Nomad 3 (Is battery my proble

My player stopped working... after three years ... I assume it is the battery but need to verify this before buying one... when I use the wall adaptor it does not work either, or the 2 volt adaptor ... Is this normal if the battery is dead?

If the adapter doesn't work either chances are there's something wrong with the player. Can you verify the adapter is producing a voltage from the tip?

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    Leaving it overnight won't help specifically as the battery will either charge or not, and will fully charge from the mains adapter in less than 4 hours.
    Take a look here in the Zen FAQ at Nomadness.net for battery problems, but if you are under warranty consider contacting Creative Support first.

  • How often should I recharge the batte

    I'm disappointed with the fact that every single thing you do with the Nomad Xtra seems to cause extra drain on the battery - change the volume, change the track, use or disable EAX, and so on. Be that as it may...
    Is it okay to recharge the battery every day, no matter how much "juice" is left in it's Some say yes, some say wait till there's one bar left, some say wait until it's completely drained.
    By the way, I returned the 40GB Nomad Xtra, the battery question being one of the reasons. I currently have a GB flash player, but I might return that (the controls are weird and difficult to use), and I might get another Nomad Xtra instead (ironically, the removable battery was the final selling point in convincing me to go Creative the first time around). If I do go back to the Nomad Xtra, I want to be a more informed consumer.

    What I plan to do is let the battery drain, or at least wait until there's only one bar in the battery indicator. The second or third time that happens, I'm going to start making it a habit of re-charging the battery on a pretty much daily basis. How does that sound, is that okay?
    Really the 2 or 3 charges at the beginning aren't even necessary. When you get the player, the first thing to do is charge it fully. After that it is better for the battery life to shallow charge. I wouldn't worry too much though about how you charge the battery, unless it's really important to you.
    I do have one concern, however... when I start re-charging the battery every day I plan to let it re-charge overnight. On the surface, that seems to go against the advice given on page C-6 in the User's Guide, in the "FAQs and Troubleshooting" section:
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    <EM>"No, you should not. After charging the battery or using the player, disconnect it from the AC power adapter. Leaving it plugged in leads to heat buildup, which is not good for the player or the battery."</EM>
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    It's just some incorrect comments in the manual. Any charging battery will generate a little heat. The Lithium Ion batteries that the Xtra uses don't generate much heat, and once the charge has finished the charging circuit turns off. Therefore no heat buildup will occur, and the battery will not continue to charge.
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