I’ve finally gotten a routine that charges the ten-year-old Clip so I can listen to the radio for 10 hours.
Whether it can be duplicated, who knows. But here’s the how and what of how I do it.
Original Sansa cable, short, white with a ferrite ring.
One of my internet router’s USB ports.
I let the radio play until it dies. --Note, at this point, when I plug it into any other charger the radio comes on automatically.
Plugged into the router, the Clip blue ring-light will come on but the radio does not. That’s how I know it’s going to get a good charge. If I have to turn the radio/Clip off manually it will charge up long enough to listen a half-hour.
I haven’t tested it whle plugged into a computer yet. But I’ve repeated this method several times successfully. It’s nice to have my radio back.
