Does anyone have the recipe for using the Sansa Clip with Windows 2000? I have no problem getting it to connect to the XP and Vista machines here, but my daughter has a 2K laptop, and I wanted to give her one of these for Christmas. I can’t seem to get it to be recognized properly on the 2K machine. It comes up as something like an M350 (don’t have the machine here) and the file listing doesn’t work properly. I see another thread where someone actually got this working, I’d love to know how. 
The anything but ipod site had a comment that the Clip was recognized as a 300 (350) level device on one writers computer. Sounds like you are experiencing the same thing. I’d try to load music, etc and see if it works as a series #350 Sansa I think your all set already, Jim
Actually, that didn’t work, but I downloaded MediaMonkey and it seems to be able to load songs under 2K. It also appears to change the look of the unit, since after using it there, WMP 11 under XP or Vista no longer recognizes that anything is on the unit! It sees that memory is used, but it’s invisible as to what’s using it. I can access it in that mode as a disk under XP and manually change stuff.
I may have to live with it this way, though it would be nicer if it were compatible with XP/Vista modes of operation.
i use winamp instead of windows player…i wonder what diff this makes
I’ll have to check what WinAmp sees with the unit plugged in on both XP and 2K, might be an interesting test.
John, try bringing your clip up to the latest firmware version, then forcing MSC mode. Then you should be able to drag and drop music into it like it was a removable drive. I think with XP/Vista it auto-selects MTP mode, and the way I understand it, songs placed on it under MTP mode will not show up under MSC mode, and vice versa.
I have a Win2k machine at home, so I’ll experiment tonight.
Correct.
If Using the clip between “MTP capable” OS (WinXP, Vista) computers and Non-MTP (Win 2000, Linux, MAC), its advised to use the MSC mode.
In MTP mode the device uses its own database and filesystem. In MSC mode the PC controls the filesystem.
Therefore files placed on the device in MTP mode are not apparent to the MSC mode PC.
The downside is all DRM content needs to be transferred in MTP mode to play. If you use MSC mode you wont be able to use subscription-based services like Rhapsody.
I couldn’t see how WinAmp would do anything for me, so I’m back to the standard MSC mode. I don’t need it to do subscription services, all she wants to do is put ripped CD content on it. I think the key is locking it into MSC mode. I just want it so I can add music for her, and she can modify it on the 2K system if she desires.
@jimhughes essaydune wrote:
The anything but ipod site had a comment that the Clip was recognized as a 300 (350) level device on one writers computer. Sounds like you are experiencing the same thing. I’d try to load music, etc and see if it works as a series #350 Sansa I think your all set already, Jim
Really? On our writers computers we recognized clip as 420 level.
Why such difference in levels?
