Use IPod Wall Charger with Zen 16

I have been experiencing awful battery life with my 6GB Zen---After three years my Nano still deli'vers 6 hours. This Zen is rated at 25 but I'm lucky to 4 hours. I have been charging it with my Nano charger---is there something wrong with doing that? I hate to leave the computer on for the 4 hours necessary to charge it.
Help please! I'm on the verge of returning it. I bought a Zen Plus V on a whim---I actually like it a lot better and the battery never seems go down---I've only charged it once since I got it and have used for about 6 hours...
Chris

It depends a lot on what you're doing with it. For playing video, the Zen's battery life is rated at only fi've hours. If you're listening to audio, it can make quite a difference if you turn off the screen while listening. You do this by switching the player into "hold" mode while playing, and wait a few seconds.
Then again, you might just have a bad battery ... or, the charger might not be matched properly to the battery.

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