Transfering Music The Sansa Media Convertor will not allow any of my music to be transfered. It keeps telling me that the music file type is wrong, when its an Mp3 file.

Syncing and transferring music files to the Sansa player using Windows Media Player 10 How do I sync or transfer music files to/from my Sansa player using Windows Media Player?

STEP 1 - Connect the Sansa player to the computer

STEP 2 - Run Windows Media Player
1. Go to Start > Programs > Windows Media Player.

NOTE: If you can not see Windows Media Player on the menu, go to Start > Run then type WMPLAYER then OK.

STEP 3 - Sync files to the Sansa player.

1. Click the Library tab.


2. Drag the music files to be transferred on to the right panel.


NOTE: You can also right-click on the title of the song and select Add to sync list.

3. After creating the list, click the Start sync button to sync and transfer music files to your device.


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When transfering the songs from computer to player. First, sync device before transfering. Only do this the very first time. If you try to sync with songs already on the player, they will be erased.

To test the device. Open your comuters music file folder, keep folder open, than go to start menu, go to my computer and open the folder (D: or F: folder) It will have your player listed there.

Now with both folders open, take a song from the music folder, drag it to the sansa folder and drop it in there. It should be added to player.

• Step 1:Free a USB port on your desktop computer. Now, grab the USB cable for your SanDisk Sansa MP3 player and connect the player to your computer.
• Step 2:Wait for your computer to find and recognize the player. This may take a few moments. Once you receive a confirmation message, open your computer and scan the icons for the SanDisk MP3 player.
• Step 3:Open the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player on your computer. The music files that you currently have saved to the player’s memory are displayed.
• Step 4:Open a folder containing music files that is stored in your desktop computer’s memory. Scan the files for songs that you want to transfer to the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player.
• Step 5:Left-click on a song file and drag to the SanDisk Sansa window. Drop the file and let your computer complete the transfer. The transferred file appears at the bottom of your music list.
• Step 6:Unplug your SanDisk Sansa player from your computer. Turn the player on and allow the file transfer to update to the internal memory of the MP3 player.

Tips & Warnings

• When properly connected, the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player displays a USB Connected message on its LCD screen.
• The music files in the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player will have different icons next to their filenames which will tell the file type at a glance (MPEG, MPEG layer 3 or WMA, for example).
• Some songs feature copyright protection which may interfere with your ability to transfer music to the SanDisk Sansa MP3 player.

This player doesn't work well with rhapsody - I would get songs in mp3-only format.

The instructions with pictures are on pp. 13-19 of the user's manual:
Loading Music
You can transfer music from your computer to the Sansa player using the dragand-
drop method or using music managing software like Windows Media Player.
Drag and Drop
Follow these steps to drag-and-drop music to your Sansa e200 player:
1. Connect your Sansa e200 player to your computer.
2. Select Open device to view files using Windows Explorer on
initial connection.
3. Double-click on Sansa device.
4. Double-click on the MUSIC folder.
5. Drag and drop music files from your computer to My
Computer\Sansa e200\...\MUSIC.
Windows Media Player
Before you can create playlist and transfer (or synchronize) them to your
Sansa player, you need to show Windows Media Player where your songs are
located.
Adding Music Files to Library…
1. To add music files to WMP 11’s library, please follow these steps:
2. Click the arrow below the Library tab.
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3. Make sure Music is selected then click Add to Library…
4. In the Add to Library dialog box, click one of the following options
then click OK.
- My personal folders:
Use this option to monitor the digital media files stored in your
personal Music, Pictures, and Videos folders, as well as any files
stored in the public Music, Pictures, and Video folders that everyone
who uses your computer has access to.
- My folders and those of others that I can access:
Use this option to monitor the digital media files stored in your
personal Music, Pictures, and Videos folders, the files stored in the
public Music, Pictures, and Video folders, as well as the files stored
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in the personal Music, Pictures, and Videos folders that belong to
other users on your computer.

the best way for that is to read your manual.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows XP SP1
Windows Media Player 10
Intel Pentium class PC or higher
CD-ROM drive
USB 2.0 port required for hi-speed transfer
CONNECTING AND TRANSFERRING
Connect to your Computer
1. Connect the small USB Cable Connector to the USB port on your computer, and then plug the larger
Cable Dock Connector in to your Sansa c200 port.
2. Once connected to computer, it should be detected by the operating system automatically and is
shown as an additional drive called “Sansa c200”.
SANSA MEDIA CONVERTER
You will need to use Sansa Media Converter to transfer photos to your Sansa c200. Insert your SanDisk
CD and select Sansa Media Converter to install it to your PC. Then you can load your personal photos
onto your Sansa c200 by using Sansa Media Converter.

TRANSFER MUSIC
To transfer music to your Sansa c200:
1. Connect Sansa c200 to the computer.
2. Drag and drop files from your computer to Sansa c200 by using a variety of music software
programs to transfer/synchronize your files.
3. In MTP mode as long as the files are WMA or MP3, they can be dragged into the Media folder.
Otherwise, they can be dragged into the Data folder (these files will not appear on the player).
4. In MSC mode, files/folders can be dragged/copied to the device.

-Plug in your mp3 player

-Go into 'Limewire', select a song and go 'Locate file/Open Containg Folder', you should be in your folder with all your songs. or go 'My Music' and find your music files.

-Either select all your songs, open them with 'Windows Media Player' and transfer them that way.
-Or 'Open My Computer' then open 'Sansa e200' and drag the songs from where your songs are located [My Music] to the 'Music' folder in your Sansa e200 folder.

[MyMusic] Song.mp3 >drag to> [MyComputer/Sansa] Music.

Everyone - install quicktime to get the right codecs to fix the video conversion issue

everyone else:
Try this: disconnect the player from the computer, hold in the volume + button, and reconnect the player to the computer while holding the volume + button in. Keep holding the volume + button for an additional 5-50 seconds. Windows should eventually go into recovery mode and revive the player- it will pop up a window that says Found New Hardware Wizard.
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Download the Sansa Recovery Tool from the Sansa website.
Format - Erases Everything: Connect your Sansa player to the computer and open Windows Media Player. Click on the Sync tab. Pull down the drop down menu underneath the Sync tab by moving your cursor over the Sync tab and left clicking on the little black arrow underneath the Sync tab. Highlight "Sansa 1GB" (wording may vary slightly), and then select "Format." - this should erase everything.
Firmware Upgrade- Erases Everything: Get the latest firmware upgrade from Sansa - it updates the firmware and erases every song in the player all at once. Note: this method doesn't work if already have the latest firmware. Go to this website and click "Firmware Updater" to find out: http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/DriverDownloads.aspx
or
http://www.sandisk.com/DriverDownload/driverList.asp
-Tha Mp3 Doctor

JUST EXPORT THEN MAKE WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER TO REFORMAT THE SONGS AND YOU SHOULD BE FINE

Try updating your mp3 software. And reload your palylist and Art.