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Date:	Wed, 1 Jun 2005 23:01:17 PDT7
From:	"Michael Rakijas" <mrakijas@adelphia.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Urgent USB device (Key drive-like MP3 player) help needed

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Hi folks. I got myself in a bind and I could use your help. My daughter's
machine has been the guinea pig machine for eCS 1.2 and things have been
generally good. This is the only machine in the house with (enabled) USB bu=
t
it seems to work okay in that it recognizes a USB key drive (a no-name 64 MB
unit) with no problem (basic package installed and USBMSD.ADD enabled).

I have an MP3 player of my own, a Creative Nomad Muvo 64MB that is a cute
little unit. It's a package that splits into two when you slide one piece
(that looks like a USB key drive with a type A connector and a few controls =
on
it) out of the other (the part with the battery and presumably the MP3 playi=
ng
processor). You connect the USB key drive part to the USB connector on the
computer. To the computer, it looks just like a key drive type mass storage
device. I had to upgrade the basic USB package with the eCS downloadable
update (usb10145.zip) to get it to be recognized by eCS but once I did that,=
it
looked to work just fine. I got this unit partly because part of Creative's
feature list is "Drag and drop your MP3/WMAs and files straight onto the NOM=
AD=AE
MuVo. No cables or software are required!" (direct quote from the web page U=
RL,
see below). Also, as a 64MB unit, if was fairly cheap so if it didn't work
with eCS, I wasn't out too much money.

Soon, my daughter wanted a player too. She saved up her babysitting money a=
nd
asked me for help in buying one that was compatible with the USB capability
with her machine. We settled on a Creative unit (having already returned an
iRiver model that claim similar features but really required a Windows devic=
e
driver), a 1 GB N200 because it seemed to work the same way and claimed that=
no
special software needed. This wasn't a two part design like mine. It had a
type A to type B cable with the type B connector plugging into the unit. Th=
e
bottom line is that it is not recognized by either "Refresh removables" prog=
ram
object or the USB device monitor which recognizes the other two. The standa=
rd
key drive works, and my Creative Nomad Muvo 64MB does too but the Creative N=
200
(the new unit, see URL at bottom) does not.

Is there anything I can do to get it to work? It seems like it really shoul=
d
work like the one I've already got. I need to know whether to return the un=
it
or not. This unit is $130 of hard earned babysitting money (there'll be a $=
20
rebate if we can get it to work) so spending the money and winding up with
nothing is not an option. The kid grumbles enough being kept away from Wind=
ows
- please help me save eCS/OS/2's reputation. All suggestions are welcomed.
Thanks to all.

-Rocky

Old product URL: http://www.nomadworld.com/products/MuVo/
New product URL:
http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=3D213&subcategory=3D21=
5&product=3D10737

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