NW-A1000 Minor problem

[Balexx]

Hi this is my first post here so before anything i would just like to say hello to everyone that reads this post.

Well i got my NW-A1000 for christmas, And i think its a great mp3 player. Well after the initial Connect teething problems, i finnaly got used to it and copyed several albums to the player. So after they have transsfered i unpluged the player and began to listen to the tracks. I immediatly noticed a few minor track skips during most of the tracks, these arnt large track skips, most of them lasting a fraction of a second, but after a while it started to get a tad annoying. I checked all of the tracks on my pc and none of them skipped, so something must have gone wrong during the transferring.

Im just wondering if this has happen to any of you and if there is a solution to it.

P.S The tracks that i downloaded of Connect down skip at all.

[Balexx]

Ive also just noticed that OMA files on the PC also skip so there must be something going wrong during the transfering.

[Ascariss]

Odd, indeed. Can you do me a favour and check what quality the files are on the player.

When playing a song, press the option button, then press the up arrow twice and select information, does it say mp3 there?

[Balexx]

it says Atrac 64kpbs

But the ones that dont skip say Atrac3 132kbps.

EDIT

I just noticed that all the MP3 files dont skip, and it is only the converted WMA files that skip.

Edited December 27, 2005 by Balexx

[Ascariss]

There is your problem.

atrac 64 isn't skipping, it's jus the quality of the file is really low.

I recommend doing the wma update via firmware, the info can be found in the news area. Once you have that done, no more wma files will be converted to atrac.

[Balexx]

Doeas that mean i will have to delete all the files off the walkman then add them on again?

[Ascariss]

Depends, if you want a higher bitrate that is the only method of getting the new files on.

I wouldn't recommend using atrac, unless you have all your mp3s already converted to atrac.

First update the firmware, remember to have the unit fully charged before you upgrade. Once you upgrade the firmware, check to see if it has been upgraded. If you want to re add the songs, yes you will have to delete the atrac files off the player.

[Balexx]

Can i just press the reset button to delete all the files of at once?

[Ascariss]

No, you have to go to the main menu, then settings, then find the option, initialize disk, click that. that will erase all the songs, but will keep your settings and firmware untouched.

[Balexx]

cheers for the help dude.

I just succesfully transfered all my music skip free in just under two hours. So a big thanks to you for the help.

Your a star.

Edited December 27, 2005 by Balexx