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[bluewillowtree]

MorboPod won't turn on this morning. It was fine yesterday afternoon, but this morning, there's just nothing. I thought the battery might have died, but i plugged in the charger and there's still nothing. The little charging icon doesn't even show up on my computer

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[atomgal]

You might need to reset it. Push and hold the center button and the menu button. You might need to hold it as long as 20 seconds. Hopefully that will work!

[bluewillowtree]

Yay, it worked! Thanks for always knowing those technical things I'm to s-l-o to figure out for myself ;)

[atomgal]

As much as i'd like to take credit, i learned it by watching DAW. (I learned it by watching DAW, okay?! Hee hee.)

[bluewillowtree]

Thanks, it worked and didn't even erase any of the music! Yay!!

[djluminal]

yes, reset it:

you actually have to switch "lock" on then off, THEN hold the center button and the menu button.

PS resetting does not erase the iPod.

[bluewillowtree]

Thank you; you are correct as usual! You're S-M-R-T!

I had a feeling I must have been missing something, but the PDF with instructions is on my home computer, so I'm super grateful to have tech-savvy friends who know these things without instructions.

[djluminal]

For your future reference, www.apple.com's knowledge-base is a blessed repository of USEFUL technical-support articles. That's where I first learned how to reset my (first-gen) iPod back in the day, when it locked up on Lilith and I during the trip back to PA from CO...