You were responding to a two-year-old post.
The Fuze isn’t made any more. Hasn’t been made in years. I’m not sure if the length of time since they were last manufactured is now longer than the warranty period, but if it’s not, it will be soon.
So somehow I doubt they’re going to restart the assembly line for a complete recall.
If you “thought it was just my unit” then…that’s what a warranty repair is for.
From the thread, it looks like it’s a problem with V2 units and you would have preferred a V1. But if the function is of paramount importance to you, then you could probably have gotten a refund–years ago–and bought a diferent brand of player.
Just out of curiosity…have you upgraded to the final firmware? It’s not outside the realm of possibility that the problem was fixed. Worth a try. Don’t use the Updater; there have been no more updates since 2010. Use the manual method.
http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Sansa-Fuze/Sansa-Fuze-Firmware-Update-01-02-31-amp-02-03-33/td-p/139175
You could also, if you are computer-friendly, try the alternative firmware Rockbox at www.rockbox.org, which did fix a ticking problem in the recordings of another gadget I had, the iRiver H140.
I mean, yes, it would be great if this were also a perfect little recorder (through its dinky microphone or iffy FM) but it’s a little late to be getting so outraged.
I use mine as a music player, so I haven’t had any occasion to check out its recording capabilities. Any serious recorder is going to have an outboard microphone input, though…
