13.5.2018

I was looking for an MP3 player, and came across this little gem from SanDisk. It's very compact, and the clip is really versatile- I usually attach it to the front of my T-shirt neck opening, where I can easily access the buttons from the front. The controls are generally tactile & easy to use, although the menus are not always very intuitive- for example, pressing the 'back' button mid-play takes you right back to the main menu, rather than to the list of songs, so you have to press the 'select' button several times to get back to the song list. I find the volume control particularly irritating, as it's difficult to operate without using your fingernails. I would have preferred a slider or thumb wheel control,& ideally, a way of adjusting the left & right channels independently.The screen is fine, and isn't cluttered with a mass of fancy graphics- it just gives you the info you need to know, then quickly turns itself off to conserve battery power. The display defaults to the song name, and if this is quite long, it scrolls across the screen. Then it scrolls upwards to supposedly show you the artist & album name- but this never seems to work for me- it always says 'Unknown album/Artist'. This not a problem for me, as I already know who the artist is, and which album it came from!The battery capacity is fair, and will give you about 8 hours of play between charges. This is not bad- Ideally, I would have preferred a bit more play time, but realistically for a device of this size, it's pretty good, really. Maybe an interchangeable battery might have helped, so you could have a charged-up spare standing by? But again, you can just plug in the charger & listen while it charges. You can charge it up from your computer's USB port, or obtain an inexpensive mains or car micro-USB charger. Charge time is a couple of hours & there is a charge indicator.Transferring files to & from your computer is a doddle using Explorer. The player appears as a drive in the list, and if you have installed a micro- SD card, this appears as a separate drive. You can use Explorer to give you a pie-chart showing how much memory you have left in each drive & how many files there are. You can also edit file names & add or delete individual files. The player will take a card up to 32GB, which can be had for less than £10. The built-in memory & the SD drive (which combined give you 40GB) operate completely independently, so you have to select either one or the other from the main menu- you can't mix & match songs from the two drives. In both drives, the songs are stored in groups, alphabetically according to song title- so 01a, b, c, 02a,b, c etc. I'm not entirely sure how the songs get organised into groups, but it's not by album, or artist, nor is it related to when you added the files. Just-added music files can appear in any group. If it were up to me, I'd prefer a straight alphabetical list of all song titles..Music files can be transferred using drag & drop, and they copy over reasonably quickly- although this may have been faster if it had USB3 capability. The player comes with a short 24cm USB cable which is fine for charging & copying files. You can also play back your music through the computer's sound system whilst plugged in, using the player as an external drive, and copy music files from the player onto the computer drive.I didn't like the supplied foam-covered earphones at all, as they would not stay put in my ears! I quickly got myself a pair of Sony bud-type earphones, which fit inside the ear canal, and come with a choice of 3 bud sizes, to suit your individual ears. They are very comfortable with excellent sound, whilst still being able to hear some outside noise- say if some (rude!) person is trying to get your attention, or if there is a car approaching etc. There are a couple of short-cable bud earphones around (eg Short Buds) which do away with the problem of having a wire of over 1m flapping about & getting tangled up with your clothes.In addition to playing MP3 files, it will also play .wav, aac, & wma files. It will also play audiobooks. I havn't tried to use the go-list or figured out how to play a whole album- the player seems to work best for me in random shuffle mode, which is fine, as you can just skip or delete any songs which you don't particularly like. There is also a decent stereo FM tuner with presets, although I havn't used this much either.There is an equalisation function, to optimise the frequency curve for your earphones & musical preferences, which works ok. There is also a feature which is supposed to equalise the volume levels of different tracks, although I havn't figured this out yet.All in all, I'm delighted with my player, and the memory capacity is more than adequate for my needs. The sound quality is excellent and detailed, and will transport you to your own little world in no time. I'd recommend this player to anyone who wanted a compact, lightweight device to allow you to listen to your favourite tracks all day.

