Help me read the contents of my mp3 player, please.

Factual Questions
1

I have a Nextar mp3 player. If I plug it into my computer, a wondow pops up and says ‘Display contents of files’ or something like that…similar to what comes up when a flash drive is inserted.
So, whenever I click on ‘display…’ button, a window pops up, that is called Audio Player, looking like a standard window. Inside the file field, is a picture of a device, and the notation of 493 mgbytes, or however much I have on it.
When I click on the picture, I get two file folders. When I click on either of them, I get nada.
I know I have music files on there, because I listen to them regularly.
Can you tell me how to open a list of my music files?

Thanks,
hh

2

I don’t know the specifics of your mp3 player’s menus, but you need to:

  1. Switch it to MSC mode from MTP mode.
  2. Enable hidden files in Windows, which is done under File Options in Explorer.
3

I did number two, and it gave me some success!
However, I don’t understand what number 1 is-can you advise me further, Palooka?

Thanks,
hh

4

trickier…and scarier! I can’t find any of my files that have names. Only ones labeled 'track 1, 2, etc…" .
In the windows, on the way to opening them, they look normal. when I click on the icon, it shows>albums>artists>populates songs. About 3 hours of stuff are missing on the window. Still on the mp3 player, tho.
Any more help?
Thanks,
hh

5

btw, none of these are protected, or anything. Just recordings of mine onto WAv>mp3.
hh

6

Like I said, I don’t know which Nextar player you have, but for some of them, you can switch into MSC mode by pressing the Play/Pause button while it is connected to the PC.

7

Well, I just did that. All I can see is MTP and a diagram of computer–MTP–and the audio player device. The computer has FS written on it.
Says 'VER 3.10.00"

When I press play again, nothing happens, just keeps the mtp diagram on it.

What next??

Thanks a lot, Palooka!
hh