no clock
I have 2 from black friday and love them.
One has bounced in my pocket with keys for 9 mo. w/o any troublees

If this sells out... it will the first quadruple sellout I have ever seen between woot, shirt, wine and sellout. I have seen triple sellouts a few times... but never a quad.

paco99 wrote:no clock
I have 2 from black friday and love them.
One has bounced in my pocket with keys for 9 mo. w/o any troublees

Jeeze. Impossible to get more rugged than that.

And, what about the person that said it survived being thru a washing machine cycle?!!

I don't know, but I'd say that Sansa design engineers would love to hear that.

On the other/practical side, I would highly recommend trying NOT to subject ANY DAP to any of the above, or even near the above trauma, and actually expect it to work after.

For bookmarking check the info here: http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=clip&thread.id=8512

javajivin wrote:Thanks Bill for the info. I did like you said, copied my music files to a card reader, downloaded the files then put the sd card back inot my sansa. It still doesn't recognize the new files. I think I shoulda just bought the 4 gb to begin with

One thing you might try is going into "Settings" and select "Info" to see if the card is being recognized or not. The fourth item down (after "Version", "Memory", and "Free") should say "SD Card" which should show the capacity of the SD Card. If you don't see a value around 2000MB (since you have a 2gb card), this would be an indication your Sansa isn't recognizing the card for some reason. If you see a value around 2000MB, then it would seem that the Sansa is recognizing the card, but isn't recognizing the files you have on the card.

I'm not sure I can help you a lot further past that. However, two things that might help would be to install "Rockbox" onto your Sansa (which is something you should do anyway since Rockbox is great) and also search some of the previous Woots from a few months ago when Sansas have been sold on Woot as there has been some great information posted towards troubleshooting various issues. Best of luck. - Bill

User guide says "please note that the rechargeable battery is not replaceable." Damn.

diletante wrote:In reality, there's nothing available yet that can touch vinyl LPs on good equipment (e.g., direct-drive turntable, a decent compander like a multichannel DBX --which will also do noise reduction for low-VU or old/scratched albums, etc.).

Hell, why else would a few companies have emerged and proliferated lately to address this new high-end market for vinyl albums at $40-200 an album, i.e., EACH, and they can't fill orders/demand...they're back ordered for years to come on their orders, and requests for new titles?!?

If you are listening to any album made after 1980, it's probably mastered with digital tape, not analog.

And if you're talking about companders, you're no longer even discussing high fidelity, you're talking sound effects.

As to why the high end audio market sells so many turntables and LPs, why do people pay extra for Bose sound systems?

As P.T. Barnum pointed out, "There's a sucker born every minute."

Obviously MP3s don't sound identical to their original source. CD quality doesn't mean that the mp3 sounds identical to the CD, just that the bandwidth is identical. Someone with better than average hearing will notice that the mp3 is different than the CD. But for listening in the car, or while running, or while riding on a commuter train, the convenience far outweighs the loss of fidelity. And the sound is far superior to anything on radio.

designme wrote:What are you talking about? The best way to charge a sansa (mine is e250) is to plug it in the wall and leave the computer off. Or use an adapter for your car, mine has a usb plug. I also have a usb adapter to plug into my ac outlet. So convenient. Get another sansa cable or eqiv and spread out. I never need to turn my on, it goes on automatically - I turn it back off and keep it charging. Get the sansa alarm clock - I think that works swell too - so what if it isn't so mod looking! By the way my Sansa is a respiffied, it wasn't stamped, thanks, and I use it always with no troubles. I don't swing it around by the cords either though. Wish everyone would read a manual sometime. If it were any smaller, I'd be afraid to lose it. And yes my only negative, is it could play a little louder, but maybe I will have better hearing longer than most. And I get in good enough moods with my sansa baby playing just as it is - espec for the $$$. And lastly, If you get into trouble and something locks it up, hold down the power button for a long time and it resets - no need to remove the battery. Any thing else anyone?! Good nite!

Designme: How about the people decide for themselves. I have tried it both ways (off & on). Leaving it on seems to work best.

DDRAMbo wrote:Like many of these little MP3 players, it's sensitive to moisture, such as sweat, so keep it out of your pocket if you're sweating a lot. Believe me, I killed one of them already. So I found this great little protector for it at BestBuy. It's specifically made for the clip. It's made almost entirely of Neoprene, with holes for accessing the ports and side buttons, and one in the back for the clip.

Ok, seriously. My kid the stage manager keeps her mp3 player moistureproof when running the same way they keep the stage cordless mics protected.
Unlubricated condoms.
Seriously.
And you wondered why Woot had those up duing the recent woot-offs?
Now you know.

Alright guys... I have one of these... last minute and I'm about to pick up another... as for the Charging Methods.... yes this thing charges via USB, however I have a Motorola RAZR charger and car charger, which I use to charge my HTC TyTn II Windows Mobile device.... and it works on this MP3 player!

I have the 1 gig version of this and LOVE it. I'm a mp3 player hoarder (got the ipod nano & shuffle, archos 504, creative zen, 2 iRiver T10's, sirius stiletto 100, treo 650& 680, AND a sansa e250). Despite having all these mp3 players, I actually only use the Sansa Clip. I was waiting for the 2Gig to pop back up on Woot. Thanks

By the way, I can use my car's Magellan 4250 GPS power cord to charge it.

diletante wrote:llo not bad. But, it's all about true *reproduction," i.e., wanting to hear the closest to what was heard front center at the un amplified live performance.

