MP4 Player shows as 'USB DEVICE' not 'ADFU SERVER DEVICE'

gregthomas02 · #1 (**permalink**) 17th Jun 2006, 7:55 am

Hello everyone,

I recently bought the Ipod Nano-Clone 4GB MP4 Player and decided to update the firmware as for some reason I was able to store 3000+ songs but it would only show as having 99 songs stored. I've obviously installed the wrong firmware and now cant get the player to switch on. I did a little trick I picked up (thanks to this website) that meant shorting a chip to get Windows to recognaise the player as a ADFU Server Device.

Now heres the problem...

Windows recognaises the player but as a USB Device that is not installed correctly and when I run the hardware wizard Windows cannot find any recommended drivers. The guy I bought the player from is an Ebay Seller and a Driver CD wasnt provided even though he claims that all his products come with one.

Any help given is greatly appreciated.

tadad1 · #2 (**permalink**) 17th Jun 2006, 6:45 pm

gregthomas02, Windows tends to remember what devices have been connected to what ports and will continue to install the same driver.Uninstall usb device driver and connect the player to PC on a different usb port.

Are you running XP 64bit as I am not sure of 64bit driver availability.

gregthomas02 · #3 (**permalink**) 18th Jun 2006, 2:07 am

Hi,
I uninstalled the driver and when I shorted the player it did appear as a new hardware but still as a USB DEVICE.

I am running Windows XP Pro 64 at the moment but I do have access to a 32-bit Windows XP so i'll give that a try and see what the outcome is. You'll probably be hearing from me very soon lol.

tadad1 · #4 (**permalink**) 18th Jun 2006, 2:33 am

gregthomas02, I look forward to your findings.

gregthomas02 · #5 (**permalink**) 18th Jun 2006, 12:03 pm

Hello all,
Good news. I managed to get Windows to notice it as a ADFU Service Device. This didnt work on my 64 bit XP Pro but worked on my 32 bit version.
The upgrade tool for the mp4 player also provides a win98 driver which also works with XP so I used the driver from there and it installed the needed drivers.
Now all I need is the correct firmware and to figure out why I cant have more than 99 songs.

Thanks for your help!

tadad1 · #6 (**permalink**) 18th Jun 2006, 4:56 pm

gregthomas02, I worked out how to manually install the driver it may work on XP 64. i have outlined the process in this post.

http://www.mympxplayer.com/viewtopic.php?p=3049#3049

Regarding your 99 songs the players have a folder maximum of 99 songs, so break your songs into folders of 99 or less and you should be able to read them all.

Cheers