My iriver is not being detected by computer - iRiver Mplayer MP3 Player

Hi,

Iriver doesnt give any specialised software for copying songs into it..
To copy songs into the player just connect it to the computer and your player would be detected as a portable music player or Mass storage device, in bith the cases you can find your device int the My computer,
Navigate to My computer open the newly added device and copy the required songs into it and you can enjoy listening it..

Please leave me comment, if you need further assistance
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Rnj VinodKumar

try starting the pc with iriver connected to usb

GUYS ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUSH THE USB CABLE HARDER INTO THE DEVICE. IM A GENIUS!!

okay heres the deal. ive had the same problem and i realized that u have to have windows media player running in order for windows to pick up the device. it will ask u to synce the device with ur comp and then ur good to go. kind of dumb that u have to have an app running in order to get it to work but thats microsoft for ya.

http://www.iriver.com/product/p_detail.asp?pidx=71

Try this: disconnect the player from the computer, turn it off, 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.

You can download the software from this site;
http://www.iriver.com.au/iriver/index.cfm?pageID=10001

Probably also from worldwide site. www.iriver.com

As a work-around you can copy files with Explorer to the Music folder and use the Browser on H10 to play them.

There is probably a software disk that came with the player. Install that first with it unplugged and then try again. If you dont have the disk then look for it on the iRiver website.

the iriver series by default is not detected as a usb drive. iriver music manager is needed to transfer files. After a firmware upgrade, the device is usable as a usb hard drive. But you need the music manager software to upgrade

Somehow the driver went missing. Click on "My Computer" and then click "view system information," then "hardware," then "device manager," then click on iRiver (it'll be there even without the driver) and then it will give you a yes/no option to look for driver software. Obviously, click "yes" but notice that you are also cued to put in a CD "if you have one." I still had the CD. It will search both the CD and online for a driver, but the computer found the driver software on the CD. Make sure you only put the CD in when cued to do so. If you don't have the CD, then contact iRiver about getting a driver download or having them send you a copy of the CD.

There are two ways to format an Mp3 player - one on the computer itself, and one in Windows Media Player. Both methods will end up erasing all the songs on the player, but the player will be "good as new" after that. Sometimes reformatting in this manner will override the player's native formatting and cause problems - this can be reversed in most cases by updating the player's firmware. Firmware upgrades are available from most manufacturers' websites.

WARNING: The following procedures will erase all songs on the player.

Check if the file system is NTFS. If yes, format it to FAT or FAT32. - Connect player to computer, double-click my computer, right click on icon of mp3 player and select format. This only applies to Windows-based computers.
You can also format the player in Windows Media Player itself:
Connect your Mp3 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 "name of Mp3 player here 1GB" (wording may vary slightly), and then select "Format." - this should erase everything.
-Tha Mp3 Doctor