20 Most Recent SanDisk Sansa Clip MP3 Player - Page 6 Questions & Answers

Did you accidently pause radio. put sansa in radio mode and push the play/pause button.

If the MP3 player battery is more than 3 - 4 years old then the battery could be worn out. Rechargeable batteries have a finite number of charge and discharge cycles and will lose their charge capacity over time, i.e. won't charge to 100% and gradually the charge reduces until the battery won't charge up at all. OR The battery shows a 100% charge but when the adapter is disconnected the battery drops off to zero capacity in a very short time. If the battery drops to an unacceptable charge level then the battery needs to be replaced. Rechargeable batteries will fail if stored in a discharged state for long periods.

Why does your mp3 have to formate? Any error? or the internal memoy is corrupted? If it is, I am afraid that you have to fix it by formatting.And I think that you do not want to formate it because something important must be in the mp3, and you can make a backup before formatting, anyway, you can recover data from mp3 by some recovery software after formatting if you can not make a backup. Know more here: MP3 data Recovery

I had the same problem this morning, albeit with my 8G Clip. Nothing worked -- the thing seemed dead as roadkill -- until I found a link about "forcing MSC mode." Basically, it told me to hold down the center button while plugging my Clip into my computer using my USB cable. Suddenly, boom! It's awake and alive and happy again. I'm unsure how that works, but that did it for me.

Slide the power button on your SanDisk Sansa MP3 player up.

2 Hold the power button on your Sansa in the up position for about 15 seconds. This action serves as a powering down of the Sansa device.

3 Wait for your Sansa MP3 player to restart and let go of the power button. Actions taken during your last operation since powering down normally have been deleted and your player is now reset.

try contacting sandisk or something and ask them

Try to do a reset:

Push the power button up and hold it for like 15 to 20 seconds. Then release the button and then turn it on again.

Hope this helps.

Hi it very much sounds like the on board batttery is not charged up, (not charging) hence when you plug into the PC it gets it supply from the USB 5Volts and plays as normal

Hi,

Welcome to Fixya. In order for you to changed the Language on your Sansa clip mp3 player, just follow the steps below.

1. Press the "Menu" button (located on the right part of your mp3 player)
2. Move to "Settings" and then press the center button to select it.
3. Select "Language".
4. Then select the deisred language.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you for using Fixya,
seancarlisle

Try using other headphones.

Connect a audio from the headphone socket on the player and plug it into the AUX input on the stereo system. Set the stereo to AUX, turn on the player and adjust the volume level on the stereo.

Connect the supplied USB cable from your player to the USB port on your MAC. The MAC will detect this player and your can then copy the audiobooks from the MAC to the Scandisk.If the Scandisk cannot play the audiobooks then they are in the wrong file format. Then they need to be converted to the file format that the Scandisk uses.

Reset the device from the player menu and select the region you want on restart.Settings>System Settings>Reset Factory Settings>YesDone!

Most likely it is beyond repair. The cost of repair, if it is possible would not be worth it, put your money towards a new player and be careful with your new one.

Comment by vickisanchez, posted on Mar 19, 2008 IT FINALLY WORKS !!!!

Sandisk Tech support had me do the following:

- Turn it OFF
- Put it in the HOLD position
- HOLD the center button IN while plugging into USB port, continue to hold for 5 to 7 sec even after plugged in.
At this point MY COMPUTER recognized it. And it worked.

He also had me to:

- go to WWW.MICROSOFT.COM
- In the upper right hand search bar, type in MTP PORTING KIT
I did this and downloaded the first one. Now my Sansa Clip work perfect. I wish I would have talked to him last week before I returned the last one, for the same reasons.

If this does not help call the 1-800 # , opt #4, and ask for GUY (yes that is really his name) out of 5 or so calls to Tech Support he is the only one who knew what he was doing, and how to actually HELP.
GOOD LUCK