Is it safe to attempt to turn on your zen touch while battery is dead

When I first got my micro i turned it on strait out of the box... The micro had about one bar worth of battery power...
When i got my new Zen Touch I was so exited i just ignored the fact that the owners manual says, "Make sure battery is fully charge before use."
I just went a head and tried to turn it on.... When i did, nothin' happened. I thought the touch was broken...
I then plugged it in to the charger and tried to fire it up once more. It worked!!!
Now I'm just curious... Are you damaging your touch when you try to turn it on, on an uncharged battery straight out the box? And when you try to turn it on nothing happens?
Plz respond.
Thanks
Can i cause damage?
did i cause damage?

Response to "Troopscoop"
Well I own a white 5 gig zen micro, and a 40 gig zen touch....
the strollpad on both players, in terms of sensitivity & style are alike.
the only difference is, the touch strollpad is longer, that's it.
PS: the micro's back light is way brighter than the touch's though.
Message Edited by collegeboy on 07-06-2005 07:2 AM

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