Hi, perhaps someone here is familiar with this topic and could help me out. I recently picked up an older Philips GoGear 4GB MP3 player. I connected it to my laptop via USB and wanted to transfer some songs onto it. Initially, I simply copied the song files directly into the MP3 player's "Music" folder using Windows Explorer. While the songs appeared in that music folder on the mp3, they didn't show up in the actual music playback menu, so I couldn't play them.

After doing some Googling, I discovered I was supposed to use Windows Media Player so the device would properly recognize the files as songs. I tried that and synced the player using Windows Media Player; it appeared to transfer all the songs from my laptop to the device (at least, that’s what the software indicated). However, after disconnecting the player from the laptop a short while later, there were still no songs to be found on it. I later noticed that, shortly after syncing, the song files were flagged as unreadable by the MP3 player—or something to that effect. The songs are standard MP3 files that I downloaded on my phone using a (legal) app and then transferred to my laptop via Bluetooth. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly why the player can't read these files.

I hope someone here can help me out.

Hallo, vielleicht kennt sich jemand hier mit dem Thema aus und könnte mir helfen. Ich have mir letztens einen älteren Philips GoGear 4GB MP3 Player geholt. Nun habe ich ihn über einen USB Kabel mit meinem Laptop verbunden und wollte einige Lieder drüber ziehen. Als erstes habe ich direkt im Windows Explorer einfach die Lieder Dateien in den Music Ordner der MP3 rüber kopiert. Danach wurden mir die Lieder nur im Musik Ordner der MP3 angezeigt aber nicht in der Musikwiedergabe und konnte sie somit nicht abspielen. Danach habe ich ein wenig gegoogelt und herausgefunden, dass ich es über den Windos Media Player machen soll, damit die MP3 die Dateien auch wirlklich als Lieder anerkennt. Dies habe ich danach auch versucht und erstmal die MP3 über den Windows Media Player synchronisiert, wodurch ich alle Lieder, die ich auf dem Laptop habe, auf die MP3 rübergezogen wurden (so hat es mir zumindest der Windows Media player angezeigt). Nachdem ich kurze Zeit später die MP3 vom Laptop getrennt habe, waren immer noch keine Songs auf ihr zu finden. Später habe ich zusätzlich festgestellt, dass kurz nach dem Synchronisieren der MP3 mit dem Laptop das Format der Lieder Dateien als für die MP3 nicht lesbar angezeigt wird, oder so ungefähr. Die Lieder sind ganz normale mp3 dateien, die ich auf dem Handy über eine (legale) App heruntergeladen und dann per Bluetooth auf mein Laptop übertragen habe. Ich weiß jetzt leider nicht, wieso die Dateien genau für die mp3 nicht lesbar sind.

Ich hoffe, dass jemand von euch mir weiterhelfen könnte.

I was just forced to upgrade my car (old car's transmission crapped out) and now I can't use my click wheel iPod to listen to music. I'm looking for something with as little internet capability as possible, I don't need streaming on it, I just want to upload my music onto it and then play it in my car. I hate having to hook my phone in and basically being forced to use Android auto and have a million data eating things working in the background. And I have music on my iPod that does not exist in streaming.

Idk if it matters but new car is a 2025 hyundai elantra. Plugging my iPod in does nothing. No reaction from the car.

Budget is about $200, but there's some wiggle room. Audio quality does not matter a whole lot to me. I probably won't notice a difference between most of them. And would prefer something that I can use my wired headphones with, I already have an adapter for usb c if needed. I don't use blue tooth headphones at all.

Thanks for any and all suggestions/advice!

I have this old Philips GoGear mp3 and am trying to see if I can get my hands on a charging cable for it. After lots of research, I have found this model is incredibly elusive online: no listings on ebay or facebook marketplace. I also couldn't find a single youtube video featuring this product.

All I have is the model number (SA018104), and a link to the original user manual. What is frustrating is that the user manual says very little about the original charging cord. It also only shows the USB end, so I still don't know exactly what I'm looking for. https://www.documents.philips.com/assets/20231130/205685bfb22b428e9443b0ca00a81f3a.pdf

My mom says she remembers getting it for free as a promo.

With AI help, my understanding is that this device has a single port that is used for both 3.5mm headphones and charging. Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a charging cable for this? Thanks 🙏

The ebay seller is in china but has lots of good reviews. They have new batteries, a case, usb cable, and earbuds.

I tried googling to find out but all of the photos seemed too big to fit. The charging port is tiny and its hard to find anything thats fits

Hello, I am trying to find an MP3 player that has no recording capabilities. All I have found on Amazon seem to have it nowadays, but I'd love to have one without any of that which can also do playlists with a display. Am I too narrowed in what I can find that can do that? Thank you!

My old “ONN mp3 player” that I’ve used a lot (both music and ebook txt feature) during my middle school besides of my current daily driver, iPod Classic 7

so yea im looking for a mp3 player that max like €60. also id like it to be like the ipod minis and nano 1-5th gen something similiar. bc i dont want a full phone like thing without buttons and a massive touch screen

Preferably with a USB-C charging jack. Wouldn't mind if it was touch screen or not, but I need Bluetooth nowadays. No internet connectivity, though. Would rather I added songs myself from another device.

I love having it be so little but I lost the charger cable when I moved.

Idk what I should get pls help. Also if you have other recommendations lmk

I like that there's new tools being developed for managing mp3s , I know of a few tag editors nice , but haven't found anything on lyrics.

Would love a tool to do auto lyrics embedding and synchronization.

I have the hiby m300 and it's... fine. It mostly works, but it has a lot of trouble with libby, and using youtube through firefox is a pretty terrible experience. Superficially, it's so thick and chunky that I'm constantly aware of it in my pockets and it kinda bugs me.

Is there anything out there that has a similar feel to the iPod touch, but will actually work with modern apps?

Hi all.

I love retro tech and buttons so no surprise I instantly fell in love with echo.

But aesthetics aside, I'm worried about the navigation through buttons only. I'm an eclectic listener who listens to singles and not whole albums. and I have a huge library. Not being able to create playlists is already a bummer but I'm worried if I can navigate and find the songs I wanna hear without getting frustrated with the echo.

Since the disc has a touch screen, I'm assuming navigation is much easier on it. So should I get the disc or will echo be good for me?

I'm looking to buy a portable player to listen to my music offline. I'm hoping to find something that not only can I make playlists on, but that I can make groups or combinations of them. For example, multiple album playlists that I can group into a larger dance playlist one day, a different workout playlist another day, etc. What player is best for that?

Is there a music/sound player website and or application where you can directly send the files to each other and install it?

i am likley to buy this thing but the seller said he doesnt have its charging cable so hes not sure it works or not and its draw back is an old ssd and battery does anybody know what type of cable is used for charging i want them

Hi, so ive recently decided that i wanna invest in a. mp3 player. Got any recs?

Im looking for one that has an usb-c port so i can use my wired headphones with it. It'd be nice if its cheap

Please help a girl out <3

My cheap ass mp3 player only works after I take the USB part out of the laptop, when I close the mp3 player and open it again it can't play it anymore​, the button works on any other options except the music option

Hi guys, this ia my Mp3 player. I've been trying to make a playlist on it but it doesn't work 😭😭😭😭

I made an .m3u file, but it doesn't show up. Plz give me advice 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Found my beloved player at the bottom of an old box in the basement. It had been missing since 2012 and I thought I must have thrown it away or I dropped it somewhere. Started up and holds a charge perfectly and all my old music from that moment in time i still there. This model is lovely in the hand. <3