My sony walkman (NWZ-A816)keeps saying No songs available for playback.Please connect to compliant software or device and transfer songs but i have loads of songs on it please help!!

Hi,

This issue may occur if the license for the track you are trying to play has expired on the device. If you currently subscribe to a music subscription service, connect the device and sign into the account to refresh your license to allow for playback. You may need to do this once during each billing period to listen to the subscription music you have transferred. If you are no longer a subscriber to the service where you downloaded the file from, you can delete the song from your portable player to prevent this error from occurring each time you try to play the song back.
If the issue happens with all the songs in the Player, format the Player and transfer the songs again using the Software or by dragging using the Windows Explorer.

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I have several questions.

1. Is this the first time that you have added videos/media to the player?

2. Are you trying to view these through a playlist or through the "Video" menu?

3. Are you using WMP and if so what version?

4. Did you sync several videos at once?

5. How did you add the videos to the player?

You can choose Common Settings --> Format

This should delete all your music & video, but after that you can copy back and enjoy. This works for me.

i have just reset my mp3 and its fine now but it was also stuck couldnt turn on or charge

Once you have added files in one mode, those files cant be changed in the other. Solve your MP3 Player Connection Problem.
See my tip posted here about this problem. Now Sony has 2 programs on their site for the walkman. One is called "Content Transfer" the other is called "Media Manager for Walkman" Check out these programs see if they help. Lastly, on the back of the player Is a small hole the tip of a paper clip will fit into to reset the player, try that if all else fails.

Hi There !!

When you say need software for Sony NWZ A816. I have a link for downloading the drivers. That contains the Media Manager for the device, Firmware and Sony Applications.. Choose either one..

Link is given below..

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=NWZA816

Please revert for further clarifications.

just use limewire to get songs u want then you can use windows media player to delete or put songs

i cannot connet my sony to my computer to download music from the net,when i set it up screen on the sony says connecting but does not

check that the file you are using is formatted for the walkman ....ie mp3 ...


also for 2nd one...open walkman folder when connected to usb and add the music/video folde as required

which software did you use to transfer files and to which folder did you put them in??