I got a 10GB player from eBay. Had it shipped to a friend in Florida, I live in Germany, will move (permanently) to the U.S. in summer though.

I will not have the player shipped to Germany due to high shipping and customs costs this would imply. So I have to wait until summer to see and test my baby. My friend merely did a basic power and boot up test -- everything seems to work ok from her description: "...I did plug it in and the little screen lit up saying RIO, then it changed to different commands if you pushed in the button.." -- but she is not quite capable and/or willing to actually get into putting music onto it and hooking it up to the stereo. So I can't be 100% certain that the player works as expected.

If I find out in six months -- when I get to test it myself -- that there's something wrong with the player will I be honored warranty? Is there some kind of registration card that has to be sent in?

Anything else I should be aware of in this odd little set up of having bought a player but not being able to see it for another six months?

Georg