Hi: suggestions: If you haven't recorded anything else on the card after that point, use PC Inspector File Recovery on the card. Rip out all the clusters if you have to. This worked for me when this happened with my r1, although it's usually cool enough to save before dying, unless you fllip the power switch while recording. It's a really odd program with a strange/quirky interface, but I've managed to get a lot of broken files recovered with it. It doesn't support NTFS but will work with fat and fat32.
I haven't had this experience with my Zoom H4 yet since I've only had it for a bit less than a month. Lithium rechargeable batteries are great with the h4. They're pricier than standard NiMH rechargeables and they are 3.6 volts a sell, but the h4 can take it just fine, and in fact they work better at this higher voltage. Again, I haven't had my H4 that long and haven't done battery burn tests, but with phantom power off I can easily get five hours of record time on standard 2650 MAH NiMH batteries As for your shocking problem -- external mics are good for you. The internals are pretty nice for what they are, in fact, they're the best I've ever seen on a device like this. But, of course, the case being plastic and the mics conducting any noise from vibrations of the plastic casing anywhere else will do that. Yeah, welcome to it, folks. Did you miss a message? Well, don't. http://www.mail-archive.com/talk2%40andrelouis.com/ has it for you. Never miss a Talk2 message again.
