I’m looking for an “officially blessed” by Sansa A/C wall charger for the 4GB Clip. Can anyone direct me to a specific product or link to one?
A google search finds some Chinese universal adapters on E-bay and such, but I’d prefer to purchase one that Sansa endorses/distributes for the 4GB Clip, if possible. A search of this forum also results in several hits for wall charger, but it’s unclear when sorting through them. And I don’t see one available on the Sansa store accessory page.
I don’t really wan to blow up my clip with any old adapter that is a “close enough” match with the Clip’s electrical specs.
I like this one from Macally. It’s a “Made For Sansa” unit too.
Bob
Nuetron Man,
Thanks for the link and recommendation. Do you have any exprerience with this unit working with a Clip? The specs indicate it is compatible with the Sansa 200 series, but it does not specifically reference it as Clip compatible. It’s very likely this will also work with the Clip, but I wonder if any forum moderators from Sansa can endorse/recommend a charger as specifically compatible with the Clip?
Thanks for your feedback. Your experience with the Macally charger also recommended by Nuetron Man, and knowing it works with the Clip is helpful. I may give that one a try.
I’ve purchased a clip for my edlerly father’s use and I need to keep its operation as simple as possible, so I want to eliminate the need for him to use a PC to charge the Clip.
Do you know if the Wally World charger’s output is compatible with the Clip? I don’t see the output specs on the Macally charger, so I can’t do an apples to apples comparison of the two.
I haven’t tried it and so can’t confirm, but my assumption is that it is. What I’ve read here is that USB output is a set standard and so that is why there is this interchangeability of AC adapters (and why so many people report success with cellphone chargers, such as for the Motorola Razr; and my Mio GPS charger works as well). You may want to try the Walmart if there’s a store nearby, in case you need to return it. (Or do the Macally at buy.com using Google Checkout and save $10 that way.) Sorry I don’t have other info.–it really would be nice if SanDisk had a list of verified chargers, if just for quality control purposes.
Milkerman:
Thanks for the Buy.com reference and I agree. It seems a reasonable request as a Sansa customer that Sansa could identify for us at least one or a couple of A/C adapters which the Sansa engineers confirm as being compatible with the Clip’s electrical specs, to avoid consumer problems from incompatible chargers, warranty issues, etc. Many customers will need, or would prefer to use, a wall charger vs. the PC for recharging the Clip, such as my elderly father.
Any challenger to take on the market dominance of the iPod has to also encourage accessories for use with ts products. The iPod accessory market is huge and is an industry itself.
The Macally web page is in need of updating. As a footnote, it shows the e200 series as compatible; note that the new e200 v2 uses the identical processor, which has the same power management system, as the Clip. The Sansa needs at least 200mA for proper charging.
USB voltage is a standard. The clip determines the charging characteristics, not the USB charger. Did you make sure your computer USB’s were compatible?"
I got the Scosche “ip3in1” USB home and car charging kit which has an AC charger (with nice fold-away prongs for traveling and 1 USB port) and DC (car) charger (with 2 USB ports). The “ip3in1” is nearly identical to the Scosche “ip2in1” USB home and car charging kit except the “ip3in1” has 2 USB ports on the car charger versus only 1 USB port on the car charger in the “ip2in1” kit. I thought, cool now I can charge both my Clip and phone in the car at the same time but I have a problem with that which I’ll get to in a minute. Interestingly, the front packaging has ip3in1 listed in a box and the back packaging (on a separate piece of paper) says it’s ip2in1. The output on both chargers is listed as 1 amp (it says 1A on the AC charger and 1000 MA on the DC charger). Got the kit at Walmart for $15 and both work great at charging the Clip.
Here’s the problem: both the AC & DC chargers from Scosche will not charge my Moto Q phone using the USB cable provided with the phone (the same USB to mini-USB cable I use to ActiveSync and charge the phone while at work) or the Clip’s USB cable. The AC adapter that came with the phone is listed as either 800 or 850 MA output so you would think that 1000 MA would be fine and the Q would be able to handle this extra bit of juice. Any idea why the Q (or any device really) can’t handle the extra juice? The Clip handles the extra just fine.
Thanks for the update on the Macally charger. I’d intended to call them countless times, and always ended up with more things on my plate. I like the build quality of those beasties, and the folding plug, like the Motorola chargers I have.
My Q charger works with the Clip too. But I can’t figure out why other chargers (both with output of 1000 MA) which work with the Clip won’t work with the Q.
From what I’ve read here it appears that the Clip manages the power output to what it needs so you can use anything with at least 200 MA. Wouldn’t the same hold true for the Q? That is, since the original Q charger is 800 or 850 MA shouldn’t a charger providing at least 800 or 850 MA do the trick with the Q?
I know it’s off topic a bit but any help would be appreciated.
