Sorry, forgot the screen wasn’t visible. I read about this tip. Someone wrote in to say their player seemed dead, was there a reset (combination of keys) to try. They thanked Tapeworm for this advice.
“To Tapeworm for the reset trick (power on followed immediately by the home button) which revived an apparently dead Clip+ (wouldn’t dock).” I guess I would try it when I was sure the battery was charged first.
