Clip Zip Feedback and Feature Request Thread

@miikerman wrote:

The database refresh time on my Clip Zip likewise is signficantly faster than on my Clip+ (although still way too long–in fact, there should be no database refresh interruption at all . . .).  

Well, you know how to fix it, yet for some reason refuse to do so…:stuck_out_tongue:

Sansa is pretty reliable in pumping out a new clip every year or so.  Does anyone know when a new clip will be released?  Any rumors?  The present clip zip has atrocious pixel density.  Iphone has 326 pixels per inch (PPI).  Clip zip: 96.  (■■■■■.)  I am really hoping to see something fresh with a decent screen and and screen controller from sansa.

@jasontaylor7 wrote:

Sansa is pretty reliable in pumping out a new clip every year or so.  Does anyone know when a new clip will be released?  Any rumors?  The present clip zip has atrocious pixel density.  Iphone has 326 pixels per inch (PPI).  Clip zip: 96.  (■■■■■.)  I am really hoping to see something fresh with a decent screen and and screen controller from sansa.

Doubt there will be a Clip series descendent out this year as the Zip just came out less than a year ago. More likely (if one is released at all, and that’s iffy) it will be a replacement or updated model based on the Fuze platform. The Plus model has been out for 2 years now and it’s time for newer technology in a larger player that also does video.

@jasontaylor7 wrote:

 The present clip zip has atrocious pixel density.  Iphone has 326 pixels per inch (PPI).  Clip zip: 96.  (■■■■■.) 

Have you compared the price of an iPhone to a Clip Zip? Your comparison is just plain silly.:laughing:

“Have you compared the price of an iPhone to a Clip Zip? Your comparison is just plain silly.”

Thanks so much for the most excellent suggestion Mr. Martian.  $85 vs. $45.   For something around my neck so close to me that I use all the time I don’t mind paying the cost of some veggies.  If sansa is competing just on price well they will lose hands down.  tf Mp3 players are going for $5 on ebay.  Including cables and earbuds!!!

@jasontaylor7 wrote:

“Have you compared the price of an iPhone to a Clip Zip? Your comparison is just plain silly.”

 

Thanks so much for the most excellent suggestion Mr. Martian.  $85 vs. $45.   For something around my neck so close to me that I use all the time I don’t mind paying the cost of some veggies.  If sansa is competing just on price well they will lose hands down.  tf Mp3 players are going for $5 on ebay.  Including cables and earbuds!!!

 You’re not really  getting an iPhone for $85…the rest of the price is added  over the length of the contract. Buy an iPhone free of contract and tell me how much it costs…:stuck_out_tongue: It will probably be $500 or more. 

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And since when is it fair to compare an iPhone to an mp3 player? iPod perhaps, but even so the cost difference is such that you can’t fairly compare one to the Sansa Clip series of players.

@jasontaylor7 wrote:

“Have you compared the price of an iPhone to a Clip Zip? Your comparison is just plain silly.”

 

Thanks so much for the most excellent suggestion Mr. Martian.  $85 vs. $45.   For something around my neck so close to me that I use all the time I don’t mind paying the cost of some veggies.  If sansa is competing just on price well they will lose hands down.  tf Mp3 players are going for $5 on ebay.  Including cables and earbuds!!!

I think you forgot a zero on that iPhone price. You could buy about 15 Clips for the price of an iPhone.

I know it’s been mentioned before, but not for a while.

Please Please give us track#/total tracks and time played/time left. Both for all track types, not just the latter for podcasts.

In general, in the various play modes the displays are woefully short on information given the real estate. I couldn’t care less about album art, I want to see information. An option to increase text size would be nice too, it would definitely help when you’re tying to read it while running/cycling/driving.

Other than that, I love it.

@bruceb1 wrote:

Please Please give us track#/total tracks and time played/time left. Both for all track types, not just the latter for podcasts.

 

In general, in the various play modes the displays are woefully short on information given the real estate. I couldn’t care less about album art, I want to see information. An option to increase text size would be nice too, it would definitely help when you’re tying to read it while running/cycling/driving.

