Hello, Hope someone can help with this pleeeeeeease!!
I have a new Sansa Clip 4GB
When I plug the clip into the USB port nothing happens, no error nothing. I’ve tried other devises in the port, they work fine
Conclusion USB port OK
I plug the Clip into my lap top (Dell inspiron running XP SP 2 all good)
Conclusion Clip OK
PC OS is XP SP2
I’ve tried the steps on the Sacndisk Tech support are:
I’ve installed WMP 11
I’ve downloaded the MTP porting kit
I’ve tried the firmware update…Message is “No updatable Sansa product has been recognised”. “Plug in your device & wait for more instructions”. This is the same as if I don’t plug in the Clip
I’ve followed the step by step insructions to put the thing in MSC mode. Which seems to be a guarenteed solution…nothing!!
Looked in the forum & tried what ever I could find in fact…nothing!!
Nothing…I’m now bald, what little hair I have left is grey & I sit in the corner rocking back & forth
Check your USB settings as described in that earlier post. If it’s brand new then it should be factory set to Auto-Detect, which defaults to your Windows Media Player 11 (MTP). Try setting the USB settings to MTP and see if your WMP pick it up then. Only other thing right now I can think of is try plugging into different USB port or USB cable. HTH, because it’s really an awesome rugged lil Mp3 player. Good luck!
Go to Device’s Settings –> select to format the device, once format is completed, slide the power button up to turn off the device, after device is off, slide the button back to hold position and then press the center button & connect to PC…let’s see if this will work.
…well it was worth a try. Sorry to hear it didn’t solve the problem though. I’m just brainstormin’ what could possibly be the obstacle, and I just gotta ask this… what type of USB cable are you using? Is it the older USB 1.0 or the faster USB 2.0 ? Alot of the newer USB devices ( esp. Mp3 players and USB powered external HD’s) require using the faster USB 2.0 cables. They both look the same physically, but the 2.0 is about 40x faster (YMMV). This happened to me quite a few times when hooking up my USB powered WD Passport 160GB external HD over at a friends house, the HD’s power light would be powered up as soon as the USB cable is plugged in, but won’t show up in the Windows Explorer, and Install Wizard doesn’t pop up on the screen. Came to find out that my buddy’s USB cable was the slower 1.0. I then went back to my house and grabbed my USB 2.0 cable, and instantly my buddy’s computer recognized the peripheral. HTH Dave, good luck!
“The Sansa clip is the ONLY Mp3 player I can comfortably hear over all the freeway and engine noise when I’m on my motorbike, and small enough to tuck inside my helmet” (FOR OFF_ROAD USE ONLY blahblahblah! Insert vehicle codes and legal claims here)
Hello. I just bought a Sansa Clip and had the exact same problem but it was easy solved. I had not pushed the cable into the mp3player, just enough to make it charge but not to connect to the PC. Push it in a bit more and maybe it will work. Just a thought.
