Zen Vision M Resets Its

I have a zen vision M, when I turn it off, after?a short while it resets itself to factory settings. This includes not remembering the last track, screen colour etc. does anyone know how to resolve this please?

Hello Guzziando,
<hr />guzziando wrote:
I have a zen vision M, when I turn it off, after a short while it [color="#ff0000"]resets itself to factory settings. This includes not remembering the last track, screen colour etc. does anyone know how to resolve this please? <hr />
Will it erase everything on the device (as in empty)?

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