Sansa Fuse vs. Sansa Clip - which is better for audiobooks I am interested in getting a 4 gb mp3 player to download and listen to audiobooks from my library's netlibrary. Which of these Sansa products is better for that purpose? Larry Sansa Fuse vs. Sansa Clip - which is better for audiobooks I am interested in getting a 4 gb mp3 player to download and listen to audiobooks from my library's netlibrary. Which of these Sansa... » Read More Sansa Fuse vs. Sansa Clip - which is better for audiobooks I am interested in getting a 4 gb mp3 player to download and listen to audiobooks from my library's netlibrary. Which of these Sansa products is better for that purpose? Larry « Show Less
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Both are good for audiobooks and have bookmarking.Difference is Fuze headphone jack does not breakoff easily. Clip's jack is on the side instead of bottom. Headphone jacks break off easily. Its a common problem.For that reason alone, I would go with Sansa Fuze.Other reasons to go with Sansa Fuze is the size. Its as small as an IPOD nano or deck of cards. The size difference between Fuze and Clip is not as big as you would think. They both fit in your pocket, and hand.Third, Fuze has a readable screen thats in color. Its much easier on the eyes. Clip is in black and white text. Its very hard to see and annoying. Overall, you'd be crazy to chose a Sansa Clip over a Sansa Fuze. Both are good for audiobooks and have bookmarking.Difference is Fuze headphone jack does not breakoff easily. Clip's jack is on the side instead of bottom. Headphone jacks break off easily. Its a common problem.For that reason alone, I would go with Sansa Fuze.Other reasons to go with Sansa Fuze is the size. Its as small as an IPOD nano or deck of cards. The size difference between Fuze and Clip is not as big as you would think. They both fit in your pocket, and hand.Third, Fuze has a readable screen thats in color. Its much easier on the... » Read More Both are good for audiobooks and have bookmarking.Difference is Fuze headphone jack does not breakoff easily. Clip's jack is on the side instead of bottom. Headphone jacks break off easily. Its a common problem.For that reason alone, I would go with Sansa Fuze.Other reasons to go with Sansa Fuze is the size. Its as small as an IPOD nano or deck of cards. The size difference between Fuze and Clip is not as big as you would think. They both fit in your pocket, and hand.Third, Fuze has a readable screen thats in color. Its much easier on the eyes. Clip is in black and white text. Its very hard to see and annoying. Overall, you'd be crazy to chose a Sansa Clip over a Sansa Fuze. « Show Less
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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.
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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
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I have the Sandisk clip and when I am listening to a book and then pause it, it bookmarks where I left off. I just got it last week. I got the 4GB and I wish I would have gotten a 8GB. I downloaded The Pillars of the Earth, The Way of the World and The Devil Colony and that took my entire 4GB.
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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
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Does the Fuze come with any kind of clip or can you buy a holder for it? Larry
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How do you bookmark? If I pause my book then listen to music or fm radio, then try to go back to the book I have to scroll from the beginning. I use netlibrary. I asked the Sandisk help site but they never got back to me.
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It has a simple single bookmark. If I turn it off while I'm listening to a book, it will start in the same place when I turn it back on. I have lost the bookmark a few times, some times if I hit the wrong button, it's gone. One time I added some more audio files, and when I tried to play it again, the bookmark was gone. The BAD thing about using this for audio books is that the time displays a maximum of 59 minutes 59 seconds. If you get audiobooks from NetLibrary, you will want to return this thing. It also doesn't fast forward/rewind very fast for getting through hours to find your place again in a very long audio file. Its "fast forward" is for songs, which is "dog slow forward" for multiple hour-long books. I like the Sansa Express enough for other reasons that I've just decided I won't listen to any NetLibrary eAudiobooks while I own the Sansa. Overdrive and Audible formats work fine, as do MP3s I made from CDs. It's really a shame about the time display. Actually, it's NetLibrary who should be blamed for this problem, not Sandisk. Whoever decided to make a 22 hour audiobook a single file should be fired.
