Page 2 - Table of Contents
2 Table of Contents Chapter 1: SAFE USE GUIDELINES .......................................................................... 5 1.1. Usage Instructions ...................................................................................... 5 1.2. Important Hearing Safety Information ....................
Page 5 - Chapter 1: SAFE USE GUIDELINES; Usage Instructions; Used Device Disposal Instructions; CHAPTER 1: Safe Use Guidelines
5 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 PLAYE...
Page 6 - PLEASE READ THESE HEARING SAFETY GUIDELINES BEFORE USING
6 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 ...
Page 7 - Hearing levels
7 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 # Ro...
Page 8 - CHAPTER 1; Features; CHAPTER 2: Product Overview
8 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 lar...
Page 10 - Touch Pad
10 2.4. Sansa Fuze+ MP3 Player at-a-Glance 2.5. Device Inputs & Outputs Overview 1. On/Off Power Button • Press and hold for 2 seconds to turn on/turn off the player. • Press and hold for 20 seconds to reset your player (this should be used extremely rarely). 2. Touch Pad • Navigate through scre...
Page 13 - Chapter 3: Basic Usage; Charging the Device/Connecting to the Computer; Connecting to a Computer; CHAPTER 3: Basic Usage
13 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 t...
Page 14 - Battery Level Indicator
14 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”...
Page 15 - Removing the player from your computer
15 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...
Page 16 - Power Switch; Reset; Navigation Overview
16 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 a...
Page 18 - Eight Core Functions Overview
18 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 vie...
Page 20 - Quick Tips: Screen Icons
20 Card – allows you to access content on a microSD/microSDHC memory card or slotRadio card (both sold separately). Settings – allows you to view, set or customize the Sansa MP3 player features such as time, brightness, volume levels, equalizer, etc. Quick Tips: Screen Icons The screen displays icon...
Page 22 - Downloading the Applications
22 Downloading the Applications STEP 1 - Download and install Sansa Firmware Updater Connect your player to your computer. The Sansa Firmware Updater should launch automatically. 1a. ALTERNATIVELY: On a Windows® PC, Click Start then go to Programs > SanDisk > Sansa Updater > Sansa Updater t...
Page 24 - Formatting the Player; From the main menu, scroll to Settings and click select.
24 STEP 3 - Launch the Sansa Media Converter application Click Start then go to Programs > SanDisk > Sansa Updater > Sansa Media Converter 3.6.1. Formatting the Player To delete all content from the internal memory, you can format the device. 1. From the main menu, scroll to Settings and cl...
Page 25 - Chapter 4: Loading Content; CHAPTER 4: Transferring Media
25 This chapter shows you how to transfer music files, photos, and videos from your computer to your Sansa ® Fuze™+ player. Chapter 4: Loading Content Your Sansa Fuze+ player comes with an open file platform, enabling you to load it how you like best. Whether it’s ripping music from your CDs collect...
Page 26 - MSC Mode: Drag and Drop
26 4.1.1. MSC Mode: Drag and Drop 1. Connect your player to your Windows® PC. 2. Open the My Computer icon on your desktop by double-clicking on it. 3. Double-click on the Sansa player icon which will appear there. 4. Double-click Internal Memory or Media (may vary by Windows® version). 5. Drag and ...
Page 27 - Windows®; MTP Mode: Windows Media PlayerTM; Adding Music Files to Your Library; Click the arrow below the Library tab.; Creating Playlists; Clear the List pane by clicking the Clear List pane button.
27 4.1.3. Windows® MTP Mode: Windows Media Player™ MTP or “Media Transfer Protocol” mode is the default setting in your Sansa Fuze+ player if you live in North America (it is MSC mode for other geographies). MTP mode enables synchronizing your player with Windows Media Player™, which comes standard ...
Page 29 - To rearrange the songs, drag them up or down in the List pane.; Transferring Playlists to Your Player; Click to select the Sync this device automatically check box.
