Aaaaaah My new J3 arrived today and........

DaWILLsta · 08-17-2011, 09:47

Hey people,

After many weeks of hair pulling I decided for the J3 over the X7. It arrived today and what a wonderful piece of hardware I must say

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But....after reading forum after forum it appears Kizunes leaf, lynx and sense are a must. My current firmware is 2.22, im trying to update to 2.26 before Kizunes UCI. For the life of me I cant access the system folder, root folders etc. My pc doesnt assign the J3 with a letter, so cant use explorer...it registers as a portable device with folders such as VIDEO, PLAYLISTS, MUSIC etc. Im running Windows 7, my Ipod shuffle, external hard drives are all assigned a letter.
Also do I need to update the firmware to 2.26 apparently it doesnt work as well as 2.24....(somewhere on here it states that)

Help would be appreciated as I wanna hook up my IE7's and listen the night away

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Thanks,

Will

andrew_berge · 08-17-2011, 10:10

You need to turn on your J3 and go to settings.
From there, choose 'System', and change 'USB mode' to MSC.

Fixed!

DaWILLsta · 08-17-2011, 10:17

Top man Andrew thanks a billion, not sure what msc and MTP mode are but worked!!!! ha ha

Enzyme · 08-17-2011, 11:43

ive had no problems with 2.26 so far, unlike the previous few versions, and i like to press buttons im not meant to

nintendude7cubed · 08-17-2011, 22:29

MSC stands for Mass Storage Class and MTP is Media Transfer Protocol which was developed by Microsoft which consequently means lots more restrictions than mass storage class. Don't use MTP... it was designed for old harddrive players with windows so people didn't have to install drivers back when they needed them. all it's good for is telling whether or not your device supports a certain format and for supporting DRM which has become rather obsolete thank goodness. With a flash device such as this one it is pointless to use MTP. all it does is not allow you to play your music on your pc directly off the device at least in the experience i've had with it..

Fun fact: microsoft also came out with PTP which was picture transfer protocol which is rather similar to MTP but with pictures, it basically allowed windows to discover pictures easily off of cameras in order to transfer them. but again its pretty pointless now because cameras have the MSC option and windows discovers the pictures just fine.

DaWILLsta · 08-22-2011, 13:23

Thanks for the info nintendude, an indepth answer, clearly clued up ;-)
As for 2.26 I wouldnt know any difference anyway as installed from the get go, but good to know, thanks enzyme...

Probably shooting in the dark, is there a way to transfer playlists from itunes onto the J3? (I have all the NOW that what i call music from 1 to 79 and have created many playlists which would take many, many hours to replicate and sort on the J3)

Fingers crossed :-)

Oh one other thing I just bought Sennheiser IE7 from ebay for £45.00 delivered, looked at his feedback and many, many others have been bought and have passed the close inspection for fakes. Im no expert but it comes with all accessories, hologram, have done around 11 different tests to spot fakes and its passed, just wondering if theres a way to just 100% make sure, they even sound good, although they can take 100-150 hrs to burn in......

08-17-2011, 09:47	#1
DaWILLsta Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10	Aaaaaah My new J3 arrived today and........ Hey people, After many weeks of hair pulling I decided for the J3 over the X7. It arrived today and what a wonderful piece of hardware I must say . But....after reading forum after forum it appears Kizunes leaf, lynx and sense are a must. My current firmware is 2.22, im trying to update to 2.26 before Kizunes UCI. For the life of me I cant access the system folder, root folders etc. My pc doesnt assign the J3 with a letter, so cant use explorer...it registers as a portable device with folders such as VIDEO, PLAYLISTS, MUSIC etc. Im running Windows 7, my Ipod shuffle, external hard drives are all assigned a letter. Also do I need to update the firmware to 2.26 apparently it doesnt work as well as 2.24....(somewhere on here it states that) Help would be appreciated as I wanna hook up my IE7's and listen the night away. Thanks, Will

08-17-2011, 10:10	#2
andrew_berge Audiophile Impersonator Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 306	You need to turn on your J3 and go to settings. From there, choose 'System', and change 'USB mode' to MSC. Fixed! __________________ DAP: Cowon J3 (32GB + 32GB MicroSD) & SanDisk Sansa Clip+ (8GB) Headphones: Shure SRH840 & Panasonic RP-HT722 (PCB Removed) Earbuds/IEMs: Shure SE215 & Sennheiser MX 471 CD Ripper \| Tagger -\| - - - Album Art - -- \| -- Player-- - ----EAC- - \| MP3Tag \| albumartexchange \| Foobar2000

08-17-2011, 11:43	#4
Enzyme (A)rrogance (B)reeds (I)gnorance Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 975	ive had no problems with 2.26 so far, unlike the previous few versions, and i like to press buttons im not meant to __________________ "Space Travels in my blood, there ain't nothing I can do about it" - The Only Ones

08-17-2011, 22:29	#5
nintendude7cubed Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI Posts: 273	MSC stands for Mass Storage Class and MTP is Media Transfer Protocol which was developed by Microsoft which consequently means lots more restrictions than mass storage class. Don't use MTP... it was designed for old harddrive players with windows so people didn't have to install drivers back when they needed them. all it's good for is telling whether or not your device supports a certain format and for supporting DRM which has become rather obsolete thank goodness. With a flash device such as this one it is pointless to use MTP. all it does is not allow you to play your music on your pc directly off the device at least in the experience i've had with it.. Fun fact: microsoft also came out with PTP which was picture transfer protocol which is rather similar to MTP but with pictures, it basically allowed windows to discover pictures easily off of cameras in order to transfer them. but again its pretty pointless now because cameras have the MSC option and windows discovers the pictures just fine. __________________ Rio Karma, Cowon o2<(R.I.P), Sandisk Sansa Clip+, COWON J3 Pioneer HDJ-1000 headphones, Yuin PK3 earbuds (R.I.P), Blue Ever Blue 328R "the Black" ear buds Last edited by nintendude7cubed; 08-17-2011 at 22:34..

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08-17-2011, 10:17	#3
DaWILLsta Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10	Top man Andrew thanks a billion, not sure what msc and MTP mode are but worked!!!! ha ha

08-22-2011, 13:23	#6
DaWILLsta Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10	Thanks for the info nintendude, an indepth answer, clearly clued up ;-) As for 2.26 I wouldnt know any difference anyway as installed from the get go, but good to know, thanks enzyme... Probably shooting in the dark, is there a way to transfer playlists from itunes onto the J3? (I have all the NOW that what i call music from 1 to 79 and have created many playlists which would take many, many hours to replicate and sort on the J3) Fingers crossed :-) Oh one other thing I just bought Sennheiser IE7 from ebay for £45.00 delivered, looked at his feedback and many, many others have been bought and have passed the close inspection for fakes. Im no expert but it comes with all accessories, hologram, have done around 11 different tests to spot fakes and its passed, just wondering if theres a way to just 100% make sure, they even sound good, although they can take 100-150 hrs to burn in......