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Originally Posted by joehunt
Does anyone here own the Fuze+? Many reviewers (on Amazon) complain about the interface and state that the touch controls don't always do want you want. I'm debating between this and the Clip+.
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I have kind of limited experience-- my wife has an older E or C series Sansa, used for MP3's, and it's great at that.
I've read many comments here and elsewhere from those who love the Clip series for audiobooks, but I've never tried it. My sister-in-law got a Fuse + for audiobook use, couldn't figure it out, and I volunteered.
For audiobook use, I find the Fuse + extremely frustrating. The menu system is difficult to navigate. Getting anything except Audible audiobooks on it in a usable format is difficult. There's an "Audiobook" file system and menu system, but you have to load them as "podcasts" (a different menu) if you actually want them to play through instead of loading as a number of separate books. Very intolerant of the internal structure in a lot of ebook files, and I had to go in and edit metadata in a number of books to get them to work.
What I've read indicates that Sansa, who always used to do their own software/ OS for their players, subcontracted the Fuse + programming to an outside source, who definitely does not get it.
The touchscreen control is not very precise, and impossible to navigate by touch (in your pocket, clipped to your belt, etc.). The menu system is not intuitive: you move up and down through multiple menu layers, and then sideways through the layer. I ended up having to draw myself a "menu map" to be able to work through it.
My recommendation-- if you're going to use it for audiobooks, stick with the Clip or Fuse, but not the Fuse +.
KentE