media player, charge only

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Jack Sprat

If a company has media file intolerance and runs background
opperations to detect and delete all .mp3, .wmv, etc. files from
local
or external drives ...

How can one connect a media player (Sansa) for the purpose of charging
only.
In other words I do not want the OS (MS Win XP Pro v2002 sp2) to
recognize the player as a mass external storage device.


In short, I want to charge the player while in the office, but not
have my library detected and deleted.


Any ideas? Maybe an autorun setting in the registry?


Thanks,
Jack
 
Ask your IT department, I'm sure they'll be willing to help you beat the
system. Perhaps your next employer won't be so intolerant of your wishes.

: If a company has media file intolerance and runs background
: opperations to detect and delete all .mp3, .wmv, etc. files from
: local
: or external drives ...
:
: How can one connect a media player (Sansa) for the purpose of charging
: only.
: In other words I do not want the OS (MS Win XP Pro v2002 sp2) to
: recognize the player as a mass external storage device.
:
:
: In short, I want to charge the player while in the office, but not
: have my library detected and deleted.
:
:
: Any ideas? Maybe an autorun setting in the registry?
:
:
: Thanks,
: Jack
:
 
You use a cable that is intended for charging only, and has no data
connections.
An adapter can be built to use an existing cable. All the adapter really
does is disconnect all lines but those used for power.
 
Being rude : totally stupid question .







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Tom [Pepper] Willett,

Thanks for the response. The company wishes to avaoid liabiltiy from
unscrupulous emplyees that have illegally downloaded files and expose
them to their system.

I don't want to beat IT practices. I want to comply, but still
recharge my personal media player via the convenience a USB port.

I have asked, IT department won't answer the questions.



Chuck,

Thanks much for the response. I didn't realize such power only USB to
Sansa cables existed, and would have assumed it to be a custom cable.
I also have not found one available at commercial sites. Please post
a link if you know of one.

Is it as simple as masking pins 2 & 3 on USB cable?



Bojimbo26,

Why poke at someone's ignorance? The purpose in a news group is to
educate each other.

Obviously some questions are trivial to others.
 
Is wanting to charge an MP3 player anything to do with an XP system ?




Being rude : totally stupid question .







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Tom [Pepper] Willett,

Thanks for the response. The company wishes to avaoid liabiltiy from
unscrupulous emplyees that have illegally downloaded files and expose
them to their system.

I don't want to beat IT practices. I want to comply, but still
recharge my personal media player via the convenience a USB port.

I have asked, IT department won't answer the questions.



Chuck,

Thanks much for the response. I didn't realize such power only USB to
Sansa cables existed, and would have assumed it to be a custom cable.
I also have not found one available at commercial sites. Please post
a link if you know of one.

Is it as simple as masking pins 2 & 3 on USB cable?



Bojimbo26,

Why poke at someone's ignorance? The purpose in a news group is to
educate each other.

Obviously some questions are trivial to others.
Click to expand...
 
Yes, it is a component being connected to a windows xp system. The OP wanted
a way to turn it off from being recognized as a removable drive and readable
by the windows xp system as that is the default action when it is plugged
into the system. Therefore it is an issue with the system itself on whether
it could be customized to not automatically perform that action. If you
don't want to assist in someone elses problem, don't bother posting.

To the Original poster. there are usb to ac adapters that you can purchase
therefore not using the actual computer to charge your mp3 player and not
losing all your songs. One such is this adapter from kodak:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...sb+ac&lp=4&type=product&cp=1&id=1182557418259

Hope this helps
-kenkcj
Is wanting to charge an MP3 player anything to do with an XP system ?




Being rude : totally stupid question .

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:19:45 -0800 (PST), Jack Sprat



If a company has media file intolerance and runs background
opperations to detect and delete all .mp3, .wmv, etc. files from
local
or external drives ...

How can oneconnecta mediaplayer(Sansa) for the purpose of charging
only.
In other words I do not want the OS (MS Win XP Pro v2002 sp2) to
recognize theplayeras a mass external storage device.

In short, I want tochargetheplayerwhile in the office, but not
have my library detected and deleted.

Any ideas? Maybe an autorun setting in the registry?

Thanks,
Jack- Hide quoted text -

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Tom [Pepper] Willett,

Thanks for the response. The company wishes to avaoid liabiltiy from
unscrupulous emplyees that have illegally downloaded files and expose
them to their system.

I don't want to beat IT practices. I want to comply, but still
recharge my personal media player via the convenience a USB port.

I have asked, IT department won't answer the questions.



Chuck,

Thanks much for the response. I didn't realize such power only USB to
Sansa cables existed, and would have assumed it to be a custom cable.
I also have not found one available at commercial sites. Please post
a link if you know of one.

Is it as simple as masking pins 2 & 3 on USB cable?



Bojimbo26,

Why poke at someone's ignorance? The purpose in a news group is to
educate each other.

