I hooked my new Sansa Clip+ up to usb port about 2/12 hours ago and the battery and headphone icons are still flashing. How can I tell when the player is charged?
Unplug it and see what the battery meter shows. Charging from a USB port may be slow–depends on if it’s a laptop or desktop, a back or side or front port, a hub, etc.
It’s on the front port of an HP Pavilion running Windows Vista. Is it unusual for it to take this long to charge?
I unplugged it and the battery icon still has a little black on the tip…should it be completely yellow?
From a fully dis-charfgd state, it’s recommended that you charge for 3.5 - 4 hours to fully charge it.
Then would you infer from what I’ve said that the unit is defective?
No. You said you charged it only for 2 1/2 hours. And, as mentioned, different computers and USB ports provide varying levels of charging power.
You want it to charge faster? Use a USB-AC charger.
Some dektop computers don’t put out enough power from a front usb port to charge the player. The same is true for notebook computer mp3 ports when it runs off battery power. If you use an AC usb charger(ie a cell phone charger), make sure the charger says on it 5 volts and at least 500 ma.
Back ports often provide a stronger charge than front ports. So you’re using the slowest possible way to charge the Sansa–and possibly a port that’s too weak to charge it correctly at all.
Let the player charge for 3-4 hours. Once you disconnect it you go to Settings - System Settings - Info - It will display the actual battery percentage.
I let it charge for 2 days and the unit would not come on or turn off…just kept flashing “Music” and the battery icon. I sent it back to Amazon and I’m going to get an iPod.
Congratulations on getting a player without external storage, recorder, radio, etc.
Did you remove the protective plastic from the front? The one that says Music?
Haven’t Gotten one yet. My old Fuze+ is working better now. I raised the decibel level to the max and now it’s loud enough (the main problem I was having with it). The front usb port charges this one and my old clip+ without any problem, so it’s not the port that’s the problem.
If you are in Europe, go back and reset your Fuze + to Factory Settings and choose Rest of the World rather than Europe as your region. European regulations force players to use low volume.
My usb mode is set to msc, which I like b/c when you plug it in, each dirve (internal and externa) shows up separately…easier when you’re loading music files.
Yeah…mine stays in msc. The problem w/my Fuze+ is that the internal battery won’t hold a charge very long…it’s about 5 years old and just scrolling down and looking at tunes runs the battery down. I wish I could get brand new Fuze +…no refurbs. Does anyone know where I can get a brand new one?
You can get an insanely overpriced new-in-package Fuze+ at Ebay, or even more overpriced at Amazon.
Personally I think if you’re going to go in that direction that the original Fuze (without the +) was the best of the bunch.
Yeah, and this one is only 4 GB…mine’s 8 plus an 8GB SD card…16 GB is plenty for me. Where can you get a Fuze (without the +)?
Same, Amazon and Ebay, though prices are also way high. The Fuze has a scroll wheel, not a touch screen. So choose whichever interface you’d prefer. From what I see here, though, the Fuze+ was a lot glitchier than the Fuze.
There’s a downside though. These old discontinued units have been sitting on shelves a long time, and their battery life has been decreasing because of that. Not as badly as one that has been used steadily through the years, like yours, but there will be some decrease.
And if you do get a Fuze, make sure to unplug headphones before tucking it into a drawer or bag. The headphone jack is a weak spot, and if you leave it plugged in with the headphone cord wrapped around the Fuze, the jack will eventually break. As mine did. Don’t know if the Fuze+ is any stronger there…
Thanks for your advice. I’ll check it out.
