Zen 2GB - a blue light is flicker

Hello,
first of all, please excuse my bad english. Unfortunately there is no german board.
I've bought an Zen 2GB and have watched the following: Sometimes the screen flickers in a blue light and turns off after about one second. Remarkable is, that when it happens the player is not in use, for example the player is laying on the table and is turned off. This flickering effect also happens, when I plug in an earphone. But it doesn't happen with every earphone (only some models, I've tested) and only in about 80 percent of the times, when I plug it in.
Recently I've exchanged the player at my local dealer. But the new one still shows the same effect.
My question now: Has anyone made the same experience with his Zen and is the Zen not ok?
I would be glad for your answers.
Bernd

I also encountered this same behavior when using a different headphone for my ZEN 4GB...sometimes it restarts, sometimes it totally hangs up..leaving only the blue light on... I cannot turn it off... I have to do a reset on the thing which forced me to bring along a hair pin everyday... I think it has something to do with the antenna incorporated in the headphone slot...any other idea what's causing this?Message Edited by daywalkerz on 02-2-200809:4 PM

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