Cannot open my M4204-A

My Thomson 6728 keeps showing ! Profiling requires 20MB free space Shutting Down

maybe its because there is no more space or you used all of your memory

Hi,You just need more space on your player. Just connect to your computer, back up files, then delete enough to leave 20mb. Hope this helps! Oh and for all the support for the M4304 visit this page:http://www.rcaaudiovideo.com/product.aspx?product=420

the data may contain virus. backup the data and format the memory and restore the data.

Restoring RCA M4304A Recorder Firmware

Symtom: recorder shows OPAL splash screen, then shows "profiling requires20mb of free space, shutting down" and then shuts down. Recorder cannot be accessed by windows or the RCA easyrip software.

Solution: Use the firmware update found here: http://www.voxxsupport.com/images/downloads/OPAL_066F_85A4_85A5_0_1140_SIG.EXE

This update needs to be ran on an xp computer running 32 bitOS. It was tested in a Win 7 64bitmachine and proven to not work.

Necessary steps taken to get the firmware to properlyrestore were as follows:

1. Hold in the power (menu) button for 10 seconds(the splash screen will show and it will give the error message, ignore it)

2. While still holding the power button, press theplay/pause button and hold down.

3. Release the power button while still holdingdown the play/pause button and wait 5 seconds.

4. While still holding the play/pause button plugin the usb cable to the recorder. Continue to hold the play/pause button foranother 5 seconds after plugging the cable in.

5. Release the play pause button then launch theEXE for the firmware update. Minimize the instruction screen so you can see thefull update screen.

6. Leave the format checkbox checked (check it ifit isn't checked) formatting is crucial to this working.

7. Once the status in the update window changesfrom initializing to ready click start to update the recorder. It will go through formatting, then updating.

8. Once the status shows complete disconnect therecorder and with any luck the recorder is usable again. The media files will obviously have to bereloaded, but the recording is functional at least.

it says profiling requires 20mb free space

You are limited on how you can format the device without using command line parameters, but I assure you that needing to format the device is highly unlikely. The device needs a certain amount of available space to profile and create the database (stores the metadata about the media you have on the device to display it on the device). Try removing some media so that you have at least 50MB of free space (to be sure you have enough space available).

If this problem persists, then there is likely a file on the device that is corrupting the player or the flash itself has gotten corrupt, but based on the message you are being displayed, this too is unlikely.

Make sure you have 20MB of free space available on your device. You can do this by opening "My Computer" and right-clicking on the drive letter associated with your mp3 player and select properties. Remove media until you have at least 20MB of free space available.

when its on it stays at Initializing

dont know sorry!