Hello, I am kinda new to all this.
I have 3 Sparkfun MP3 Trigger boards.
They all work exept one will not work with the tiggering pins but works with the Nav switch.
I have a few SD cards, some work in one sound board #1 but not in Board #2, a different sd will work in Board #2 but not #1 or #3, all tracke=s are named “TRACK001”
Any ideas?
Are you swapping with the units powered off? Also be sure the SD cards are FAT16 https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/qw … e-overview
Finally - try renaming the tracks to follow our format to rule that out too https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/qw … ay-track-1
Ok so I formated the card with Comand Prompt to be sure it was Fat 16.
I have a 2GB card that was in the MP3 Trigger (this is not w Qwiic, it is the older ones).
This SD plays fine, it triggers on trigger #1 (but I can’t get the card to show up on my PC)
I put a second 2GB Fat 16 formated card in and it only plays with Nav switch, if I trigger it the playback just stops.
I have named the file a couple ways (Track001, T001.mp3) but no change.
Is there a way to reset the board or is that even a thing with these?
Thanks for the help
Not showing up on your pc is an indication something is wrong with your card. You might try using the SD Assocition Card Formatter utility and see if that gets your cards working everywhere again. That utility works when format from a command prompt won’t and I’ve saved a bunch of cards this way before.
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/
If that doesn’t work it might be time to replace the sd cards.
Thanks I will try that, not really worried about the card, more of why the trigger will not work with the other card.
So the original SDcard, #1 card will trigger as well as work on the Nav toggle.
I have new 2gig formated card #2 and they will not trigger but will play via Nav toggle.
If I have the sound playing on SD card #2 and touch the trigger it just stops.
Noboy has been able to anwser if there is a way to reset the board?
Or if it was possilbe to program the board to this specific #1 SDcard?
I don’t believe I’m understanding the question (it sounds like the best approach might be to purchase more of the SD card that works and only use those?)
Share a video of the behavior
Hello all - new to the community but I have been using Sparkfun products for 10 years or so, specifically the Robertsonics MP3 trigger V24. I operate a tiny museum and have about 10 of them installed in various exhibits. It’s a fantastic little workhorse - easy to install, alter mp3’s and update. Anyway, I keep a few spare units and started a new exhibit today - but I couldn’t get the unit to recognize the SD card. No green light - nothing. I reformatted FAT32 - no good, I traded other cards from other working MP3 triggers, but those cards wont play in this unit either. So I opened another spare MP3 trigger and I’m having the same issues. Do I have 2 bum cards or am I clueless? The packages say batch #127452. I look forward to your guidance.
Head over to Returns and fill out the form (#5474514) and we’ll get ya fixed up
Thank you. I have my original packing slip and even the box. - I purchased them in 2020! oh my!! I do not want to return them, but replace them if I can. These are the most reliable MP3 triggers on the market
What size are your SD cards? The MP3 Trigger can only handle cards that are 32GB or smaller.
5 g. I’m swapping out cards from other working trigger boards and these cards do not function on these two boards. I never had a problem like this, I really do use the robertsonics, SparkFun MP3 trigger boards everyday. I included the batch number thinking that maybe there were other complaints for this batch? Note, I bought these to have in stock 4 years ago! I’m not looking to return them but I would love to replace them. Thanks for your help.