I had a sony MZ N710 for three years when it stopped charging from the cradle and also stopped playing from the adaptor. I didn't have any luck with getting it to work. I'm sure it wasn't the battery because it was a reasonably new one. I gave up and got another one, same model, from ebay. It worked perfectly for about a month but now will not charge off the cradle. Is there something simple I am missing here. I tried blowing into the socket to dislodge any dust but there was no difference.