  

Agree with everything you say (as many others most likely do too). However, I wouldn’t hold my breath; obviously there are 1 or 2 decision-makers at SanDisk that think they know better. Also, it’s highly unlikely the Zip will be receiving any more f/w updates.

One can only hope these suggestions and features are put back into the next model that comes out. :confounded:

@bruceb1 wrote:

I know it’s been mentioned before, but not for a while.

 

Please Please give us track#/total tracks and time played/time left. Both for all track types, not just the latter for podcasts.

 

In general, in the various play modes the displays are woefully short on information given the real estate. I couldn’t care less about album art, I want to see information. 

 

:stuck_out_tongue:

I notice that the Sansa Clip Zip has an option to “none” for power saver. 

Selecting this however does not seem to keep the screen from turning off even when plugged into a 5v USB power source.

Is there anyway to keep the screen active when plugged in?

Would this capability not be useful?

Would it require a firmware upgrade?

By the way the problem with the unit being recognized PNP on Vista Home Ed did not exist on my XP v3. Loading music using the XP PC on both internal memory (drive “N”) and the SD card (drive “O”) went without error. These drives were then also recognize when reconnected to the Vista PC. Gofigure…

Thanks for your help on the Vista…even though it was not sucessful initially, it seems to work ok now…

Please let me know if there is a way of keeping the screen on while plugged in to a 5v supply

Thx again

Marvin, Is this the result of some hacking? Or is it some Sandisk development code?

@bruceb1 wrote:

Marvin, Is this the result of some hacking? Or is it some Sandisk development code?

Really neither, but you could call it hacking. Marvin is using Rockbox, a third-party firmware that installs in a “dual-boot” configuration, so you still have access to the stock Sandisk firmware should you want to switch back and forth.

http://www.rockbox.org/

I would like an e-ink or monochrome old style low power lcd display that is on the whole time the player is on . I hate these colorful displays that need to be off most of the time to conserve power. A digital watch can have its display on constantly for years with a tiny button battery. With an mp3 player, just having the display on while the player is on is enough.

@jk98 wrote:

I would like an e-ink or monochrome old style low power lcd display that is on the whole time the player is now. I hate these colorful displays that need to be off most of the time to conserve power. A digital watch can have its display on constantly for year with a tiny button battery. With an mp3 player, just having the display on while the player is on is enough.

E-ink is an interesting idea, although I’ve never seen it on a truly small screen lik a DAP. I just pulled out my Nook Simple Touch e-reader, which has such a screen…I last charged it fully on the first of this month, and it has been powered on the entire time…and the battery display reads 80% still. It’s been inactive, showing the screen savers,  for the last two weeks, as I had finished the book I was reading…but still, 20% battery use in 18 days is not too shabby.

Just with more battery life and micro SDXC support, keeping the same sound quality it will be the best player in the world. I only listen to lossless files these days

just got my new little Sansa toy.  Very nice!  I was excited to see that the quick start guide referred to an option to “Set audio chimes” under the sport section, but then that doesn’t actually appear to be the case.  That would be really handy for marking off start and stop times for interval workouts.  I’d prefer not to have to spend ages setting up timed playlists, and a simple time marker would be great.

The display has been on constantly for 18 days, and not that much battery usage? Wow. Why can’t we get mp3 players like that? I would settle for the display just being on while the player is on. I hate it when I want to watch the screen and it turns off.

Please fix ReplayGain on non-MP3 formats. While ReplayGain appears to work more or less for MP3s, from my tests (using Ogg Vorbis files tagged with the current version of VorbisGain) track ReplayGain mode appears to not work at all (no volume change occurs on files with track ReplayGain and the player set to track mode), and album ReplayGain mode doesn’t work right (album ReplayGain mode actually increases the volume for loud tracks with negative album ReplayGain and decreases the volume of quiet tracks with positive album ReplayGain).

And in the mean time (or if you aren’t going to fix it) please change your documentation and knowledge base to indicate that the Clip Zip does not support ReplayGain with Ogg files. That would have been very helpful to know before I ripped a substantial portion of my CD collection to Ogg with ReplayGain (it would have been better to use MP3,or do normalization rather than ReplayGain).