Help NW-A3000 problem with Sonicstage

[nuld]

I have been using Sonicstage 3.3 and 3.4 to up/download music to my a3000, but tonight when i tried it came up with the following error;

Quote 'The connected ATRAC Audio Device cannot be used with the currently installedSonicstage.

To use with the currently installed SonicStage, you must delete all tracks in the ATRAC Audio Device or initialize the hard disk of the ATRAC Audio Device.

(Error Code: 000066a3)' Unquote

This is a disaster, my a3000 was running amazingly well using Sonicstage, now i will have to go back to Connect AAAAARRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH

[jof]

unbelievable

i was just about to take your previous advice reSS3.4 and now this !!!

AAAAArrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh !!!! WHY IS IT SO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nuld]

Yes, sorry about that, not so smug now am I...........

[Dalibertine]

Hi,

Am having exactley the same problem, but with NW-A1000. Someone please help. Can't transfer any music atall.

Also, when I try to use connect player, it isnt recognised at all.

Mason.

[Dinko]

Sadly it's the most annoying of Sony's software bugs.

SonicStage, for some reason, loses track of your player(s) and demands this authentification.

It's probably all part of Sony's digital rights management going seriously wrong.

If you have all the tracks on the computer, then just do what it asks and retransfer your tracks and playlists later.

For best results, I think you have to initialize on the device itself but I'm not 100% sure about this.

If you don't have the tracks on your computer, then:

- Create a folder on your computer hard drive (or choose an existing folder)

- Connect device to computer

- Close CONNECT and/or SonicStage

- Via Windows Explorer, locate device drive

- Browse the device via Windows Explorer to find all *.oma and *.omg files

- Copy all the *.oma and *.omg files from the device to the folder you created (or selected) on your computer

- Do what SonicStage asks you about deleting tracks from device

- Open SonicStage

- Through the import tracks menu in SonicStage, scan computer drive for *.oma and *.omg files

It's a pain in the back, and as with other Sony software, it's not guaranteed to work, but it's the only way I found to save the tracks off my NW-HD1 after SonicStage decided to give me that stupid error. I just can't remember if I initialized the HD1 on the player, or if I used SonicStage.

[EDIT]: I assumed above that your tracks in ATRAC (*.oma and *.omg) format. I have not tried this with mp3s or wma files so I don't know if transfering tracks from the device through Windows Explorer, then reimporting with SonicStage will work with mp3 or wma.

Edited February 16, 2006 by Dinko