CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK THIS MP3 PLAYER

Your Uncle's player is stuck in INTRO mode. To remedy this problem
1. Play a song
2. press the button on the side of the player
3. Select PLAY MODE
4. Choose NORMAL

Just bought one and figured it out. On these mp3 players the default option when you turn them on is to go to the folder of files that are recorded using the microphone. hold the menu button down and you'll see a number of options. use the track skip buttons to navigate left and right and select the music option and press the menu button to select it. once you're in the music folder it will turn on to music. plug it in to usb and drag any .mp3 file to the folder in explorer and it should play. if your songs aren't playing make sure you convert them to .mp3 files before loading them.
Best,

Y'all should go to http://www.mymusix.com and download the "player update" (among other tools) to solve this problem. I just bought a returned one today from Radio Shack and had to spend over an hour to get it calibrated properly. It was pretty crazy...I had to press down on "play" and the "reset" buttons simultaneously and then plug in the USB cable, let go of "reset" and then let go of "play" once the "player update" software recognized the darn thing. It's now working perfectly and actually a great deal for $20.

Hopefully you can use the FAQ section on mymusix.com and figure it out exactly, otherwise I'd be happy to give you the step-by-step instructions I followed.

hmmm, that means that you may have synched some songs that are not fully compatible with your go-gear. although it is still mp3, it may have some "codecs" issues with it. and thus making your go gear crazy. what you can do is delete all the songs you have there, and make a fresh start from scratch, that way, you'll know.

You may have formated the mp3 and there by erased the firmware that allows it to play as a stand alone mp3 player.

there doesn't seem to be support for vista but the link for the firmware and update is here. this will at least let you use it as an mp3 player again

Try holding the play button and see what happens!

ITunes songs are not in MP3 format.

The Shaker will only play MP3s

Your laser eye is tired(out of alignment) from playing too many burned disc. Have someone who know to re-align. You can call me at 801-414-4566. I know a few dependable shops. Goodluck.

Hold a finger on the upper right corner of the screen while powering up the unit. This should do a master reset.

If that doesn't work, go here to download an update.

I think you should ask yourself these questions: 1) Are the song formats compatible with your MP3 player? 2) Is it possible that the website(s) you downloaded them from had/have given you faulty songs? 3) Am I smart enough to figure ot without PC Geek's help that I might need to try to download a different song on the same computer, the same songs on a different computer, or a different song on a different computer? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should have your solution.