4gb hipstreet 601 wont charge

1. Defective battery
2. Defective charger

From your description the battery is probably faulty. If the batteries are still quite young it is possibly just one cell and while Ryobi don't refurbish batteries there are companies dotted around that do.

If it is a nicad battery, Ryobi told me just a couple of days ago they no longer supply nicad replacements and expect everyone to upgrade to lithium, which means also buying a charger.

Hi Anita
No problem here.
From the owner's manual (link below) page 3.
Use the USB cable to connect your player to your computer. First charge takes three hours (the red LED will come on steadily), after that, two hours is sufficient to bring your player up to full charge.

Hope this helps you out.
-Steve


http://canada.hipstreet.com/content/manuals/MP3%20Players/HS-601-4GBMX_ENG.pdf

I agree that the pictographs are not very helpful. You probably have one of the new chargers. I have an old one, which is a little easier to figure out.

From top to bottom

1. The flashing green light with the electric plug indicates that the unit is plugged in and ready to go.
2. The flashing red little fan means that the battery is too warm so it is just cooling it and not charging it at that moment.
3. The solid red empty battery outline means that it is charging but hasn't got very far, less than 80% full.
4. The mostly full battery outline with both solid red and green lights at the same time means it is 80% full or more
5. The full battery outline and solid green with the musical notes means it is full up.
6. The broken battery outline with flashing red and green means you've got a broken battery.
7. The yellow light with the wrench means the charger is "conditioning" the battery, whatever that means.
8. The yellow light with the fan means "cooling abnormality."

Hope this helps

Charging the player -
Connect the Player to your computer via USB. Leave your system on and the Player connected for 2 hours to charge the battery. The indicator light will flash until battery is charged.

Try switching off and on to reset, if that doesn't work then take it back for refund or contact them here -

http://www.hipstreet.com/product-manuals/

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  The majority of laptops will display a solid green, blue or purple battery light to indicate that the battery is fully charged. Most manufacturers indicate that a laptop is in the process of charging by displaying a solid or blinking green, orange, blue or purple light. If your battery indicator light is green, blue or purple, the battery is probably functional, regardless of whether the light is blinking. If the light is solid orange, the laptop is probably in the process of charging.
  
  

Battery Error Coneventions

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  Many battery manufacturers use rapidly blinking lights to indicate that a battery's charge level is low. In general, a laptop will rapidly blink orange or red when its charge drops below a certain level until the computer is plugged into a power outlet and charged. If your laptop's battery indicator continues to blink rapidly in orange or red or if it remains red even when it is plugged into the charger, it indicates a problem with your battery or the charger.
  
  

Read more: http://www.ehow.com/info_12183593_blinking-battery-light-laptop-mean-charger-not-charging.html#ixzz2fu5qhEWg

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Charging Conventions

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  The majority of laptops will display a solid green, blue or purple battery light to indicate that the battery is fully charged. Most manufacturers indicate that a laptop is in the process of charging by displaying a solid or blinking green, orange, blue or purple light. If your battery indicator light is green, blue or purple, the battery is probably functional, regardless of whether the light is blinking. If the light is solid orange, the laptop is probably in the process of charging.
  
  

Battery Error Coneventions

• 
  Many battery manufacturers use rapidly blinking lights to indicate that a battery's charge level is low. In general, a laptop will rapidly blink orange or red when its charge drops below a certain level until the computer is plugged into a power outlet and charged. If your laptop's battery indicator continues to blink rapidly in orange or red or if it remains red even when it is plugged into the charger, it indicates a problem with your battery or the charger.
  
  

If the charge light shows a blinking amber, then the battery is dead. If the charge light shows a solid amber, then it's charging.

Which is it?

i have same camera.. but i dont think this is a problem.. while charging light keep flash.. when it completes charging it shows u solid red light..