You are right, the menu and battery status are onli peanuts, it onli indicates for me that there is a real problem. To select a directory does not work at all and that's something a 2GB player realy needs.

I would be absolutly satisfied with this player without this buck. it has nice and robust metal enclosure, the buttons could be better/nicer but they work properly. Nice big display. it has lot of features even the radio works well. no need of software on all systems (i use windows, mac and linux). At last 2GB capacity for about 80€ is a strong argument against iPod.

of course I don't wont to 'kill' my player. I will try the dump from r0m4n that should be safe.

Thanx for any suggestions.