Windows media jumping out of 'skinned' mode

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc.multimedia (More info?)

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:45:01 -0700, "osumailguy" <ron dot king at
okstate dot edu> wrote:

>While this problem is actually on my PC, it is caused by my PPC device
>(Siemens SX66), so I thought I would ask here:
>
>When I have Windows Media 10 running in skinned mode (either listening to
>MP3 or online radio), whenever I cradle my PPC, WMP switches from skinned to
>normal mode. When I make WMP the active program, I can Ctrl+2 to put it back
>in skinned mode, but that shouldn't have to be done each time.
>
>WMP is listing the PPC device as an portible device and attempting to sync
>music to it (which I don't ever remember activating), and I can't find the
>setting to make this stop.

That part is easy to solve : Start WMP 10 then cradle the device one
more time. Now go to the media player menu. Choose Tools -> Options
and then the Devices tab. Your SX66 should be listed.

Click the SX66 then the Properties button. Now you can see several
options. To turn off auto-sync completely, make sure the 'Start sync
when device connects' box is not checked.

You can ~instead~ choose the 'Settings' and select any of the playlist
types listed. So you could for example auto-sync audio notes playlists
(eg from meetings) to the device, but not music playlists.

HTH
Cheers - Neil.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.pocketpc.multimedia (More info?)

Oh, I've never seen that happen, sorry !

Cheers - Neil

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 05:59:18 -0700, "osumailguy" <ron dot king at
okstate dot edu> wrote:

>Thanks for the reply Neil, but that didn't get me where I was needing to go.
>
>From what you provided, I got to the Devices tab on the Options page. At
>the bottom of the list, I have "Storage Card", "Storage" & "Pocket_PC" (all
>three representing various storage option for my SX66)
>
>When I select any of the three and click on Properties, the options within
>the "Automatic synchronization" are not available (greyed out).
>
>Any other ideas?
>
>Ron
>
>"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:45:01 -0700, "osumailguy" <ron dot king at
>> okstate dot edu> wrote:
>>
>> >While this problem is actually on my PC, it is caused by my PPC device
>> >(Siemens SX66), so I thought I would ask here:
>> >
>> >When I have Windows Media 10 running in skinned mode (either listening to
>> >MP3 or online radio), whenever I cradle my PPC, WMP switches from skinned to
>> >normal mode. When I make WMP the active program, I can Ctrl+2 to put it back
>> >in skinned mode, but that shouldn't have to be done each time.
>> >
>> >WMP is listing the PPC device as an portible device and attempting to sync
>> >music to it (which I don't ever remember activating), and I can't find the
>> >setting to make this stop.
>>
>> That part is easy to solve : Start WMP 10 then cradle the device one
>> more time. Now go to the media player menu. Choose Tools -> Options
>> and then the Devices tab. Your SX66 should be listed.
>>
>> Click the SX66 then the Properties button. Now you can see several
>> options. To turn off auto-sync completely, make sure the 'Start sync
>> when device connects' box is not checked.
>>
>> You can ~instead~ choose the 'Settings' and select any of the playlist
>> types listed. So you could for example auto-sync audio notes playlists
>> (eg from meetings) to the device, but not music playlists.
>>
>> HTH
>> Cheers - Neil.
>>
>>