Summary of Contents for SanDisk Sansa Sansa Clip Zip 4GB
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Table of Contents Technical Support Worldwide: www.sandisk.com/support Knowedgebase: http://kb.sandisk.com Forum: http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa For more information on this product, please visit www.sandisk.com/support/clipplus Clip+UM809-ENG ® Sansa Clip Zip™ User Manual Issue: August 24, 2011 America Edition...
Features ... 2 Minimum System Requirements ... 2 Package Contents ... 3 ® Sansa Clip Zip™ MP3 Player at a Glance ... 3 Main Menu Options: 7 Core Functions ... 5 Product Capacities: ... 6 Playback Screen ... 6 Battery ... 6 Charging ...
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FM Radio ... 21 Listening to FM Radio ... 21 Programming FM Presets ... 21 Recording FM Radio ... 22 Chapter 6 ... 23 Books ... 23 Loading Audiobooks and Podcasts ... 23 Playing Audiobooks and Podcasts ... 23 Chapter 7 ... 25 Voice ...
CHAPTER 1 This chapter provides you the safety tips and cleaning instructions for your ® Sansa Clip Zip™ MP3 player. Safety Tips & Cleaning Instructions Read the safety instructions carefully before using your Sansa 1. Read this entire manual to ensure proper usage.
Overview Congratulations on your purchase of a Sansa Because your favorite songs always take you places, SanDisk has created the ultimate on- the-go music experience. As the newest addition to the acclaimed Sansa Clip product family, the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player boasts a bigger screen now 1.1” with color, expandable...
Package Contents ® Please unpack your Sansa Clip Zip™ MP3 Player and check that the following were included: Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player Earphones USB 2.0 Cable Quick Start Guide Starter CD (US only) ®...
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Select/Special Features Left/Previous/Rewind Back Microphone USB Connecting Port Volume Up Volume Down Clip Quick Tip: Select Button Special Features Include- 1. Press and hold to add/remove to “Go-List” while a song is highlighted. 2. Press and hold to add/remove from presets while FM station is highlighted. 3.
Main Menu Options: 7 Core Functions Music – browse and listen to artists, albums and playlists Books – browse and listen to audiobooks and podcasts Card – insert microSD™ or microSDHC cards Settings – view or customize the Sansa player features Safety Tips, Cleaning &...
Indicates that the Shuffle function is enabled Battery The Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player comes with an internal rechargeable battery. To use the player for the very first time, remember to fully charge the battery. You can charge your Sansa player through the USB port of your computer, a car adapter (not included), or AC adapter (not included).
Firmware Updater Firmware is the code that powers your Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player. SanDisk occasionally releases firmware updates, which may include new features and performance enhancements. SanDisk highly recommends updating the MP3 player to the latest firmware.
Sansa Updater. Rhapsody is a subscription music service that gives you access to millions of songs. You can download anything in the catalog to your new MP3 player, as long as you remain a member. www.rhapsody.com.sansaclipzip Safety Tips, Cleaning & Instructions...
To Unlock the player, quickly press the Power/Lock button until an “Unlocked” message appears. Reset If the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player freezes up for any reason, press the Power button and hold it for approximately 15 seconds. This is similar to a power down of the player. However, be Basic Usage...
The ability to change between Auto Detect and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) mode for the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player is found under device system settings when USB Mode is highlighted. Auto Detect and MTP mode are used for Windows Media Player functionality. Be sure that either Auto Detect or MTP mode is selected to connect to a Windows computer.
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5. Change the USB Mode from Auto Detect to MSC 6. Plug your player back into your PC Disconnecting the MP3 player from your computer: Windows – Simply disconnect the USB cable from the player after you have finished charging, transferring, firmware upgrading, or synchronizing files.
4. In Mac OS, the player will appear on your desktop as a removable disk named SANSA CLIPZ. Quick Tips: For Mac OS, the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player must be set to Auto Detect or MSC mode in the USB Mode settings. See Chapter 10-Settings for more details.
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USB cable from the computer. Quick Tips: Updating your player’s firmware is highly recommended. For the latest features and performance enhancing firmware visit www.sandisk.com/clipziphelp to download the update. USA ONLY the starter CD in Sansa Clip Zip MP3 box has firmware updates, as well.
4. Double-click on Internal Memory. 5. Double-click on the Music folder. 6. Drag and drop music files from your computer to the Sansa MP3 player’s Music folder. You can also drag and drop files to a microSD™ card (sold separately), which has been inserted inside your player by going to My Computer >...
Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player. Quick Tips: The second removable disk will display with the card’s name, just as if you connected it via a card reader. You can only drag and drop files to the card if you have write permissions for the card.
Note: In the Add to Library dialog box, select one of these options My Music: Use this option to monitor the digital media files stored in your personal Music folder as well as any files stored in the public Music folders that everyone who uses your computer has access to.
