Questions about using the Clip Zip to play audiobooks

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I’m new to mp3 players and the Clip Zip.  The main thing I want to use it for is to play audiobooks that I download from the internet and listen to the books in my car when I travel.  

My questions are:

  1. How do I listen to a downloaded book in my car using the Clip Zip?  I have a USB port in my car…do I use this?  I do NOT want to use earphones to listen to the book; I want to listen with my plain ol’ ears as if I was listening to a book on CD or to the radio.

  2.  Will I be able to download more than one average length book to the Clip Zip at a time?

  3.  How do I recharge the Clip Zip in my car…using the USB port?

Thanks!

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Thanks so much for your response, Miikerman.  I haven’t opened the Clip Zip yet until I get a handle on whether it will do what I want.  I’m going to investigate my car’s stereo system and see if the Clip Zip will work with it.  I’ll let you know.

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@tnaubie wrote:

I’m going to investigate my car’s stereo system and see if the Clip Zip will work with it. 

It will. If all your audiobooks are mp3 format, loaded in MSC mode and the player is also set to MSC mode (NOT Auto Defect).

It should also charge via the USB connection. Mine does. You stereo system may be different. If it doesn’t, you can always use a USB car charger.

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Thanks for your reply.  I am just now taking it out of the package to give it a try.  However, the box and a sticker on the back of the Clip Zip say that I should have a “starter” CD included.  There is no CD in the package.  What should I do?

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You have both been VERY helpful.  My box says that the CD is also for Sansa Updater.  Will I need to update the software on my player periodically?  If so, is there somewhere online that I can do this since I don’t have a CD?

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Any new firmware versions will always be posted here on the forum. And usually before the Updater will know they’re available. But honestly, it’s very doubtful there will be any further updates for this player. Besides, the Updater is a resource hog, slowing down your system and nagging you every time you plug the player into your computer, even if only just to charge it. Most (if not everyone) here don’t recommend using it. It’s very simple to manually update the firmware. Instructions are in the individual firmware posts.  :wink:

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I will keep my eyes on the lookout for updates on the forum.  Thank you.

After all this, it seems I have a defective player.  When trying to plug the ear phones in, you have to barely push them in to hear the music.  If you push them in to the player where the earphones won’t fall out, the player doesn’t play. There is no way that the player can be used effectively with the earphones while moving around because the plug just won’t stay in.  I have tried it with not only the earphones that came with it but also some that my husband has.  Neither set works correctly.

So I guess I will be exchanging the player tomorrow.  Hopefully with a new Clip Zip, I will finally be able to test to see if it will play an audiobook in my car without any problems.

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Yay!  I was able to download an audiobook to my player and it played in my car using the USB port.  I really appreciate all the advice and help Miikerman and Tapeworm gave me while trying to set up my player and for future use, too…an impressive community help forum!

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