Need some help with an MP3 player

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Kentucky Fisherman

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I have a JAMP3 MP3 player I bought a couple of years ago but never fooled with that much. Recently I got an 8-sound Foxpro and I've figured out how to use the MP3 player to store extra sounds that can be played through the Foxpro.

My problem is that I've also bought a 128Mb MMC card to boost the MP3 player's meager 16Mb internal memory. The MMC card checks out OK on my computer's multi-card reader and I can write sounds to it there. And when I plug the card into the MP3 player, the device recognizes the card on startup and shows that I have 144Mb of memory (128+16). But try as I might, I can't get the player to "see" any of the sounds on the card.

Part of my problem may be that I've lost the original software that came with the JAMP3. But my Windows Media Player and my MusicMatch Jukebox software both seem to work OK as far as loading sounds to the original 16Mb memory in the MP3 player.

Anyone have any ideas what could be going on here? Any and all suggestions -- even wild ideas -- would be appreciated.
 
it may be that you'll have to use the factory software to get the software to recognize the memory. I had a digital camera once that I could not loah a jpeg onto. it had to be written by the cam for the cam to recognize it. There may be a playlist, like a file folder, it needs to be added to for the player to regognize.

or sell it on ebay and buy a Rio 800
 
I think you're on the right track ElkHunter. This was one of the very first MP3 players out there, at least a couple of years ago, and it didn't last long in the marketplace once outfits like Sony and Rio started coming out with their models. I think what I need to do is just give this unit to some sharp kid who'll have fun playing with it and buy a better one for my calling.

You like the Rio, huh? Any specific advice in terms of buying an MP3 player specifically to use in calling?
 
Standard recommendations around here of what MP3 player to get are based on price, or what someone's been using for 2 or 3 or 5 years. But spend a day or more trying to figure out an annoying driver problem for a model that's been long discontinued, or trying to figure out why proprietary playlist software no longer works with recently updated operating system software and -poof!- there goes all your joy over a few bucks saved.

Fortunately, you can save yourself that future grief by getting almost any new MP3 player. A majority are now simple USB plug n play devices, that let you drag and drop .mp3 tracks. These look just like another drive on any modern OS (Windows or Mac).

Or, if you really want to make it easy on yourself, find one that also records via a line-in jack, so you can rip .mp3s right to the device itself, from any CD or tape player, perhaps bypassing the need for a computer altogether.

LionHo
 


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