My RCA Pearl turns on and then says " Usable memory exceeded, Please remove a few files" and then shuts down. I cant delete any files because my computer doesnt recognize the player. It will not stay powered up. I replaced the battery and it didnt help.

Hi cdobbs8...
It is telling you that the player is full and cannot add anymore songs until you remove some.
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Deleting Files,Pictures,Videos,Audio Books, Apps,etc. from MP3 Player/Ipod
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BIG WARNING: DO NOT DELETE THE FILES NEEDED TO OPERATE YOUR MP3 PLAYER.
Hook up your mp3 player to your computer
Go to your desktop and double left click on "My Computer"
When it opens you will see listing that says "Devices with Removal Storage" your mp3 player should be listed there.
Right click on your mp3 player, and a window will open, right click on "Open" and now your files/songs should be visible.
Hold the left click down and drag it across all the files/songs that you do not want this will highlight the files/songs you do not want, release,right click and then click on "Delete"
Now you mp3 player should be clear of the files/songs you do not want.
ONE MORE BIG WARNING: BE CAREFUL AND DO NOT DELETE THE FILES NEEDED TO OPERATE YOUR MP3 PLAYER.
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Hi lauriankilla...
Sounds like your RCA Pearl is full and it is asking you to delete some of the music/files that you have on it before you can add any more music/files.
If you want an easy way to delete the files then follow the instructions below
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Deleting Files,Pictures,Videos,Audio Books, Apps,etc. from MP3 Player/Ipod
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BIG WARNING: DO NOT DELETE THE FILES NEEDED TO OPERATE YOUR MP3 PLAYER.
Hook up your mp3 player to your computer
Go to your desktop and double left click on "My Computer"
When it opens you will see listing that says "Devices with Removal Storage" your mp3 player should be listed there.
Right click on your mp3 player, and a window will open, right click on "Open" and now your files/songs should be visible.
Hold the left click down and drag it across all the files/songs that you do not want this will highlight the files/songs you do not want, release,right click and then click on "Delete"
Now you mp3 player should be clear of the files/songs you do not want.
ONE MORE BIG WARNING: BE CAREFUL AND DO NOT DELETE THE FILES NEEDED TO OPERATE YOUR MP3 PLAYER.
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Hello,
if your PC can show the removable disk drive you should format it. In this case all the folders and media files will be erased on your player. Then copy the media files to the player.
I hope this action will be enough and the files can get to the memory of it
Bye, gylacz

Hello,

Main support for the TH1102 is on next sites:
http://support.rcaaudiovideo.com/product.aspx?product=32
and
http://www.rcaaudiovideo.com/downloads/?sku=TH1102

To reset the player remove the battery and replace it.
If the player won't function correctly after that, go to the trouble shooting site:
http://voxrightnow.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7522/session/L3NpZC8zYU5rR1U2aw%3D%3D
Get a download of the firmware upgrade
direct link PEARL_FWUtility_v2.0.exe , or look on next page:
http://voxrightnow.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9284
Connect your player and install the updater onto your computer.
Follow the steps as told within the updater.

connect it to your computer and upen up the files and drag and drop music to your music file for later use

Have you tired formatting it? Sometimes Mp3 player contacts virus while putting them in a system that has virus. So maybe you should try to scan it because the file inside might have have virus and maybe that's why its misbehaing. Virus also sometimes occupies space on a drive.

I wish you the best.

I haven't seen the exceeded usable memory message on mine, but I am familiar with Pearls not coming back on.

First, perform a reset buy removing the battery for at least 10s. Sometimes mine just shows the plain pearl logo (not the moving one) and then shuts off. Removing the battery for a while and then putting it back in always fixes it so that it shows the plain pearl logo for few seconds then displays the animated logo and starts normally.

If this fix doesn't work for you, then the firmware inside the Pearl is most likely corrupted, and can be easily fixed by running this software from the RCA website and following these steps:

1. start the program,
2. remove the battery from the TH1102 & wait at least 10 secs,
3. hold the play button while plugging into usb,
4. release the play button the the term "initalizing" replaces "searching",
5. click the start button to replace the firmware.

Hope that helps.

This is because you have a limit on the amount of limit you can use on a media player, and you need some memory (about 50mb of it), to make it operate. Now, for example lets say you have a 2gb media player. You could fill it up 1.66gb of the way, but the rest would be needed to make it operate. These days, they don't let you use the memory that is needed to make it operate. For example, it could be an 8gb media player like an iPod, but it would only let you use 7.54gb of it because the rest is needed to operate it. I hope this helped =]