Sansa Clip + shuts down after playing a WAV file

I see .wav is listed as supported–

http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/89/~/sansa-clip%2B-%2F-clip-supported-audio%2Fmusic-formats

but I’m fairly sure that the Clip’s so-called .wav support is mostly for the weird low-bitrate .wav files it uses for Voice and FM recording. I remember having trouble when I tried to play standard (1411 kbps)  .wav files on it too. You might try a different encoder from Steinberg, though–maybe Steinberg does something with the header at the end. Foobar is free–don’t know if it will work or not. 

Meanwhile, the Clip will play FLAC quite well (though you have to find the FLAC files under Music/Folders since FLAC doesn’t have ID3 tags for Album/Artist etc.).

If you want lossless with the original firmware, the easiest way is to rip or convert to FLAC.  You’ll save some space, too.