How to transfer music from CDs to music player on a Windows computer

This article refers to our Simple Music Players

Here's a link to a PDF version of these instructions for your convenience

It’s important to understand that CDs are relatively old technology and the format they use is not a compatible format with modern MP3 players as most are recorded as .CDA files. If you want to transfer music from CDs to the Simple Music Player then this conversion can be achieved by using Windows Media Player.

1) Open Windows Media Player and Insert your CD into your computer

You will now see the CD is listed in the left-hand column with the CD icon next to it, and the detailed album and track listing appear in the main window. (In this example it’s Frank Sinatra, Duets CD)2) Click on 'Rip Settings' and then 'format' and then select 'MP3'

3) Now click 'Rip CD'

The player will now go through the process of reading the CD tracks and converting them to MP3 format before storing them in your music library. You will see ‘Ripped to Library’ in the ‘Rip status’ column as each file is converted (see below)

3) Make sure the Music Player’s power is off and connect the Music Player to the computer using the USB cable provided.

4) Now plug in the mains power adapter to the music player and it will appear in the devices list on Windows Media Player

5) You can now remove the CD from your computer (optional, but helps make sure we're working with the right files in windows media player)

We now need to transfer the ripped CD tracks from your music library to the music player.

6) Click on ‘Music’ and scroll to find the files you want to transfer to the music player.

7) Keep pressing ‘next device’ n your ‘Sync List’ until ‘SMPV100’ appears.

8) Click and drag the tracks you want from the music list to the ‘Sync List’

9) Press ‘Start Sync’ and the music will be transferred to the Music Player and when all the files are transferred you get a confirmation message