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Sansa slotMusic Player
An Owner’s Guide to More Play
Technical Support
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Part Number: SLOTMUSIC PLAYER-UM608-ENG
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What’s Inside ® ™ An Overview Of Your Sansa slotMusic Player 3 What It Has 3 How To Do It 3 The Battery 4 When Do I Change The Battery? 4 How Do I Change The Battery? 4 Start Playing 5 The Power Switch 5 Power On 5 Power Off 5 Playing Music 5 Putting Your Songs On A Card 6 Moving Songs From A Card To Your Computer 7 Just In Case It’s Not Working 8 Things To Know For Your Safety 10 Protecting Your Hearing 10 Other Stuff 12 Tech Support 12 SanDisk Limited Warranty 12 End User License Agreement 13
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3 An Overview Of Your ® ™ Sansa slotMusic Player Congrats on your new Sansa slotMusic Player. In the following pages you’ll find all the information you need to start playing. We have other great stuff online, including video tutorials, at What It Has › microSD™ card slot for slotMusic™ cards › Up to 15 hours playback with a AAA battery › Audio formats supported: MP3 (up to 320 kbps) and WMA (up to 192kbps without Digital Rights Management or DRM) › Interchangeable shells (av
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4 The Battery The Sansa slotMusic Player takes any AAA battery. Your player includes a non-rechargeable AAA battery. New batteries will generally last for 15 hours of uninterrupted, pure listening pleasure. When Do I Change The Battery? When the battery is low, the Sansa slotMusic Player will beep three times and then shut down. How Do I Change The Battery? To replace the battery, follow these steps: 1 › In one hand, grip the metal ends. Using the other hand, slide the shell in t
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5 Start Playing The Power Switch Power On To turn the Sansa slotMusic Player on, just press the play button. The ice blue LED will come on for two seconds then fade. If there is no microSD card inserted, the LED will flash for about three seconds and then shut down. Power Off To turn the Sansa slotMusic Player off, press and hold the play button for one second. The ice blue LED will come on for two seconds and then fade. Playing Music The Sansa slotMusic Player supports the following audio
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6 Note › The player will turn off if the microSD card is removed while in Playback or Idle/Pause mode. › The player will pause while in Play state if the earbuds are removed. › The player will turn off after one minute in Pause mode. › The player will pause when playback reaches the end of last track. › Playback will restart from the first track when the Play button is pressed within one minute. › Otherwise, the player
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7 For Windows: Use Windows Explorer (My Computer) to view and format the card (if necessary). You can drag and drop files onto the card or use software such as Windows Media Player to get music onto your card. For Mac: Use Finder to drag and drop music files onto your card. If it’s necessary use Disk Utility to format the card. Moving Songs From A Card To Your Computer To transfer your tunes from a slotMusic card to your computer, remove the card from your Sansa slotMusic Player and insert i
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8 Just In Case It’s Not Working Here are some things we recommend trying: Cycle the power by pressing and holding the play button for two seconds. Do this a couple times, waiting a few seconds between attempts. Make sure a microSD card with playable content is inserted. It seems obvious, but your player will shut down if no card is inserted or the card does not contain compatible files. Ensure earbuds are fully inserted. If earbuds are not inserted in the earbud jack, the player will auto
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9 Can the Sansa slotMusic Player read high capacity microSD cards? You better believe it, the Sansa slotMusic Player can read both microSD and microSDHC cards. Where can I find accessories for my player? We’re so glad you asked - check out for accessories and some additional content. How do I charge the player? Your Sansa slotMusic Player runs off a single AAA battery. It comes with a non-rechargeable battery, but you can use a r
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10 Things To Know For Your Safety Please read the safety instructions carefully before using your Sansa player. 1 › Read this entire manual to ensure proper usage. 2 › Keep this User’s Manual for future reference. 3 › Do not use headphones/earphones while driving, cycling, or operating any motorized vehicle. This may create a traffic hazard and may be illegal in some areas. It can also be dangerous to play your music with headphones/earphones at high volume while
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11 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 (dB): › Refrigerator humming 40 dB › Normal conversation 60 dB › City traffic 80 dB # › Motorcycles and lawnmowers 90 dB # › Rock concerts 110 - 120 dB # › Firearms 120 - 140 dB * A decibel (dB) is a unit of relative measurement of the strength of sound wave. In decibels (dB), a measured si
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12 Other Stuff Tech Support Check out the Tips & Troubleshooting section. If that doesn’t help, go to for more information. When you contact us for support, please include as much information as you can from your packaging material. This will allow us to help you more quickly. Learn More You can also visit us on the web at http://www.sandisk.com to learn more about your player as well as other SanDisk products.
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13 National, state and local laws may grant you other rights that are not affected by this warranty. Warrantor N. America, Canada, and S. America: SanDisk Corporation 601 McCarthy Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 Tel: 1-866-SANDISK (1-866-726-3475) Product Warranty Period ® Sansa slotMusic™ Player 90 days Technical Support in the United States and Canada can be contacted by calling: 1-866-726-3475. End User License Agreement DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE UNTIL YOU HAVE CARE
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14 1 › Software License. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, SanDisk grants to you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, transferable in accordance with these terms, royalty-free license under SanDisk’s intellectual property rights to use the Software in executable form solely for your personal use only with a SanDisk product and only on a single computer or other hardware device at any given time (the “License”). The Software is “in use” when it is either downlo
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15 5 › The Software is provided with “RESTRICTED RIGHTS.” Use, duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in FAR 52.227-14 and DFARS 252.227-7013 et seq. Use of the Software by the Government constitutes acknowledgement of SanDisk’s proprietary rights therein. Contractor or Manufacturer is SanDisk Corporation, 601 McCarthy Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035. 6 › Transfer. If you sell or otherwise transfer the SanDisk product that incorporates the Software as
