Do the Clip Sports have better high speed playback tonal adjustments? I use my Clip+ as an audiobook players, but they don't adjust tone on fast speed
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In my experience, yes. However, all other audiobook features on the Clip Sport are inferior to the Clip+ and Clip Zip. If you switch to music, the Clip Sport does not "remember" which audiobook, and which file in that audiobook you listened to last. Also, the "chapter mode" option, which prevents accidental track skipping, is gone. In fact, the only audiobook option is the speed. In my opinion, the Clip Sport is a poor audiobook player.
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Disclaimer: I have yet to test it since I have recently found my Clip+. I've rarely used it for audiobooks, but preliminary inspection (from review videos) leads me to believe that the firmware hasn't changed so you may not expect any improvements to audiobook playback.Joshua Bean's comment seems to provide more insight than I.
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There is a button to change the "rate on all those effects, i.e. "Built-in FX: Reverb, Delay/Echo, Chorus, Tremolo, Vibratone and more -- Delay time and Tremolo speed can easily be set with the Tap button."
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I haven't had any problems with podcast and audiobook files, many audiobooks, especially ones from libraries have several files that are numbered. I don't have any music on the Clip Sport. There is an update for the firmware, if you buy this player make sure you update, from what I understand they took care of glitches with song orders, etc. The only thing I don't like about this player is that it won't play wma files that have drm protection. Not sure it'll post but here is the address for instruction and the file for the Sport update: http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/Sansa-Clip-Zip/Sansa-Clip-Zip-Firmware-01-01-20/td-p/270703
1879608
I found that the sound leveling varied with the media and the channel I was viewing. For example most of my shows benefit from the sound leveling, but I found a couple of them sounded better with it off. The dialogue enhancement seems to work best for me with the shows that do well with sound leveling. I also find I need to tweak the bass and treble settings often depending on the show I am watching. I also find that music and sound effects are generally too loud, but I think that is problem with how the soundtrack has been mixed. I have the same problem in a movie theater. On the ZVOX I simply turn the bass down a bit and sometimes the treble too. It sometimes helps.
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Having recently gotten a G11, I was perplexed by this problem as well, saw this post, hit the up arrow on video playback, and voila: sound at last. Somehow I'd missed this instruction on page 33 of the manual: "press the [up arrow & down arrow of the wheel] to adjust the volume." Makes sense, though not so intuitive. One point I'd offer: on my G11 it doesn't matter whether I have operational sounds (shutter, startup, etc.) on mute or at a low setting. Playback audio can still be heard provided one taps the up arrow button. If a number of other people have had the same problem, Canon might want to add this instruction to the troubleshooting pages in the back of the manual.
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Play with the audio settings. There are quite a few. Default settings sound poor (hollow,low volume) but can be adjusted to more than adequate. Cant remember orig settings, but can give you my AUDIO setup config: SRS TruSurround HD &lt;Off&gt; SRS TruVolume &lt;On&gt; Equalizer Settings &lt;OFF&gt; *important* Base &lt;75&gt; Treble &lt;50&gt; Make sure the EQ setting is not set to Rock, Pop or Disco (they sound like garbage). Setting it to OFF allows access to Base & Treble menu/adjustments. Overall the sound is above average for what you are paying. More than ample volume once you get the settings tweaked.
877357
Mine sounds great, only on volume number 22. I played MP3 via a flash drive, sounds really good, even at higher volume.
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I find the audio more than satisfactory. In fact, compared to the other devices I have owned, the volume is better and the tone sounds very decent. That's my opinion, I hope it helps.
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The way it works isn't necessarily matching the exact beat of the music. What I believe it does, is based on how much sound it takes in during certain intervals, it decides how slow or fast to flash. So you could have a loud song with bass and it can just be constantly flashing really quick. What I recommend is playing music at a decent volume, and manually adjust the speed of the remote so it "matches" the song as best as possible. It will never match 100% correctly because it will always flash at certain speeds. I usually just keep mine at the brighest setting and never use the flash because it doesnt match very well... Still looks great!
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I have only played one 45 on it. I just played it as i would a 33. No issues with tracking or sound quality.
802459
I have never had any problem with volume on my SanDisk Clip player. But then, I mainly use it to listen to podcasts and audiobooks. Still, I can turn the sound up louder than comfortable.
1544977
No problems what so ever with audio. It just may be a glitch. It happens. Good luck!
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It's a little annoying, but go into your game or Netflix settings for volume control. There you can adjust all sfx and volume settings. It's not perfect, but it beats purchasing a $100 headphone amp.
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1. Press the "OK" button to play back message, then just hit the "OK" button AGAIN while the message is playing... 2. ...which puts it into the mode that allows you to adjust the playback speed by hitting the "+" or "-" section of the outer ring around the "OK" button - hit "+" to increase speed (2.0 is the fastest), or "-" to decrease the speed (0.5 is the slowest setting). I realize this feature is not the most intuitive, but once you get the hang of it you can easily change speeds quite easily - and by the way, 1.0 seems to be the normal speed playback.
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Check your settings to see what your "increased" volume is set to (you'll have to read the manual to find out where to set it). If you already have the volume set to be loud for lower speeds but your "increased" volume is set to a lower level (mine came set at "1", which is the lowest level) it will change to that lower level at a higher speed. Hope this helps.
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I had the same issue. Seems like if you hit that button in the first 10 seconds of a song, it will skip forward to the next song and if it is after that, it will adjust volume. Not sure if that is completely correct, but I have inadvertently forwarded to the next song as well.
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My earlier answer was erroneous. After reading the Charles Lohr reply I confirmed that in fact during playback you can adjust playback speed using the plus & minus buttons after pressing the OK button a second time (the first time starts playback). It seems to retain the last playback speed selection even after shutting down.