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December 2011
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: SAFE USE GUIDELINES .......................................................................... 5 1.1. Usage Instructions ...................................................................................... 5 1.2. Important Hearing Safety Information ........................................................... 6 Chapter 2: Sansa® Fuze™+ Overview .................................................................... 8 2.1. Features ...........................
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5.2. Playing slotRadio™ cards ........................................................................... 37 Playing Podcasts & Audiobooks .......................................................................... 39 5.3. .................................................................................................................. 39 5.3.1. Instructions to Play a Podcast .............................................................. 39 5.3.2. Modifying Podcast Play Mode ..............
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8.2.15 Reset Factory Settings ........................................................................... 52 8.2.16 Format ................................................................................................. 52 Chapter 9: Tips & Troubleshooting ....................................................................... 53 9.1 Tips & Troubleshooting ................................................................................... 53 Chapter 10: Learn More, Service & Warranty Info
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CHAPTER 1: Safe Use Guidelines This chapter provides important device usage suggestions, general care instructions, and hearing guidelines for safe enjoyment of your ® Sansa Fuze™+ MP3 player. Chapter 1: SAFE USE GUIDELINES 1.1. Usage Instructions PLEASE READ THESE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING YOUR SANSA MP3 PLAYER! 1. Read this entire manual to ensure proper usage. 2. Keep this User Manual for future re
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For Home and Personal Use Only! This product is intended to be used for recording and playback for your home and personal enjoyment. Copying or commercial use of copyrighted material without permission of the copyright owner may be prohibited by law. Use of your MP3 player, in compliance with all copyright and applicable intellectual property laws, remains the responsibility of the user of the product. 1.2. Important Hearing Safety Information PLEASE READ THESE HEARING SAFETY GUIDELI
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Hearing levels To help you understand what may be considered a safe hearing level, the following examples are included for your reference. Examples of Typical Approximate Sound Level: Sound Level (dB) Refrigerator humming 40 Normal conversation 60 City traffic 80 Motorcycles and lawnmowers 90 # Rock concerts 110-120 # * A decibel (dB) is a unit of relative measurement of the strength of sound wave. In decibels (dB), a measured signal level doubles with every additional 3 dB
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CHAPTER 2: Product Overview CHAPTER 1 This chapter will familiarize you with the features and functionality ® of your Sansa Fuze™+ player. Chapter 2: Sansa® Fuze™+ Overview Congratulations on your purchase of a Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player! Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player is a high performance portable digital audio/video player with a large and vibrant 2.4” color screen, a digital FM tuner, a built-in microphone, and a microSDHC card slot. You can listen to and record FM radio broadcasts and ma
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• Rechargeable battery lasts up to 24 hours of audio playback or 5 hours of video playback**. * 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some capacity not available for data storage. The device holds approximately 10,000 songs at its maximum capacity. ** Based on continuous audio playback at 128 kbps MP3; video playback at QVGA 512kbps MPEG4; battery life and performance may vary depending upon usage and settings; battery not replaceable. 2.2. Minimum System Requirements ® ® • Windows XP SP
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2.4. Sansa Fuze+ MP3 Player at-a-Glance 1. On/Off 7. Volume 10. Display screen 4. Back 3. Play/Pause/Lock 5. microSD 6. micro-USB card slot connecting port 2. Navigation touch pad 9. Microphone 8. Headphone jack 2.5. Device Inputs & Outputs Overview 1. On/Off Power Button • Press and hold for 2 seconds to turn on/turn off the player
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• Toggle between Play and Pause/Stop. 3. Play/Pause • To lock the device to temporarily disable the input buttons, hold down the play/pause button for 3 seconds. Locking the device disables all button actions. To unlock, slide your finger vertically on the touch pad. • Tap Back button to return to a previous screen level. The 4. Back back button works in the same way that a back button works on a web browser such as Internet Explorer®. • Press and hold down the Back button
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The number of songs and photos that the device holds varies by capacity, (amongst other factors) as summarized below: 4 GB** 8 GB** 16 GB** Number of Songs†† Up to 1,000 Up to 2,000 Up to 4,000 (3.5 min) Number of Photos†† Up to 2,400 Up to 4,800 Up to 9,600 (5 MP) Videos†† Up to 12 Up to 24 Up to 48 (MPEG-4 video@ 512 Kbps) Notes: * Card(s) sold separately. ** 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some capacity is not available for data storage. † B
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CHAPTER 3: Basic Usage This chapter provides you the basic usage instructions for your ® Sansa Fuze™+ MP3 player. Chapter 3: Basic Usage Quick Tips: 1. Ensure your player is fully charged before operating for the first time. 2. Updating the player’s firmware is highly recommended. The Sansa Updater will inform you if the firmware is in need of updating via auto-detention of the player, but you can also check manually. Visit www.sandisk.com/smc to download the Sansa Updater
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If you have a PC running Windows®, and the player is not recognized by your computer, make sure you have Windows Media™ Player version 10 or higher installed. You can also change the USB Mode to MSC (“Mass Storage Class”) mode by going to “Settings”, selecting “USB Mode”, and then selecting “MSC”. See Settings in Chapter 8 for more details. For a Mac® operating system computer, ensure that USB Mode is set to Auto Detect or MSC mode. Auto Detect or MTP (“Media Transfer Protocol”) mode
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You can charge your player using the USB port on your computer using the included micro-USB cable. You can also use any micro-USB charger rated to 5V DC output (not included). When connected properly to the computer for charging or transferring data, an icon which looks like USB cable will appear on the screen of the device, with the word “Connected”. If this icon does not appear in 3-5 seconds, then the USB connection has not been made successfully. Quick Tips: 1. If the d
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3.2. Power Switch The power switch is used to turn the player on or off as well as resetting it. Power On/Power Off Press and hold the Power button on the top of the player for approximately 2 seconds to power it on or turn it off. Reset To reset your player, press and hold the Power button for approximately 20 seconds. You should not have to reset the player except in the rare occurrence when the player does not respond. 3.3. Navigation Overview The Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player util
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The user interface is navigated by swiping left-to-right to select the feature of interest, or by swiping top-to-bottom within features. The interface can also be navigated for the most part by simply tapping on the end points of the markings on the device, much like ends of a compass (East, West, North, South). For example, tapping on the right side of the touch pad will advance the screen from Music Videos Photos, and so forth. Pressing and holding the touch pad compass points is
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3.4. Eight Core Functions Overview Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player’s unique graphical user interface has a dedicated home menu for each of the 8 functional categories. 1. Music 2. Videos 3. Photos 4. Radio 5. Podcasts (note: also contains audiobooks) 6. Voice Recording 7. Card 8. Settings The dots bar view guide at the bottom of every screen indicates your location within the home menu level or within functional sub-menus. Music – allows you to browse and listen Video – allows you
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Photo – displays photos according to Radio – allows you to listen to and your taste by: A-Z (alphabetical order) or record live FM broadcast radio, pause by Date. Also enables slide shows (with radio recordings, and save up to 40 or without music). presets. Voice – allows you to do voice recording Podcasts – allows you to listen to using the built-in microphone found at the podcasts and audiobooks. base of the device next to the headphone jack. 19
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Settings – allows you to view, set or Card – allows you to access content on a customize the Sansa MP3 player microSD/microSDHC memory card or features such as time, brightness, slotRadio card (both sold separately). volume levels, equalizer, etc. Quick Tips: Screen Icons The screen displays icons to assist you in knowing the present mode of the device. The following industry standard icons are used: Indicates that the device is in “play” mode, either with audio or video c
