Sansa Fuze--this or a different mp3-player? If you have it, do you like it?
1426938
You won't be sorry if you choose the Sansa Fuze MP3 player. I have two of them now, the 4 gig and the small 2 gig Sansa Clip. I previously bought iPods for my grown children as gifts and am very familair with their functions, but the Fuze goes way beyond them and the price is well less than half of that of a comparable iPod. Read my review of the Fuze above. I think the audio and video quality is as good as you can expect, but mainly depends on the quality of the digital input from whatever device you take them from. The one thing iPods have over the Sansa products, as well as most other MP3 players, is the abundance of peripheral devices to use with the iPod. You can find all sorts of things that accept the iPod, but usually have to find devices for the Sansa here on Amazon or other on line sites. They exist, you just have to look harder for them. My advice....don't hesitate...get the Sansa Fuze and look here on Amazon for other devices to use with them if you feel the need. I did, and don't regret my choice at all.
901973
Same problem. Had 2 Sansa Clips (1 GB) and no sound when headphone jack fully inserted. Had to be juggled repeatedly, kept falling out when in position to create sound. Sent both back. Got money back from Proton, but AM Sales pretends they never received the product back. Riiight. Ordered Sansa Clip Plus from Sandisk, and it's better than the other two, but still has places where it just doesn't give sound.
2116325
I got a refurb. It did not. The sansa clip (not zip) 4gig is a good buy at about the same price and it is new. The sansas I purchased new are about 2-3 years old and with one exception, all still work well. (I have 5). The refurbs (2) I bought have sound problems.
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!
1879074
I don't use proprietary software. Under win7 and win 8.1 it is automatically USB recognised and I simply drag and drop MP3 songs and audiobooks. Best solution I have found for simple audiobooks when walking. Tried phone/ipod/iriver and others.... sansa wins hands down. Cheers. P.S. This is my 3rd in 5 years.
1075908
I just use the memory stick so I don't have to take my player with me or charge it. All the controls work with the stick. If you are worried about the battery life just buy another battery like I did or get a little battery supply like the Anker to recharge it. If I want to play certain songs then I use the Sansa. But I don't see no advantages except the playlist.
311929
the sansa does not fit, but if you jack it in with the white cord, it plays fine. true, it does not fit in the dock, so if aesthetics you're after, I guess it won't work for you. the sound it great even if it doesn't dock in.
1101264
The sound quality I think depends more on the headphones. I liked the headphones that came with this player better than the one that comes with the sansa. The deal breaker for me more than anything else is the lifespan of my player. I got tired of replacing my. Sansa clip when it stopped working. I've had my Raga longer than any Sans a I've owned and wrote a review titled something like, "Goodbye Sansa , hello Raga!" Lol. I'm a runner and with all the movement and sweating I do, I needed something durable; Raga, for me, fits the bill (ans saves me $$). Now that Songbird has FINALLY upgraded their software, I've ceased to have anything to complain about for this device. The sound quality I think depends more on the headphones. I liked the headphones that came with this player better than the one that comes with the sansa. The deal breaker for me more than anything else is the lifespan of my player. I got tired of replacing my. Sansa clip when it stopped working. I've had my Raga longer than any Sans a I've owned and wrote a review titled something like, "Goodbye Sansa , hello Raga!" Lol. I'm a runner and with all the movement and sweating I do, I needed something durable; Raga, for me, fits the bill (ans saves me $$). Now that... » Read More The sound quality I think depends more on the headphones. I liked the headphones that came with this player better than the one that comes with the sansa. The deal breaker for me more than anything else is the lifespan of my player. I got tired of replacing my. Sansa clip when it stopped working. I've had my Raga longer than any Sans a I've owned and wrote a review titled something like, "Goodbye Sansa , hello Raga!" Lol. I'm a runner and with all the movement and sweating I do, I needed something durable; Raga, for me, fits the bill (ans saves me $$). Now that Songbird has FINALLY upgraded their software, I've ceased to have anything to complain about for this device. « Show Less
916456
Well, I'm 5 months now with two SansaClip players. Dragging mp3 files into both of them from two different Macs, two versions of the operating system: 10.3 and 10.4. It's has worked for me, no problems. One player was left out in hard rain for two nights and I couldn't believe, it still works. I've loaded and unloaded songs on these players numerous times. Never did anything special, just drag-n-drop mp3s into the music folder. Sorry it hasn't worked so easily for others.
1116545
I have two Sansa players and have been very happy thus far. Owned an older Zen model, most unhappy, and because they've never had an FM radio, refused to purchase an Apple player.
609313
I don't know if it is different but pay $10 more and get sansa mp3 player. This thing will die in a few days ... You will waste your money :(
1599997
It seems that other than the Sansa products, the main alternative is the Creative Zen Mozaic. But some of the customer comments on the Zen were that it freezes up when you try to fast forward or fast rewind. The Sansa seems to be better in that regard. It also seems that the Fuze has an automatic bookmark feature. I can't tell if the Clip has this or not. It does seem that the Sanza products do not have manual bookmarking that would let you keep your place in several books at the same time. That seems to be a feature that Creative Zen has had in some models. Larry
491664
The iM413 has a Sansa-proprietary connector that accommodates certain earlier Sansa models, such as Sansa View and Sansa Fuze. These models can be mounted on the provided connector which provides power, battery charging, audio connection, and a few controls. The Sansa Fuze was the last model that is supported by the iM413. THE SANSA FUZE + IS NOT SUPPORTED. The iM413 has a 3.5 millimeter line input jack that will accept an audio cable from the headphone jack of you Sansa Clip, and in this way will support playback. But your Clip cannot be mounted on the iM413 connector. It would have to run from its own battery power and you would have to use its local controls.
794260
I too had no luck with Rhapsody to go on the Sansa Fuze, after doing everything i could think of, firmware updates, installed windows updates, reinstalled Rhapsody, formatted my device. After too much frustration, i switched to Napster to go and it works perfectly. I like Rhapsody Unlimited but i need to be able to load my mp3 player up and i could never get Rhapsody to work at all with my mp3 Fuze. Rhapsody is best for those who want to listen online only, but Napster is best if you have an mp3 player you want to load up.
2085519
I do not recommend Sansa Clip+ at all. Volume botton useless after 2 months. Look up forums before you buy one.
149199
It's a horrible mp3 player. My recommendation is to get rid of it and just purchase a different brand mp3 player that works correctly. That's what I did with mine.
2224388
I don't know... but I do know that I have a sansa MP3 player (it uses Creative software) I LOVE IT! I just can't find it again. This feel like a piece of crap and I haven't used it yet. I'm not excited to use it and I'll probably NEVER buy a sansa product again. I wasted $40. The quality feel of this piece of junk is so bad I would get a Dollar store MP3 player before I'd get this, and I'd feel as I upgraded. I don't recommend it.