I HAVE LOADED MUSIC TO MY ALBA MP2200BUK BUT CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING

There might be problems with your hardware of the system. You should check out on your sound drivers

i think maybe your Earphone Port in your Alba (it called PLUGIN Headset).
open the case of your Alba,and Resolder the Plugin headset.

connect the usb cord you received with the device to the device and to your computer and it will charge automatically. generally you want to charge a device for several hours at least, most devices will let you know when they are done charging.

It should appear in My Computer as an Removable Media. If it doesn't then try it in another pc - if it fails even there then it's dead, replace it.

you have to reset it by eating it

on the alba mp2200buk mp3 player, i've put some music on to it but there is no music coming out?

Hello,

Manual for the Alba MP2200BUK is on next site:
http://www.curtisint.com/html/CustService/Manuals/CUR_MP2200BUK_EN.PDF

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I had the same problem. It has something to do with where the original file is ? In explorer i can see all my music in my music folder but you can't copy them all - it must have been how the music was originally copied on to the hard drive. Not sure what the solution is other than to try copying the original back on to your hard drive and double check how and where it does it. I also found that this really only applied to the WMA files that i had and not the MP3 files but that could be by pure chance ?

I had to sync my mp3 in my Windows Media Player before it worked

Yes you do, you can charge it via the USB plug on your pc or you'll need to buy a seperate charger to charge it independantly.