Creative Zen Style 300 - charging

Hi,?i have a big problem. I bought mp4 about 2 weeks ago. I listened to it from time to time. Yesterday, my mp4 warned me that the battery is very low. So i connected USB to my mp4 and to the charger and put it in to the socket. My mp4 is charging for about 0 seconds and it turned on autobmatically. And it won't charge! I thought that maybe it only charges when it has to be on. So i put it like that for a night. In the morning it was in the same condition like the last night! I downloaded ?Creative ZEN Style 300/00 Firmware .03.04 and?Creative ZEN Style Starter Pack .8.03?but it didn't help. Please, what do i have to do?

Hi,
It looks like something is wrong with the player. Did you purchase this from your local electronics store or direct from Creative? Please contact the place of purchase for repair/replacement.

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I'm pretty sure The Zen Style organises the music files by their tag information instead of the folder structure. I don't own the Style so hopefully someone else can confirm this, I searched google for it but I couldn't find anything.
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