Broken USB ports

Plug in usb and choose to look at files then either copy or move the files from player file to computer

Connect the player to your PC (desktop/laptop) from the USB port on the player to a USB port on your computer and transfer videos (MP4 files), music (MP3 files) and pictures (JPEG files) to the player.

With a desktop computer and the USB cable you can transfer music to your SanDisk Sansa MP3 player. Simply hook the USB cable up to an available USB port and begin dragging music files to the folders of your SanDisk MP3 player1 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

You MP3 player will be supplied with USB cable. Attach the cable to the MP3 player and plug the other end of the cable into a computer's USB port.
The computer will see this as an removable device, you can then open this device and copy mp3 music files from your computer and paste these files into your MP3 player.

Replacing it is expensive. However the player is bound to have some sort of usb port on it. You can buy some usb headphones for about £15 and use those.

Unfortunatley, there isn't an easy way to fix something that is physically broken. Your only options are:

1) Replace the motherboard of the laptop. (would need to be done by a professional, and may cost as much as a new laptop depending on the model)

2) Learn to deal with it. :)

This mp3 player does not appear to have SD card support. In general terms, however, if you plugged a USB flash drive into one USB port of your computer, and then plugged an SD card into the SD card slot on your computer, you can then double-click "My Computer," and then double-click on "Removable Drive F" or whatever your computer is calling the USB flash drive. Then, open a second instance of "My Computer," double-click on the SD Card logo, and then drag files from the USB flash window, or to the SD card window as appropriate.

Another way to do this without opening a second instance of "My Computer," would be to open up the icon for the USB flash drive, right-click on the first file that you want to transfer, and then select "Explore." The window will then change - you will see the file or files you want to transfer on the right, and all available drives (including the SD card icon) on the left. Drag and drop from there.

Good luck!

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Try reformatting the drive to factory defaults. I would also try this unit on other PCs to verify that the USB port will not work correctly. Does the USB port on your Sony Walkman MP3 player have any damage or broken pins/connectors on the USB port?

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.

Open it and solder it its easy.