This should be obvious to me but it is not. I have a Sansa Fuze, 4 gig, am using windows vista.I just installed the newest firmware. I have looked at the FAQ’s and the manual but I did not find my answer.
How does one stop a song that is playing? Not delete, just stop
Press pause (>||) at 12 o’clock on the wheel, that stops the track. It’s a Play/Pause toggle; pause will halt the current track and the search functions will help you select the next track you want to play. There is no need of a ‘stop’ button with today’s digital media devices that have memory, unlike the ‘old’ CD players where you have to physically stop or eject the thing in order to play another track or CD.
There is no out and out STOP button. For most it is not needed because pause does the same thing. Those who want the little bar at the bottom to stop displaying the info, use work arounds like happycow suggested
I have owned the Sansa Fuze 4GB model for over 2 years and had the same problem. Drove me crazy. I had to pause, then go to the home menu and song continued to play while trying to search and play another song.