Sandro, from what you describe, thanks for the complete story, I'm afraid the USB connector in the MP3 player is defect. Or the connection inside the player. If you tried another MP3 cable and that did not work, it must be in the player.
Be aware an USB cable has different wires for charging and for the digital connection. So a cable could be used foe charging, and still be defect for digital throughput.
Perhaps you could try to clean out the USB connector on the player, but be careful not to bend or break any pin in the connector. Is a tooth pick and if you have an air blower, blow in the connector, if you see anything like a bit of dust or a scrap of paper.
Then the opening of the player.
As a repair engineer, I would not open it, unless I had a repair manual. I never had a player like this on my bench, but I'm convinced it can be opened. But because these little devices are often glued, it could be possible you can open it, but you won't be able to put it together.
Sometimes I use the site ifixit.com but they did not (yet) open a MP3 player, so that can't help you. I tried to find a repair manual, but that failed too.
I hope you can fix it by cleaning the connector, because if not I think you have to start saving money for a new player.
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Harrie, thanks for your reply. I tried to clean the device with an air dryer and a hoover but no change. Thanks for your explanation about USB cables, I didn't know they had different wires.
The MP3 player is indeed glued together so you may be right in saying that it could not be put back together. Thanks for you help any way!
Don't use a hair dryer. More a blower, a photographer uses, with short burst of air. Sometimes they call it bellow or something like that.
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