Will the sansa shaker work on my computer if I have Vista? I couldnt get the fisher price toddler mp3 player to work on my computer and dont want to have an upset child on x-mas.will it work inVista?
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While this post is really old, I'll respond in case anyone else is wondering. This player works with any OS. All you do is copy MP3 files to the SD card and put the SD card into the player.
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the sansa does not fit, but if you jack it in with the white cord, it plays fine. true, it does not fit in the dock, so if aesthetics you're after, I guess it won't work for you. the sound it great even if it doesn't dock in.
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The sound quality I think depends more on the headphones. I liked the headphones that came with this player better than the one that comes with the sansa. The deal breaker for me more than anything else is the lifespan of my player. I got tired of replacing my. Sansa clip when it stopped working. I've had my Raga longer than any Sans a I've owned and wrote a review titled something like, "Goodbye Sansa , hello Raga!" Lol. I'm a runner and with all the movement and sweating I do, I needed something durable; Raga, for me, fits the bill (ans saves me $$). Now that Songbird has FINALLY upgraded their software, I've ceased to have anything to complain about for this device.
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I use my mp3 exclusively for audiobooks. I'm a real junkie and listen nonstop all day when I'm not at work. The first one I bought was a Zen V. It had issues, but improved when Creative came out with new firmware. After using it for a year, the battery would no longer hold a charge. There was no way to replace the battery. So I decided to look for a player with a user-replaceable battery and bought a Zen Micro. It worked fine for a few weeks, then it broke and Creative said they could not repair it. I decided the battery was more of an issue than the bookmarking, so I bought a Sansa e250 v2. I've had it for about a month and it's great. Better than either of the Creative players. But it doesn't have bookmarking. Rockbox wizards are working on a new version that will work with the Sansa e250v2, so I'm hoping that will give it bookmarking capability. The resume playing works really well with the Sansa (unlike with the 2 creative players). Since I only listen to one book at a time and don't listen to music, the only time bookmarking is really an issue is when I transfer or delete books when the player is connected to my PC. (I have a Gomadic wall charger to recharge the battery at night.) I'm really not sure about the full time stamping. My library changed from netLibrary to Overdrive. Overdrive breaks audiobooks into multiple files instead of having one really large file like NetLibrary, so that hasn't been an issue. In 2006 a survey showed that 25% of the adult US population listens to audiobooks. It's really stupid that mp3 manufacturers continue to ignore our needs when the technology and software already exists to provide every player with full time stamping and bookmarking. If just one of them would come out with a reliable player with a user-replaceable battery and those features, they would probably rival iPOD overnight. If Sansa would respond with a firmware update to provide those features, the e200 series could be that player. Instead, they foolishly continue to ignore the pleas of audiobook listeners.
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Sorry. Mine malfunctioned and I returned it. Bought the Sansa and love it. Anything you can download to your laptop or PC you can transfer to the device.
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To be perfectly honest, I really don't know. But I can tell you that on our second device, we skipped using the CD that comes with it and the plug in device and just plugged in the actual mp3 player directly into one of our drives on our laptop, and that worked for us to put music on it. That was Vista. Although I have a laptop with the latest Windoes, I haven't tried it yet. I say plug the device directly into a USB port and see if you can load music on it! I think it should work!
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Hi Susan sorry to hear of your problem, but my first unit had to be returned to store as it did not function, the second works fine on XP and with my ROBERTS sound unit,hope you get sorted soon
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This Product works perfect with Vista , but only with windows media player 11 , no other players work with it. Robert
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I know sansa supports audio books, not sure which format though. If you install rockbox, I believe it supports many formats. Will make your battery last considerably longer. It is noticable
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You won't be sorry if you choose the Sansa Fuze MP3 player. I have two of them now, the 4 gig and the small 2 gig Sansa Clip. I previously bought iPods for my grown children as gifts and am very familair with their functions, but the Fuze goes way beyond them and the price is well less than half of that of a comparable iPod. Read my review of the Fuze above. I think the audio and video quality is as good as you can expect, but mainly depends on the quality of the digital input from whatever device you take them from. The one thing iPods have over the Sansa products, as well as most other MP3 players, is the abundance of peripheral devices to use with the iPod. You can find all sorts of things that accept the iPod, but usually have to find devices for the Sansa here on Amazon or other on line sites. They exist, you just have to look harder for them. My advice....don't hesitate...get the Sansa Fuze and look here on Amazon for other devices to use with them if you feel the need. I did, and don't regret my choice at all.
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If you have an older Creative Sound Blaster card, it will not work with Vista. Creative, according to their website, has no plans to produce a driver for Vista. When I was using the Release Canidates, I had to enable my onboard audio to get sound. My suggestion: enable onboard audio in your bios if possibe, or upgrade your sound card.
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I tried for over 3 hours to get 2 different 2nd gen ipod shuffles to work in windows vista home premium desktop hp. I updated firmware on shuffles and restored to factory shipping setting. Restarted PC. Itunes version 7.3. Will not sync individual songs to shuffle. Will sync whole library. But cannot see ipod shuffle contents in itunes. Then ipod shuffle would not work in itunes.Tried a new ipod nano purchased in dec 2006 blue colored ipod nano. Same difficulty.Any suggestions. Does the ipod shuffle work in windows vista??? Does the Ipod nano work in windows vista??
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my box says that you need a computer above Microsoft ME or XP. i called the Mattel help line and they said 'yes' you must use a computer with this item. I am returning it without opening it. Do I HAVE to use a computer to enjoy this item? the box and verbage online only talks about hooking up an MP3 player/Ipod. any help before I commit to returning this item?
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"Compatible with a Variety of Formats The Sansa Clip+ MP3 Player is compatible with a wide variety of formats, including MP3, WMA, secure WMA, and Audible. It even lets you enjoy high-fidelity formats, such FLAC and Ogg Vorbis, without needing to compress and convert your files."
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Thanks for your response, but I do not understand what MSC or MTP modes are or how to access them. :( Do I open windows media player and then plug in my sansa? Is there a step by step instruction anywhere for people who are totally computer and mp3 illiterate?
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The Shuffle will work with Vista, but the current version of iTunes (7.1) has a few minor problems:- When disconnecting the iPod, use the iTunes disconnect feature, not the windows remove hardware feature.- If text on the iTuens screen is hard to read, resize the window to refresh it.
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I think it will work with Vista but you will need a good tape unit to work with it -- I could not get the sound to transfer from the setup I had -- My computer is Vista also