Hi Ann, Can you test the file on another machine--maybe your computer? Or can you try another file on the BP? The time/pause compression shouldn't make a difference--it always works fine for me. Good luck in isolating the problem. Angie On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 20:52:11 -0500, annmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >Yes, all of the music I have transferred thus far have been in >stereo. This is a voice mp3: not music. Would that make a >difference? Text files with the dt still play on both sides so I know it >is not a faulty headphone. > Oh, this particular file had the time and pause compression >checked. Could that have made a difference?