I have an older model I really like except it’s so small I can’t find often…wife was using iPod & iPhone for audiobooks - problem was everytime we’d try to transfer downloads from the library it was an ordeal. So, I buy her a clip-sport, but the “lock” button was not obvious- just about took it back and then got on this forums page - glad I searched the lastest msgs cause early on it was all bitchn about no lock feature…it shoud be in the directions…
I finally figured out how to lock and unlock the clip jam in case anyone is still looking for it.
Press and hold the little back arrow button. It might be called the home button. I’ve been looking for how to do this ever since I got the player. It would be nice if they could add those few litle words in the packaging instrcutions!
I’m so annoyed that this isn’t documented anywhere. After two previous Clips, I bought the Sport. Nowhere in the documentation does it say that it can be locked. I accidentally figured out how to do it. Hold the BACK arrow down (the arrow at the top left of the controls), and it will lock! I gave this unit a 1 star on Amazon because of the lack of a LOCK feature. It seems I wasn’t the only one who was annoyed about not having one. I would have thought that SanDisk would have chimed in to let us know. Unlock, of course, by holding the same back arrow button down. Sheesh.
Official Announcement was made with introduction of FirmWare Version 1.17 in August 2014, after the one and only User Manual was published.
Enhancements in FW 1.17
- Added Key Lock (Press and Hold Back Button for 2 seconds to enable Key lock, Press and hold back button 2 seconds to disable Key lock)
- Added Track number sorting using ID3 tags. Songs will now play in album order by ID3 tag track number if available.
Maybe check out this link for a summary of all changes made in FirmWare updates since the ClipSport was introduced.
Official Announcement was made with introduction of FirmWare Version 1.17 in August 2014, after the one and only User Manual was published in Feb 2014.
- Added Key Lock (Press and Hold Back Button for 2 seconds to enable Key lock, Press and hold back button 2 seconds to disable Key lock)
- Added Track number sorting using ID3 tags. Songs will now play in album order by ID3 tag track number if available.
Maybe check out this link for a summary of all changes made in FirmWare updates since the ClipSport was introduced.
Is there a way to request that a lock feature be added?
Never mind, I saw the answer after I asked the question. it would be helpful if the answer to the question appeared at the top of the heap.
Thanks again to KarlZ, who unlocked the mystery of the “hold” button. I also use the player almost exclusively for audiobooks. All my previous SanDisk players (and I had quite a few of them) had a “hold” function. This one did not even have it in the manual. I, too, was ready to return mine to amazon.
It’s odd that a user and not a SanDisk rep was the one to give the solution to the missing function, after quite a few complaints from users.
And just in case someone from SanDisk happens to glance at the board, as an audiobook listener I would like the rewind button to take me to the end of the previous chapter (song). There was one version of the OS that had that function, and then it was scrubbed…
So thanks again, KarlZ.
To be clear, the “Back” button is not the rewind button. The Back button is the one to the top right of other buttons.
Sorry, meant top left, not top right.
