Not synchronizing all songs

Some of my songs are "synchronizing to continue Subscription" with Rhapsody, but not all. Any thoughts on how to fix this? Also - in the past, my songs would seemingly synchronize automatically when I plugged the e250 into my PC when Rhapsody was running. Is there an actual synchronization process that I am suppose to follow somewhere in the Rhapsody player?

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Anonymous Feb 07, 2008

synchronizeing
synchronizeing
aleahdean Oct 16, 2008

I have the same problem with napster. Some songs that used to work now say "synchronize to continue music subscription" when I try to play them. All the other songs sychronize fine. HELP!
Anonymous Dec 07, 2008

synchronization error when try to drop and drag my own CD no bootleg
cbow17 Dec 08, 2008

do I have to keep a subscription to rapsody to play the music I loaded on my mp3 player? If so it stinks.

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Don't use Rhapsody.

Posted on Sep 11, 2007

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