Muvo TX FM battery drain prob

I've had this thing for about 6 months i guess. Bought it to use on a motorcycle but that didn't work out so now i use it as a personal recorder. In this context it will sometimes not be used for a couple weeks or more. The problem is every time i put it down i have to remove the battery and re-install it when i want to use it. If i let it sit with the battery in it for any length of time over several days or so the battery drains completely. And this is with the unit TURNED OFF. And yes, i have thought about the fact that the battery is used to retain settings i've stored, but how can that drain a battery in as little as a few days or a week? In fact, only a few settings are not set to default. i do have it filled with songs too, but that can't use battery power because if they are stored on a chip that requires power to retian them why don't they disappear when i remove the main part from the battery p[art? Is this thing defecti've or just junk? I doubt i have the reciept so sending it in for repair isn't an option.

Well, that doesn't tell you how to access recovery mode, so i had to do a support search for how to do that. As per my last post those instructions are not clear for the reasons i stated already. And as i also said, nothing i tried that could be interpreted as what it means worked. Plug it into the USB holding the menu button and you do not get recovery mode, nor do you get it after trying other buttons. Heres the instructions....
. Press and hold the Play/Pause button on the player until it powers off, and remove the battery.
2. Press and hold the MENU button, while doing so, connect the player to power supply/adapter
3. Release the MENU when the message 'Recovery Mode' appears on your player's LCD ( as illustrated below):
Note: If the message 'Recovery Mode' does not appear, repeat steps above.
4. Press the forward and back buttons (>>| and |<<) on the player to browse and select the desired recovery option. The Recovery Mode offers six options:
* Run PC ScanDisk In order for PC scandisk to run, the unit must be connected to the PC via the USB cable
* Clean Up (the player organizes files on the hard dri've and fixes any file problems which may have developed)
* Format all ( this will erase all data on the unit )
* Reload Firmware (Caution: Do not select this option until a firmware update has been downloaded onto the PC)
* Connect to PC (If your PC is having difficulty recognizing the player, we recommend this option)
* Reboot
Note number 2. I assume "power supply/adapter" means the USB port, but why don't they say that ?! It certainly cannot mean the battery housing because )- that doesn't make sense, and 2)- i tried it anyway and nothing happens when holding down the button as described. In USB as i said before, recovery mode never comes up no matter how long you hold the menu button.

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