Tags don’t work fine if they are missing or if there are slight variations in the album or artist tag, and some items sort separately. Tags don’t work fine for classical music, where the artist tag might have the composer’s name or the performer’s name. If there were separate tags for composer and for performer, then tags would work much better. Tags don’t work well for podcasts that you want grouped together. Who wants to have to edit tags so the podcast can be put on the player to be listened to once.
“AM would be impossible for a unit this size as the antenna which is a carbon rod with a coil would make the unit much larger. With FM, the earphones are the antenna.”
AM radio would make the unit slightly larger, but not huge. Have you seen some of the very small AM/FM radios? Adding AM to a player that already has FM wouldn’t increase the size much.
AM radio would make the unit slightly larger, but not huge. Have you seen some of the very small AM/FM radios? Adding AM to a player that already has FM wouldn’t increase the size much.
Maybe not, but is there REALLY enough of a demand for AM radio that it would be worth the expense to SanDisk to add it?
Serious malfunction here…updated the firmware…after getting the all clear to unplug the Fuze, got a white screen. I did a hard shut down, now all I get is a blue-greenish screen that’s in the lower right hand corner of the screen. It will not boot up into a greeting screen at all, will not stay powered, it simply does not go anywhere.
Edit: It’s far worse than I imagined. Right now the Fuze is plugged into the pc and the pc isn’t even recognizing the connection to the device.
Second Edit: Now, it won’t shut down at all and the screen is still there .
Help…please.
Message Edited by wccd on 10-10-2008 04:58 PM
If you have a microsd card inserted, try taking out the card and see what happens…
Something simiar happened to me and removing the card cleared it up…
It amazes me that mp3 player makers make their models so similar to existing models they have made, or that other manufacturers have made. While there are so many mp3 player models, none come close to having all the features I want. I hesitantly bought the Fuze two months ago, knowing that it lacks many features I want. If Sandisk wants more market share in mp3 players, they should concentrate on what most other mp3 player makers don’t provide.
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Use of a AA or AAA battery
Having both AM and FM radio
Having the ability to record in mp3 with a user selectable
bitrate and having a microphone jack
Having more than one card slot on a player, and the ability to change one card
while the player continues to play off the other card or internal memory.
Including a skin with a clip on it in the box with the player.
I guess I won’t hold my breath waiting for Sandisk or any other mp3 player maker
to make a player that I would be truly satisfied with. The annoying thing is that
there used to be a nice selection of AAA battery based players a few years ago,
and now there are so few models available.
The AA battery idea would make it impossible for players to be as slim as they are…
People also want thin players so as long as Ipod’s continue to be industry leaders other companies will try to
come as close as they can to the slim design as they can…
I too like the idea of user replacable batteries but sound quality and cost are my chief concerns
as with most people I would say…
AM radio would be nice too but I havent found any that are made in the US that include that
A compromise between non-replaceable batteries and AAA batteries would be replaceable lithium-ion type batteries. It’d be nice to have a Sansa that had a slim replaceable battery that just slides off the back of the player.
A compromise between non-replaceable batteries and AAA batteries would be replaceable lithium-ion type batteries. It’d be nice to have a Sansa that had a slim replaceable battery that just slides off the back of the player.
Even adding a battery access cover would be likely to add bulk. The cover would have to be durable and survive handling which would mean it was thicker than the existing case, it would have to clear the internals (where clearance is not an issue for non moving parts) and would need a latching mechanism. All of that would increase thickness.
"“The AA battery idea would make it impossible for players to be as slim as they are…”
Why must a player be so thin? It doesn’t work better if it is thinner. It doesn’t make you any thinner having a thinner player. Why the obsession with thinness?
A replaceable lion battery wouldn’t be good, unless it is very easy to find and very inexpensive. Using a AA or AAA
battery would be so much better. I hate the idea of charging a battery within a player. I want to be able to charge up to 4 batteries at a time in a wall charger. AA or AAA batteries are good for that.
"“The AA battery idea would make it impossible for players to be as slim as they are…”
Why must a player be so thin? It doesn’t work better if it is thinner. It doesn’t make you any thinner having a thinner player. Why the obsession with thinness?
A thinner player is much easier to carry in the pocket and will tend to be lighter too. Those are important attributes in a portable device.
Creative used to have some players with replaceable LiIon batteries. They never sold well. Its just one of those things that people complain about, but when it comes to actually buying they’ll pick whatever is thinnest (usually an iPod).
Just look at the popularity and consumer buzz that happened when the Motorola _ RAZR _ phone came out a couple years back. Turn it sideways and you can barely see it.
Ya the wife just got a Motorola Moto W755 purple " by the way battery life ■■■■■ during talk time so far, have to give it a few good charges to see if it gets any better"… Point is that the battery cover is paper thin and takes up no more space then the case itself… Yes it could be done with the Fuze or should I say what ever model they come out with to replace it… The fuze was made disposable by design! Just the way it is! George
That may be true, but there are other ways of facilitating battery access. Four small screws on the back panel, visible and accesible would make it infinitely easier to open the case than prying it open, not to mention the ugly marks which are invariably left.
I have been (and still am) a very happy Clip user. I recently have acquired a Fuze and updated to the latest firmware, and have a few feature requests:
(Optionally) display year/month/date in addition to hour:minute while te music is playing;
(Optionally) allow using smaller font to fit more information on screen. I listen to the Economist audio edition, and the tracks are named like “12 United States - Swing states: our conclusions” (that is, number, section name and then title). The number 1 reason why I wanted to switch to Fuze was because I hoped its larger screen can show more information per line to make it easier to choose tracks, it is a bit dissapointing for me.
Alternatively, (optionally) scroll all entries in the list when they are too long to fitwithin the width of the screen, instead of scrolling only the one that the cursor is currently at.
Improved font. If you have tracks named in Japanese, the imbalance between kana and kanji characters is quite an eyesore. Clip with its much smaller screen shows them much much better. Fuze should be able to do better.
For audiobooks and podcasts, add more playback speeds, perhaps “Faster” and “Slower”. Currently “Fast” seems to play at about 20% faster than normal, but often I find myself wanting to speed it up even more.
I have been loving this lil guy for a while now, even went and bought an 8gig SD for it. I went to check for firmware updates for the sandisk fuze and i installed the program. The first time i booted it, i saw no updates. i had to restart my pc and when i plugged it in to music it up it somehow found an update(we’re talking like 5 mins so i found this a bit weird but i shrugged it off).
i let it do its thing un interupted and i assumed it went great. i went off and did some stuff and lost track. I came back today to try to fill it up and it boots with a weird screen.I’ll update it with a pic but basicly it boots for like 5 secs and then shuts off. all you can see is a green square(i believe its the shade of my background) but its cut off in a weird way.
any help?
Message Edited by fresnoca86 on 11-04-2008 03:55 PM
I myself am a Linux user (ubuntu 8.10 actually) and i would really like to see a smc for Mac and Linux, or extra supported video codecs that one could make without the proprietary metadata. This is the only thing holding me back from recommending my fuze to others. I also would like to see extra image support. But video is my top priority.
I don’t know what’s going on with my update. I have my Fuze connected and recognized by my computer. Open the sansa updater, it downloads the firmware and begins the installation process. But it hangs at 10%. It’s been there for over an hour. My battery is at 100%. Any help is appreciated.
Why the obsession with thinness?