Corris

I Had the same problem, I just turned it on one day and the screen was really dim, I managed to get tot he brightness controls and turn them up but still couldn't see it. Took it back the next day, they said they had no idea what had happened and just gave me a new one on the spot, this was over 6 months ago though.

i did try to unscrew the circle bit on the back, but it woudlnt budge, not a bit, so i agve up after that i couldnt get my relative to take it back, so im just going to be a man about it, though i might moan alot, and just use it anyway i did get the silicon case for it, like a second skin, there were lots of rude jokes in the sony centre, but i wont go into that so the only thing i want to know now is if theres a way to remove dust a differnt way, like possibly sticking a hover over the buttons? possibly get rid of the dust round them and clean it up a bit, but im not sure how it owuld tunr out unless anyones got any other ideas

well i looked at the pdf that came with the disk, and my word, that thing on the back, would it come off, no, i mean, its like its being held by a bunch of really small people holding on for there lives, anyway since i cant take it apart ive given up on that idea, lol so i shal be making a relative take this one back and getting a new one, thats if they dont get sick of seeing her what i shal do differntly this time, i shal make sure they ask to see if they have any silicon cases, i have looked online for them and they look nice and would keep the dust away from the buttons (which to my best guess is how the dust is getting in there) if they dont ahve any, i shal not be touching it till i get one online and it comes im really disapointed as to how this has worked out, its a shame really, everything else ive bought from sony has worked perfectly fine (ps2, t610, k700i) and worst of all, im gonna have to spend a few hours putting music back on that thing through connect

hehe im new, yay for me i went to my local sony centre to get one of these players they looked really nice and 6b is a big up from my older creative player of 256mb, lol anyway, about 4 days had apssed of using it, and i noticed dust around teh edges of the buttons and undetneath the front screen over the actual screen, and there was a small mm gap between the back and middle section of the player i would get some pcitures but the digital camera wire has been missing for months anyway, so being the big wuss i am with taking things back i amde a reletive do it (hehe) and then i got my new one on thursday all was going well until i noticed this morning that the same thing had happend i have dust under the plastic and above the screen aswell around the buttons now considering i dont do anything vigorous in my life, il use it wile wlaking the dog or walking back from college but i dont see how it can get so dusty now i was wondering if there wasa way to remove the dust, so then if it happens again i could do it, or possibly if there s a way to take the thing apart i dont want to return it, i really like it, but i wont be able to live with this, im a bit picky about things and ifi ask my relative to take it back again i can bet u they woudlnt bring a new one back