On my MP3 player the start up screen Every moment has its music appears but does not advance. How do I reset so it will advance and play my music?

Hi,

The Format Error will get displayed in the Walkman Player when the unit is Formatted using the format utility in windows explorer or with other internal malfunction.
To resolve the issue, try resetting and then perform the Formatting the In-built Memory option in the Walkman player.
To reset the Walkman, press the RESET button near the USB Jack for more than 1 second with a thin instrument such as a paper clip.
If the issue persists, FORMAT the Walkman.
To FORMAT the Walkman, press and hold the MENU button in Stop mode until the SEARCH Menu appears.
Then, use the control Jog to select Advanced Menu and press > VOL to confirm.
Again, use the control jog to select FORMAT and press > VOL to confirm.
Now, select OK and press > VOL to confirm.
Formatting appears and starts formatting the Walkman.
When the Formatting complete, COMPLETE appears.
Press the > VOL button to return back to the playback screen.

After Formatting, download the MP3 File Manager Application to transfer the songs from the Computer to the Walkman.
This will resolve the issue.

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Format the Walkman then re-transfer musics to the player. Always ensure that the Walkman shouldn't be disconnected while transferring music.

Follow the steps given below to format the player:

Press and hold the Home button in stop mode until the Home screen appears.
Press the |<</>>| button to select the Menu and press the start/stop button to confirm.
Press the |<</>>| button to select "Advanced Menu" and press the start/stop button to confirm.
Press the |<</>>| button to select "Initialize" and press the start/stop button to confirm.
Press the |<</>>| button to select "Format" and press the start/stop button to confirm.
Press the |<</>>| button to select "OK" and press the start/stop button to confirm.
"Formatting..." appears and formatting starts. When formatting is complete, "COMPLETE" appears.


If the issue persists then service will be required.

How to reset iPod Nano if it is not responding or frozen.
Hold down the Center and Menu buttons simultaneously. The screen will start to melt away. Then you will see the Apple appear on the screen.

The iPod has been reset sucessfully.
Music files should still be saved, but some customized settings may be lost.

If that doesn’t fix your problem, try a hard reset by holding down Menu and Play/Pause simultaneously for about 10 seconds. A hard reset will clean all data off the unit.

THE SYNC FEATURE DOES NOT WORK ON ALL PLAYERS! WHEN YOU PLUG IN YOUR MP3 A SCREEN SHOULD APPEAR... OPEN THE PLAYER... CLICK MUSIC AND YOU SHOULD GET A BLANK SCREEN OPEN SONG FOLDER WINDOW AND DRAG SONGS TO MUSIC WINDOW ON PLAYER. MAKE SURE UNIT IS ON .THIS SHOULD WORK FOR YA!

What model is it?
There should a reset pin hole

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Try doing a hard reset on a Sansa m250:

1. Turn off the Sansa. Just pull the battery out for a second.
2. Plug the Sansa into a computer, and open "My Documents" in the computer.
3. Open the Sansa file as if it were a drive, then go to the "MUSIC Specific storage" file.
4. Right click the "MUSIC Specific storage" file, and press "Format."

This should hard reset the Sansa m250. I do not know if this will work on other Sansa m200 type .mp3 players. You can start over with your playlists. This has worked for me.

hard drive sounds bad. has it been dropped?
try to do a cleanup

1. Detach the Zen player from your PC , and ensure that the Zen Sleek is turned off.

2. Connect the power supply to the player.
3. Hold down the Play/Pause button while inserting a paper clip into the Reset hole
underneath your player, beside the data/power connector. Keep on holding the
Play/Pause button while you release the Reset button. The Rescue Mode screen will
then appear.
4. After the recovery mode has started, release the Play/Pause button

It will display the following options.
Clean Up Scans the player and removes invalid links from its music library.
Does not affect music files themselves.
Format (All) Caution! Erases all content!
Save a copy of your player's content before formatting.
Reload OS/ Firmware Caution! Erases your player's firmware.
DO NOT select the Reload Firmware option unless you have access to a PC and you have downloaded the necessary firmware to install.
Reboot Reboots the device.

If your listening to your mp3 player on the computer, then you can't delete any songs. Exit out of the music player and then delete all of your songs.

Firstly, try "re-setting" the Z5 (ie micro switch) first. If this doesn't resolve, then firstly save a backup of all your files...then use the 'format' function (ie open My Computer, then open the YP-Z5 folder, then look for the Format function), which will clean out your entire memory, including hidden files. Then download the latest firmware update from Samsung website (download centre/mp3) and save newest firmware onto your Z5. Always update your Z5 with latest firmware (appropriate with your Windows OS). Good luck.