Alba 128mb mp3/wma player

The_One_2

Hey

I was recently given an Alba 128mb mp3/wma player as a present, but recently when i transfer tracks onto the mp3 and play them, the title displays in like chinese, even tho the language setting is english, i've had the mp3 player for over a month now, can anyone help ??

Darksun

What format are your MP3s tagged in? It might be that you have your MP3s tagged in ID3v2 and the MP3 player only supports ID3v1 - this was a problem with my old mp3 player. It's possible to convert the tags in Winamp, and there's some freeware out there for batch conversion

The_One_2

on the box it just says....ID3 tag support, doesnt say whether its version 1 or 2 ??

How can i find out if my tracks are ID3v1 or ID3v2 ?

and...what software would you recommend??


Thanks

-TangleFoot-

The_One wrote:

what software would you recommend??

You might find something of use at Snapfiles.com; ID3-TagIT, for example.

The_One_2

i dont think it can be the tagging thing, because about 2 weeks ago i was able 2 just play any type of mp3 then i tried compressing them, and since, the LCD displays in chinese even when i dont compress them anymore

r2mahara

This is a well known problem with these types of players - the same thing happened to me once.

You have to switch the display back to English - it's in one of the options - but of course it's difficult to find since it's in chinese!

I messed around with mine and managed to change it back - if you have the manual - it will tell you just how to get to the language changer.

If you have a friend who reads chinese - even better