USB connection to my D2

[RasJon]

When I connected it, My computer doenst show that its connected. I cant open my d2 folders or anything.

When I connect my USB to my d2, a window on my comp should pop up saying something has been connected, but nothings popping up.

How to get the poppin` starting? I dont know, you guys help me =\

[keal]

If you're plugging the D2 into a USB connection on the front of your computer, sometimes that's the problem. If so, try plugging the D2 into a USB on the back of the computer. It happens to me all the time. Hope that's your problem [smile]

[RasJon]

Unfortunatly, its not.

Its like my comp isnt reading anything from USB ports O.o

[tenjintuned]

unfortunatley im getting this problem as well. i get unrecognized from windows, but the player works perfectly fine. i checked the cables with another device and they connect. is there any way to reformatt the whole player by itself or to fix this ??? any way possible ?

[RasJon]

Yeah, I cant put music into my player or anything.
I cant open my d2 folder because my comp because it cant read the usb connection >.<

I just downloaded 400 songs, and Id hate to move to to some other copmp cause my comps usb doesnt work.

[Dalmane98]

Do you have any Network drives mapped?

If you do, disconnect them and try connecting the D2 again.

[RasJon]

Do you have any Network drives mapped?

If you do, disconnect them and try connecting the D2 again.
HRM? Sorry Im not much of a techy guy.
Whats a Network drive?

[Dalmane98]

A networked drive is when you connect to a hard drive located on another computer or server to store or share files.

If the drive letter assigned to a mapped network drive is the next letter after the last drive physically installed in your computer, Windows XP will never display the contents of the D2.

Windows XP by default starts with the letter Z when mapping to a networked drive, but some folks change that just to keep drive letters in sequence.

One other thing you can try is to shut off your computer and unplug it from the wall outlet for about one minute and the turn everything back on.

[scotty6435]

The only issues normally causing an MP3 player not to connect are:

Underpowered from splitters/crappy motherboard
Not turning off the player first
Issues with corrupted drivers (shouldn't be a problem with D2)
Faulty player (very rare)

[Dalmane98]

It is possible for networked drives to cause USB devices not to be recognized:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297694

The D2 is a USB device.

Maybe this will help someone.

[tenjintuned]

tried that and it still does not work.... fuck is my mp3 player connection wise dead?? i mean i play all my songs and do everything but just cant seem to connect to the computer.

[scotty6435]

Are you positive it is turned off when you connect? I don't get a popup when I connect the D2, just an icon on the taskbar and my computer. If you can try it on another machine give it a go because if the player is so wrong that it can't connect it's unlikely that player would work at all.

As a note though I've had USB ports go bad in the past and blow connected devices (luckily just a dongle) due to over-voltage.

[tenjintuned]

it was turned off
my mp3 player works fine, just doesnt connect... i can connect other USB objects into my computer... i didnt know mp3 players were that sensitive. anything i can do

[SweeJ]

i'm having this problem as well...... i updated to the new firmware 2.46, and it works fine.

actually, my D2 crashed a couple of times, and hung, and i couldn't restart it becoz i needed to reset it. when the battery died, i recharged it, but when i connected, my PC no longer recognizes it. the D2 still functions normally tho.

when i connected to my laptop, it works fine. i'm wondering if it's some WinXP USB issue......

[mrsmr2]

I'm not sure if the D2 is switching on when it's plugged into the USB cable but, if not, try holding the switch in the on position for about 15 seconds. This forces the D2 to power up and I've had to use it many times when my PC is not reading the D2.

[malevolence]

I'm having the same problem, except on my laptop (don't have desktop).
It previously worked before, but one day, the "safely remove hardware" crashed or something, so I just unplugged the USB connection from my D2. Well whatddaya know, the next day, my laptop with WinXP SP2 wouldn't even recognize the D2. Everything else works fine (camera, printer, mouse, flash drives). I'm running FW 2.45, and I can't update it since my computer can't even recognize it. I have no network drives mapped, and I tried the battery unplug thing but to no avail. I'm running on MTP, tried MSC as well. I read somewhere that I should try on a different computer so that it might revive my D2, but i haven't tried this yet.

[LeanderTex]

Try this:

- Right click on your My Computer icon.
- Select Manage. MMC will open with the Computer Management applet loaded.
- Right-click on Disk Management and select Rescan Disks.

[Who Am I?]

guys, sometimes it's best to try connecting to a different computer(desktop or notebook). computers just sometimes hate having the same thing plugged in every day (it's like me having to go to work and do the same thing. i get tired of it and try to do things new at my work).

[malevolence]

^ yeah, but i'm on vacation and am out of town right now, so don't have much access to different computers. that might work though right?

@leandertex, no go, but thanks for the tip

[HROP]

got same problem here
happened after I reset the player.

[HROP]

Oh well, I can transfer files to D2 through jet shell ;)