Obviously some questions are trivial to others.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I apolgize, the kodak one will apparently only work with kodak cameras. As
it is just a usb port, I'm not sure where that would matter, but just in
case, here is a griffin charger that is compatible with sansa mp3 players:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...sb+ac&lp=5&type=product&cp=1&id=1155848394444

kenkcj said:
Yes, it is a component being connected to a windows xp system. The OP
wanted a way to turn it off from being recognized as a removable drive and
readable by the windows xp system as that is the default action when it is
plugged into the system. Therefore it is an issue with the system itself
on whether it could be customized to not automatically perform that
action. If you don't want to assist in someone elses problem, don't bother
posting.

To the Original poster. there are usb to ac adapters that you can purchase
therefore not using the actual computer to charge your mp3 player and not
losing all your songs. One such is this adapter from kodak:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...sb+ac&lp=4&type=product&cp=1&id=1182557418259

Hope this helps
-kenkcj
Is wanting to charge an MP3 player anything to do with an XP system ?




On Feb 20, 5:28 am, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
Being rude : totally stupid question .

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:19:45 -0800 (PST), Jack Sprat



If a company has media file intolerance and runs background
opperations to detect and delete all .mp3, .wmv, etc. files from
local
or external drives ...

How can oneconnecta mediaplayer(Sansa) for the purpose of charging
only.
In other words I do not want the OS (MS Win XP Pro v2002 sp2) to
recognize theplayeras a mass external storage device.

In short, I want tochargetheplayerwhile in the office, but not
have my library detected and deleted.

Any ideas? Maybe an autorun setting in the registry?

Thanks,
Jack- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Tom [Pepper] Willett,

Thanks for the response. The company wishes to avaoid liabiltiy from
unscrupulous emplyees that have illegally downloaded files and expose
them to their system.

I don't want to beat IT practices. I want to comply, but still
recharge my personal media player via the convenience a USB port.

I have asked, IT department won't answer the questions.



Chuck,

Thanks much for the response. I didn't realize such power only USB to
Sansa cables existed, and would have assumed it to be a custom cable.
I also have not found one available at commercial sites. Please post
a link if you know of one.

Is it as simple as masking pins 2 & 3 on USB cable?



Bojimbo26,

Why poke at someone's ignorance? The purpose in a news group is to
educate each other.

Obviously some questions are trivial to others.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Yes, it is a component being connected to a windows xp system. The OP wanted
a way to turn it off from being recognized as a removable drive and readable
by the windows xp system as that is the default action when it is plugged
into the system. Therefore it is an issue with the system itself on whether
it could be customized to not automatically perform that action. If you
don't want to assist in someone elses problem, don't bother posting.

To the Original poster. there are usb to ac adapters that you can purchase
therefore not using the actual computer to charge your mp3 player and not
losing all your songs. One such is this adapter from kodak:http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8431663&st=usb+ac&lp=4&...

Hope this helps



Is wanting to charge an MP3 player anything to do with an XP system ?
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:28:23 -0800 (PST), Jack Sprat
On Feb 20, 5:28 am, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
Being rude : totally stupid question .
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:19:45 -0800 (PST), Jack Sprat
If a company has media file intolerance and runs background
opperations to detect and delete all .mp3, .wmv, etc. files from
local
or external drives ...
How can oneconnecta mediaplayer(Sansa) for the purpose of charging
only.
In other words I do not want the OS (MS Win XP Pro v2002 sp2) to
recognize theplayeras a mass external storage device.
In short, I want tochargetheplayerwhile in the office, but not
have my library detected and deleted.
Any ideas? Maybe an autorun setting in the registry?
Thanks,
Jack- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Tom [Pepper] Willett,
Thanks for the response.  The company wishes to avaoid liabiltiy from
unscrupulous emplyees that have illegally downloaded files and expose
them to their system.
I don't want to beat IT practices.  I want to comply, but still
recharge my personal media player via the convenience a USB port.
I have asked, IT department won't answer the questions.
Chuck,
Thanks much for the response.  I didn't realize such power only USB to
Sansa cables existed, and would have assumed it to be a custom cable.
I also have not found one available at commercial sites.  Please post
a link if you know of one.
Is it as simple as masking pins 2 & 3 on USB cable?
Bojimbo26,
Why poke at someone's ignorance?  The purpose in a news group is to
educate each other.
Obviously some questions are trivial to others.- Hide quoted text -
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

- Show quoted text -
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thanks kenkcj
 
Jack,
Correct. Pins 2 and 3 are the data pins. Pins 1 and 4 are the power pins.

Pin Signal
--- -------
1 +VDC (+5)
2 - VDC (gnd)
3 + D (data +)
4 - D (data -)

When looking at the end of the USB connector, with the thick black part on
bottom and the connector pads on top of that, then pin 1 is on your right
and pin 4 on your far left.

For a nice pretty picture of the connector and much, much more info go to
following website.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus

The graphic is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:USB.svg

Generally, "charging" cables only have two wires - for pins 1 & 4.

karl snooks



Being rude : totally stupid question .







