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Ipods alternative MP3/Mp4 Player start up guide.

When you plug the players usb cable into the computer the computer assigns a drive letter like a c.d. or hard drive, If your computer does not detect it and automatically install the driver when you plug in the usb cable, turn the switch on the top to the on position.

A start up screen will appear then go to a connect screen, after a few seconds your computer should recognize it unless you have windows 98 o.s. If you are using windows 98 o.s. you must first install the driver found on the c.d.

A window should open asking what you want to do with this drive. If a window doesn’t open then check my computer to see if a drive letter has been assigned. If there is no drive letter then plug your player into the usb wall charger (a red light should be on if the charger is working) and repeat the process above.

If the Ipods copy unit turns on and goes to the connect screen then a green light should go on with the red light, This indicates that the charger is connected and charging. If the green light does not go on then the usb cable could be defective.

If you want music from a cd that you have use windows media player, Rip the music from the cd. The songs will be converted to media player files. Find the directory that you saved the files from media player and copy them to the Ipods copy units drive or set it up to rip directly to the units drive, if you want the entire cd’s contents. . If you want to download files directly to the unit Limewire.com is a good place where you can find shared music for free, Set the preferences in limewire to save to the drive letter of the Ipods copy unit. There many other free download sites also.

If you have itunes the files need to be converted to mp3, itunes file extensions are not compatible. There are links to other download sites and a help site for converting itunes files in our faq pages. Found at the bottom of the home page. You can use this Ipods alternative like a floppy drive to save files, copy files or move files on and off at will. And a flash drive to store or move files between computers.

Movie files must be converted to .amv format using the media conversion utility on the cd before you copy them to the unit.

The cd does not have auto start, Go to my computer open the cd drive then driver for windows 98 folder if you have windows 98 OS, then double click the setup icon, or find the folder for amv conversion utility to install the conversion utility.

If the player displays a disk error, usually this is a result of a corrupt file system, or a corrupt file was placed on the unit. If the player is able to connect to the computer then this can be corrected by formating the drive.

go to my computer and find the drive letter that is assigned to the unit, right click on the drive, then left click format.

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