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Subject: Vibez will not turn on
Hi all,
New (not even a week) Vibez owner, thrilled with the sound quality and overall function, but now it won't turn on. I've read through the threads here that looked relevant, and I'm uncertain as to my best next step. All advice most welcomed. My current situation is that the player is off, and when I press the power button, the screen will flash white about six times and then the screen goes dark. Presumably the player is turning off at that point, but I am not sure
Here is what I did and what happened.
1. Last Thursday, plugged new Vibez into PC's front-panel USB port, and Windows XP seemed unable to identify the new device...the Windows sounds for new device & device-removed kept cycling.
2. As noted in the Vibez user manual, I suspected the front USB ports on my Dell were underpowered. Plugged into a USB extension that reaches to USB ports in the back of the PC. Success with Windows XP recognizing the device. After about an hour, the display showed "Charged," so I loaded some music, disconnected the Vibez and enjoyed it. (I'm wondering if this was my first mistake, that is, not letting the Vibez charge for 3 hours.)
3. Discovered this forum, saw the firmware v1.15b upgrade available...early adopters seemed to like it.
4. In preparation for the upgrade, I attempted to turn off the Vibez, and found I could not.
5. Nonetheless, I proceeded with the firmware upgrade. (My second mistake?) In the upgrade dialog, I ticked the box for a complete format and reset as recommended in the release notes. The upgrade seemed to complete successfully in that the default blue background was visible.
6. Again, the player would not respond to the power button, that is, would not turn off. So I took out the battery, counted to five, put the battery back in, and found the player would not turn back on. I pressed the reset button with the battery in, but no change.
7. After reading further in this forum, I plugged the player into a Blackberry USB wall charger.
8. After reading that some batteries haven't shown any charge even on an external USB charger, after one hour I tested the battery's voltage and found 3.98V. However, the flashing screen power-on problem persisted.
9. I'm waiting now for the remaining approx. two hours of charging on the external USB charger to complete, but I'm not particularly expectant of a new result. Hence this post.
Q. Is there some way to reset the circuitry in a Li battery? (I'm wondering if that's the problem or a contributing factor.)
I'll post whether or not my Vibez comes to life. I miss it already.
-Andre
New (not even a week) Vibez owner, thrilled with the sound quality and overall function, but now it won't turn on. I've read through the threads here that looked relevant, and I'm uncertain as to my best next step. All advice most welcomed. My current situation is that the player is off, and when I press the power button, the screen will flash white about six times and then the screen goes dark. Presumably the player is turning off at that point, but I am not sure
Here is what I did and what happened.
1. Last Thursday, plugged new Vibez into PC's front-panel USB port, and Windows XP seemed unable to identify the new device...the Windows sounds for new device & device-removed kept cycling.
2. As noted in the Vibez user manual, I suspected the front USB ports on my Dell were underpowered. Plugged into a USB extension that reaches to USB ports in the back of the PC. Success with Windows XP recognizing the device. After about an hour, the display showed "Charged," so I loaded some music, disconnected the Vibez and enjoyed it. (I'm wondering if this was my first mistake, that is, not letting the Vibez charge for 3 hours.)
3. Discovered this forum, saw the firmware v1.15b upgrade available...early adopters seemed to like it.
4. In preparation for the upgrade, I attempted to turn off the Vibez, and found I could not.
5. Nonetheless, I proceeded with the firmware upgrade. (My second mistake?) In the upgrade dialog, I ticked the box for a complete format and reset as recommended in the release notes. The upgrade seemed to complete successfully in that the default blue background was visible.
6. Again, the player would not respond to the power button, that is, would not turn off. So I took out the battery, counted to five, put the battery back in, and found the player would not turn back on. I pressed the reset button with the battery in, but no change.
7. After reading further in this forum, I plugged the player into a Blackberry USB wall charger.
8. After reading that some batteries haven't shown any charge even on an external USB charger, after one hour I tested the battery's voltage and found 3.98V. However, the flashing screen power-on problem persisted.
9. I'm waiting now for the remaining approx. two hours of charging on the external USB charger to complete, but I'm not particularly expectant of a new result. Hence this post.
Q. Is there some way to reset the circuitry in a Li battery? (I'm wondering if that's the problem or a contributing factor.)
I'll post whether or not my Vibez comes to life. I miss it already.
-Andre
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