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Originally Posted by Que";p="
Yes, and a nasty smelling one too! Funny how the little red light went off slowly, reminded me of HAL. "this sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error", if I remember right. lol So I have to find some new usb chargers, but I'm afraid everything on ebay is low profile stuff. Keith asked for my order number, when I asked if I could buy a new one and the converters 1 month ago. Oh well, can still charge off the computer.
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Great thing about the Glacier, is you dont need to look around for special chargers. You can find them on eBay and dirt cheap! (Well under $10 shipped). That's because of the Nokia battery of course. I ordered one recently that can charge the BL4c, and plugs directly into an AC outlet (not requiring the special Nokia power adapter). I expect it will charge better (and safer) than the cheap $2 charger that these players all come with (plus it has overcharging feature and some other features).
I will post my findings if I find a difference.
It seems that the $2 chargers thta come with the players are too cheap to take 240v on European outlets, because the problems I'm hearing seem to all come from using the foreign conversion adapters. I'm very wary about using these cheap AC chargers on my NA voltage also, because I have experienced weird (not good weird) results when first trying to charge my replacement Glacier using the included AC charger. I now charge solely through USB for fear of frying another Glacier, and I have had no problems. In fact, for the moment... I am able to connect with no USB errors either! (I"m keeping an eye on that to see if its consistent.... All I can say at the moment is I changed many system settings on my XP Pro system recently, and theres a possibility of a link between that and the USB connections).
PLAYING VBR MP3's:
Finally, I mentioned in this thread problems playing VBR Mp3's on my Glacier. Well I no longer have that problem for some reason?! I have seen VBR's play on it, and the kps rate will change in the Glacier while the song is playing, to reflect the fact that its a VBR.
Now that I'm finally able to actually use my Glacier, now that I currently have no USB problems or charging problems (& its pretty slow to drain), no current format playing problems, and it fits perfectly in the leather mobile phone case I found (see Gallery), and can be used 100% without ever taking it out of the case.... must say, very happy with the Glacier! It's what the mP4 experience was meant to be...... ;-)