OK, latest experiment:
When I play a test selection using the PC, no skips, as mentioned, but when I play the very same file with the player connected through the USB port and using the player as a mass storage device and playing the selection through the PC, the skip is there.
This indicates to me that somehow the data is getting corrupted when it is transferred through the USB port. I have tried various methods of transferring the file including “drag and drop” an I get the blip regardless of the method I use. Something is wrong with the way the little unit transfers and stores data, I think.
Presently I do not have a SD card, but if I get one I’ll try transferring the file directly to it without going through the player and see if I still get blips on the music. In the meantime, if you or anybody has any suggestions on how to get good data into the internal memory, I’d appreciate knowing it. For now, it is my opinion that these little units have a serious problem and I can’t recommend anybody buy one.
