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Frozen white/stripy screen this time!!!!

Once again during syncing music an error message occured which seems to cause the player to freeze with white screen. it is the 2nd time it has done this and it took all day for it to decide for itself to switch off!! Any ideas why this occurs. I am using WIndows media player to rip & sync and not the convertor that comes with the product. could this be the problem perhaps. Mind you I have managed to rip/sync 3 cds at a time before the error occurs which causes the freezing. Holding the power switch down does not seem to do anything. Seems that just have to wait for it to decide to rght itself. Any advice much appreciated. Ta Jo

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  • cavebear Aug 16, 2007

    Thanks for this info. pressing the power switch does NOT turn off the player however. It just hangs with the white screen for ages - took all day the first time it happened - don't know how long the 2nd time - cos I went to bed!! However I will update the firmware to the latest one - this is good advice Thanks

  • cavebear Aug 17, 2007

    Pressing the power button does not switch off the player. It stays as a white screen until the battery runs down. Maybe it is a dud and I need to take it back - wish I could locate the sales docket!!!

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Heres aa easy way press the power button for 20-30 seconds and then it will reset and u can start from there.

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Press the power/menu button until the player turns off. after than perform recovery mode and try to update the firmware of the player to the latest one which i believe is .18A. :D

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  • Anonymous Aug 26, 2007

    what is the issue dancewhit94? how are you adding songs to your player drag and dropped? or by using windows media player? if by drag and dropped try to reformat the player then transfer songs using wmp

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