- Show quoted text -
Click to expand...


Tom [Pepper] Willett,

Thanks for the response. The company wishes to avaoid liabiltiy from
unscrupulous emplyees that have illegally downloaded files and expose
them to their system.

I don't want to beat IT practices. I want to comply, but still
recharge my personal media player via the convenience a USB port.

I have asked, IT department won't answer the questions.



Chuck,

Thanks much for the response. I didn't realize such power only USB to
Sansa cables existed, and would have assumed it to be a custom cable.
I also have not found one available at commercial sites. Please post
a link if you know of one.

Is it as simple as masking pins 2 & 3 on USB cable?



Bojimbo26,

Why poke at someone's ignorance? The purpose in a news group is to
educate each other.

Obviously some questions are trivial to others.
 
Jack,
Oh my g..,
I just realize that I wrote the pin assignment wrong. I was thinking about
the functions rather than the assignment as I typed that.
so here is the correct info:


Pin Signal
--- -------
1 +VDC (+5)
2 - D (data -)
3 + D (data +)
4 - VDC (gnd)


Yes, it is a component being connected to a windows xp system. The OP
wanted
a way to turn it off from being recognized as a removable drive and
readable
by the windows xp system as that is the default action when it is plugged
into the system. Therefore it is an issue with the system itself on
whether
it could be customized to not automatically perform that action. If you
don't want to assist in someone elses problem, don't bother posting.

To the Original poster. there are usb to ac adapters that you can purchase
therefore not using the actual computer to charge your mp3 player and not
losing all your songs. One such is this adapter from
kodak:http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8431663&st=usb+ac&lp=4&...

Hope this helps



Is wanting to charge an MP3 player anything to do with an XP system ?
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:28:23 -0800 (PST), Jack Sprat
On Feb 20, 5:28 am, (e-mail address removed) wrote:
Being rude : totally stupid question .
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:19:45 -0800 (PST), Jack Sprat
If a company has media file intolerance and runs background
opperations to detect and delete all .mp3, .wmv, etc. files from
local
or external drives ...
How can oneconnecta mediaplayer(Sansa) for the purpose of charging
only.
In other words I do not want the OS (MS Win XP Pro v2002 sp2) to
recognize theplayeras a mass external storage device.
In short, I want tochargetheplayerwhile in the office, but not
have my library detected and deleted.
Any ideas? Maybe an autorun setting in the registry?
Thanks,
Jack- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -
Tom [Pepper] Willett,
Thanks for the response. The company wishes to avaoid liabiltiy from
unscrupulous emplyees that have illegally downloaded files and expose
them to their system.
I don't want to beat IT practices. I want to comply, but still
recharge my personal media player via the convenience a USB port.
I have asked, IT department won't answer the questions.
Chuck,
Thanks much for the response. I didn't realize such power only USB to
Sansa cables existed, and would have assumed it to be a custom cable.
I also have not found one available at commercial sites. Please post
a link if you know of one.
Is it as simple as masking pins 2 & 3 on USB cable?
Bojimbo26,
Why poke at someone's ignorance? The purpose in a news group is to
educate each other.
Obviously some questions are trivial to others.- Hide quoted text -
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

- Show quoted text -
Click to expand...

thanks kenkcj
 
Jack,
Want to emphasis the correct info and sorry for the error. The website that
i gave is definitely worth reading for anyone interested in USB from the
technical and historical aspects.

so here is the correct info:


Pin Signal
--- -------
1 +VDC (+5)
2 - D (data -)
3 + D (data +)
4 - VDC (gnd)

karl snooks
 
Jack,
Want to emphasis the correct info and sorry for the error.  The website that
i gave is definitely worth reading for anyone interested in USB from the
technical and historical aspects.

so here is the correct info:

Pin   Signal
---    -------
1        +VDC (+5)
2        -  D (data -)
3        + D (data +)
4        - VDC (gnd)

karl snooks










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Thank you Karl,

What I am not sure of is if it is effective and safe for media player
and computer to simply drop pins 2 and 3.

Since this discussion is no longer relevant to this group, I may try
to pursue it elsewhere after some additional research.

Regards,
Jack
 
Jack,
Good thinking. As long as you are only charging, you only need the power
pins.
karl

Jack,
Want to emphasis the correct info and sorry for the error. The website
that
i gave is definitely worth reading for anyone interested in USB from the
technical and historical aspects.

so here is the correct info:

Pin Signal
--- -------
1 +VDC (+5)
2 - D (data -)
3 + D (data +)
4 - VDC (gnd)

karl snooks










- Show quoted text -
Click to expand...

Thank you Karl,

What I am not sure of is if it is effective and safe for media player
and computer to simply drop pins 2 and 3.

Since this discussion is no longer relevant to this group, I may try
to pursue it elsewhere after some additional research.

Regards,
Jack
 
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