Dim display on Zen Mi

My display is very dim all of a sudden.
Anyone else experience this?
This is my second Micro, the first one froze all the time.

If you have tried resetting the player and that has not helped it could be the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) which it sounds like it is, then have you tried bringing up the contrast? If that fails it could be a weak connection between the PCB (Printed Circuit Board) and the contacts of the display. Many items like this use a conducti've rubber strip that is flexible, sometimes these move (e.g when placed in your pocket and some considrable force is exerted on the player) this happend to my old mobile phone. If this is the case there is not much elce you can do except contact Creative and arrange or a repair or replacement. Weak partially displayed looking characters often have the signature that there is somthing arry with the display.

Message Edited by 2027746 on 0-07-2006 2:28 AM

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