Transcend Information TS8GMP840 - Manual (Page 49)

Driver Installation
Use with a Computer Use with a Computer
Driver Installation for Windows
®
Me, 2000, XP and Vista
No drivers are required. These Windows ® Operating Systems have built-in drivers to support the MP840.
Plug your MP840 into an available USB port and Windows ® will install the necessary files. A new
Removable Disk
drive with a newly assigned drive letter will appear in the My Computer window.
Driver Installation for Mac
™
OS 10.0, or Later
No drivers are required. Plug your MP840 into an available USB port and your computer will automatically
detect it.
Figure 3. Mac Driver Installation
Driver Installation for Linux
™
Kernel 2.4, or Later
No drivers are required. Plug your MP840 into a USB port and mount it.
1.
First create a directory for the MP840.
Example: mkdir /mnt /MP840
2.
Then, mount the MP840.
Example: mount –a –t msdos /dev/sda1 /mnt /MP840
1. When the MP840 is connected to a computer it is locked into transferring files. You will
not be able to play or record any music at this time. Please disconnect your MP840 from
the computer when you want to use the player.
2. NEVER format your MP840 in Windows.
3. Audio files (MP3/WMA/WMA-DRM10/WAV) must be organized, so that they are no more
than 4 folder levels away from the [/Root.DIR/] root directory.
4. The MP840 is limited to 128 characters for a file name.