Mass storage unit ?

[Rocinante]

I finally got my iFP799 ( had to wait 2 months after ordering ! ) and am very happy with it so far. So much better than my old minidisc that I'd been using for 3 years or so.
I was under the impression that windows XP would recognize the player as a mass storage unit and assign it a drive letter under My Computer. ( Like my digital camera, which shows as H drive. )
I've been using the music manager and windows media player for transferring songs - but it would be nice to use explorer, for uses other than music (and uploading.)
I ran the install program before connecting the player for the first time like it said in the manual - maybe the program doesn't allow windows to read it like a drive ? For MP3 copy protection ??

[reddshack]

I believe that the UMS firmware is supposedly on the way, as iRiver stated in their firmware release schedule.

3. iFP-700/800/1000 Series UMS version (Expected in September)

Once UMS version is released, you will have the ability to use it as an external drive.

[Rocinante]

Thanks.
UMS stands for ??

[Odie]

I think UMS stands for Universal Mass Storage (Device)