Dave, I have a Samsung YP-910GS hard drive mp3 player and it reciently stopped working. I tried to reload the firmware but when I connect it with USB the computer says unreckonized USB device. I know the hard drive is a 1.8″ Toshiba, same as in the iPods, but it says the drive is an ATA drive? Is there a way I can check the disks for errors and repair it, if it is corrupted?
Assuming that the processes are the similar to the Samsung 920 player, there are actually two pieces of software that are important for the computer to be able to make use of your player; the firmware and the driver files themselves.
The firmware is the software that resides on the player. The drivers are a separate entity and are what Windows uses to recognize your player.
For example, when I go to Start –> Settings –> Control Panel –> Add/Remove programs, what I see at the bottom is “YH-920 Drivers and utilities.”
If you reloaded the firmware but not the drivers, you may still have a driver problem. Uninstall the software using the Add/Remove Programs window. Don’t do this manually or using another “remove” tool as exists in some players. That will likely not get rid of everything. Then, take your CD or download the drivers and install them.
It is important to note that the instructions explicitly state not to plug the device in until prompted, or until the install process is finished.
The 920 also shipped with a program called “Recovery Utility” that resets the drivers and the firmware. If this shipped with the 910, this may help. I had to use this once because I disconnected the device without using “safely remove hardware.” It takes about 20 minutes to run, but it did work.
That brings up another important note. Many of us use USB drives or other devices and don’t bother with the “safely remove hardware” function (accessible in your system tray) without any ill effects. My USB drive, my old Rio MP3 player, and my cellphone all fall under this category. However, the Samsung hard drive players REQUIRE you to safely remove the device using Windows before unplugging it. If you don’t do this, your player will crash. This has happened to me; they are telling the truth.
Many thanks to MP3 expert Jeff Lawley for his help on this question
I was having a USB connection problem with my Samsung YP-T9J.
I’d plug in the unit and I would get the USB Connection Error sound.
After searching several sites, I found a suggestion to go into Windows Device Manager, find the player (usually has a yellow error icon) and select “Update Driver”.
When the window comes up, leave it on the “find update automatically” option checked.
Click next… and wait a minute or two.
BINGO!!
Problem solved.
Samsung YP-T9J when I turned on the power button, it says..bluetooth mode F/W v1.27
can’t get it to do anything(It must be a MALE mp3…LOL) Need help,please!
Sagar, open “My Computer” and see if the mp3 player shows up as a device. if so, there’s probably a folder called “MUSIC”: drop a few mp3 files there and see what happens when you unplug it and try to play the songs…
Steve, an antivirus scan shouldn’t affect the player at all, they’re supposed to be non-invasive. Did it find a virus and fix it?? Otherwise, same advice, unplug it, plug it in again, then look in My Computer to see if it shows up as a device. Failing that, try opening Windows Media Player and see if it’s a device listed there instead. Good luck.
I bought this 1Gb MP3 digital music player which has no name of a particular brand! it worked fine.
when I plugged it in my pc and Kasper scanned it, it lost all its system data. it does not lit anymore, it’s dead. can i recover it with a standard MP3 firmware if available? thanks.
my YP Q1 mp3 player don’t respond in my laptop
Hello! I lost the CD of “lg jm53s8k” jel can anyone give me a link where you can download the drivers and the program! please send link
matija.vrtaric @ hotmail.com
I used Samsung mp3 YP-U3JQB/XAA 1UGP701940Y for about a month until August 2007. It has been unused since then. It says charged when attached to computer, but it will not turn on when I unattach it from the computer. I am 61 and could use your help PLEASE!
Dave, My daughter has a Samsung yp-u3 and she put it in the computer to download some songs. It seemed to do fine until she pulled it out, like she had done many times before, but this time it came up with an error text on the screen that said “0xFFFFFF71”. I think it has to do with not releasing it correctly. Can this be repaired?? Can you help me fix it??? Any help would be great, Thanks
hey dave or anyone else,i need HELP!! my samsung YP-Q1.. wont turn on,this happened when i took it out of usb mode,,plus it wont go in usb mode the screen is just offf plz help and reply……
RAUNAK…
I have a Samsung YP-T9J. I am having problems down loading music to it. It keeps telling me I need to update, but not sure where it find it. Saying something about ysfileInfo.dll unable to locate.
