wootchawant
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ginawoot wrote:oh, too bad they don't come in 5 colors. you could have had a really adorable matchy-matchy thing going. ;-)
i was actually sad about that, too--my little clip is blue, so it would have been fun to have a blue fuze as well. they do come in five different colors; we just get three to choose from through woot.
and while i'm on this topic, people have been noting that you can often get fuzes on ebay for this price or occasionally even less, but i would say that at least 75% of those are only in black, so if you want color, snap this bad boy up today! i'm making do with red for now... <=]
so wootchawootchawootchawant?! you're so funny with that money that you flaunt...
Dhraakellian
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Sherlockrp wrote:Hmm, does not look as if this works with Rockbox. Bummer
There are official test builds for the original hardware revision Fuzes from before SanDisk went and changed the internals.
If the firmware version (Settings > System Settings > Info) starts with a "01" (eg. V01.02.26), it's a V1 Fuze.
Since these are Refurbished, there's a very good chance they're older units and therefore Rockboxable.
A word or two of caution, however
The Rockbox port for the Fuze hasn't been released yet and still has a number of bugs.
Installing Rockbox probably won't brick your Fuze, but it will very likely void the warranty
Installing Rockbox *will* permanently disable DRM support in the original firmware, even after uninstalling.
Keep your music backed up on the computer: don't leave the copy on your Rockboxed Fuze as your only copy
That said, if you don't have any PlaysForSure-crippled music or DRM'd audiobooks, I would personally say that Rockbox is well worth it (for gapless playback, Rockbox's various games and plugins (including a text file viewer that I use for plaintext ebooks), *much* better playlist capabilities, etc), but that's just my opinion.
My colored box^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H qube has turned dark red^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H brown. I don't really need to show off a list of everything I've wooted anymore, do I?
equazcion
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eldad9 wrote:How does this compare with the Sansa Clip?
A major difference (for some people) between the Clip and the Fuze is that the charging/data cable is proprietary on the Fuze, whereas it's a standard mini-USB cable for the Clip.
The Fuze cable has a USB plug on one end and a strange long flat "thingy" on the other end. This means that any cables, chargers, car adapters, etc. you buy for use with this will need to be made specifically for it.
Have you been eating that sandwich again?
Dhraakellian
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equazcion wrote:A major difference (for some people) between the Clip and the Fuze is that the charging/data cable is proprietary on the Fuze, whereas it's a standard mini-USB cable for the Clip.
The Fuze cable has a USB plug on one end and a strange long flat "thingy" on the other end. This means that any cables, chargers, car adapters, etc. you buy for use with this will need to be made specifically for it.
Fortunately, however, the cable for the Fuze is exactly the same as the cable for the older e200, c200, and View models, so if you have any of those lying around, you can use them as spares.
My colored box^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H qube has turned dark red^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H brown. I don't really need to show off a list of everything I've wooted anymore, do I?
wooter972
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awsome...
starting my x-mas shopping. This will go well with the charger kit I bought on sellout...
5-15-09 scored first box of chorizo
Dhraakellian
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HenryBarta wrote:I'm not sure about the Fuze, but the firmware on the e280 seemed sadly lacking.
The Fuze firmware (especially when upgraded to 0X.02.26) is far, far, better than the e200 firmware (on my old e260v1, at least... dunno about the v2), but it still falls way short of the excellence of Rockbox.
The controls on the Fuze are also much nicer than the ones on the e200. They got rid of the separate scroll ring and buttons combo by making the scroll wheel clickable, which makes for much easier button-clicking.
The Fuze has the same number of buttons but in a different configuration. Power was separated from Home/menu and placed on the opposite end of the Hold slider, which makes pretty good sense to me. There's no Record button, so that function can only be accessed via menu, but the lack of convenience is offset by the prevention of accidental recording sessions.
My colored box^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H qube has turned dark red^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H brown. I don't really need to show off a list of everything I've wooted anymore, do I?
Dhraakellian
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adrmschwer wrote:Does this have an equalizer like other Sansa's?
It does, but the general consensus I've seen on the ABi forums is that it's rather subpar and that Rockbox's is far superior (if you have a v1 and can will up the courage to risk installing it).
ericslaw wrote:You are missing
- good 'replay-gain' volume leveling support.
As of 0X.02.26, the official SanDisk firmware for the Fuze has this.
ericslaw wrote: - ability to avoid the bright blue ring-light on every press
Or to set it to a very short timeout (1 second on mine) so that you can tell whether the thing is still taking input or needs a hard reboot. Oh the joys of using prerelease software! (It used to flicker on disk access, which was actually kinda cool until they fixed that bug.)
ericslaw wrote: - ability to go into karaoke mode (subtract common sound from both left and right... usually removes vocals)
I totally did not know this... Where in Rockbox is this option?
Edit: Ah! Found it! Settings > Sound Settings > Channel Configuration
My colored box^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H qube has turned dark red^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H brown. I don't really need to show off a list of everything I've wooted anymore, do I?
