Sansa Fuse vs. Sansa Clip - which is better for audiobooks: Which of these Sansa products is better for that purpose?
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The sansa fuze 4GB has better audiobooks then the sansa clip. I a own both of them i bought the clip first and then the fuze i would give the clip 4 stars on audiobooks, and the fuze 5. the fuze has bookmarking.
2085519
I do not recommend Sansa Clip+ at all. Volume botton useless after 2 months. Look up forums before you buy one.
2159979
Lillie Trotter,Please note that the Sansa Clip+ accepts microSD cad, which is physically much smaller than a regular SD card.The microSD card is used as an extension to the MP3 player's internal 2GB memory. So initially you can use the player without buying an extra microSD card.
901977
I've had this exact same problem with 6 Sansa players. 4 Clips and 2 Fuzes. I returned them all when Sansa customer support could do nothing. I waited five months to see if they had worked out their problems and just got a 4 G clip from amazon. SAME PROBLEM! This truly sucks!
101470
I use my mp3 exclusively for audiobooks. I'm a real junkie and listen nonstop all day when I'm not at work. The first one I bought was a Zen V. It had issues, but improved when Creative came out with new firmware. After using it for a year, the battery would no longer hold a charge. There was no way to replace the battery. So I decided to look for a player with a user-replaceable battery and bought a Zen Micro. It worked fine for a few weeks, then it broke and Creative said they could not repair it. I decided the battery was more of an issue than the bookmarking, so I bought a Sansa e250 v2. I've had it for about a month and it's great. Better than either of the Creative players. But it doesn't have bookmarking. Rockbox wizards are working on a new version that will work with the Sansa e250v2, so I'm hoping that will give it bookmarking capability. The resume playing works really well with the Sansa (unlike with the 2 creative players). Since I only listen to one book at a time and don't listen to music, the only time bookmarking is really an issue is when I transfer or delete books when the player is connected to my PC. (I have a Gomadic wall charger to recharge the battery at night.) I'm really not sure about the full time stamping. My library changed from netLibrary to Overdrive. Overdrive breaks audiobooks into multiple files instead of having one really large file like NetLibrary, so that hasn't been an issue. In 2006 a survey showed that 25% of the adult US population listens to audiobooks. It's really stupid that mp3 manufacturers continue to ignore our needs when the technology and software already exists to provide every player with full time stamping and bookmarking. If just one of them would come out with a reliable player with a user-replaceable battery and those features, they would probably rival iPOD overnight. If Sansa would respond with a firmware update to provide those features, the e200 series could be that player. Instead, they foolishly continue to ignore the pleas of audiobook listeners.
1599995
Hi Larry - I am also looking for mp3 player for audiobooks from NetLibrary - Do you know if Sansa has bookmarking feature? How did you narrow your choices to Sansa? Thanks for your help. Willow
1025115
Thanks for your advice. The flip side of the beauty of not being locked into iTunes sounds like I would have to purchase a whole new library though, if I was not able to transfer from iTunes. True? And how would I be able to transfer music off my CD's into a Sansa?
62874
In my experience, yes. However, all other audiobook features on the Clip Sport are inferior to the Clip+ and Clip Zip. If you switch to music, the Clip Sport does not "remember" which audiobook, and which file in that audiobook you listened to last. Also, the "chapter mode" option, which prevents accidental track skipping, is gone. In fact, the only audiobook option is the speed. In my opinion, the Clip Sport is a poor audiobook player.
2041686
It depends on the format of the Audio book. The "SanDisk Sansa Clip+" supports MP3, WMA, Secure WMA, Audiobooks, Ogg Vorbis, as well as FLAC formats. And I know that the Overdrive audio books, come in MP3, WMA, formats as well.
609314
No clue...my suggestion would be to not buy it at all. Mine never did work right. It was a piece of junk. Sansa has a better product.
1985941
I listened to podcasts and audiobooks. The Sansa units that I have bought have very little gap between tracks, much less than a second, I would say you would notice it only if looking for it.
753931
Yes, but due to the file name limitations, you will have to name all the tags carefully. If you don't keep it within the limitations, you will have truncated tags and/or chapters that will be out of order. My recommendation is get sansa clip+ since it doesn't have those limitations.
1050183
Not at all. Just plug it into computer usb. Computer will see it as a drive. When you double click the drive you will see all folders on the Clip. Open your music folder and drag and drop your choices into the Clip music folder. Or you can load a micro SD card (up to 32gigs) with music and just plug it into the Sansa Clip+ players slot.
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im really not sure. I just received the sandisk sansa clip. 4gb. Dont know. I had seen the ads of the (plus) but couldnt figure it out either. Probably a way to get an extra 20dollars outta u. Or it could just be a upgraded newer model?? I dunno? I love mine. Kinda tiny. But thats what (i) needed.
486041
The sansa e280 can play books on tape, but it is tricky. It took me a while to figure it out but it can be done. You have to set it up as a play list to keep the book in order. Plus before you transfer the tracks to the sansa you have to make sure that all the id v.2 tags are labeled differently because that is how sansa labels the tracks, not by the filename. I know this because that's all my wife lisens to on hers.
1471114
I just ordered it for my Sansa Fuse, and I believe that it does work with other players, but now I'm not sure :)I'll reply on here when the speakers arrive... what type of player do you have?
62875
Disclaimer: I have yet to test it since I have recently found my Clip+. I've rarely used it for audiobooks, but preliminary inspection (from review videos) leads me to believe that the firmware hasn't changed so you may not expect any improvements to audiobook playback.Joshua Bean's comment seems to provide more insight than I.