; instead you sign up and download your books from the Audible.com website. To sync your audiobooks to your player, you use Audible’s PC client software. We’re [...]

Are you one of those Zuners who can’t stand Zune’s simplified Heart / Broken-Heart system for rating tracks?
It’s been one of the more controversial Zune features, as it does away with the conventional 5-star rating system used by iTunes, Windows Media Player, and others.
Well, this post may be for you. This morning Zunerama member ballbagcheese [...]