I had the same problem but got this answer from a poster on another question:-
"Eventually I got to play the music i'd put on the player after i'd selected M, then M again when it was showing 'Play Music'.. then whereas it was saying 'no file' all my files appeared"
Good luck - hope you don't end up smashing it to bits in the meantime!!
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