RCA H100A (by 43 users)

Solution #2

posted on Feb 19, 2008

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dropped mine from about 2 feet as well, it works. unbelievable!!! i still cannot believe this

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Solution #3

posted on Nov 12, 2007

tishia

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WOW! so bad that dropping it works!
but not 2 hard mind you to anyone who looks at this

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Solution #4

posted on Nov 10, 2007

Mr Help

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This may sound stupid but, it worked. I dropped it from about two feet onto our kitchen floor and it turned on. I am sorry if it makes it worse... but what do you have to lose

Comment by Mr Help, posted on Nov 12, 2007

Happy I could help.

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Solution #5

posted on Feb 22, 2008

BAD SANTA

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FOR TWO DAYS I TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF. THANKS TO THIS SITE I FINALLY FIXED IT....................
FOLLOW DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY;
1. TAKE DEVICE IN RIGHT HAND
2. FIND SURFACE WITH HARDNESS OF WOOD
3. HOLD DEVICE APPX. 2 FEET ABOVE SURFACE.
4. DROP DEVICE.
5. ENJOY MUSIC
6 .REPEAT STEPS 3 AND 4 IF NECESSARY

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Solution #6

posted on Dec 23, 2007

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thanks every1 that worked had 2 drop it 3 times but it works now yea

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Solution #7

posted on Dec 19, 2007

nadowe

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if dropped to the floor, should the power be on or off?

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Solution #8

posted on Jan 04, 2008

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Holly Crap. Throwing it worked! I was having the same FAT error. I threw it like four times and its working fine again. WEIRD but awesome. Thanks to whoever discovered this first. Good luck

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Solution #9

posted on Jul 20, 2008

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I was very scared when I saw that dropping my MP3 Player was the only way to solve the problem of it freezing, but after I tried it a second time it started working. I don't think that RCA would recommend dropping it but hey this it what works.

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Solution #10

posted on Jul 17, 2008

luna95

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THANKS!!!! I Dropped my device and it work, Incredible

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Solution #11

posted on Jun 08, 2008

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i too had the same problem and I thought it was a gonner then I slapped it with my to hands kinda hard and as weird as it sounds it started working again hey it sure beats dropping it.

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Solution #12

posted on May 12, 2008

Musiclvr42

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OMG Dropping it actually worked! I dropped it on my desk twice and it came on as if nothing happened!! Thank you to the genius who thought of that!

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Solution #13

posted on May 06, 2008

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people... it's not like it's a dis-lodged memory card, these are HDD players, not just flash memory players... you're suggesting dropping HDD's on the floor to fix them??? are you people nuts?!?! think about these things before typing them!!!

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Solution #14

posted on May 02, 2008

Silo1337

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I had a different issue than most of you do right now, I had actually dropped mine on a hard surface a few days ago. It ended up powering on but it would get stuck on the first bar, then nothing would have a name on it [after it finally went to the main screen]. I plugged it in and it said "MPT Device" or something along those lines rather than the usual RCA that I used to get. I came online to find a way to fix it, let me just say that dropping it works, or at least it did for me.

Those of you that are saying this only breaks it even more are obviously slamming it way too hard, if you drop it from two feet up there should be no issue with breaking it.

Anyway, here's what I did:

I went into my kitchen and bent over a bit, I lowered my MP3 player so that it was about 2 - 3 feet off of the ground. I proceeded to drop it straight onto it's back and when I picked it up, it was working flawlessly. I honestly didn't think it was going to work, otherwise I would have made a video. I hope this helps you guys!

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Solution #15

posted on Apr 21, 2008

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Today is 4/21/08 and I was searching for solution for my RCA H106A mp3 player problem. It won't play and keep giving FAT error plz connect ums device format. I took it apart and reconnected the 6G hard drive cable but no luck. I called RCA and was chargeed $ 140 for new replacement or throw it away. I tried dropping it 6 times on all sides when it is on with one bar and no luck. I sat on a ******** and no luck. I again read the success in FixYa and tried dropping it 3 times and bingo it started working. It is now playing music as I am happily sharing the fact that dropping sound old fashioned like kicking and slamming but it works. You may want to turn it off wait and them back on and try dropping it on linoleum or wood floor.
Good luck

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Solution #16

posted on Mar 29, 2008

swerv95

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you are all nuts that just destoys it more the green wheel pops off and it shuts down for good i have tried three of them now,going back for number 4 tommorow i think we have to format it as soon as it is out of the box

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Solution #17

posted on Mar 17, 2008

bigmillzz

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ok heres what i have so far: FAT error please connect UMS device format. ok well i have basically been getting the same thing as you guys, you know when you get the message and everything comes up with nothing. I tried dropping it, I even tried dropping it from 2 to 10 Foot off the ground, even tried slamming it, im about to use the hammer if i cant fix it. Well basically what i put together is UMS mean USB Mass Storage. and it makes perfect sense that the programming is still in it but no memory. My theory is that maybe the mp3 player has a SD or some kind of memory card that came loose and got knocked out. Thats why when some of you drop it it somehow knocks it back in place. I think the the mounting of the memory card inside has crappy mounting. in other words the memory card comes loose and dropping it on the floor knocks it back in place, although it only works for some of us. I think if we knew how to open it up and just put the card in its spot we would be fine. if anyone agrees with my theory please say so. its the only thing i can think of

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Solution #18

posted on Mar 04, 2008

aaronandjosh

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i dropped mine then i thought it was working but then it just told me that i needed to clear 10 mb for data base then i couldnt get to the songs to clear it so it was a no go

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Solution #19

posted on Jan 15, 2008

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thanks! I dropped ours and its working great again!!

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Solution #20

posted on Jan 05, 2008

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i thought it was a bunch of b/s,but i dropped it just like everyone else did on it,s back 4 times from about 2 feet up ,turned it on and it worked.what a hi tech world we have.....

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Solution #21

posted on Jan 04, 2008

xecktopa

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Caramba!!! Dreopping the device work for my FAT HDD problem...is now working!!!!!!!!!!! I did't 3 times on the tile floor of the kitchen, 2 times on the device back and one one the side from 2 foot high

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