SMPV100 (unless you’ve changed the name) regardless of how it was formatted. What
we now need to do is reformat it with a compatible system. So point to the device and
right click. Then select ‘Format’ from the drop down list. Click, and you will get a pop-
up box like this: Now select the correct ‘File System’ from the drop-down list which
has to be FAT32. If your select ‘NTFS’ or ‘exFAT’ it will not work. You can change the
name of the Player by typing a new one in the box marked ‘Volume Label’ if you wish,
or just leave it alone. Then press start and the format process will complete. Once
done, simply ‘drag and drop’ or ‘cut and paste’ your selected files across to the player.
Power down the player. Remove the USB cable to the player and computer. Switch
the power on and your tunes should play.
Apple iOS MAC users
Power down the player. Plug in your USB cable to the player and computer. Then
switch the power on. (You may see a new device called SMPV100 appear on your
desktop –you don’t need to do anything with it) You now have to launch the ‘Disk
Utility’ which you will find in the ‘Utilities’ section of ‘Applications’. When this opens
you will see a list of drives on the left. Choose SMPV100 and then click on the ‘Erase’
option from the action buttons. This gives you access to formatting the Music Player,
but you must use the correct format. ‘Disk Utility’ automatically chooses ‘OS X
Extended’ – this will not work, as the music player is not an Apple manufactured
device. You need to click on ‘Formatting Options’. Select ‘MS-DOS (FAT)’. Please note:
‘ExFAT’ or ‘OS X’ will not work. You can change the name of the drive if you wish from
SMPV100 –it won’t affect anything. Finally, click on ‘Erase’. Once complete you can
copy your files to the SMPV100 device. Power down the player. Remove the USB cable
to the player and computer. Switch the power on and your tunes should play.
Apple users:
Deleting existing files
The Simple Music Player looks and plays all the compatible files it finds on its internal memory
regardless of which directory or folder they are in.
Apple iOS doesn't actually delete files when you press the 'delete' key, but creates a hidden
sub-folder called '.trash' or '.trash-1000' and simply moves them into that folder. Whilst you
can't see the files, they still exist and so the music player will find them and play them.
There are two choices:
1) empty the .trash folder. There is information how to do this
here www.thexlab.com/faqs/trash.html#Anchor-Force-11481 for example.
2) (***** Preferred *****) reformat the Simple Music Player memory card (this will delete
everything on the Simple Music Player) and then drag and drop the music you want back
onto it again.
