My coby mp300-1g will not let me download songs cause of write protection. How do I get it off my mp3 so I can download songs again?

Do you leave the hold button on? If so, turn off hold when you plug it in.

While it may be something you're well aware of, did you navigate to the folder on the Coby where the songs reside? Is it possible you loaded the mp3s in a directory that is not the default and so the player doesn't see any music. Another possibility is the copyright protection won't allow the player to play the songs. The license may reside on your computer but is not on the mp3 player. Last two thoughts (as stupid as they sound) are is volume up? Is earphones securely plugged in? Have you tried the earphones on another unit to make sure they work? Coby Tech Support at 800-727-3592 6AM-11PM EST

The cobyt player is completely incompatible with iTunes. If you have songs that are in mp3 format, you can use Windows Media Player to transfer the songs to your Coby. If your songs are already in AAC (iTunes) format, you can use a free program like Media Monkey to convert UNprotected AAC files to mp3 format so that they will be usable with your Coby. Media Monkey is not capable of converting protected files.

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Your best bet is to buy tracks that are in mp3 format directly, since DRM-protected WMA's will give you problems eventually (even though the mp3 files are more expensive).

Once you have downloaded them, you can use the program called Windows Media Player to transfer songs to your Coby.

A full user manual for your model is available on Coby's website.

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Your Coby player is not compatible with iTunes. What you will have to do is to download the songs from iTunes, and, provided the songs do NOT have copy protection on them (possibly unlikely), you will need to download a free program like Media Monkey to convert the songs to Mp3 format. Once the songs are converted to mp3 format, you can use either Media Monkey or Windows Media Player to transfer the songs to your mp3 player.

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Some of the mpzik songs are in protected WMA format - the Coby player is so old that it doesn't recognize any DRM scheme past Windows 9 DRM. If you plan on continuing to use Mpzik, your Coby will only recognize the songs that are in mp3 format (or the rare few that have Windows 9 DRM protection). I would suggest using a music service that only provides songs in mp3 format.

Good luck!

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Write the songs to a CD (or a CDRW) first, then re-rip them to Windows Media Player/iTunes/whatever as mp3s, or unprotected WMAs.

Honestly it's easier to burn and re-rip than remove the copy protection. When you burn it to a CD, the DRM goes away, and you'll have a new file that actually plays on your player.

go to www.oldversion.com and download the old bearshare downloading music program and get files that way. For some reason the newer versions of file sharing programs only let you download copyrighted music.

To BELLASBUBIS. you might have protected it. try fomating the whole mp3 player and start again! it might be ok then.

It may not be the right files you have downloaded or that they are protected files.