neongod

Ok, I've upgraded my PC and now I have the possibility to connect my NW A3000 directly to the PC through a USB port (port, not hub!) and the result is the same as the old PC: "The connection between the device and the computer is unstable" This is simply absurd, what have I to do to make my NW A 3000 work properly under Vista/Sonic Stage 4.3?

Yes it's exactly my same advice I understand that new SonicStage 4.3 doesn't like USB HUBs and want only direct connections, but programmers should understand that they can't decide what is more confortable for the single user... this is a limitation of the software and I am incline to consider it like a bug... the super-hated Sony Connect Player that has been abandoned in favor of SonicStage was much more functional for this aspect... I hope they will fix it in future revisions, or I have to wait since I change my MoBo with a newer one with more usb ports on the back...

Mine can be powerd at will, I have tryed but nothing changed... I think I will wait this summer when finally I'll change my system, so I'll have more usb ports directly on the MoBo... until the I will use NW-A3000 under XP SP2 on the second partition....

Tryed to install the last version of Connect Player under XP SP2 and it works normally WITH NW-A3000 CONNECTED ON THE USB HUB. So, now is sure: it's a SonicStage problem, there's no trick to make it accept my hub? I haven't enough usb ports for all my peripherals...

Ok I understand, but I have an Old DFI Ultra B with nForce 2 and there's only 4 USB ports on the back panel, so I use the USB HUB because I need it: I have a scanner, a printer and the mouse/keyboard, so it remains only 1 usb port, but I have the NW-A3000 and a cell phone and it's not confortable to change usb every time I want to use MP3 or cell with the PC... There's no way to make SonicStage accept the USB HUB the way Sony Connect did before?

ok I've tryed and it hasn't worked. But there's more: on my PC I have a double installation (XP SP2 and Vista), I've tryed SonicStage 4.3 also under XP and gives me the same advice: the connection between PC and NW A3000 is not stable, and refuse to see the NW. One then could think it's a hardware problem, but the point is: with this same PC and with the same USB Hub, with Sony Connect under XP SP2 I HAVE NO PROBLEM with the USB connection... so I'm still convinced there must be some kind of SonicStage problem, but don't understand what kind of problem...

This is your idea, instead I think it's a SonicStage problem, not a Vista problem... afterall all everything else I have with a USB connection works properly under Vista, only NW-A3000 has this strange problem...

Sorry but i don't understand: what exactly do you mean with "Re-Read the blog entry"?

That's not a solution... I don't want to go back to XP SP2... But this is only a momentary problem that will be solved with furter versions of SonicStage or it's a definitve problem? Or in other words: it's a problem of Vista or is a problem of SonicStage?

Ok, I understand but... what have I to do? I can't use no longer Sony Connect under Vista and SonicStage 4.3 has old USB driver for Vista... so?

Hi all. I've upgraded from XP SP2 to Vista Ultimate a week ago, and I've waited for SonicStage CP 4.3. I have a NW-A3000 20Gb with firmware 3.00 and under XP SP2 I've always worked with Sony Connect 1.0.04.16100 without a problem. The problem is that SonicStage tells me that USB connection is not stable and don't see the NW-A3000. I utilize a Trust USB Hub THE SAME I USED under XP SP2 and Sony Connect, so why SonicStage doesn't like it anymore? I've tryed to connect NW-A3000 directly onboard, without the hub, but the result is the same, SonicStage tells me I have a bad USB connection... so what have I to do to trasfer my music under Vista & SonicStage?