Hi! I'm new to the forums and I must say I've lusted for a Sony player since the commercial - I finally got one Christmas 2005, the HD3 in Black. I like it just fine and I was prepared for sonicstage nightmares - but after a long search in the forums, there are questions that remain unanswered to me, specifically for HD3 - 1) I currently have SonicStage 3.4 installed, then I read I should install SS 3.4 JEB, or the Asia/Pac version instead because it doesn't require authoring the player - if I already authorized the player with the US version, do i need to reformat my player, or can I just install the JEB version w/o a problem? 2) Also, is 3.4 okay or should I downgrade even further to 3.3? I was reading major issues with 4.0, so I shouldn't upgrade or only certain players hate certain SS versions? (PS- I do not buy music with Connect) 3)I play MP3 @ mostly 128, VBR or 192 and I skip forward a lot (I like to shuffle) - my battery life is onlt btwn 4-8 hours total. Is that normal from my skipping or is there a setting that can save battery life, minus converting all my file to atrac? 4) Is it true I can charge my player just using USB? It just shows that it's syncing, but obviously will not unless the a/c adapter is plugged in right? Sorry for all these questions - thanks for your time M
