Have a little pity for the technologically incompetent

[tessa]

Ok guys,
I know you will all sigh with frustration when you read this post, bc its a really simple stupid question. Sorry, I will willingly admit that I am the most un-knowledgeable person in the world (possibly the universe) when it comes to computers and electronics.

A friend has just given me their MP3 player (the iaudio x5) which is running rockbox. I would like to put music on it from my comp, but not delete any of theirs. Do i need to download any software for my computer, or jst plug the player in and see what happens?

Simple simple instructions would be wonderful. Thanks in advance!

[xlarge]

If you just plug it in to your computer via a usb-port it's going to show up as an ordinary hard-drive.

Then just copy your music onto the new IAUDIO drive as you would to any other media like harddrive or floppy disk or usb pen memory.

[bascule]

...just plug the player in and see what happens?

You got it!

Connect using USB, create a new folder at the top level (i.e., E:\tessa and drag 'n' drop your music into it.

If your friend is using Tag Cache (ask him/her, it's easier than explaining it here ) then you will also need to update the database in order to view your music (Menu>General Settings>File View>Tag Cache>Update Now), otherwise just browse into your folder and voilá!

EDIT: Bother, too slow... xlarge beat me to it

[tessa]

cheers guys, you know how to make a gal happy  

[scorche]

You might not want to say that in a forum predominated by nerds  

[bascule]

Hey, I resemble resent that remark!

[mikeage]

Hey, I resemble resent that remark!

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[Yotto]

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Just to prove Scorche's point.

[mikeage]

I can save you a keystroke if you do:

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Just to prove Scorche's point.

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I also left off a ^H, but who's counting...

[bascule]

I can save you a keystroke if you do:

s`\[s\](resemble)\[/s\]`$1\^H\^H\^H\^H\^H\^H\^H`

Just to prove Scorche's point.

True, but not all regex engines support the use of an arbitrary delimiter.

I also left off a ^H, but who's counting...

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