SanDisk Clip Jam 8GB MP3 player - Black

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The Clip Sport Plus was released in 2016, and is the first SanDisk MP3 player to add Bluetooth capabilities and water resistance. It does not have a MicroSD card slot. Jade, Charles – ars technica (May 27, 2006). "SanDisk launches "iDont" anti-iPod marketing campaign". The SanDisk Clip Jam is a wonderful, small MP3 player with a robust amount of features and a fantastic battery life. If you don’t mind a tiny device that looks and feels a little on the cheap side then you’re in for a great sounding audio experience with more memory capacity than you’ll ever actually need. Similar Products We've Reviewed: This new firmware has various enhancements and bug fixes, including key fixes listed below. Upon completion of the firmware upgrade, the device will turn off; power on the device to complete the upgrade process. If the device does not initiate or complete, press & hold the Power switch for 15 seconds to reset the device and then press and hold power button again for 1 second to restart

The original Sansa View was SanDisk's attempt at a portable media player, with a 4-inch screen, built-in speaker and an expansion slot for SDHC and SD cards. It was announced on the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. On June 1, 2007, SanDisk announced that the player had been shelved. [4] It has since been redesigned and launched. Providing a more versatile, durable product is H20 Audio with their Stream waterproof MP3 player. Similar in shape and size to the Clip Jam, the Stream hangs on tighter and better to your body than the SanDisk device, but comes at the trade-off of less robust sound and a lower overall volume. Of the three we used during our regular workout routine, the Clip Jam provided the least amount of problems and worry, thanks in part to its lightweight and long battery life. One of the best features of the Clip Jam is its wide variety of supported file formats, including MP3, WMA (NO DRM), AAC, WAV, and Audible (DRM only). All of these come through crystal-clear, thanks in part to a strong equalizer in the Settings menu. Whether we were listening to music, podcasts, or an audiobook, everything came through with no distortion or tinniness. Our major concern initially was the FM radio mode, as these onboard radio options usually don’t sound great. We’re happy to report that the Clip Jam’s radio came through loud and clear, even if we wish it had the ability to do AM radio. Battery Life: Keeps going, and goingSanDisk has produced a number of flash memory-based digital audio and portable media players since 2005. The current range of products bears the SanDisk Clip name. SanDisk players were formerly marketed under the Sansa name until 2014. All languages are now in one firmware version. After firmware update you will need to select your Language and Region preference.

How to make playlists (for playing all songs, say of an artist or of a certain criterion you’d like) Clip Jam runs using Windows 7 or later version: In a world of overpriced MP3 players that want to extol the virtues of every feature they possess, it’s sometimes refreshing to have some simplicity. The Clip Jam MP3 Player from SanDisk is one such device, with an unassuming form and a downright bargain bin look. The tiny device has some of the highest potential onboard memory around, not to mention a battery life of near 20 hours. Add in some runner-friendly features such as an FM radio and a lightweight build, and you have the makings for one of the best budget MP3 players available. The Sansa c100-series players have colour displays and are able to show cover art and small picture thumbnails. They use AAA batteries and are available in 1GB (c140) or 2GB (c150) of capacity. Microphone and radio capabilities are included.Sin, Gloria (August 25, 2011). "SanDisk Sansa Clip Zip is a budget iPod shuffle, but better". ZDNet . Retrieved August 26, 2011. Yet made in Linux they don’t work, I’m guessing they don’t from a Mac either. Maybe they need to have DOS line ends instead of unix or Mac . I’m in Linux with nothing handy to try that with. http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/SanDisk-Clip-Sport/Simple-Batch-File-for-Playlist-of-Genre-Folders/m-p/359406#M3578 It’s much simpler than I anticipated, the answer is found in Sandisk’s Clip Jam manual, although not in its entirety.

The budget price of the Clip Jam clearly comes from the fact that the device is made with cheap plastic. Likewise, the face buttons are finished in a matte coating that’s prone to scuffs and scrapes. After only a few uses ours was scratched up. Success at last with playlists on Micro SDHC card". SanDisk Forums. January 28, 2012 . Retrieved October 11, 2023. If the computer still recognizes it & reset doesn’t help, make sure you are installing the correct firmware for your player. There are several models and firmware is different for each one. Far better is to create an ordinary sub folder system to organize songs by artist group. Thus for instance using mp3 files under Music one might have dozens of folders with names of music groups and inside each folder only mp3 files for that artist. So using Windows Explorer with the cursor on the CLIP JAM\Music folder, one right mouse depresses then on the pop down selects New…Folder. Then with cursor on New Folder, Rename and enter The Beatles. Inside that folder one might move:SANDISK INTRODUCES SANSA® CLIP ZIP™ MP3 PLAYER". www.sandisk.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011.