I think this is a 1.14 firmware issue and not a design flaw. I had mine reset and I'm pretty sure it never drained below the point where it should have done that. IOW, I was still getting the battery low message (enough juice to run the screen should = enough to run the clock?) and had NOT let the player sit for days. I am now getting license expires all the time, have had the clock reset once or twice, and it's very frustrating.