I had the same problem, and i read the manual, it sed it to go into system setting and set the systemtime correctly then set the drmtime but set it 1 year ahead of the systemtime.
Then after this is done slide hold switch into unlocked postion.
Then plug usb in.
Then it might come up with what do you want to do with the drive? click sychronize with wondow player.(if not get windows player up and click sychronise)
And then add al the songs you want to add to your mp3 inot the sychronize section on the left. then click start sync to begin transfer. wait until finished. then when all tracks have been trasferred (in righthand panel) unplug the usb. then wait for your mp3 player to load up. then you should be able to play the music.
Tommo, March 2006