And, since tape is only capable of an 80dB dynamic range, vinyl 90, it was agreed upon long ago by ALL sound reproduction manufacturers how to compress the 120 dB of any life performance down to the 80 or 90dB that can fit onto those media. SO, to hear it ALL, even to this day, you gotta listen to the play-back AFTER it had been expanded back out to 120dB in the exact method it was compressed....otherwise, at the same volumes it was to a listener at front center stage when it was originally performed, it won't sound the same. AND, at those low of volumes (i.e., exactly the levels of the real deal), vinyl or tape has a 15-20bB noise level that AIN'T the sneezes and coughs of the ppl that were there in the auditorium (cuz those are louder, AND OK/desired), and when you expand the music back out to 120dB, most or all of that baseline noise that is inherent to tape and vinyl media IS GONE!

diletante wrote:llo not bad. But, it's all about true *reproduction," i.e., wanting to hear the closest to what was heard front center at the un amplified live performance.

And, since tape is only capable of an 80dB dynamic range, vinyl 90, it was agreed upon long ago by ALL sound reproduction manufacturers how to compress the 120 dB of any live performance down to the 80 or 90dB that can fit onto those media. SO, to hear it ALL, even to this day, you gotta listen to the play-back AFTER it has been expanded back out to 120dB in the exact method it was compressed....otherwise, at the same volumes it was to a listener at front center stage when it was originally performed, it won't sound the same. AND, at those low of volumes (i.e., exactly the levels of the real deal), vinyl or tape has a 15-20bB noise level that AIN'T the sneezes and coughs of the ppl that were there in the auditorium (cuz those are louder, AND OK/desired), and when you expand the music back out to 120dB, most or all of that baseline noise that is inherent to tape and vinyl media IS GONE...hence the need for a compander.

bradw76 wrote:Ok, seriously. My kid the stage manager keeps her mp3 player moistureproof when running the same way they keep the stage cordless mics protected.
Unlubricated condoms.
Seriously.
And you wondered why Woot had those up duing the recent woot-offs?
Now you know.

I believe that...the part about using them on equipment and such (not about why woot sells'em, tho;-)

I've been wanting a Clip for a while now... great price, so I'm in for one.

Thanks woot!

Wow, this is an amazing deal. Thing is, I don't even know if I need an mp3 player. Not really that many opportunities for me to use one...hmm...

I'm probably wrong, but I sense a woot-off for some reason.

+1

come on people let's have a sold out for a change. buy 3 you will not be sorry.

kpanos wrote:I'm probably wrong, but I sense a woot-off for some reason.

Ppl've mentioned here that woot-offs have never happened except on a ...I think they said Tues...maybe it was Thurs.?

yeah bouncing

bluecook wrote:Does anyone have any experience with the FM tuner on these ? How's the reception ? I know this varies from place to place, but relative to other radios, is this tuner decent, or not ? Thanks !

The FM tuner is not great. If the FM signal strength is strong in your area then you will be alright. If not, you will not be happy. It is hard to pack sensitive tuners in these tiny things. This has been my experience with built in FM tuners in similar devices, as well.

I didn't even think of this till I saw some on sale. I better get a black one. A pink one will make me :unamused:

Buy.com has the 4GB silver clip on sale today for $49 with free shipping

Is it just me or is this thing taking a long time to ship

ithecho84 wrote:Is it just me or is this thing taking a long time to ship

agreed.

ithecho84 wrote:Is it just me or is this thing taking a long time to ship

Today is only business day #2 - and SmartPost ain't called FastPost for a reason. Be patient.

I haven't had anything shipped smart post before from here. Does woot still send a shipping notification when they ship it out?

nickacumberland wrote:I haven't had anything shipped smart post before from here. Does woot still send a shipping notification when they ship it out?

Yes, but you usually get the package before the notification email

amh045 wrote:Yes, but you usually get the package before the notification email

There is a way of checking your order status from FedEx. You basically put your order number into the locator and poof, info abound. It's not the normal locator for tracking off of FedEx.com though and I'll be darn'd if I didn't lose the link. Anyone out there have it?

adouelle1981 wrote:There is a way of checking your order status from FedEx. You basically put your order number into the locator and poof, info abound. It's not the normal locator for tracking off of FedEx.com though and I'll be darn'd if I didn't lose the link. Anyone out there have it?

https://www.fedex.com/AltRefTracking?cntry_code=us

labsrule wrote:https://www.fedex.com/AltRefTracking?cntry_code=us

You Rock! Thanks. I will certainly addit

I got mine today but the language was not set to English. In order to fix it, I updated the firmware. When I did that it asked me to choose a language. Here is a link to the updated firmware -> http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=clip&thread.id=6720

Put the m300a.bin in the Internal Memory folder, turn the clip off, and then back on.

Here is the user manual. Have fun!!

Here is the User Manual:
http://www.sandisk.com/assets/File/Downloads/user-guides/clip-usermanual.pdf

Has any one received the package ?.

smartnhandsome wrote:Has any one received the package ?.

I have not received yet either.

SQflip wrote:I have not received yet either.

Usually I have the package within 2 business days being so close to Woot. This is the first time I actually received the tracking number BEFORE I received the package. Haven't gotten it yet. This time it's coming by US Mail. In the past it was always FedEx even when it said SmartPost.

If i am not mistaken billinallen got the package and he even updated the firmware. Maybe he lives close by to woot.

SQflip wrote:I have not received yet either.

Got mine Wed. by fedx. Works great!!

Sorry, no parcels matched your tracking numbers. Please verify the entered tracking numbers and customer id are correct.

Is the tracking number wrong or what? All my other tracking numbers were ok....