[Dtb-talk] Could My Stream be Dead?

[David Andrews]

You killed it -- I did the same thing accidently, once, and it fries 
the circuit board.

Dave

At 08:51 AM 3/4/2012, you wrote:
>I have one of the original Victor Reader Stream, purchased just months after
>their release. It has worked flawlessly all these years.
>
>The other day, I put the wrong power cord into the charging port. The
>connector fit, but my Stream now appears dead. It will not turn on with or
>without the battery and sometimes feels to be heating up when the cord is
>connected.
>
>Is there any kind of reset I might try or does it sound like I killed poor
>Victor?
>
>Just in case, if the Stream is dead, are there rumors of anything new I
>might wait to purchase before rushing for a replacement? I do have the NLS
>player, and most of my reading is NLS material. In reading about the options
>currently available, the Stream still seems my best option because I do use
>the ability to search for a word or phrase in a text document, which most of
>the readers seem not to include.
>
>Thanks for any thoughts or references.
>
>Eric