Portable MP3 woe!

[Chuffy]

Help!
My MP3 player (4gb, Goodmans cheapie) is playing silly buggers. The display is showing various albums but they don't show up when I plug it in to the PC. Hence I can't delete them. I'm assuming that the player's software is corrupted and needs a reinstall. However, silly old me has lost the cd that came with the player and I'm damned if I can find the software online....

 

[Keith Oates]

Another purchase ahead I guess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tdr1nka]

Hit it with something!

 

[Chuffy]

I hope not, they're not cheap enough to be disposable yet! Should just be a software issue, but I can't find the damn stuff anywhere...

 

[Maz]

Hmm...have a look on Goodmans website and see if they have downloadable versions of the installation CD.
Worth a try.

Do you know anyone else who has the same MP3 player?

 

[Lardyboy]

Unless there's something on the player you've deleted off the pc then it'll probably be quicker and no doubt cheaper now to buy a new one Chuffy. If you can get another identical player then you've got a backup player and the cd again.

 

[Crackle]

Is there a reset button on the player? A tiny little pin sized hole you shove a paper clip in? Normally when mine plays silly beggars it needs a reset, there's no actual way of re-loading it's little operating system.

Depending on how it got its knickers in a twist you might need to reset it alone or reset it attached to the computer.

 

[Milo]

I had to format mine when it was skew wiff.

 

[redjedi]

Go and buy the same one from a large chain (eg Argos, Dixons) take it home, copy the software, then carefully re-package it and take it back within a couple of days, and get your money back. (make sure it looks as good as new when you return it)

Sorted.

 

[gbb]

Anyone with a duff USB mp3 player in the drawer..heads up.

You can use them as a memory stick. Ive had 2 cheapies that stopped playing...but plug them in and you can still use them for data storage / transfer.

 

[Twenty Inch]

Does it have a removable memory card? I had a similar issue until I realised that the PC could point to either the MP3 player's internal memory, or the removable memory card.

 

[Fnaar]

I used to have:
moby
Palm handheld
mp3 player

Now I just use phone as phone and mp3 player*, and it has (affordable) net access thru' t-mobile, so can do calendar, email etc thru' google, so no longer use the palm.

with regard to the mp3 player, it's got 400+ songs on a removable card, and draggin' and droppin' the tunes couldn't be simpler! Also download the odd podcast and bung that on there too.