Sansa E270 and MicrosSD Problem

[yogi1215]

I am having problems getting my E270 to read a 4gig Micro SD.
My sansa is version 01.02.18A and I am running Rockbox 3.0.
The Sansa does recognize a 2 gig micro SD, but I have 2 new 4 gig Sansa Micro SD's that shows up as a Micro SD, but it doesn't show the contents of the chip.  Also the 4 gig do work in my Sansa Express.  Any help will be appreciated.  I can load the 4 gig through the Sansa express and the Express does read it and play the songs, however  the Sansa E270 does not see it.  Do I need to load the 4 gig with a card reader?

Thanks

[Chronon]

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SansaFAQ#Which_microSD_cards_can_I_use

Since this isn't an installation question, please don't post it in the installation forum.

[ThaCrip]

@ OP... i was told that the Sansa e200 series cant read past 2GB with it's own firmware... so in other words all MicroSDHC cards (which i think are larger than 2GB) wont be able to transfer data to and from them with the original sansa firmware.

so you have 2 options...

1.get a card reader

or...

2.transfer files to the internet memory of your e270 and then using Rockbox itself you can then transfer files to the 4GB MicroSDHC card.

good luck

[silverfox]

Hi,

With my Sansa E270, the 6gb one, version 1 - I have sucessfully used an 8GB micro SDHC and am now using a 16 GB microSDHC card with no problems. Both cards are from Sandisk, and I believe both are the high speed variety.

So get the best even if it costs more and its worth it.
I just wish the database was better, and showed proper trees as Sandisk do for the artists. Once you get to 24gb it gets annoying.

Regards

Mike

[Llorean]

What do you mean, exactly, by "proper trees"?

[silverfox]

Apologies for any confusion, To the original question, I'm using a 16GB micro SDHC + Rockbox to read the files.
To install music you need a card reader and a PC to copy music on to the 16GB and then use Rockbox to play them.

Trees, apologies I should have said folders. Sandisk shows each Artist as a folder, then a sub folder for each album, this is how I sort them in  Windows and copy them across.
When I use Rockbox to play them, the artist of each track seems to be in the root folder - if its part of a compilation album/folder.  Most other albums/artists seem OK, its just that I have quite a few compilations.
Maybe its the tag its reading and I've got it wrong?
Mike

[Llorean]

"Database" IS just tag reading. The "Files" option shows how you've organized the folders. This is covered in the manual.