Comments on: Accessing Zune Marketplace from Australia

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:05:21 +0000

Have used the alaskan zip code to get my pass and worked ut the market place still wont register on my zune

any ideas?

By: Michael Visser

Michael Visser — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:29:21 +0000

Hi Nick, I’ve just sent out a batch of e-mails to customers interested in Zune HD models and Zune Passes. Visit the Shop for pricing, all Zune Passes (1,2 and 3 months) are dispatched electronically within 24 hours of purchase. All the best!

http://www.visser.com.au/shop/?ptag=zune-pass

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:01:54 +0000

Hi. Just thought I’d update this with my experience. I have just come back to Sydney from a 2 week business trip in the US. Spent some time with a mate in Seattle who works for Microsoft and he brainwashed me about the Zune. The Zune Pass model is perfect for how I like to find new music. All you can eat plus 10 credits each month. All I’m committing to is buying 10 songs a month.

Anyhow, I bought the Zune HD in NYC plus a 1-month Zune pass card. I created my account from my machine in Australia with a Windows Live ID. The ID has been set up for a while with an Au location but I changed it to US and it worked.

I tried to get the 14 day trial to work but it required a cc and it wouldn’t validate my Au credit card. I then redeemed the code from the Zune Pass card and it worked fine. I’m up and running. Now all I need to do is get a supply of the cards but I’ve got a month to sort that out!

Loving it!

By: hector

hector — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:58:09 +0000

You also have to change your region on your PC, on windows 7, vista and XP go to control panel, then click on REGION AND LANGUAGE, select the Location tab and change it to United States, that way youll be able to check out the marketplace subscribe to podcasts and even get the zune pass. the only thing you wont be able to do is buy and download videos from the marketplace.

By: Michael Visser

Michael Visser — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:41:52 +0000

Hey Stubey, feel free to e-mail me directly as I’ll buy a Zune Pass for you from BestBuy in the United States and send you the code within 24 hours.

Andrew, I gave my Zune 8GB to my little brother, he’s laughing as the bugger’s also got access to my Zune Pass due to Zune supporting up to 3 Zune devices; I think it’s 3 anyway… 3 Zune’s and 3 PC’s.

By: EmphaticShark

EmphaticShark — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:39:18 +0000

Andrew, absolutely, this will work fine. The Zune software is freely available and will sync your current music to the old Zunes with no notable issues.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:44:34 +0000

hey everyone, im pretty late in the piece here…i wanted to know if i purchase an 8gb zune on ebay (im australian) if i can do all the normal stuff like sync my current songs etc. with the zune software, and not worry about the zune pass and zune market place?!

By: Stubey

Stubey — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:45:27 +0000

Ok I got a zunenpass code but it didn’t work for me! I’m expecting another code in a few days and I will try that. If both don’t work then I guess it’s not going to happen for me

By: Stubey

Stubey — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:17:19 +0000

Awesome! Just trying to sign up to free trial but it’s not accepting my CC info. If I have a zune pass code can I skip cc verification? Cheers

By: Michael Visser

Michael Visser — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:02:46 +0000

Hey Stubey, check out eBay.com (American site) or even Canadian stores that sell at auction or fixed prices, they can then e-mail you the coupon code to redeem 1 month Zune Pass.

I’ll do some digging into becoming an reseller for the American device when I’m over (fly out in 2 weeks), there’s a good chance I’ll buy a heap of 1 month passes and then sell them to Aussies to keep things going!