29.1.2016

Although its early days, I felt I had to post this review as soon as possible. I bought this player for audiobooks, both mp3 and Audible (aac) versions,which I listen to primarily at night Iin bed.a) setting up.... the unit worked straight out of the box. Controls are easy to get used to.... I can already operate mine in total darkness!b) display.... basic but perfectly OK for my purposes.c) operation... player is preloaded with folders for music, audiobooks, Audible etc. You select whether to access the internal 8gb of memory or the external memory you have inserted (I have put a 16gb memory card in because a lot of my material is Graphic Audio which is sampled at a high quality and thus makes each book over 700MB in size,but the 8 gb 7nternal memory alone would hold hundreds of hours of audiobooks at regular sample rates such as 64kbps mono). Use the supplied sync/data cable to connect the player to your computer and windows 10 recognised it immediately and presented it to me as a simple external drive. Audible manager also recognised it immediately. The player loaded with several GB of books in a few minutes.Playback is crisp and clear with several equaliser options. There is a sleep timer if you want, and the player resumes playback at the place you left it if you turn it off.You can elect to play by title, folder, or playlist....I only ever use folders for mp3 audiobooks so dont know how the other options work. As far as I can tell, tracks are played in numerical/alphabetical order and it looks like the player only uses a set number of characters in order to sort files. This is an issue for me adnd will affect how I name audiobook files from now on but the simple addition of a track number before each filename is a simple solution. Commercially purchased books will already sort with no problems, and Audible books sort themselves out!Finally, the unit is tiny with a good strong clip, but dont even think about buying this without a protective case. A good quality silicon rubber case will give the unit protection from drops and give it more weight. If you will be likely to use the player outdoors or where it could get splashed, I recommend you source a case with a flap for covering the data/charging port which looks very big on a unit this small!Overall, I reckon this player to be a great value purchase for a book listener and I am already considering buying a larger memory card that will hold my entire book collection! One last thing, the cable supplied is short, but if you own anything else that uses this size of USB port (such as samsung tablets and phones) then dont bother buying a seperate charger.....your existing one will fit. The unit charges quite quickly too. The supplied headphones are great quality but not small enough to sleep in.

6.8.2017

In some ways mp3 players are much of a muchness. I bought the SanDisk for a specific purpose i.e. to listen to French language “tapes” while driving the car to work. This review is my rating how the device meets that need.For those unfamiliar with audible – it is a company owned by amazon which sells audible books. I obtained the 3 months at half price package which means you get one credit a month to buy an audible book. This translates to a £25 language audible book for around £3.99. I am currently using Mark Frobose language books. The process is quite simple; you buy the book, download it to your pc (or laptop) using “audible manager” and transfer it to your SanDisk.

14.6.2015

Priced at £28.99 as at the 14th June 2015, I think that this is a really nice piece of equipment and would be ideal for a teenager; particularly one like mine who has a habit of losing similar sized pieces of equipment, albeit more expensive such as his ipod nano (enough said). This item whilst holding only 8Gb within its internal memory can accommodate a micro SD card and therefore can be expanded to accommodate more tracks if 2000 is not enough. The player is really nice and small and would be ideal for someone who wants to use it for running or an outdoor activity, not just for those who sit at home or wander around in a daze.Setup is simple rendering the poor instructions unnecessary and I have transferred tracks from both media player on a PC and our imac,

2.5.2017

These are my experiences with the player from the past 1,5 months. It's decent. Sturdy enough for its light weight. Contrary to some reviews I read before ordering one myself, the volume is not too low. As long as you set your region as 'rest of the world', that is. 8gb of internal storage is plenty enough in my opinion. It has a lock-on function by holding the menu button for a brief moment. Although I still did prefer the button setup of a very old 2gb sansa player, combining the lock-on and power on/off button on the side. Having the power button where it is right now causes it to accidentally turn off in my pocket somewhat often. Haven't played around with the equalizer options (or radio,

31.12.2014

I have now used three iterations of the Sansa clip. The first was quite well made except for a relatively weak clip design and the second was a better product mainly because the clip design was much improved plus an expandable memory. Both were musically more than acceptable and the firmware allowed me to play each track consecutively as well as individual albums so it suited my needs. The additional option of voice recording was also useful for me. The only downside on both was a limited battery life between charges.This latest version, the Sansa Clip Sport is slightly larger than the ones it is replacing but feels flimsy by comparison and operation is slightly clunky with fiddly controls.

23.6.2015

We've had Sansa Clip music players for a few years and love them, especially for being so tiny. I particularly like the way I can control it by touch in a pocket as I walk along, especially next track and volume up/down. You can't do next track with my smartphone without taking it out of your pocket, firing it up and looking at it. One of our Clip + players has a battery that doesn't last as well as it did so I was delighted to get a new Sansa Clip Jam to review. I use my player more so we agreed I'd have the new one. I loaded 1000+ classical and rock/pop tracks onto it with no problems (just dragged them across from Win 8) then tried it out.

