Ahh, thank you. I didn't catch the part about the root playlist in the menu. The real dilemma, though, for me is that no actual music can be played on the player. The file names of the artists and albums are all there, but past that I get nothing. Also, when I tried hooking it up to the computer, the device is not recognized as an mp3 player and therefore I can't sync music to it. Windows media player and napster don't acknowledge the presence of a player.
The problem, I'm thinking, has to do with the fact that the database never finishes building itself.