I've had my player with me since early 2005, and has never failed me in any way. Yesterday, however, it would not play any music at all, since the starting screen won't go past the Walkman logo. Even if I try connecting it to Sonicstage it won't even show.

Given the troubleshooting steps you have already performed, the only other thing to try would be a different set of headphones. If that is not successful, checking and updating the firmware is a last ditch effort. Failing at that, you're looking at failed components and either official repair/replacement or to be comfortable with component-level work with the innards using a multimeter and soldering iron and hoping that you can find what failed.

How are you obtaining the music that you play on the Samsung C3010? If you're recording the songs yourself, it sounds like you are recording one channel out of phase with the other. This phasing "effect" is how vocal eliminators work. Try playing back music from another source and see if the vocals return.

Make sure your volume is turned up on your ipod and in the car make sure nothing else is playing. Also check your instruction book and if all fails take your car back to where you bought it from and explain what has happened also make sure it's properly pluged in!

Maybe on the eq u hv music or instrumental clarity on which will make the music clear and the words not so much...or u maybe on concert hall snds

MP3 players can only play music files in mp3 file format. You need to convert your CDs to mp3 music files onto yourcomputer or download them from the Internet and then copy them to your MP3player.
You can do this using Windows Media player and Rip the CDs - Media Player willcreate a MP3 music file for each music track.
Click on this link for instruction on converting music files to mp3 file format:- http://www.fixya.com/support/r5798418-creating_transferring_mp3_music_files

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change the lens and check ribbon wire to lens

i formatted my coby 512mb mp3 player and now it turns on but wont play

Hi,
This will be due the Format, That you,ve buned The CD In.
A standard CD Player, recognises the WAV Format.
If you,ve downloaded music, it will be in WMA Or MP3 Format.
You,ll need a program such as Nero, to convert the files To WAV Format, to get a standard CD Player to recognise Them.
If you need further information On how to do this, Please mail me. And i,ll assist you further.

Mike @ Compurepair.

No Music Files Problem solved
Plug the MP3 player to PC
In Windows XP open Windows Explorer and navigate to one of the music files
Try to play the file in Windows
If it fails, unplug player and once the player switches off carry out a reset
Reconnect player to PC and repeat the process described above
You may need to repeat this several times until the music file plays in Windows.
After this format the player using Windows XP
Select the removable hard drive, right click and select format
Choose Fat32, enter a volume label (for example GMP33005) and select quick format
If formatting fails try several times
Once format is succesfull reload your music files using the software that came with the player
Be careful not to exceed 2.5 or 2.6 GB (leave some free space as this might be needed for the player to work)
The player should now play the music files correctly