5.12.2017

This is a really nice little device which clips firmly to my clothes when running or in the gym.The only problem I've had with it is that I can't get the folder to resort when I add new tracks, so all the new tracks (regardless of number are at the end of the track listing). They look like they're sorted correctly when I connect the device to my laptop, but when you go into folder mode on the player, they're all back to being right at the end. To change the order, I had to delete all the tracks and then re-add them. I don't want to do that every time I add new music to it, but I don't like having all the tracks from one album together (unless it's Talk Talk) as I like to get a variety of music played.ETA (01/01/18)

16.12.2016

This is my second Sandisk MP3 player – I bought the 8 GB Clip Jam last year and was fairly happy with it. Now I have the Clip Sport Plus which has twice the memory (16 GB) a bigger display and is twice the size – though still relatively small. The supplied headphones appear to have been ‘upgraded’ somewhat, as they now seem more robust and conveniently come with several sizes of ear buds – they’re also marked Left & Right. I’ll benefit from my experience with the Clip Jam as I found the supplied instructions limited but the online Pdf manual; much more detailed and helpful. The life saving function I’m happiest I found was ‘Replay Gain’ which provides a method for keeping the perceived volume

26.7.2015

The Sandisk clip jam is a neat little MP3 player. Very small and lightweight with enough basic features to make it useful but not too much to over complicate or make it unsuccessfully expensive.Adding music is very simple. Having come from using Apple products it's great to be able to just plug the player into my laptop and drag music files across. I dragged over entire folders (albums) and individual songs. When I unplugged the player it spent a few seconds updating the media before everything sowed up. When it did it all worked flawlessly. Everything showed up as expected. As long as the correct information is in the file (title, artist, album etc.)

12.9.2017

Bought this recently as a present for someone, but I had to set it up for them, plus put music, so I got to use it a good couple of hours.It's a very good player, lightweight, with good sound (on B&W P3), useful clip, useful bluetooth functionality, which worked first time with my Cambridge Audio Go, ideal for gym/exercise. It's bigger than the previous Sansa players, but I would say 2/3 the size of a credit card (height and width).Things I did not like about this (compared to Sansa Clip + and Creative Zen I usually use, I know those are ancient, but they work fine) is that due to the 'waterproofing' I cannot use my expensive headphones with 'larger' 3.5mm plugs, plus it takes some effort to push the buttons.

10.3.2019

I recieved this item as a gift, its wonderfully light and compact.The first thing i did was head over to the sandisk website to update the firmware, it was easy to update and a quick process.Loading music and an audiobook was fast as you can just drop and drag your items into the relevent folders.I really like the sound of this little player and if you choose rest of the world when setting up the volume is louder than you'll ever need to use.I like the equalizer there are plenty of choices and a custom setting, the radio presets are easy to program and easy to use.I tested out the audiobook function and yes your book does indeed resume from where you left off (according to the wesite when you

2.1.2016

I have been using a Sansa Clip+ for about 5 years. SanDisk SDMX18-008G-E46K Sansa Clip+ MP3 Player - 8 GB, BlackI liked the portability, simplicity and have used it extensively.However, I have found the way it displays file names a little frustrating. I download a lot of podcasts, and it does not always seem to pick up the file-name that I want it to - consequently I cannot always distinguish between different editions of a weekly programme.Recently also the battery has not been lasting anywhere near as long as it once did (the battery is not easily replaceable).I considered buying a new one, but it has been discontinued and the prices being asked for the ones that are available are beginning to become silly.I decided to buy the Clip Sport instead - and I have not regretted this one bit.

9.1.2019

**Updated Update**Several months later, I can say that this player is still awesome and getting better every time I discover something new that it can do. There's something to be said for purpose-built, non-wired, non-smart tech. If you want an easy and efficient way to take control of your content and listen to music without eating up your monthly data, this is definitely the way. Extremely satisfied.**Update**Exactly one month on, and the unit is still running great. It has excellent battery life, and I haven't had to use the SD card I bought to hold extra music. I will echo some of the reports of poor quality headphones. The headphones began to lose sound in the right ear almost immediately.

20.3.2016

I lost my iPod so bought a cheap mp3 player to replace it. This was smaller than I was expecting but it's OK - it also does state the dimensions on the page but I missed them and it was unimportant.One positive thing is the ability to add additional storage - a feature I liked but haven't actually used yet. I have a lot of music but haven't put much of it on this MP3 player yet. I am sure it will come in useful.One negative for me is that the volume starts quite low and you can increase it a few times and then it warns you about listening to music at loud volumes (that's fine but have to click the middle button) and then you can increase it further.

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