Fast forwarding I bought this product to listen to audiobooks, and when I stop it at a certain point, it will restart that section. This would be okay if I could fast forward, but when I try to hold down the right button, it simply skips to the next section. Any ideas? Fast forwarding I bought this product to listen to audiobooks, and when I stop it at a certain point, it will restart that section. This would be okay if I could fast forward, but when I try to... » Read More Fast forwarding I bought this product to listen to audiobooks, and when I stop it at a certain point, it will restart that section. This would be okay if I could fast forward, but when I try to hold down the right button, it simply skips to the next section. Any ideas? « Show Less
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I don't own this product (yet...), but I know to fast forward with an iPod you press the middle button and then move your finger clockwise on the touch-pad. Maybe it's the same with the Sansa? Try it out and let me know. :)
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I have used this for audiobooks for more than a year. It is important that it is not paused while you fast forward or it will skip. It also seems that I have the best luck while pressing gently and steadily down on the right arrow key. If I press down without holding, the player skips to the next section. I have found that the player starts up right where I left it off if I hit pause and let it power down on its own. The only times I have to find my place are when I accidentally skip to the beginning of the next section or when I recharge it. I always have a pad by my computer and just write down the section and hours/minutes so I can find my place easily after charging. I have used this for audiobooks for more than a year. It is important that it is not paused while you fast forward or it will skip. It also seems that I have the best luck while pressing gently and steadily down on the right arrow key. If I press down without holding, the player skips to the next section. I have found that the player starts up right where I left it off if I hit pause and let it power down on its own. The only times I have to find my place are when I accidentally skip to the beginning of the next section or when I recharge it. I always have a pad by my computer... » Read More I have used this for audiobooks for more than a year. It is important that it is not paused while you fast forward or it will skip. It also seems that I have the best luck while pressing gently and steadily down on the right arrow key. If I press down without holding, the player skips to the next section. I have found that the player starts up right where I left it off if I hit pause and let it power down on its own. The only times I have to find my place are when I accidentally skip to the beginning of the next section or when I recharge it. I always have a pad by my computer and just write down the section and hours/minutes so I can find my place easily after charging. « Show Less
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Did you ever solve this problem...mine does the same thing and it makes listening to audio books so hard to do. If not...can you recommend a MP3 that does not do this.
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You can fast forward, shuffle, repeat all that. The downside to this player is moving through folders. I have my music organized my artist & album making 88 folders filled with mp3 files. There's no quick way to get through the folders; such as going from folder 40 to 80. Also the screen shows no data on the files or folders.
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Definitely skip songs forward & backward - the volume control's been spotty for me but I'm not sure if that's down to the headphones or the fact that I run custom ROMs on my phone.
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I'm an audiobook listener, and it will remember you previous track position, assuming you don't skip tracks or add/remove any files. If you do, then it loses the position.
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No. I bought it JUST for audiobooks, not music. It shuffles chapters, even though I have it turned to direct play. If you accidentally hit the forward or back button, forget trying to find your original place.
790360
I don't know about books. I DO know, when I'm listening to a music CD and shut it off during play, it will always return to the first song, so I'm guessing NO, it won't.
244135
My zen mozaic works terribly for audiobooks. When I try to fast foward or rewind, even when using the "search to" utility, i get an error message and my player completely freezes.
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I noticed in a review that it does have a bookmark feature on audio books if you exit directly to the main menu. It didn't say how to do that, but I assume it would be pressing the little button above the wheel. When you exit to the menu, it will ask you if you wish to bookmark.
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Ummm...sorry to say that Ann-marie and AresX seller are wrong. Like Michael stated, you hold the volume up button to skip to the next song and hold the volume down button to jump back.
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It will play then sequentially. I have so many tracks that I still haven't reached the last one. But, if I remember correctly you have the option to loop, shuffle, or stop at the end.
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Beast, love how you say that. Audio books work very well for me. Good features; pick up where you left off, option to speed up or slow down the speed up the audio. Just awesome. As you know you have to find some way of downloading the audio book (i used youtube). I dnt knw about audible and this player mixing
459048
no, and it doesn't have fast forward, that's what I bought it for and found out it is junk for audio books, get a sansa, they work
178104
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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What a good question! I had to grab my device to see if you can. And............You can! How cool. So, while listening to a recording (song or voice) If you press and release the forward or back button, it advances to the next or goes back to the last track. But if you press and hold the forward or back button it will advance or rewind within the current track being listened to. So there you have it. I'll be leveraging this feature in future for sure. Cheers and thanks for asking!
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Depending on how the programing is formatted... on my MP3 DIY programs, the only way to resume is to "pause" the playback & leave the player on. If the power switch is turned off, the playback doesn't always start from where it was paused. What's even more annoying is that the "skip" forward or backwards does the same thing... restarts from the beginning! Your results may be different, but this is how my MP3 DIY programs work. Really not an issue, once I figured out the workaround. :)
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I really don't know but the play/pause button doesn't work as should be... What really do is to pass to the next song so you can't pause anything... Aat least not with the device... Well, thats happens to me, but after all I'm really happy with the device because is really cheap, has many pluses and found only one little problem. That's all I can say about, hope it will help you to make your choice and good luck!!!
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I had not used this feature, but just tried it and it appears that it can be stopped and started again where I left off. Simple to do just using the start/stop button. Thanks