(Zen MicroPhoto)FM Radio suddenly die

first than all,.. Sry for my english.
3 weeks ago I brought a Zen MicroPhoto..
The first week, all works perfect.
the second week, when I turn on the Zen, the radio won't work anymore =/ (I can't ear anything).
So.. the question is.. Why my Zen don't play radio anymore?(I don't upgrade nothing, all is just like before when I listened radio D=).
To all people who say "I brought one mp3 player, not a radio", Yeah.. I could brought one Ipod for less money and same characteristic ?.
well.. Anyone had the same problem and fixed it ?
thx.

I have a 8gb zen microphoto and the same thing happened to me. The first time I tried to use the radio and find a station it froze up on me. I removed the battery and that seemed to solve it. I have not tried since. I do not use the radio much but would like to be able if I wanted too. Thanks so much for these forums. I am a idjit when dealing with computers and electonics and have learned just from reading the message threads.

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friendly wrote:
Plus, since I li've in Singapore
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Partial source: http://www.napster.com/press_releases/pr_050803.html (press release on Japan JV, also mentions existing countries & Germany launch)
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