Rick,
I enter the device ID in the configure handheld dialog....
Just to be clear, this is the Volume Label name which should be entered in this dialogue.
how do you enter the playlist path in there too (syntax)
A path separated by double '\\'. For example... "My Music\\MyM3uPlaylists". I will add an example to the dialogue so this is clear.
I'm not sure I understand the full purpose of filling that dialog out. I seem to be able to transfer files to handheld removeable drive players regardless.
If your player is WMDM compatible, this information is unnecessary. It is useful for players that are not WMDM compatible (and appear to your system as a drive) or for drive type WMDM compatible players that have a specified playlist directory which is not specified in our internal system. (ideally I will update this so the dialogue is not necessary for this type of device).
I think what should happen is when I drag a playlist to the root of my player that playlist automatically gets created on the player.
Our system is designed to do this assuming the player is a drive type player and the device supports m3u playlists (although this can be extended to other playlist types). In the case of IHP140 and Carbon, I can add this support quickly with some information from you (I do not have these devices). If you are running the latest MC 11, go to File->openURL and enter 'Showdeviceid'. If your device is WMDM compatible and a drive type device, after you do this click on your device in the tree and you will see a name in a dialogue. Post this name and also post whether there is a specific playlist directory. With this information, I can make MC compatible with XP and 2000 in a few minutes with no need to update your MC version. After this you should be able to sync or drag and drop playlists to the device.
Steve