Sandisk sansa clip+ mp3 player

[Clay Weber]

On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:12:40 PM Jerry Lapham wrote:
> I have a new Sandisk sansa clip+ mp3 player to which I'd like to copy mp3
> files.  When I connect it to a usb port it appears when I run lsusb from
> the command line but it does not appear in Device Notifier or mount in
> /media.
> 
> I'm running Kubunt 10.10 .  Any idea why it's not showing up?
> 
> 	-Jerry

You will need to change the device's USB settings from the default 'Auto'  to 
'MSC', which will make it show as an external drive. 

Alternatively,  if you use Amarok or banshee, etc, you can also try using the 
"MTP' mode. But the device will still work with Amarok in MSC mode, though you 
might have to specify which folder to drop the files into. But MSC will 
*always* work, whereas MTP may depend on the software you use on how trouble-
free it is.

I have used both modes successfully with my clip+, that is until I dropped the 
little thing into a glass of water :(

I replaced it with a Fuze+, which for me was a mistake. The touchpad control 
is flaky at best and scratched almost immediately. I would recommend those 
looking at these to either go with the cheaper clip+ or find an original Fuze 
(not a '+') online. I am a Sansa fan, but the fuze+ is not worth the pretty 
interface and relative ease of browsing files.

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