Language set itself to Arabic or Persian and I cannot reset it to English

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Resetting the Factory Defaults is not the same thing as formatting. It will not erase any files you have put on it. It will though, allow you to select the Language again, solving your problem.

  1. Go to the Main Men u (long press on Back or Home button).
  2. Scroll right or left to the Settings Menu (picture of gears).
  3. Press center Select button.
  4. Top option is System Settings. Press center Select button.
  5. Press top button once. This is (in English) Restore.
  6. Press Select button.
  7. If you could read the following screen message, it would say, “Restore to factory settings?” Yes (top) or No (bottom). Default is No.
  8. Pres the up button once to move the highlight to “Yes”. Press Select button.
  9. It will immediately go to the Language screen. The top option is English. Press the Select button.
  10. Done.

Note you will now have to change some other settings now, back to your own personal preferences. USB Mode, Backlight, Brightness, Power Saver, Sleep, Customize, Equalizer, etc. as well as your Music options, like Shuffle and/or Repeat and Radio settings.