Resolved Where to find mp3 player driver's online?

(I know I say this alot, but sorry if this in the wrong area.) Ok, so I bought a Toshiba Gigabeat MET400 mp3 player online, but it didn't come with the driver disc. When I plug it into my pc, it recognizes it as a "gigabeat T series" and then Windows runs the Add New Hardware Wizard. When I choose to install driver's off the internet or Windows Update, it tells me it cannot find them, then the player isn't detected in Windows. No drivers=cannot transfer.

Now I have scoured the net all over to find the specific drivers, but haven't found a clear answer. Not even off of the Toshiba website. So is there any place online that I can retrieve these drivers? Or am I missing something as far as Windows(currently running SP3) or any programs therein?

Trying to cover all my bases, as I don't think the seller can find the original disc that came with the T400 after contacting. Thanks for any info.

 

Found this:

That seems to suggest it could work using Windows Media Player 11.

Matt

 

Thanks Matt! Where did you find that info BTW?

Seems I might I have to upgrade to WMP 11 to get this to work without having the actual driver disc available. I'm currently running WMP 9. Hopefully 11 will have the necessary drivers I need.

 

That's OK. Found it here:
http://www.epinions.com/review/Toshiba_Gigabeat_T400_4_GB_MP3_Player_MET400_PK/content_405423230596

My MP3/MP4 player (Sony) will only use WMP 11.

Matt

 

Ah, good ol' user reviews! Thx

Also, would it better to uninstall WMP 9 first, before installing WMP 11? Or is it just fine to install it over WMP 9? I've had some programs run better (cough*Firefox*cough) when I uninstalled their previous versions first. Just curious is all.

 

Look for the installation instructions I haven't upgraded it myself, I run Vista with version 11 and I think when I used mine on Win XP, I was able to upgrade to version 11 using the Sony CD...sorry

Matt

 

Problem Solved!

OK, so I installed WMP 11 via Windows Update and that did the trick! I plugged my gigabeat back in and Windows detected it as an MTP device (finally) thus allowing it to be "ready to use ". I guess 11 provided the drivers needed to function properly, sans disc. Whodathunk?

To Pete, I was just trying to see if there was an easy way of uninstalling WMP, before installing the latest one. Apperently there isn't. A quick check in the Add/Remove Windows Components list revealed that all I could do was just remove access to WMP 9 from the Start menu and Desktop. Seems installing over it was the easier road. Appreciate the info though!

To Tony, I now realized I hadn't tried that before my install. But doesn't the wizard check throughout the PC anyway, regardless? Still worth a shot, even though searching throughout this forum gave me the consensus that I should have upgraded to WMP 11 anyway (instead of staying with 9).

Thanks to all for the help! Unlike most others, this forum always impresses.