I have a polaroid mp3 player 4GB PMP280C-4 i madea mistake and adjusted the brightness and noe the screen completely dark. how can i get it back to normal

3.53 is about right for 4gb. The marketing folks give the total memory count when they say 4gb, but when a computer counts it, it counts 1024 bytes as a kilobyte. So, a gb is not 1,000,000,000 bytes to the computer, it's 1,024,000,000. Multiply that out, and there's your missing bytes. Plus, the device uses a little bit of the space for its own housekeeping. Don't panic. You got what you paid for.

mini-SD card. Here is a 4gb one on amazon for $7.99 (your device can take up to an 8gb card but make sure you get a MINI SD and not a regular SD.
http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-microSDHC-Memory-SDC4-4GB/dp/B000VX6XL6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1298999885&sr=8-2

Here is a new one at Amazon.
I doubt you could get a technician to even look at a repair for $45.

www.amazon.com/Polaroid-4GB-Music-Video-Player/dp/B004JXTH30

It has the capacity to take an 8GB microSDcard, which they will sell you for another $12.

I could say, It's your Granddaughter, go ahead and order one now, you know you want to, but it's only to cover up my fear of how disposable everything is becoming.

I have 4gb music player by polaroid pmp120-4 and it wont allow me to access music from my computer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqN2if2ZQm0
fixed mine try it

every time i turn my polaroid touch 4 gb 280-4 it just goes to a white screen can any one tell me how to fix this thanks....

From the main menu of you mp3 player touch the lower right corner of the screen, then touch the lower left side of the screen, then press the lower middle section of the screen. Then press the lower left side of the screen again and then the lower middle screen. Then press the lower left side of the screen until the screen brightens. From there you should see your screen to further assist yourself...Your welcome(:

You can get the manual on the link below.

http://www.southerntelecom.com/polariodsupport/downloads/PMP280-4.pdf

Software on this link below.

http://software.informer.com/getfree-polaroid-pmp280c-4/

Good Luck

Just buy another mp3 player ******.

you dont need a driver. you got the driver w/installation cd.you need an icon(shortcut) on the desktop so you can find and start the program to convert or encode the vid files to the correct format.btw, on the box of mine it is "pmp280c-4". the problem is that when the setup disk installs the software it DOES NOT put the icon (shortcut) to the software on the desktop like it says it did or will! the software and device are ready but one cant find the program. i have win vista and i found the program with: start button on the taskbar (at the far left), click it and then click "all programs" and then look for "media player utilities 5.20". click that, and then right click "video converter" and then "point" to "send to" and then click "desktop (create shortcut)". this will do what the setup program did not do-it puts the shortcut on the desktop.