A few weeks ago, preparing for a trip, I wanted to take my Sansa Fuze+ that hadn’t been used lately. So I charged it up, updated the firmware, moved some music onto a new 8GB memory card, added some new music to the unit, and headed off on my trip. When I went to use it it was completely dead, resonding to neither the power button nor being attached to my computer. I put it away until after the trip.
Today it still would not start using the on button. I removed the memory card and connected it to the computer and left it. Eventually it woke up! The Sansa Fuze+ application opened on the computer (Windows 7) and said the battery was at 0% charge - it had been fully charged before the trip and not actually used at all. It also said there were unspecified updates available. I told it to update. Eventually, with the screen just showing Connected and the charging underway, I unplugged it. The Starting cycle started, and eventually a message appeared that the firmware had been updated.
Since I was sure I updated the firmware just a few weeks ago I got curious. I see that 02.38.06 came out in mid-July. The Properties window of the connected device says 02.38.06 A. Note the A suffix. Is this a new firmware version since I (believe I) updated in mid-August? The Sansa Updater says it is running 2.38.06, without the A suffix.
Thanks for any clarification you can provide.
RH in CT
