My Sony X1060 has drowned in a cloudburst

I was out today with my iPod Touch, Sansa Clip and Sony X1060 in my rain jacket pocket. my Sony X1060 is in a sock kind of case. Anyway, when I was out I was caught in a cloudburst of heavy rain. When I got home I checked to see if my mp3 players were okay and they were except for my precious Sony X1060 Walkman. the sock case was absolutely soaking and when I tried to switch my X1060 on it wouldn't turn on. I then plugged it into the mains and was relieved to see the Sony Walkman logo appear on the screen. However, about five minutes later I unplugged it and turned it back on again. Unfortunately it wouldn't turn on and I could see a slight whiteness on the top right hand of the screen. I have now put it into a bowl of rice for an hour to see if that will fix it. I fear I've lost my favourite mp3 player

UPDATE: I have plugged it back into the mains and the Walkman logo has reappeared on the display with the words "every moment has it's music" but nothing else is happening.

UPDATE 2: I cannot get rid of the Walkman logo screen. When I press the reset button it goes off but the Walkman logo screen automatically comes back on. I then connected it to my Mac via USB and it still recognises it where I am able to view the files and music.

UPDATE 3: I have tried the reset button again and it has finally turned off without the Walkman logo screen reappearing but now I fear that my X1060 has died as I cannot switch it on now and when I connect it to my Mac nothing happens

UPDATE 4: Okay, it is now going on and loading library and i am now able to play music but some VPT surround functions don't work and it automatically switches itself off.

Does anyone know of a good alternative Sony DAP to replace my beloved X1060?
Edited by Artmuzz - 6/7/11 at 4:37pm

I already own a Cowon J3 and it's a great DAP but the SQ of my Sony X1060 is better IMHO. I was thinking of the the A800 series as that has the same S-Master amp as my X1060 did but I'm not sure if it's better.

I stuck my Sony X1060 DAP into a bowl of long grain rice overnight. This morning I removed my DAP from the bowl of rice but it still wouldn't power on. I then pluged it back into the mains and hit the reset switch and I get presented again with the Sony Walkman logo boot screen but the progress bar freezes at 70% :( I then used a hair dryer for about 5 minutes but still get the same problem.

 

I will try the bowl of rice in a sealed container solution like you guys have suggested.

 

I will phone my nearest Sony centre to see how much it will be to fix if this solution doesn't work.

 

I find it amazing how my iPod Touch and Sansa Clip+ weren't affected by the rain considering they were in the same pocket as my Sony X1060 at the time and they felt wet too when I took them out my pocket.

Edited by Artmuzz - 6/8/11 at 3:55am

I was in my local electrical store today and I couldn't believe my eyes when I seen in their mp3 player display cabinet a Sony X1060 ex-display model reduced to £100 considering that Sony have stopped making them and hardly any shops sell them now. After my upset this week with my X1060 DAP dieing in the rain I just bought it. Now my problem since its an ex-display is that it is in demo mode. I knew it was too good to be true. Anyway, how do I get out of demo mode?

Any suggestion?

 

UPDATE..It's okay, I found a fix which gets my new X1060 out of demo mode. :)

Edited by Artmuzz - 6/11/11 at 12:47pm

It has been over two weeks since my old Sony X1060 got drenched in the rain and today I tried to switch it on. When I switch it on the progress bar freezes randomly at either 30% or 70%. Sometimes the progress bar fully loads up and I get into the main play screen but before I choose a mp3 to play it switches itself off. I then hit the reset button again and it loads up but the progress bar gets stuck at either 30% or 70% on the boot screen. Just a few hours ago I hit the reset button again and it fully loaded up but its stuck at the "checking library" screen but I see it is charging the battery. It has been about 3 hours it has been charging while stuck on"checking library". Hmm

 

Anyway, I'm not too fussed as I bought myself another Sony X1060 to replace it but I was kind of hoping to get my old Sony X1060 working again so I could sell it.

 

 

Edited by Artmuzz - 6/26/11 at 6:59am