29 6. To rearrange the songs, drag them up or down in the List pane. 7. Click Save Playlist. 4.1.3.3. Transferring Playlists to Your Player 1. Connect your Sansa player to the computer. 2. Select Sync digital media files to this devices using Windows Media Player on initial connection. 3. Right-clic...
Page 30 - Select Personal Playlists from the drop down menu on the left pane.; Loading Photos and Videos
30 6. Select Personal Playlists from the drop down menu on the left pane. 7. Highlight the playlists you want to transfer to your player, click Add, then Finish. 8. Synchronization will start as soon as you click Finish. To see the Sync status, click on the Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player, and then click on ...
Page 32 - Deleting Content
32 4.3. Deleting Content Deleting content can be done either from the device within the sub-functions, or through your media manager. Please be aware that deleting content from the device will not permanently delete the content if at the next synchronization these files are still on your computer fo...
Page 33 - Chapter 5: Playing Your Media; Playing Music; Album; CHAPTER 5: Playing Your Media
33 This chapter shows you how to play music and audiobooks, watch videos, and view photos on your Sansa ® Fuze™+ MP3 player. Chapter 5: Playing Your Media 5.1. Playing Music Sansa Fuze+ player comes with the versatile capability to play an array of different audio/music file formats, including MP3, ...
Page 34 - Recently Played Mode; “now playing” song, which will appear as album art for; From the “now playing” mode you can always tap/swipe
34 5.1.1. Recently Played Mode The Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player enables quick access to play your most recently played 10 songs. 1. Press and hold the Back button to return to the home level of the user interface. 2. Tap/swipe to the Music home menu (as shown at right). 3. At the music home menu you can v...
Page 35 - Options Menu – Music; Rate Song – A five star rating system can be used if you subscribe; Repeat; Add Song to Playlist – adds the currently playing song to the; Music Content Groupings
35 4. Tap/swipe to the left to skip to the previous played song or press-and-hold to fast rewind to current track. 5. Use the volume control buttons on the left side of the player to adjust the volume level during playback. 6. To turn off the shuffle all mode, on any song which is playing, tap back ...
Page 36 - Music Go List
36 5.1.5. Music Go List In addition to being able to add playlists to your Sansa Fuze+ player, which will be listed under the “Playlist” sub-menu under “Music” (the fifth “page” in the “Music” book), the device enables you to create a dynamic “Music Go List” which you can create on the fly. This app...
Page 37 - Playing Music from a Preloaded microSDTM/microSDHCTM; Card Instructions; Playing slotRadioTM cards
37 5.1.6. Playing Music from a Preloaded microSD™/microSDHC™ Card Instructions 1. Insert a microSD card with content into the microSD card slot. The player will display the message: “Loading card.” 2. The card content will automatically be pulled into the various menu categories based on the file ty...
Page 38 - Instructions
38 commercial free music from the leading music labels, and enable skipping of songs you do not care to hear. They are an ideal solution for those people seeking quality music at reasonable value, enjoy discovering new songs, and don’t enjoy managing their own content directly. Sansa Fuze+ player is...
Page 39 - Playing Podcasts & Audiobooks; Modifying Podcast Play Mode
39 5.3. Playing Podcasts & Audiobooks 5.3.1. Instructions to Play a Podcast 1. From the main menu, select Podcast. 2. Browse your latest 10 podcasts by swiping up/down, and tap play to start enjoying your podcast quickly. 3. To view all your podcasts, from the home level menu press select and br...
Page 40 - Watching Videos; Video Playback Instructions
40 5.3.3. Playing Audiobooks On your Sansa Fuze+ player audiobooks can be found as the second “page of the book” under the “Podcast” menu. 1. From the main menu, select Podcast. 2. Scroll to the right and select Audiobooks. 3. Select an audiobook. 4. Tap/swipe to the right or press-and-hold the righ...
