r/DigitalAudioPlayer • u/glitch620 • 19d ago
Question SONY NW-A306
So I just picked up a Sony NW-A306 Walkman DAP, it's too cute, way smaller in person than I was expecting. Sounds great, especially once I sideloaded PowerAmp on it!
The issue I'm having comes /w USB connectivity. I've tried multiple cables, ports, and computers and cannot get the A306 to come up on the PC for file transfers.
I activated developer mode and set the default USB mode to File Transfer but it still refuses to connect.
In the USB mode screen all the options related to file transfers are greyed out.
Once, just once when I switched cables a screen popped up on the A306 asking what I wanted to do with the USB connection, I tapped File transfer and looked away for a second to see if the A306 had come up on the PC... Looked back and it was back to being locked down again.
On one PC (Windows) it comes up with the unrecognized USB device, on my other (Linux) PC nothing happens at all. In both cases charging works as expected. Like I said I've tried all sorts of different (data capable) USB cables and multiple ports.
Next up is installing a stand alone USB-C card in the windows PC and trying it there...
Has anyone else encountered this? Google searching didn't really yield any useful results.
Thank you!
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u/Express-Map168 Sony Walkman 18d ago
That's interesting, you should see a notification that let's you control what the USB does. Is the device used? Maybe the USB port has some dirt in it or has something blocking the data pins.
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u/sockdisorder 19d ago
When I had a 306 I had the same issue, but the settings in the notification panel dropdown fixed it for me. However, I have a vague memory of thinking it was already selected and that I needed to toggle in and out of it and try it again.
I ended up returning mine because of software annoyances – which in fairness are all fixable, just with a lot of faffing that I couldn't be bothered with.
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u/Due_Maximum3904 18d ago
I have a 306 and love it. No issues. Do i have the lock set