mp3 player will not play songs

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Yitzak

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Hi
Problem started after I re-formatted the mp3 player to act as
abootbale device to fix a PC.

I wanted to reuse it as a player so I
reformatted it as FAT16 - didn't work then tried
reset it using its special button

I copy/sync files to it ok and they play off the stick using a PC.
However when I try and play them using teh player itself it doesn't
work. The light flashes (like the song is paused and thats it).

tried loading latest firmware doesn't load (bandflash type returned by
HWSC is not supported by the firmware)

The mp3 player is Lavod MusicTube LFA-299x - their website no help.
Email support link is broken.

Any help would be appreciated
 
"Yitzak" <terryshamir@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi
Problem started after I re-formatted the mp3 player to act as
abootbale device to fix a PC.

I wanted to reuse it as a player so I
reformatted it as FAT16 - didn't work then tried
reset it using its special button

I copy/sync files to it ok and they play off the stick using a PC.
However when I try and play them using teh player itself it doesn't
work. The light flashes (like the song is paused and thats it).

tried loading latest firmware doesn't load (bandflash type returned by
HWSC is not supported by the firmware)

The mp3 player is Lavod MusicTube LFA-299x - their website no help.
Email support link is broken.

Any help would be appreciated
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No help I'm afraid, but I know exactly how you must be feeling. How many
times have we all tried something like this, only to get that horrible
sinking feeling when it all fails to come back as it was ...

My iPod Touch seems to screw up into a locked condition every time there is
a software update for it. There then follows a half hour of anxious
butt-clenching, as you put it through its 'restore' function, and watch all
its settings disappearing ...

My condolences on the loss of your player ... :-(

Arfa
 
On 26 Feb, 02:38, "Arfa Daily" <arfa.da...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
"Yitzak" <terrysha...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message

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Hi
Problem started after I re-formatted the mp3 player to act as
abootbale device to fix a PC.

I wanted to reuse it as a player so I
reformatted it as FAT16 - didn't work then tried
reset it using its special button

I copy/sync files to it ok and they play off the stick using a PC.
However when I try and play them using teh player itself it doesn't
work. The light flashes (like the song is paused and thats it).

tried loading latest firmware doesn't load (bandflash type returned by
HWSC is not supported by the firmware)

The mp3 player is Lavod MusicTube LFA-299x - their website no help.
Email support link is broken.

Any help would be appreciated

No help I'm afraid, but I know exactly how you must be feeling. How many
times have we all tried something like this, only to get that horrible
sinking feeling when it all fails to come back as it was ...

My iPod Touch seems to screw up into a locked condition every time there is
a software update for it. There then follows a half hour of anxious
butt-clenching, as you put it through its 'restore' function, and watch all
its settings disappearing ...

My condolences on the loss of your player ...  :-(

Arfa
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Arfa - I think I will have to take it out to the yard with my shotgun
and quickly put an end to her misery.
 
On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:38:30 -0000, "Arfa Daily"
<arfa.daily@ntlworld.com>wrote:

"Yitzak" <terryshamir@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4251b3ee-230d-4ce5-96ac-aaf30e1d7afe@u20g2000yqu.googlegroups.com...
Hi
Problem started after I re-formatted the mp3 player to act as
abootbale device to fix a PC.

I wanted to reuse it as a player so I
reformatted it as FAT16 - didn't work then tried
reset it using its special button

I copy/sync files to it ok and they play off the stick using a PC.
However when I try and play them using teh player itself it doesn't
work. The light flashes (like the song is paused and thats it).

tried loading latest firmware doesn't load (bandflash type returned by
HWSC is not supported by the firmware)

The mp3 player is Lavod MusicTube LFA-299x - their website no help.
Email support link is broken.

Any help would be appreciated

No help I'm afraid, but I know exactly how you must be feeling. How many
times have we all tried something like this, only to get that horrible
sinking feeling when it all fails to come back as it was ...

My iPod Touch seems to screw up into a locked condition every time there is
a software update for it. There then follows a half hour of anxious
butt-clenching, as you put it through its 'restore' function, and watch all
its settings disappearing ...

My condolences on the loss of your player ... :-(

Arfa
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The OP might try some partition software to see if any of the flash is
viable. Then repart it if so then format. My theory behind the fail
in some of these devices when used outside their design purpose is the
combination of an error correcting/wear leveling controller for
specific flash file systems over NOR flash block. Putting a master
boot record on the device might confuse the controller unless the
design was anticipated that one would do so as in a USB pen drive.
I own a 4 gig pen drive with Puppy Linux completely bootable and
operational on the pen drive.
 
Hi!

Many of these devices require some "special magic" in the formatting
process that only their firmware knows how to perform.

Lots of digital cameras are this way as well. I once diddled a 32MB
Memory Stick by goofing around with formatting it as NTFS. (I was
curious if I could do so. Turned out I could. And then something went
wrong, leaving the memory stick in a confused state that nothing could
put right. In hindsight, this was a stupid thing to do and I got exactly
what I had coming for trying it.)

What you should do is try to find an option in any configuration or
settings menu on the device that would allow you to reformat it. This
should restore order, although it will cause the loss of all data.
Resetting the player will not be enough--you need to reinitialize its
storage memory.

William
 
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