Deleted songs Ok...so my Pearl was working fine yesterday, but I hooked it up to a car sound system last night and it kept repeating the songs. Then I tried turning it on, and instead of having 187 songs I only have 4. Sometimes when I turn it on the screen goes crazy, and it shuts off...And when I try to upload more songs my computer doesn't even recognize it... HELP!!!!!

Check whether the audio is muted by accidental press at remote control button. Enter its sound menu, and check it. If muted, as you know there will be no audio output. If not muted, check the speaker/s. If found OK; check and replace the damaged component/s at its audio output section circuit board. If needy, replace this board as card basis. If you wish to get some details; check the site linked here. Surf the site with patience. Pull up older posts. Surf the site with patience.
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Try jumping the starter i.e use a starter manual switch. If it cranks than most probably you have a faulty switch.

Means damage to LCD screen. As it does not affect the recorded images, learn to live with it.

If it worked fine yesterday try doing a system restore to previous day.

If all the songs and pod cast where on your ipod and you bought them than you can push syn and get them back.

the mp3 player might be going bad, might have to get a new one

did you format the card first... this might help. It could be too much memory. I put an old SD card in from a former phone and it was doing the same thing...powering on and off repeatedly.

ok buddy...it might be problem with the storage.. try to format the player once.. now the player will be fresh... now download all the songs and try whether its working fine... if the problem continues try to contact the player manufacturer for replacement

Switch it to MTP or auto mode in settings menu

Make sure the songs are in the right format. Napster is a real bear about disappearing songs - try another music svc.