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This product compares well to models on offer by rival manufacturers with greater brand exposure. It offers good sound, flexible options and good storage capacity
In this age of digital media, smaller is better, right? Well, yes, but only up to a point. The Sansa Clip 2GB is a multimedia player that is compact and light enough to be easily worn on any garment, and yet not too small to be easily manipulated.
The unit has a very bright colour OLED (Organic LED) display, which is even visible in bright lighting conditions (though direct sunlight still renders it virtually unreadable).
The casing is black, with some silver buttons. A large, round multifunction button on the front gives access to the primary playback functions and navigation of the menus. The earphones and their leads are in matching black.
For such a compact device, the Sansa Clip packs an impressive array of features. First off, its storage capacity is two gigabytes, which is enough to hold about 30 hours of music in MP3 format. Also at your disposal is an FM radio tuner and a graphic equaliser.
Music can also be accessed in toto, by album or artist, or via the Go! List. (Which is basically a list of favourites: at any given time, you can flag a song that’s playing to be included in the Go! List.)
Interacting with the Sansa Clip is straightforward: the controls are fairly intuitive and logical. After a minute or so, the screen powers down and pressing any button wakes it up. Thereafter, the buttons have their designated functions. (This method means that you won’t issue a command other than waking up when reviving the screen, and it’s a good implementation.)
Unfortunately, leaving the device paused for more than a minute or so powers it down altogether (like the screen sleep mode detailed above, this is no doubt to conserve battery power), and it must be turned on using the power button – pressing any other button will accomplish nothing. This, however, is a very minor criticism, and at least the cause for it is well intentioned: extending battery life.
The battery itself lasts most of a day if used continuously, and is charged by connecting the Clip to a PC via USB, which is also how data is transferred to and from it. In the explorer, the Sansa Clip shows up under its name, and doesn’t require the operating system to assign it a drive letter.
Sound quality is good, and the equaliser settings further enhance this. The equaliser can also be manually adjusted, but the provided presets are sufficient to satisfy most needs.
Unfortunately, the earpiece, while perfectly adequate for its intended purpose, could be more evolved. This is not a criticism aimed specifically at the manufacturer of this device, but rather at the majority of manufacturers. The problem is that there’s no neck strap or clip to hold the earphones while they’re not in use. This means that while the player itself is conveniently and comfortably attached to a piece of clothing or the like, the earphones must be tucked away into a pocket, risking damage when they, or another pocketed item, are withdrawn.
In addition, this lack of a strap or clip makes it impractical to use one earphone (a common practice when people still need to be aware of their surroundings) as the unused earpiece drags uncomfortably on the other, and even dislodges it occasionally.
In this age of digital media, smaller is better, right? Well, yes, but only up to a point. The Sansa Clip 2GB is a multimedia player that is compact and light enough to be easily worn on any garment, and yet not too small to be easily manipulated.
The unit has a very bright colour OLED (Organic LED) display, which is even visible in bright lighting conditions (though direct sunlight still renders it virtually unreadable).
The casing is black, with some silver buttons. A large, round multifunction button on the front gives access to the primary playback functions and navigation of the menus. The earphones and their leads are in matching black.
For such a compact device, the Sansa Clip packs an impressive array of features. First off, its storage capacity is two gigabytes, which is enough to hold about 30 hours of music in MP3 format. Also at your disposal is an FM radio tuner and a graphic equaliser.
Music can also be accessed in toto, by album or artist, or via the Go! List. (Which is basically a list of favourites: at any given time, you can flag a song that’s playing to be included in the Go! List.)
Interacting with the Sansa Clip is straightforward: the controls are fairly intuitive and logical. After a minute or so, the screen powers down and pressing any button wakes it up. Thereafter, the buttons have their designated functions. (This method means that you won’t issue a command other than waking up when reviving the screen, and it’s a good implementation.)
Unfortunately, leaving the device paused for more than a minute or so powers it down altogether (like the screen sleep mode detailed above, this is no doubt to conserve battery power), and it must be turned on using the power button – pressing any other button will accomplish nothing. This, however, is a very minor criticism, and at least the cause for it is well intentioned: extending battery life.
The battery itself lasts most of a day if used continuously, and is charged by connecting the Clip to a PC via USB, which is also how data is transferred to and from it. In the explorer, the Sansa Clip shows up under its name, and doesn’t require the operating system to assign it a drive letter.
Sound quality is good, and the equaliser settings further enhance this. The equaliser can also be manually adjusted, but the provided presets are sufficient to satisfy most needs.
Unfortunately, the earpiece, while perfectly adequate for its intended purpose, could be more evolved. This is not a criticism aimed specifically at the manufacturer of this device, but rather at the majority of manufacturers. The problem is that there’s no neck strap or clip to hold the earphones while they’re not in use. This means that while the player itself is conveniently and comfortably attached to a piece of clothing or the like, the earphones must be tucked away into a pocket, risking damage when they, or another pocketed item, are withdrawn.
In addition, this lack of a strap or clip makes it impractical to use one earphone (a common practice when people still need to be aware of their surroundings) as the unused earpiece drags uncomfortably on the other, and even dislodges it occasionally.