The battery-sucking Nomad from hell

I have a brand new Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra MP3 Player (40 GB).
The fully charged battery, drains in 6 hours! It doesn't matter if I'm actually using it, or it is just on, or even if it's totally off... It drains in 6 hours no matter what. I understand this thing may vary with use, but this is ridiculous. What do I have to do to make it last for 0 hours at least?
I guess there's actually something veeeery wrong with this energy-sucking-player
Let's see:
I've had...
Updated the Firmware and ran a disk cleanup
Re started the player a million times
Left the battery drain to death and fully charge it over night, like for 5 times, 2 hours each one.
Empty the player completely from high bit rated MP3's
Settled the setup with no backlights, no EAX, no high volume
Avoided using the volume, using a high contrast or the FF or REW, or accesing the memory while the thing is playing
Re built library
Never left the Nomad inside a car, or exposed it to savage temperatures.</LI>
Is there anything else I haven't done, that might help? <IMG height=6 src="http://forums.americas.creative.com/i/smilies/6x6_woman-sad.gif" width=6 border=0> & Why in hell does it drain EVEN WHEN IS OFF and the battery was inicially fully charged?
PS. The battery only keeps the energy if I fully charge it and leave it OUTSIDE the player. It seems it automatically drains for being inside.

Message Edited by LA-SIRENE-ROUGE on 0-02-2005 09:25 AM

I've been letting the battery drain completely, and charging it overnight, like for 5 days in a row.
I also re-started it, and updated the Firmware, as you told me.
The battery keeps dying before 6 hours.
Even if its off.
What else can I do?
This Li on battery totally sucks.
I really don't understand how they dare to say it last for 4 hours or so....:womanmad:

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