Random shutoffs

[the_wise_naive]

I have a Sansa m230, out of warranty as of April 2007.

I’ve already gotten it RMA-ed once.

I let my brother borrow it and for some reason I took it back and now it randomly shuts itself off.

I’ve changed its battery, still it does so.

is this something remediable by a setting?

I am NOT willing to spend seventy-something dollars to get a new one.

So, help?

[tyranasazi]

When you connect it to your computer, is it recognized? Can you access it with Explorer?

[the_wise_naive]

TyrAnasazi wrote:
When you connect it to your computer, is it recognized? Can you access it with Explorer?

Yep.

I can transfer music on and off of it.

it just seems to act funny now.

When i set power off to 5 minutes

it literally shuts off in 5 minutes,

listening to music or not.

[blonde_stranger]

My son is having a similar problem with his m240.  We have not found a solution, yet.

[wolfang]

I used to have the same problem, but it stopped after I put in fresh batteries I think it just needs a lot of power to run… But about the power off in 5 minutes part - it’s actually supposed to do that, even if you are listening to music at the time. I used to set it to 20 minutes or something and fall asleep, and it would turn off automatically :D. Did you try changing the sleep setting? That way, if the music stops, the MP3 Player will turn off after whichever time you set, so the batteries aren’t wasted.

[the_wise_naive]

huh.  crazy.
thanks guys