First bug: Pressing center select button for “back to music list” often resets the player (as if select and volume + were pressed instead). If this is a hardware issue and not a bug, I’d love to know.
This doesn’t happen every time, but it does happen and it is annoying.
Second “bug”, documentation issue – see thread on debricking, press volume - and center while plugging in to get recovery mode. My mystery question is what caused the memory to corrupt, requiring this in order to reformat the device.
Quirks and wishlist things:
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Volume resets to about 60% after power off. I understand this is a ear safety issue, but since I can turn it up louder, why can’t I set an option to leave it loud? I often hook it to an FM transmitter, and to match broadcast radio I have to have higher volume. Having to change the volume slows down starting up, and can be a hassle when driving.
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Go list can’t be saved as a playlist. You can’t take a song off the Go list (on the Clip, you remove a song the same way you add it).
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Song list scroll is relatively slow, about a third that of the Clip. On a long list, this could be painful. With an 8 GB card in and 1000+ songs, it just wouldn’t be useable as a song-search tool. Looks like about two songs a second.
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If “play all” is selected, you can’t “go back to the music list”. Instead, it goes back to the list of play selection options. Selecting “play song” works for this, playing the selected song, while going on to all songs (just like “play all”), but lets you go back to the list to pick a new song. On the clip, it does go back to the song list.
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Volume is about two “clicks” lower than the Clip. Using the EQ can boost the volume, but it still seems to me that the Clip is louder and clearer at the highest volume.
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No menu option for MSC mode, unlike the Clip’s current firmware.
