Cannot detect my 4gb Micro SDHC

[MarcGuay]

It means "hold it" instead of "press it". 

[robin0800]

I think investing in a sandisk card reader is a better bet.

I bought an 8Gb SHDC which came with one of these readers and works fine.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-memory-microSDHC-MobileMate-Reader/dp/B000WH6H1M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1215527523&sr=1-1

just imagine transferring 2Gb at a time no thanks.

[JEJ]

I read several topics regarding micrsd cards but none explained how to do this, so here I go again.

"Hold it" vs "press it" do not tell me much. Would you please care to ellaborate on this topic? I can't afford a card reader.

[Llorean]

"it" is the select button. I'm pretty sure the manual explains the context menu, also possibly called the "file" menu. Have you read the manual?

[JEJ]

Yes I read it I just didn't memorize every single topic on it. Thanks for answering.

I am going to leave this information here in case someone else is searching how to use a microsd card without having to use an external reader to transfer the songs to the card.

The feature is indeed named "Long Select" and not "Long Click" as mentioned earlier. You go to Files, then highlight the directory you want to copy and do a "Long Select" (press and hold the select button). Some options appear that let you work with the files. In this case you might want to cut and copy the songs from the HD to the expansion card. In case you haven't changed the name of the folder to store the music, you will need to force the Sandisk to show all files before you see the MUSIC folder.

One question, does anyone know how long it takes to transfer 2 Gb from the HD to the microsd card? When I transfered the songs in the Sansa HD to the Hard Disk on my computer it took about 25 minutes.

[Llorean]

The point was you aren't expected to memorize it, but if you want to know how to do something you're expected to look for it in the manual first. I'm pretty sure simply searching for the "copy" function would've done that for you.

In fact the forum has specific guidelines saying you should reference the manual first.

[JEJ]

Ok I'll double check next time.

Does anyone know how long it takes to transfer 2 Gb from the HD to the microsd card? When I transfered the songs in the Sansa HD to the Hard Disk on my computer it took about 25 minutes.

[gevaerts]

Does anyone know how long it takes to transfer 2 Gb from the HD to the microsd card? When I transfered the songs in the Sansa HD to the Hard Disk on my computer it took about 25 minutes.

I think you'll get between 2 and 4 MB/second

[JEJ]

Ok my MicroSd card finally arrived and I transferred the files using RB's cut / paste function. It worked like clockwork and I didn't need to buy any aditional external reader.

One more advantage of Rockbox.

EDIT:
Ok so after playing around with the new files i noticed some were untagged and wanted to fix them using MP3tag, so I connected the Sansa to the computer in MSC mode and the Removable Drive shows up but when I click on it, it says "insert disk".

Is there anything else that needs to be done to access the card through the computer?

[(V)3@7Y]

Is there anything else that needs to be done to access the card through the computer?

It won't, the whole point of the copying and pasting was that your Sansa will not recognise the card in the OF, and subsequently will not/cannot read it in usb mode! use rockbox to copy all of your files back to the players flash memory, use your tagging software and then move them all back again! Tedious as it is, this is currently the only way to do it without a card reader!

[robin0800]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-SDDR-121-E11M-SANDISK-MOBILE-MICROMATE/dp/B000X24PB0/ref=pd_sbs_ce_11
 A reader by sandisk for just £4.25 in the uk
Still the best way to handle micro sdhc cards until the rockbox usb mass storage is sorted out IMHO.