Zen V Plus locked up - is there an emergency reset - it won't even power d

Is there a way to reset the Zen V Plus. Mine is locked up during processing of a line in recording, I think because I must have connected to the computer before it was completly done processing and converting. It won't even power down. Is there an emergency reset or do I just have to wait for the battery to run out?Thanks,Phil

Jason,?Thanks, it just ran out of battery though, so I'll recharge it now. Turning it upside down and setting some weight on top of it to keep the toggle pressed so the screen would stay on helped it run out of battery faster, not very neat solution at all though, so I'll try the reset next time. Thanks,Phil

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