# Green Light

**URL:** <https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146>\
**Category:** Sansa Clip  |  Clip+\
**Created:** [March 24, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146 "2015-03-24T17:15:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![kevin390](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevin390](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/kevin390)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146/1 "2015-03-24T17:15:12Z")

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When I turn my MP3 on&nbsp; and off there is a green light for a minute and then it works fine. Anyone know whats up ? Thank you for your time…Ray&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![deponia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@deponia](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/deponia)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146/3 "2015-03-25T10:47:16Z")

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Hello,

are you sure that you are using the clip + player? because i heard about an issue with a green screen but on the clip zip player.

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**Author:** ![kevin390](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevin390](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/kevin390)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146/4 "2015-03-25T14:37:46Z")

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Version - V01.01.21A

When I turn the MP3 Player on or off it shows Sansa logo for a sec, then the LCD light turn green for about a minute or so. After that it plays normal. I was hoping someone had a fix for this. Thanks…Ray

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**Author:** ![kevin390](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevin390](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/kevin390)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146/5 "2015-03-25T14:43:50Z")

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I think I am , I have seven of them, One for Rock, Jazz and so on. I wait till Radio Shack has them on sale, they have great sales when they are. But I think the Shack has stop selling them. To Bad I like them allot. Anyway I am going by the picture to see what MP3 I am using. Could you let me know about the issue with the clip zip. Is there a fix? Thank you for you time…ray

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**Author:** ![kevin390](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevin390](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/kevin390)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146/6 "2015-03-25T15:18:02Z")

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I do have a clip not a clip +. Here is how I fixed the problem. I reinstalled the firmware manually from the instructions on the home page. So far ir seems to be working and was easy to do. Have a good day people…Ray&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![deponia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@deponia](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/deponia)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146/7 "2015-03-25T17:57:12Z")

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Hello,

thank you for providing the solution to this post in order to let others know how you resolved your issue.

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**Author:** ![saratoga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@saratoga](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/saratoga)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146/8 "2015-03-25T18:47:55Z")

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> @kevin390 wrote:

> Version - V01.01.21A

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> When I turn the MP3 Player on or off it shows Sansa logo for a sec, then the LCD light turn green for about a minute or so. After that it plays normal. I was hoping someone had a fix for this. Thanks…Ray

I think you actually have a Zip, the clip/clip+ don’t even have green pixels. &nbsp;

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**Author:** ![kevin390](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3be4f8/32.png) [@kevin390](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/kevin390)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146/9 "2015-03-25T19:49:00Z")

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HAHA your right it is a Zip. All these clips no wonder it took me a while to get my MP3 working right.

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**Author:** ![audiobooklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@audiobooklover](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/audiobooklover)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/green-light/50146/10 "2016-09-18T16:49:44Z")

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I know this is an old topic but it does happen to me on occasion. &nbsp;So I wanted to tell anyone with this how I fix it.

I use my player for audio books. I downloaded from the library and I am constantly adding and deleting files. &nbsp;The adding and deleteing will cause any computer to slow down.

I do get that green screen from time to time.&nbsp; Sometimes it is just for under a minute starting and stopping, which is a bit annoying. &nbsp;But today it turned green while I was listening and did not go away and it was turning off, I gave it over 5 minutes. It took over a minute holding down the on/off to shut off completely.

**Step I use to fix.&nbsp;**

1. To reset (reboot) it may take holding down the on/off for over a minute. &nbsp;
2. Plug into the computer and backup anything you want to save.&nbsp;
3. Unplug from computer and go reformat
4. Plug back into computer and check for firmware updates
5. Copy files back.
6. Unplug from computer and all should be well again.

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