Hi I have a Samsung YP U4 and for some reason I can no longer transfer music files to it ?? any ideas please.
i have a samsung yp-u3 mp3 player and when i try to switch it on, the screen shows Log Val = 0x1000024, and stays that way. Can you help me please? thank you
i have a broken samsung mp3 player touch and i habe no idea y it anit coming on i charge it up every time but nothing can u fix it?
i have tried twice now to load music on the mp4 player window media player says it loading it, even on the computer when i open it files it tells me the songs are there but you unplug it and go and look for the songs thtere not there.
What’s wrong? Please help.
Here’s how you fix it for rca H106:
use the user maunal so you know what I’m talking about. I got the FAT error! Plz.. and I could still get the icons. This is how I fixed it. Go to settings and go to advanced press play once only. Plug into computer and it wil recognize it as a flash drive. Completely Format the drive then unplug the player from computer. It will switch back to previous setting automatically. If you need to update drivers and firmware use the auto updater from http://www.voxxsupport.com/images/downloads/autoupdater.exe
hey dave, I have the mp3 player yp-k5ab and it seems, other customers have the same problem as I do when charging it wont charge posting already fully charged and wont turn on, I am curious to the options you have for me for this problem. email me back asap thank you for your time.
hi dave i have a new samsung ypu4 mp’3 player and for som reson the soft wear that came with the ypu4 will not aceppt the player and when i called samsung thay told me that it it needs window’s meadia 10 for it to work at this time i have windows media 11 is there some way of letting 11 work for this ypu4 to work as i do not have the internet at home hope this makes sence
Hiii dave i have install the Samsung YP-P2JAB bt whn i plug my my MP3 Player i don,t show nay thing wt shld i do it nw???
Hi.. A website called AnythingButIpod has a forum that is very useful and informative for people facing problems with their MP3 Players.. You can learn about updating your firmware, fixing problems, etc.. There is a forum for each brand of MP3 player…
I have a samsung MP3 player. How do I get AM radio? I can get FM but cannot find out how get AM radio.
Thanks in advance.
Sally
I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!okay i have an samsung messager and i bough a usb hs sd card…im tryna see hoe do i put music on my mp3 player b.k.a music player how do i put music on there….plz help ASAP
i have a Samsung yp-u3 and i put it into my computer to download the the song superhuman. It downloaded fine onto it but as i pulled it out it came up with some text on the screem saying “0xFFFFFF71” can someone tell me what this means and/or help me fix it plz i really need help
when i plug in my mp3 it wont charge itself what am i doing wrong
I have a samsung mp3 player, i don’t know the model, but it has a 2.8in touch screen,with a camera. any way it synced to my computerlong enough to put 13 songs on it. now any time i try to put any thing on it, it gets about 13% in to the files then stops and says that there was an error. then just to use the player i have to reset it twice every time. HELP!
i have a samsung messager,,i bought a micro sd adapter so that i can download music to my mp3 player…i tried,,the music is on the card but it wont show up in my phone but the playlist name does….how can i fix this??please help me.
Hey. i have samsung YP-U3
and i have the problem is i put my samsung into
my computer but nothing come out from my computer
please help
i have i sumsang mp3 player,but now it says system loading only and when i plug it in my computer it says there is an I/Q error on the divice
Please help
Thanks
hi. I have a RCA H100A 4GB mp3 player and it keeps saying: FAT error, plz connect a UMS device. And when I connect it to the computer, the computer ask’s me what i wan’t to open to view the content’s in and when i open one up it say’s: connect a device. How do I fix my mp3 player.
thank
uhm… i need help too ..
&& im using SASUNG YP-U3..
sooo heres my problem/.. kk
everytime i plugged my mp3 to the USB..
