Avoiding iPhoto launch when connecting MP3 player

When I connect a Sansa Clip MP3 player to my Mac, iPhoto launches. There aren't any pictures on the Clip -- it couldn't do anything with them if there were -- but apparently there's something about it that makes iPhoto think it's a camera. The Clip is in MSC mode, so it mounts as a regular volume on my desktop, with folders like AUDIBLE, AUDIOBOOKS, MUSIC, PODCASTS, and RECORD... nothing that (to me at least) says "I'm a camera."
I do want iPhoto to launch when cameras and photo-bearing SD cards are inserted, so I don't want to disable its auto-launch feature completely -- I just don't want it to think that the Clip is a camera.
Does anyone have any suggestions, or know what it is about an external "drive" that leads OS X to treat it as a photo source?
Thanks!

Thanks, Larry, but that doesn't appear to be the case, at least not with my quick test. I have a regular 4G USB flash drive that's formatted as FAT. When I plug it in, it mounts normally, but iPhoto doesn't launch. Could it be something else, or am I missing something? Thanks again!

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