I have had the e250 for a few years now and have really enjoyed it. Unfortunately its really annoying me now.
I put it on today and it is saying “Bad track” for the majority of the songs. This happened before with a few songs I had purchased online and I understand why that happened, yahoo music was discontinued. But the songs that it isn’t playing now are songs I put on from my own personal CD’s. The only songs it will play are the preprogrammed ones, which I would LOVE to remove since they are terrible, and a few of the ones I had put on from other cd’s.
These songs all worked well for the entire life of the mp3 player til this point. This is the first day I have had trouble with them.
Any ideas, or do I need to get myself a new player? Also, how in the world do you get the preprogrammed stuff off? It doesn’t show up anywhere on any list when I go searching for it when hooked up to the computer!
TIA!
Format the player and re-load. This will eliminate all the files, even the pre-loaded ones. The reason you probably cannot see them is that they are loaded at the factory in MTP mode, and you’re obviously using MSC mode. You have to have the player connected in the same mode in order to see the files.
Bad tracks are corrupted files, or files ripped in DRM encryption that have expired or on an un-authorized device.
After formatting, re-laod your player in MSC mode. I’ve found bad tracks can just ‘happen’ without notice, warning or reason with the e200 series when using it in MTP mode. Rip to .mp3 format (I prefer 256kbps for a good balnce between quality & file size). This will avoid any DRM issues you can encounter with .wma format.
Dont get rid of your player! Despite it not having all the newer 'bells & whistles of the Fuze of Clip+, it’s a well-made and sturdy machine and with the option of easily replacing the battery (provided you can find one when you need it) it’s likely to outlast the newer, cheaper made models. The only thing wrong with an e250 is the internal memory size of only 2GB.
Format the player and re-load. This will eliminate all the files, even the pre-loaded ones. The reason you probably cannot see them is that they are loaded at the factory in MTP mode, and you’re obviously using MSC mode. You have to have the player connected in the same mode in order to see the files.
Bad tracks are corrupted files, or files ripped in DRM encryption that have expired or on an un-authorized device.
After formatting, re-load your player in MSC mode. I’ve found bad tracks can just ‘happen’ without notice, warning or reason with the e200 series when using it in MTP mode. Rip to .mp3 format (I prefer 256kbps for a good balnce between quality & file size). This will avoid any DRM issues you can encounter with .wma format.
Dont get rid of your player! Despite it not having all the newer 'bells & whistles of the Fuze of Clip+, it’s a well-made and sturdy machine and with the option of easily replacing the battery (provided you can find one when you need it) it’s likely to outlast the newer, cheaper made models. The only thing wrong with an e250 is the internal memory size of only 2GB.
Format the player and re-load. This will eliminate all the files, even the pre-loaded ones. The reason you probably cannot see them is that they are loaded at the factory in MTP mode, and you’re obviously using MSC mode. You have to have the player connected in the same mode in order to see the files.
Bad tracks are corrupted files, or files ripped in DRM encryption that have expired or on an un-authorized device.
After formatting, re-load your player in MSC mode. I’ve found bad tracks can just ‘happen’ without notice, warning or reason with the e200 series when using it in MTP mode. Rip to .mp3 format (I prefer 256kbps for a good balance between quality & file size). This will avoid any DRM issues you can encounter with .wma format.
Dont get rid of your player! Despite it not having all the newer 'bells & whistles of the Fuze of Clip+, it’s a well-made and sturdy machine and with the option of easily replacing the battery (provided you can find one when you need it) it’s likely to outlast the newer, cheaper made models. The only thing wrong with an e250 is the internal memory size of only 2GB.
BUT, you can purchase a 2 gig microSD card for about $10 and double it to 4 gig total. Anyone know if you can use any larger microSD cards?
@showbizk wrote:
BUT, you can purchase a 2 gig microSD card for about $10 and double it to 4 gig total. Anyone know if you can use any larger microSD cards?
If it’s a v1 model, the largest card you can use is 2GB unless you install Rockbox (3rd-party) firmware. If it’s a v2, the sky’s the limit. Well, 32GB that is.
