Zen MicroPhoto looses charge when switched o

I recently bought a ZMP for my wife, which she listens to on her commute to and from work. I've been gradually uploading her CD collection to it, so it spends a lot of time connected to the computer. We have had a recent tradegy at home and wife hasn't use the player for 3 days. I know it was fully charge as I was uploading CDs to it and was then disconected and switch off.
Coming back to the ZMP my wife finds that it has less than half battery left dispite being switched off. Is this normal for ZMP or is the player faulty?

I've the exact same problem as u. So what i did is to bring back to Creative and they settled for me in just over 2 days.

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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same problem as me. I fully charged my Zen Micro last night and then left it and just switch it on for the first time now (8 hours later), and the battery indicator shows 2 bars left?
Seems like the Zen Micro loses power even when switched off!?!
Can anyone confirm that this is the case and whether I can do anything to stop it from happening? Is this normal with Hard Dri've MP3 player or only with the Zen Micro?
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<EDIT: (April st, 2005):<JazzMC has taken the initiati've and written a sort of FAQ and put together a website with all the information to date gathered in one place regarding this power drain of the Zen Micro while off (in standby). It's a great read for those who want more information about the subject and probably easier than wading through this thread.You can view the document by clicking here: <Zen Micro Power Loss<. Thanks JazzMC!
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Could this be a battery calibration thing instead of it just loosing charge? Like the meter misreads the batteries actual charge over time instead of it loosing power?
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rasta maybe the drivers haven't been installed. (but it's strange cuz it should have been recognized as an hard disk)
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Bic58

I know it's not the biggest issue in the world but for anything to be wrong with a brand new player I find it very disappointing, and that puts me off using it.
I don't really use a mobile, nor regularily wear a watch so the time feature is a very valuable one to me. I spent two weeks using my boyfriends Sleek photo before I bought my ZMP and used it to look at the time several times a day.
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