[iyonix-support] Re: MP 3 Player - Error Message

  • From: Dave Higton <davehigton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:46:48 GMT

In message <22c5736c4f.MThompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Matthew Thompson <mt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Following on from my previous posting (thanks to all who contributed 
> to that) I have been loaned an MP3 player to see if it works OK or 
> not, in theory it sounds perfect, it is a Sony NWD-B103 1GB capacity 
> MP3 Player, it has no windows software with it or anything fancy, just 
> appears to be pretty much the same as my Packard Bell audio key.
> 
> I looked on the internet for information about this player and it says 
> requires no software and works by simply dragging and dropping files ! 
> sounds good I thought so i've just plugged it in to the Iyonix, 
> waiting and hoping, the Iconbar icon popped up for the device, yes it 
> works I thought , then I double clicked on the icon and was presented 
> with the following message -
> 
> "Bad block size - must be 256/512/1024"
> 
> In other words it doesn't work, but can it be made to work ? I seem to 
> recall something about formatting a drive like this to make it work on 
> RISC OS, did I imagine that ? or is it simply not going to work? i'm 
> suprised it didn't as I thought it would , is the capacity too big ?

At 1 GB, it can't be too big.

Did you plug it directly into the Iyonix or via a hub?

Dave
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