"Delete Song" Means a 90-second Freeze

SanDisk MP3 players Sansa® Fuze™
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I thought I’d rip a lot of CD’s, put them on the Fuze, and delete the ones I don’t really want while I’m playing through them.

But I can’t.

Turns out the unit freezes every time I hit “delete song.” Average Freeze Time = 90 seconds. (firmware v01.01.22a.)

 This unit is new during Christmastide, so it’s the latest firmware (i think) and a late-model 8GB Fuze. Any suggestions?

Thanks and Happy New Year !!

 Chris in VA

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from the release notes in the firmware thread this is a known issue.

Known Issues
• It takes a long time (2+ min) to delete song if device has lots of content
• There is a pause (less than 1 second) when selecting “Play All” – transition not smooth
• Rating info is lost following database refresh on songs loaded in microSD
• With Rhapsody channels content, press and hold to add Artist to GoList may not work.  Work around is navigate to Album level to add entire albums from one Artist

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The delete function is pretty useless because of that freeze. I use the rating system to keep track of what I want to delete, then delete music from the Fuze when its attached to the computer.

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Until they get this sorted out in a future f/w update, just delete files via your computer. And yes, they know about it and are working on it. :wink: