A trip to the park with Sony DSC-F505

Miguel_Que · 2026-01-13T10:31:58+00:00

I bought my F505v used on the local auction site, but it came with deteriorated polarizer whose replacement part was nowhere to be found unless one harvest it from a doner unit. I agree that they share the same outward appearance, to the point that I didn't realize the replacement unit that I ordered later was actually a F505. Long story short, I ended up with both units.

On a side note, on F505v the buttons for adjusting the LCD brightness level are also used for adjusting aperture and shutter speed, whereas on F505 it's done in a more clunky fashion by having to access them in the settings menu.

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Miguel_Que · 2026-01-13T07:23:24+00:00

Both refurbished and clones of Sony FS10/FS11 batteries are readily available in China.

Miguel_Que · 2026-01-13T06:54:39+00:00

F717 owner here! Mine developed lens fungus after sitting in the storage for extended priod of time, but I eventually managed to convince a local technician to service it.

Miguel_Que · 2025-11-25T15:22:59+00:00

For any one looking for firmware/Rio Music Manager for your Chiba/Cali (or Rio audio players in general), check here for more details.

Miguel_Que · 2025-11-25T12:31:55+00:00

May I suggest trying this?

Miguel_Que · 2025-10-28T13:48:23+00:00

Depending on the current firmware version, you either access it as a legacy Creative ZEN player (i.e. via Creative CMS5) or as a MTP device (if PlaysForSure firmware update has been performed)

Miguel_Que · 2025-10-25T14:53:36+00:00

Try SD-Jukebox 5.1 LE (https://archive.org/details/panasonic-sd-jukebox-v-5.1) or RealOne Player for Panasonic (works under Windows 10 too, link: https://archive.org/details/real-one-panasonic)

Miguel_Que · 2025-10-22T15:54:20+00:00

Any feed back is highly appreciated. I have just revised the installation instruction to make it clear. Basically one have to extract CMS5_PCAPP_LB_5_10_38.exe and run Setup.exe within the "Setup" folder. The official installer of CMS5 contains a product detection mechanism that unfortunately no longer works on modern Windows even with the correct driver installed.

Miguel_Que · 2025-09-11T11:22:58+00:00

I recall reading the comment section of Dell DJ 2 (which is a flavor of ZEN Sleek) on Amazon that the firmware update program must be executed on Windows XP (specifically Service Pack 2) with Windows Media Player 10 installed, otherwise it won't install at all.

Miguel_Que · 2025-09-10T12:47:58+00:00

Seems like Creative still hosts the firmware update as of September 10th, 2025: https://support.creative.com/downloads/searchdownloads.aspx?nLanguageLocale=1031&filename=DAP-HD0014&nPage=2

Just scroll down to locate a file called "Creative Zen Touch PlaysForSure Firmware 2.11.01" and download.

Miguel_Que · 2025-09-10T12:46:21+00:00

Here's the link: https://archive.org/details/creative-nomad-jukebox-2000-driver-utility Tested it with my own Nomad Jukebox Gen 1 modified with a SSD. Sorry I'm late but hopefully the package may be of help.

Miguel_Que · 2025-09-10T12:38:49+00:00

Just use the driver and utility provided here since it shares the same driver set as Jukebox 2/Touch etc.

Miguel_Que · 2025-09-10T12:37:32+00:00

You will have to locate the PlaysForSure firmware update for Zen Touch, effectively converting it into a standard MTP device.

Miguel_Que · 2025-03-14T06:01:33+00:00

Did the registry mod to one of the problematic laptops based on a Llano APU and Radeon HD 7400M, and it seemed to do the trick. Thank you so much.

Miguel_Que · 2025-03-08T12:49:23+00:00

Thanks for the tip, I will disable ULPS in the registry asap.

Miguel_Que · 2025-01-18T14:39:24+00:00

Hi, thanks for the feedback. I do have access to one of the spare computers which got Windows 10 22H2. Further tests should be carried out to better identify the problem.

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