Contact sony's customer support department by email or telephone. The manufacturer's warranty will not cover shipping fees. None will, but it will cover the parts and labor, so you won't pay for the repair, but you will pay fedex out and you'll have to pay them for them to be able to send it back to you. Do you want to spend 10 to 20 dollars for a usb flap?
Thehd5 flap(cover the usb contact and the charge contact)
broke after the second time i opened it. The flap is really crappy, but the rest of the hd5 player is good. I hope i can get it fixed( I haven?t gone to the store yet), but I?m not sure the warrantey cover this kind of problem(but I?m really hope so)...I thought this was the best player, but now i have I?m really sure...The flap sucks!!!!!

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