ZEN MICRO doesn`t charge. Need help fa

Hi
Just went to a trip for 8 weeks with my lovely mp3 player.
I haven`t been able to charge it for some reason.
When I plug in the cord the player lights up and instead of
a flashing "battery bars" animation and player fading in color
the player lights up and a "flash sign" lights where the battery bars
should be and nothing happens. No charge!!!!
I`m so [email]fuc$#%@#$]fuc$#%@#$[/url]^ pissed of, cause I have to have music....
please help me
/ chris

This is the same thing that has happened to me... except it isn't even that the battery isn't charging... because I took a fully charged, working fine battery from a new unit, and put it in my Zen - same result. The unit will ONLY work on the power cord. It is toast, and tomorrow I have to contact Zen about having it replaced.
The real kick in the *(&* was that not even a new player could solve my problem of coming up with music for a graduation party - Rhapsody had deemed I'd already transferred the music, and not even changing players would change that... so I had to go to my son's computer, and use Yahoo Unlimited. It was a nightmare.
And of course I was just 40 days out from purchase from Amazon. The advice I now give out repeatedly is this - buy the unit at Best Buy (currently $99), and for a mere $30 you can have it replaced if it malfunctions for 2 years. This is not a mail-order friendly device.

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