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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?
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This is perfect for audiobooks. Always get the largest GB you can afford or just buy the 4 GB and purchase up to a 32 GB micro SD memory card for it. You'll be amazed how many books you can store on it. I usually download mine from our local public library.
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Thank you for the tip. I just upgraded my firmware and I am very please with the added bookmark feature. The Sansa Clip was a good little player before the upgrade...now it is darn near perfect!
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Thru tips learned here, I finally figured out the "secret." Hours of frustrating reading and trial runs later: WMA Audiobooks are not compatible with the Micro SD -- MP3 format only -- transferring from Overdrive is done outside of the Sansa Clip, direct to the Micro card -- insert the Micro (in its carrying sleeve) into the computer slot; when it is recognized by Overdrive, transfer as usual, listen by inserting the Micro into the Sansa Clip. MP3 format is a drag -- takes twice as much space as WMA, but seems to be the only game in town.
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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.
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"Compatible with a Variety of Formats The Sansa Clip+ MP3 Player is compatible with a wide variety of formats, including MP3, WMA, secure WMA, and Audible. It even lets you enjoy high-fidelity formats, such FLAC and Ogg Vorbis, without needing to compress and convert your files."
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Sansa clip user manual is online at Sansa clip.com and is easy to read and follow. You can also download the manual to your Sansa for future reference. The onlne help forum is quite helpful too.
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You don't want it to be mini-usb, that kind is better. Mini-usb ports have little pins in them that can break. I had a Sansa Clip with a mini-usb port and when I pulled it out of the charger, one pin got all bent out of shape and it wouldn't charge. I had to get a new mp3 player.
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I don't know; I'm not familiar with a sansa clip plus. I asked my husband and he said it would be. He loves it and it allows him to listen to his pod casts while driving.
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Sandisk clip + can take a micro SDHC card up to 32 GB - I use a 4 GB and the added space coupled with the fixed space is more than adequate for a half dozen audio books and a couple of hundred mp3 songs. Adding anything over 8 GB would be overkill. Be sure to keep a back up somewhere on your computer of your songs because there is always a chance of device failure in the future and when one of these fails you are going to lose all the data on the fixed internal memory
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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.
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I thought not, HOWEVER, I just discovered that it is better to rip audiobook CD's in iTunes than in Windows Media Player. The result is that each disc is in order (yay!) and the chapters are numbered. After uploading each disc, I make sure the mode is Mp3, which iTunes easily converts. Then I set up a folder on the Desktop with the title of the book as its title. Drag and drop the discs to the folder. Open the Sansa clip and add the discs, using the same method as adding files to a flash drive. I THINK THIS WILL WORK! It appears that it will.
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I am very happy with my 2GB Sansa. Just updated the firmware (very smooth application downloaded from Sandisk site). Sleek design, not as cool as Nano, but very close. Ubercool video which Nano doesn't have, which works surprisingly well. Bigger screen than Nano too. Micro SD slot a great plus. And it also works like a storage device, so you can take files with it, something Nano doesn't do. Go for the $129 (at time of writing) 4GB model.
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I find it interesting that this discussion was created in the first place. My initial confusion was that the product page seemed to be pushing for people to buy the iPod to use with this, but the item title specifically says FOR THE SANSA FUSE. I guess someone asked Amazon to change the item title and Amazon agreed? Not sure, but I originally dismissed all the iPod references on the item page as product placement or whatever you call that...
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thanks for the reply.. I ended up buying the sansa shaker mp3 player (I liked the idea of having a speaker option), for my 8 yr old niece this Christmas. I wish I didn't. It seems that if you have a Mac, and buy music on iTunes you, can't transfer it to an mp3 player, unless it is an iPod. ITunes music is in AAC format... you can't change it mp3 format. Mac apparently says that the sound quality is better.. I'm not so sure, and I am definitely disappointed that Mac doesn't at least give you the option. I'll just continue to let her use my old 2nd generation iPod.