Add to and scroll down the “Add to” list to highlight the name of the Playlist that you want to direct the content. Transferring Playlists To transfer playlists to your Sansa MP3 player, follow these steps: 1. Connect your Sansa player to the PC. Music...
2. Drag and drop playlist to Sync Tab on the right hand side and press “start sync” (circled) Music Providers Alternatives 1. Rhapsody is an online music service that you can subscribe to in order to download music at www.Rhapsody.com. Rhapsody can only work in America. Emusic is a online music service that offers membership-priced downloading for music for your library www.emusic.com.
Quick Tips: While on playback screen, press the center select button to see full album art. Options Menu: When listening to music, the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player offers seven options for personalizing the experience. These features are found while playing a song after pressing the options/down button or through the main menu settings function under music options.
Quick Tips: Press and Hold select button during playback to quickly add the currently playing song to GoList. 2. Remove song from GoList This option is only available when the current song is already added to the GoList. 1. Select Remove Song from GoList. 2.
® Sansa Clip Zip™ MP3 player. FM Radio The Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player includes an integrated FM radio for listening to live broadcast FM stations. Listening to FM Radio To listen to live broadcast FM stations, follow these steps: 1.
Recording FM Radio In order to record broadcast radio to listen and enjoy later on, follow these steps: 1. Press the Options button 2. Select Recording 3. Select Record Now 4. Optional: choose Duration (from 5 minutes to 2 hours) that you want to record the radio broadcast.
Clip Zip™ MP3 player Books Your Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player is able to hold and store audiobooks and podcasts under a dedicated category from the Main Menu. Once you load audiobooks and podcasts, navigate with the following steps to play your favorite content. An audiobook is a recorded book in .mp3 format and a podcast is a recorded broadcast in .mp3 format.
2. Chapter Skip: Select between off or on whether you want the book to keep its place when you skip between chapters. 3. Delete Audiobook: Select between yes or no. Deleting audiobook from device will not permanently delete the content from your computer. Audiobook Playback Screen 1.
Voice Voice Recording The Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player has a built-in microphone allowing you to record your own content (voice, an interview, or other speech.) To start voice recording, follow these steps: 1. From the Main menu, select Voice.
Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player. The microSDHC card is sold separately and is not required for using the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 Player. This chapter is designed to show you how to load content onto this separate mircoSDHC card and play the content once the microSDHC card is inserted into the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player.
Individual songs will display with a card icon to indicate they are stored on the external microSDHC card. Artists and Albums will not display an icon. b. The Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player is capable of working with microSDHC™ cards up to 32GB. microSD/microSDHC card slot supports additional higher capacities, up to 40GB* of total device content including internal memory (e.g., 8GB player with a 32GB card).
Sport Timing and Laps The Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player has a built-in timer function allowing you to record time in hours, minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second. The timer function allows you to record and save Laps.
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4. Under the Sport menu, when Logs are created, the option to Delete Logs can be selected and all of the Saved Logs will be listed. To Delete All Logs, Select Delete Logs once at the top of the display screen. In order to delete a specific Log, scroll down or up with the up and down buttons to highlight the Log that you desire to delete.
Chapter 10 This chapter shows you how to customize your Sansa MP3 player’s settings Settings You can personalize your Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player by selecting Settings from the Main Menu. Music Options From the Settings menu, select Music Options.
Radio Options From the Settings menu, select Radio Options. Delete All Presets 1. Select Delete All Presets. 2. Select Yes to confirm. FM Region 1. Press Select on FM Region to toggle between USA or World. Quick Tips: Selecting FM region USA gives tuner settings in tenths and selecting FM region World gives tuner settings in hundredths.
Playback Volume level upward to compensate for the “average” level of your library’s track adjustment. Quick Tips: For more information, please visit: http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/430 Language 1. Select Language 2. Scroll up and down to find desired language 3.
2. Select Auto Detect, MTP, or MSC. Settings once then up button to increase date, or from the date and use up or down buttons to increase or to select minutes and toggle up or down to increase ® Clip Zip™ MP3 player (such as...
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CAUTION: Ensure that you back up all of the media files you use with your Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player before FORMATTING the device as it will cause the files you have stored on the device to be deleted. You will have to re-transfer your content to the device after you have formatted it.
What music file formats does the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player support? The Sansa MP3 Player will support MP3, WAV, WMA, secure WMA, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, AAC (DRM-Free iTunes) and audiobook formats. How do I drag music files to my Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player? As long as the files are WMA, MP3, FLAC, AAC (DRM-Free iTunes) or Ogg Vorbis, they can be dragged into the Music folder.
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Why can't I drag and drop OGG files to my Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player using Windows Media Player? To drag and drop OGG files to the Sansa Clip Zip MP3 player, you need to upgrade your Windows Media Player to version 11.
Troubleshooting section to see if your question is covered there. If you have questions about the use or features of your Sansa player as well as other SanDisk products, please visit our Knowledgebase at kb.sandisk.com www.sandisk.com/support THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NOTICE This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft Corporation.
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instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and then on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 3.