RE: Windows Mobile Device Center - Media Center Pocket PC Sync

I have a more basic problem. My SPV M600 is not recognised at all and so does
not connect. I am frustrated!!

"Tom Huseby" wrote:

> Since upgrading to Vista RTM and after loading Winodows Mobile Device Center
> Beta 3 Media Player 11 only shows the local storage on my SAmsung I730
> pocket PC, it doesn't show my safestorage or my 4GB SD card. Any ideas?
>

I had a similar frustrating experience trying to get my SPV 600 recognised by
my Vista Home Premium laptop after downloading the Windows Mobile Device
Centre. I had two weeks of intermitent recognition/synch. On the plus side if
I could get the pc to recognise my phone, the synch process was seamless.
Then, by accident, I discovered that my pc will only recognise my phone if I
have an internet connection. This might be the same with you Brian. If anyone
can explain why this I would appreciate it as Activesynch always used to
synch offline.

"Brian Atherton" wrote:

> I have a more basic problem. My SPV M600 is not recognised at all and so does
> not connect. I am frustrated!!
>
> "Tom Huseby" wrote:
>
> > Since upgrading to Vista RTM and after loading Winodows Mobile Device Center
> > Beta 3 Media Player 11 only shows the local storage on my SAmsung I730
> > pocket PC, it doesn't show my safestorage or my 4GB SD card. Any ideas?
> >

Sorry to hear that Bob. My problems with connection went away after my Vista
installation "settled down". A synching problem (sync failed - Active Sync
encountered a problem on the desk top) went away after I laboriously went
through my entire contact list (on the PC, in Outlook) and deleted all
duplicate entries.

"Bob Revie" wrote:

> I had a similar frustrating experience trying to get my SPV 600 recognised by
> my Vista Home Premium laptop after downloading the Windows Mobile Device
> Centre. I had two weeks of intermitent recognition/synch. On the plus side if
> I could get the pc to recognise my phone, the synch process was seamless.
> Then, by accident, I discovered that my pc will only recognise my phone if I
> have an internet connection. This might be the same with you Brian. If anyone
> can explain why this I would appreciate it as Activesynch always used to
> synch offline.
>
> "Brian Atherton" wrote:
>
> > I have a more basic problem. My SPV M600 is not recognised at all and so does
> > not connect. I am frustrated!!
> >
> > "Tom Huseby" wrote:
> >
> > > Since upgrading to Vista RTM and after loading Winodows Mobile Device Center
> > > Beta 3 Media Player 11 only shows the local storage on my SAmsung I730
> > > pocket PC, it doesn't show my safestorage or my 4GB SD card. Any ideas?
> > >

I'm having the same issue: I only have the option in Windows Media Player to
synchronise to my device's internal storage, even though there's an SD card
in it, which I can browse through in the Sync Center.

Environment:
- Acer n311 with a 2GB SD card
- Windows Vista Home Premium

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"Brian Atherton" wrote:

> Sorry to hear that Bob. My problems with connection went away after my Vista
> installation "settled down". A synching problem (sync failed - Active Sync
> encountered a problem on the desk top) went away after I laboriously went
> through my entire contact list (on the PC, in Outlook) and deleted all
> duplicate entries.
>
> "Bob Revie" wrote:
>
> > I had a similar frustrating experience trying to get my SPV 600 recognised by
> > my Vista Home Premium laptop after downloading the Windows Mobile Device
> > Centre. I had two weeks of intermitent recognition/synch. On the plus side if
> > I could get the pc to recognise my phone, the synch process was seamless.
> > Then, by accident, I discovered that my pc will only recognise my phone if I
> > have an internet connection. This might be the same with you Brian. If anyone
> > can explain why this I would appreciate it as Activesynch always used to
> > synch offline.
> >
> > "Brian Atherton" wrote:
> >
> > > I have a more basic problem. My SPV M600 is not recognised at all and so does
> > > not connect. I am frustrated!!
> > >
> > > "Tom Huseby" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Since upgrading to Vista RTM and after loading Winodows Mobile Device Center
> > > > Beta 3 Media Player 11 only shows the local storage on my SAmsung I730
> > > > pocket PC, it doesn't show my safestorage or my 4GB SD card. Any ideas?
> > > >

I'm having a similar problem, sync thinks it has worked and I can view my
files etc but it is not syncing at all. I either get 'waiting for network' or
it just keeps on trying. I worked perfectly before the upgrade to the new
version.



"hamishmacdonald" wrote:

> I'm having the same issue: I only have the option in Windows Media Player to
> synchronise to my device's internal storage, even though there's an SD card
> in it, which I can browse through in the Sync Center.
>
> Environment:
> - Acer n311 with a 2GB SD card
> - Windows Vista Home Premium
>
> ======
>
> "Brian Atherton" wrote:
>
> > Sorry to hear that Bob. My problems with connection went away after my Vista
> > installation "settled down". A synching problem (sync failed - Active Sync
> > encountered a problem on the desk top) went away after I laboriously went
> > through my entire contact list (on the PC, in Outlook) and deleted all
> > duplicate entries.
> >
> > "Bob Revie" wrote:
> >
> > > I had a similar frustrating experience trying to get my SPV 600 recognised by
> > > my Vista Home Premium laptop after downloading the Windows Mobile Device
> > > Centre. I had two weeks of intermitent recognition/synch. On the plus side if
> > > I could get the pc to recognise my phone, the synch process was seamless.
> > > Then, by accident, I discovered that my pc will only recognise my phone if I
> > > have an internet connection. This might be the same with you Brian. If anyone
> > > can explain why this I would appreciate it as Activesynch always used to
> > > synch offline.
> > >
> > > "Brian Atherton" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a more basic problem. My SPV M600 is not recognised at all and so does
> > > > not connect. I am frustrated!!
> > > >
> > > > "Tom Huseby" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Since upgrading to Vista RTM and after loading Winodows Mobile Device Center
> > > > > Beta 3 Media Player 11 only shows the local storage on my SAmsung I730
> > > > > pocket PC, it doesn't show my safestorage or my 4GB SD card. Any ideas?
> > > > >

I too could not see the storage card from WMP, but found this link in
another thread, 'FIX: Only the external storage is available when you
synchronize content from Windows Media Player 11 to a Windows Mobile
5-based device with AKU 2.3 or a later AKU'
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931621/en-us), installed
Windows6.0-KB931621-x86.msu on the PC, and now it works.

I'm still having problems syncing contacts & calendar, but at least
this is progress.


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TommPrickett