topic Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ?? in PCs & Accessories

DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

kodeone — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:15:35 GMT

ok...i downloaded and installed the firmware update and the vaio music transfer update without a problem.
the sonic stage update said it was corrupted and please obtain another one.
so i restarted my pc........
then connected the vaio pocket to my pc again and music transfer software says "DEVICE NOT FOUND" please connect a target device.:smileycry:

ive restarted the pc obviously and turned off and back on the vaio pocket to no avail.

any help on sorting this problem would be much appreciated as i only got it today and would like to be able to transfer some files onto it.

thanks in advance for your time.....

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

chris_lewis — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:38:15 GMT

Have you pressed the reset button? (use a small paper clip/pin)

This will reinitialise the player and should be fine.

C

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

kodeone — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:56:39 GMT

ok chris.
thanks for that but ive pressed the reset button and set the date / time etc again but it still says the same "DEVICE NOT FOUND"..........
has anyone got any more suggestions ?

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

kodeone — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:13:55 GMT

a little more info..........

i have just discovered that in explorer the vaio pocket is actually there as a drive....so it is connected.
however...the music transfer software still says device not connected.

can i drag and drop mp3 files straight onto the drive now i have the firmware update ?

i would still like to fix the problem but if i can drag files straight over then at least thats someting.

any help is much appreciated

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

kodeone — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:44:21 GMT

ok.......ITS FIXED.

sonic stage update finally installed on the 3rd attempt.

this seems to have fixed the problem with the music transfer software too so im an happy chappy now.:smileygrin:

peace all.

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

chris_lewis — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:33:15 GMT

Enjoy your music!

Once you have all your CD's ripped, take a backup using the backup tool in the start menu under Sonic Stage, It may come in useful some day!

C

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

seb21__ — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:09:03 GMT

The problem with the backup is. It's useless with albums which you have bought by Connect. You will lose your rights after a complete system restore.

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

chris_lewis — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:19:50 GMT

True Seb!

I Buy CD's anyway rather than DL as you can choose which bitrate you want to record in!

If you cant get what you want on CD then DL,

Can you burn Connect tracks to a CD in .WAV for use in a standard CD player?

C

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

seb21__ — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:25:06 GMT

Yep, You can burn it as Audio CD. Works fine in my Yamaha player. LOL may first CD with CD-text which I can read with my CD-player. And it's no problem to ripp this CD again. As if this a original CD. The problem is the quality. 132kBit/s is not enough for HIFI in my opinion.

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

seb21__ — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:33:55 GMT

What do you means with DL?[:">]

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

kodeone — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:37:26 GMT

ok im back..............
thanks for the back up advice chris.

i have another problem now...

why wont my album covers show up ??
they were in the folders when i dragged the whole folder over.

have i done something wrong doing that ?
do they have to be named the same as the alnum or something.....they were all called cover.jpg ?

as allways your help is much appreciated.
cheers.

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

chris_lewis — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:44:06 GMT

Seb, DL = Download

I have always attached cover art manually to each album, in the albums view you can drag the art from the file in your PC directly to the box in SS, or if you view all tracks then play the track you want to assign the art to, you can drag the art to the spinning cover box.

You may need to re-transfer your music to update all the info properly.

SS is a pain initially, but once you know its little weird bits it works really well, imo anyway.

C

Re: DEVICE NOT FOUND AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE ??

ChrisMussen — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:52:28 GMT

Hi folks,

I have encountered the exact same problem. Have reinstalled the original software and firmware updates twice and still get the "Device not Found" message even though the Vaio screen shows it is connected and the device appears in My Computer and the device manager says that it is working properly.

What Now?

Any constructive help would be very much appreciated.

Chris