Charging my Creative Zen Xtra 40 gig by

Is it possible to charge my player by using the usb cord. I thought I saw somewhere that you could but now I cant find it.
Geoff

You can, but not with the out-of-the-box cable, and not through the data port. And it's only enough power to charge, not to run it while charging.
If you solder the power leads from a USB cable to the right size of adaptor plug, you can. USB uses the right voltage and it provides anough amperage to charge. If you try to do anything that makes the hard disk spin, you'll draw too much current and the USB port will shut off (either until you unplug the device or until you reboot the computer, depending on the port).
I used a GameBoy Advance SP USB charging cable and tapped into the wires. I added a RadioShack AdaptaPlug tip of the large yellow size. I soldered the red USB wire to the far terminal and the black one to the nearer terminal. (Use a continuity checker to see which is which and solder the red wire to whichever one goes to the inside of the barrel.) Then I used hot glue and electrical tape to secure the plug onto the cable. The resulting cable can charge my GameBoy Advance SP, my Zen Xtra and my MP3-compatible CD player.

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