Playlist on go gear vibe

Using Windows Media Player 11 ?

1. Have WMP11 always on top for "drag and drop" usage
Right click in the head of the WMP11 page: in Tools > Options... > Player : select "Keep the player on top ..."
Restore Down the size of the WMP11 screen and adjust the size on the
edge(s) as you require for your screen.
2. in [Library] mode: under Playlists "Create Playlist" e.g. "My Playlist"
and Enter: "My Playlist" is added on the right screen side.
3. Open your music maps and ad songs by drag and drop method
onto the right saying "Drag items here"
4. when ready adding songs in [Library] mode: "Save Playlist"
5. in [Sync] mode drag e.g. "My Playlist" under the connected device
and "Start Sync": wait until al files have synchronized: a message
will show up when you can disconnect the player.

This worked for me. Thanks to Clark Hilterman!!
source page: http://www.hilterman.com/clark/gogear_vibe_playlist.php
it seems there is a menu option on the gogear vibe that lets you choose your "pc connection preference". this, from the factory, was set for mtc with the description saying that it could not transfer protected files. so i browsed to the other option, mtp, which said it could transfer protected content. plugged the unit back in, windows re-installed it as a mtp device, deleted all of the files, and synced once again. this time the playlists transferred with no problems at all.

step by step

• turn on mp3 player while unplugged
• browse to settings
• select pc connection preference
• choose mtp
• connect the device and let windows install it
• re-sync your music playlists