&& my mp3 keep saying that is ” DISCONNECTED ”
can someone help 🙁 …
cuz i cant add songs any more…
I have Samsung K5 with built in speaker and when i plugged it to my PC with USB cable the player turned on displaying fully charged, rather than charging ( what it always displayed)Then I found that my PC doesn’t recognise my player because the icon of my MP3 wouldn’t be seen in my computer folder. Also the window that usually pops out after you plug in the player, did not appear either. I though it was the faulty cable, because it was a bit wrecked so i ordered a new one and it is still not working. What can i do if my PC doesn’t recognise my MP3 player and after plugging in it says fully charged ( which is not for sure because the battery is only partly charged) I can’t download new music onto my player or anything. IT DRIVES ME MAD!!!!PLEASE HEEEELPPPPPPPP
Hey Dave, I have a Sony Vasio note book model#PCG-933& I’ve been unsucessfully trying to install my Samsung mp3 model#YP-P2JAB/XAA the notebooks toolbar keeps popping up (A hi-speed usb device is plugged into a non-hi speed usb hub. what is your recommendation on installing my samsung mp3 player. thanx ep
i have a samsung yp-t9j and the screen os frpzen is there anything i can push to make it unfreeze like with the i-pod
i recently bought a usb plug mp3 player and when got to windows media player and pulled my mp3 player out it said unknown format
hi i have lost my driver cd of zicplay mp3 player…could u plz inform me abt how to recover or download my lost drivers..i am unable to play my mp3 since thr r no drivers in it.
Hi. When I click into my samsung media studio it comes up saying error ID=OXCOOD1174 and condition ID=Ox00000000. I have a MP3 player YPU3. Can u please help me correct this problem?
Hi…Romeo here ..I have a RCAH106 5GB and it keeps FAT error, plz connect a UMS device.When i connect the USB i can’t get access to the drive to put things not it..I guess it is corrupt ..how do i go about this>
when i try to open my removable harddisk(seagate) 80 gb It says I: is not accessible it is corrupted and unreadable.
i don,t want to format it because i have some important data in it.
please helpme.
How to solve the problem with the LG JM53 that doesnt let me turn it on and shows a message that says FTL error connect to UMS.
I hope u can help me.
When I turn my samsung yp-t91 off it automatically turns back on by itself and stays on. This just started happening two days ago and it is draining my battery. I even tried putting the hold on when it is turned off but it still comes back on. Is my mp3 player broken?
Cammy
i have an mp3 player and when i plug it in my laptop tells me that it is unreadable what could be the cause of it and how do it fix the error
I have a Samsung MP3 player, model yp-25AS/XAA which was a gift in 2006. The problem I’m having is that it’s not charging from my PC. What can I do?
Is there any way that I may be able to reconfigure a samsung mp3 to my media player if it belongs to another library
hello dave, i have a samsung YP-K5, but when i put it on the computer, he’s do nothing, whats the broblem???
hey davee.
wehn i plug my mp3 player in the pc it sayss its curropted or unreadable..
pleesh help?!
hi. I have a RCA H100A 4GB mp3 player and it keeps saying: FAT error, plz connect a UMS device. And when I connect it to the computer, the computer ask’s me what i wan’t to open to view the content’s in and when i open one up it say’s: connect a device. How do I fix my mp3 player.
thank you
hi. I have a RCA H100A 4GB mp3 player and it keeps saying: FAT error, plz connect a UMS device. And when I connect it to the computer, the computer ask’s me what i wan’t to open to view the content’s in and when i open one up it say’s: connect a device. How do I fix my mp3 player.
thank you
WHEN I PLUG MY MP3 PLAYER INTO THE CUMPUTER IT SHOW I HAVE NOTHING ON IT. I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS ON THERE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET OFF BUT I CAN’T. ANY IDEA WHAT MIGHT OF HAPPENED?
THANKS
MARY
I have a Samsung mp3 player and I deleted all the standard files. How do I get them back or replace them?
i need start up disc for sansa e250 mp3
i have an mp3 player and when i plug it in my laptop tells me that it is unreadable what could be the cause of it and how do it fix the error