Page 41 - Video Play Options; Press the Select button to accept.; Viewing Photos & Slideshows; Photo Browsing Instructions; Photo Viewing Options
41 5.4.2 Video Play Options To adjust the Video Options, press the Select button during video playback. Adjusting Video Brightness 1. Select Brightness. 2. Slide your finger or tap the touchpad either right or left to increase or decrease the brightness level. 3. Press the Select button to accept. S...
Page 42 - Single Photo Viewing
42 Single Photo Viewing 1. From the main menu, scroll to and select Photo. 2. Use the touchpad to highlight and select the photo you want to view. 3. When a photo is in “Now Playing” mode, which is when it takes up the entire screen, simply select (tap the center of the touchpad) to open the photo O...
Page 44 - Chapter 6: FM Radio Listening; Listening to FM Radio; CHAPTER 6: FM Radio
44 This chapter provides instructions on how to listen to the FM broadcast radio and to program the preset stations on your Sansa ® Fuze™+ MP3 player. Chapter 6: FM Radio Listening Your Sansa Fuze+ player includes an integrated FM radio for listening to live broadcast FM stations. Please note that F...
Page 45 - Programming FM Presets; Radio Options/Recording
45 6.2. Programming FM Presets You can program up 40 preset stations. There are two ways to program presets: Manually – Presets 1. From the main menu, select Radio. 2. Slide your finger or tap up or down on the touchpad to select desired frequency. 3. Press and hold Select button while listening. 4....
Page 46 - Quick Tips: Recording a FM Station; individual files of approximately two hours in length.
46 Quick Tips: Recording a FM Station 1. Your Sansa Fuze+ player can record a FM radio broadcast until one of two events occurs: (1) the available memory on the device is exhausted; (2) the battery is drained. However, the device will take a very, very long recording and break it into individual fil...
Page 47 - Chapter 7: Voice Recording; Voice Recording; Playing Back a Recording; Quick Tips: Voice Recording; CHAPTER 7: Voice Recording
47 This chapter shows you how to use your Sansa ® Fuze™+ MP3 player’s built-in microphone to do voice recordings. Chapter 7: Voice Recording Your Sansa Fuze+ player includes voice recording capability and is able to store multiple independent recordings. 7.1 Voice Recording 7.1.1 Recording a File 1....
Page 49 - your particular needs.; Settings; Basic Settings
49 This chapter shows you how to customize your Sansa ® Fuze™+ MP3 player’s settings. Chapter 8: Settings Your Sansa Fuze+ player comes with a rich Settings menu for customizing your device to your particular needs. 8.1. Settings You can personalize your device by selecting Settings from the main me...
Page 51 - Sleep; Press the Select button.; USB Mode; Press Select to change to USB Mode.; Replay Gain; Volume; Use touchpad to select Normal or High.; WARNING: Read Safety Instructions Before Making Volume Changes
51 8.2.8 Sleep You can set the timer under Sleep to automatically turn off the player once it reaches the setting time. 1. Select Sleep. 2. Use touchpad to select desired timer (from none to 120 minutes). 3. Press the Select button. 8.2.9 USB Mode 1. Select USB Mode. 2. Use the touchpad to select a ...
Page 55 - Getting Technical Support; Troubleshooting; SanDisk Limited Warranty; Information
55 This chapter provides information to help you get service and support for your Sansa ® Fuze™+ MP3 player. Chapter 10: Learn More, Service & Warranty Information 10.1. Getting Technical Support Before you contact Technical Support, we encourage you to read the Tips & Troubleshooting sectio...
Page 56 - Audio Visual Players; End User License Agreement
56 APPLICABLE LAW, THEN TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, SUCH IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY DURATION ON ANY REPLACED PRODUCT WILL BE THAT PORTION OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD REMAINING ON YOUR ORIGINAL PRODUCT. National, state and local laws may grant you othe...
Page 58 - FCC Regulation
58 8. High Risk Activities. The Software is not fault-tolerant and is not designed or intended for use in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe performance, or any other application in which the failure of the Software could lead directly to death, personal injury, or severe physical or propert...
