Am 22.07.2007 um 21:34 schrieb Steve Cox: > Is it possible that even though the lithium batteries were new, 1 > 1/2 years > is just too long to sit on the shelf? Don't know anything about the HR-MP5, but a good lithium battery used for memory backup usually lasts much longer (have had one in my DX7 for more than 20 years). Of course it's possible that something in the device has gone bad and draws much more current from the battery. Ingo