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1. #Usb cable for sansa sandisk mp3 player update#
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3. #Usb cable for sansa sandisk mp3 player windows#

We should try formatting the m240 as a possible solution as this correct all possible corrupted files in the player, thus, making it usable again. This issue may be due to some sort of file or system corruption on the m240 itself. If it didn't work, please repeat the process again but now hold the power button for 2 minutes and wait for at least 5 minutes before plugging in new set of batteries. If the screen once again reads "USB Connected," disconnect the Sansa m240 player and insert a new battery which has never been previously used.Ĩ. Connect it to the computer again (still without the battery).ħ. Hold the "Menu Button" (Power Button) for 45 seconds.Ħ. If the screen reads "USB Connected" when the Sansa m240 player is plugged in with no battery, unplug the Sansa m240 player.ĥ. If the computer is a laptop, try this procedure on a desktop before moving on to the next step.Ĥ. If the screen is blank, try a different USB port. While the battery is out, plug the Sansa m240 player into a USB port, preferably a rear one or a self powered USB hub, on the computer.ģ. Take the battery out of the Sansa m240 player.Ģ. This is to drain the MP3 player of excess power, thus making it work again. We recommend that you perform power recycle on your m240. We do apologize for any inconveniences that this issue may have caused you. Thank you for contacting SanDisk Technical Support, and for your recent inquiry into our product line. Nevertheless here is an email from their technical support: I've had 2 freeze - the original and the replacement. Posted on Tuesday, Janu18:10 GMTI think it's a defective product.

Hope this helps someone, and any corrections to my advise are welcome, and of course, I can't be liable for any mistakes. but you can lose important data or corrupt data, if you do not click on the remove hardware icon in the lower rt corner of your bottom taskbar. people using MTP (autodetect) are not used to having to do this.

#Usb cable for sansa sandisk mp3 player update#

IF your player won't detect via usb, and the USB port is installed properly, take out the battery, put the hold button in lock position, and plug in the usb cord, format or update firmware if the unit detects, put the battery back in before you unplug the unit.ĪLWAYS stop the device in UMS mode.

IF you decide to use UMS mode to drag and drop, then use it all the time, BUT, you will not be able to play songs you purchase online. You will lose your songs, but not the pertinent system files needed for your player to operate. You can do this by clicking the 'Sync' tab, choosing the correct device on the right side drop down list, and clicking the format device icon, the icon on the far right side above the device drop down list. Songs uploaded in drag and drop mode, UMS/MSC mode may show up in autodetect mode (MTP), but will not usually play because of DRM settings.įormat your player in WMP if you ever need to. Upload your songs with WMP10, including songs you are ripping from CD, (Also, let WMP detect the album you ripped each time you rip, so you can be sure of the album it came from). My experience has been it is best to keep your player in autodetect mode. Posted on Thursday, Novem13:18 GMTHI all, Has anyone else seen this strange behavior? If so, am I missing something obvious here?

#Usb cable for sansa sandisk mp3 player windows#

Both my laptop and my deskside are running Windows Media Player V10, and WinXP Pro. Thankfully the player itself recognizes all the mp3s but what a kludgey setup. So I added mp3's from my deskside pc, and.you guessed it.my laptop won't recognize those mp3's. But when I hook it up to my deskside pc, it doesn't recognize any of the songs added from my laptop. That seemed to fix it somewhat - I can now add and see songs from my laptop. As a last ditch effort I decided to re-format the player through WinXP. It has the latest firmware so updating that wasn't an option.

After trying various things to no avail, I decided I'd take it back in the morning.

#Usb cable for sansa sandisk mp3 player free#

Last night as a test I loaded about a dozen songs on it and then got the message above about needing to free up 8mb. Posted on Monday, J19:52 GMTGoing on a trip soon and wanted an inexpensive and easy way to bring along some music so picked up a 512mb Sandisk mp3 player for $44.95 at CC.