Creative zen battery prob

after i upgraded the firware of my creative zen 4gb to .0.05,
i encountered a serious battery problem.the battery drains dead even if my player is shut down.and the battery drains easily.only about 4-5 hours of use(audio).
help pls..

Hey guys!
Sorry for my earlier rant... I was just sooo pissed off about this player. I think I've solved my problem, here's what originally happened:
The first time I tried upgrading the firmware, the player froze and the process didn't complete normally. After that, the player didn't want to turn back on.. it froze on a black screen right after the ZEN logo/text. My computer couldn't even see/discover the player anymore... So I had to restart using the "safe boot" option (holding down the play/pause button while turning the player on). After that, I upgraded the firmware again, and it seemed to have worked, until I noticed that the battery life sucked now, and that the battery kept draining overnight, even if the player was shutdown.
Now after ranting and raving on this forum yesterday, I tried upgrading the player again; it warned me that I was upgrading using the same version already installed, but I did it anyway. It re-flashed normally, and the battery was full charged when I did it. From last night to this morning (over 2 hours), I used the player a bit here and there (for audio/music), and I left it on the table all night; and this morning, when I turned it back on, the battery was still full charge! So from what I can understand, the battery stopped draining overnight! (unless I just didn't give it enough time to drain by itself... even so, I wouldn't have been full charge this morning!)
So for anyone that has had problems with this firmware, I would suggest you re-flash again, using the latest update file available... I will keep using my Zen, without recharging it, until it's drained again. I will post within a few days to tell you guys if it really seems to be working right. Hope this helps, if not, there's always the next firmware version to try out.
P.S.: Is it just me or are the cables and such that came with the payer a little on the cheap side
A 3-inch USB cable WTF Come on creative, not everyone has front panel USB ports! Even the stock earphones look pretty cheap, the wire's so thin, I'm afraid of snapping it! Sound quality is pretty good tho.
Things to think about for the next FW version:
- AC3 audio decoding please! (and all the other types of audio that are not currently compatible with the ZEN).
- Automatic resizing filter to 320x240 resolution (while playing/decoding). I'm not 100% sure the player has enough processing power to achieve this, but it wouldn't hurt to try! It's good that the payer is compatible with Xvid/DivX but you still have to re-encode everything you want to put in it, or you'll see "can't display resolution". But since the converter that comes with the ZEN software is sooooo **bleep** slow to convert (but does a good job), any option like automatic downsizing/resizing will be greatly appreciated by anyone watching videos/movies on this thing. Would it be so hard to incorporate a decoder-filter in this thing
- What else would you guys like to see available on the next FW update

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