Does it remember where you are in an mp3 after it has shut down? (useful for audiobooks)
180949
Yes, unless you change the battery, then it does a full restart. But you may go back to the song using the artist feature.
969951
Yes it will. If you are listening to a recorded program and power down, it will immediately go to the file that you were listening to and to the point last heard when powered back up.
181219
I've had mine for a couple weeks, listening primarily to Audible.com books. So far, it's been the best I've found (aside from an iPod) with resume (interestingly, if the sleep timer shuts off the system, when you turn it back on, you don't need to hit play: it just starts playing where it left off). I haven't tried with any books using a DRM system yet, though.
317775
According to the manual there is a random play mode with mp3. I have never used it myself.
128958
Hi, I use an MP3 player and it is working for me :), I hope it works for you!
317774
My model fell off a shelf and hasn't worked since. I have not used it with mp3s
79987
Yes it does. Hold the selector switch to the right or left and it will scan within the song track. If you flip the switch it skips to the next track. If you stop in the middle of a track it also remembers where you were and starts you at the same spot instead of starting over at the beginning which is nice if you are listening to podcasts or audiobooks.
885349
Yes, it does remember the last volume used when you turn it back on. Like I said in my review, one of the very few downsides to this speaker is the volume buttons share the same buttons as the previous/next so you have to hold the button for a second or two for the volume to change. Hope this helps.
1334983
This product has a hold feature, but does not allow for resume in the sense that your looking for( such as kindle readers etc ). However, if you don't mind a little work, you can always convert each chapter into it's own mp3 and then burn them all to disk. This will allow you to listen to one chapter at a time, skip a chapter, program which chapter you wish to read, or hold/pause a chapter. You can not turn the player off and come back to the spot you left off at. But, by converting each chapter to it's own mp3, you can avoid having to listen to the entire book again when you turn the player back on. You will only need to start at the beginning of the chapter you left off at. To get the feature you are looking for unfortunately, you will have to have a kindle type reader. I hope this answers your question.
59470
If I have 10 mp3 songs on the USB and it has played them all - does it stop or can it be set to repeat them over and over?
625088
No, in fact, if you turn it off, it does not even remember which function it was on or the last-played volume level. You have to cycle through the functions to get back to the one you were last using...oh, and you'll probably have to turn it down right away. These are certainly downsides, but the upsides outweigh them. For the price, it has pretty good sound, and the ability to use an SD card or USB to play music is fantastic. We have even gotten some use out of the Bluetooth function. You will be hard-pressed to find as versatile of boombox for the $. Hope this helps.
426281
If you pause it then shut it off it will keep your place. Even after charging when it usually returns to the spot that says music you can always resume where you left off. It saves it. Hope this was helpful? I love it myself?
1228817
This has happened if I unplug it and plug it back or I switched between usb and aux cable. In these cases it restarts from track 1. But other then that this has never happened. I would recommend that if you just keep the player running or pause it and shut the car engine off, this would definitely remember.
2095247
If you click the mp3 player off in the middle of a song it will resume their when you turn the device back on.
1712254
I have used this for audiobooks for more than a year. It is important that it is not paused while you fast forward or it will skip. It also seems that I have the best luck while pressing gently and steadily down on the right arrow key. If I press down without holding, the player skips to the next section. I have found that the player starts up right where I left it off if I hit pause and let it power down on its own. The only times I have to find my place are when I accidentally skip to the beginning of the next section or when I recharge it. I always have a pad by my computer and just write down the section and hours/minutes so I can find my place easily after charging. I have used this for audiobooks for more than a year. It is important that it is not paused while you fast forward or it will skip. It also seems that I have the best luck while pressing gently and steadily down on the right arrow key. If I press down without holding, the player skips to the next section. I have found that the player starts up right where I left it off if I hit pause and let it power down on its own. The only times I have to find my place are when I accidentally skip to the beginning of the next section or when I recharge it. I always have a pad by my computer... » Read More I have used this for audiobooks for more than a year. It is important that it is not paused while you fast forward or it will skip. It also seems that I have the best luck while pressing gently and steadily down on the right arrow key. If I press down without holding, the player skips to the next section. I have found that the player starts up right where I left it off if I hit pause and let it power down on its own. The only times I have to find my place are when I accidentally skip to the beginning of the next section or when I recharge it. I always have a pad by my computer and just write down the section and hours/minutes so I can find my place easily after charging. « Show Less
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no. it is terrible for listening to audiobooks. it does not save your place. there is no setting to save your place. if you label the audio file as an audiobook it doesn't save your position then, either. i was very disappointed with this because i listen to a lot of audiobooks.
178104
It has a simple single bookmark. If I turn it off while I'm listening to a book, it will start in the same place when I turn it back on. I have lost the bookmark a few times, some times if I hit the wrong button, it's gone. One time I added some more audio files, and when I tried to play it again, the bookmark was gone. The BAD thing about using this for audio books is that the time displays a maximum of 59 minutes 59 seconds. If you get audiobooks from NetLibrary, you will want to return this thing. It also doesn't fast forward/rewind very fast for getting through hours to find your place again in a very long audio file. Its "fast forward" is for songs, which is "dog slow forward" for multiple hour-long books. I like the Sansa Express enough for other reasons that I've just decided I won't listen to any NetLibrary eAudiobooks while I own the Sansa. Overdrive and Audible formats work fine, as do MP3s I made from CDs. It's really a shame about the time display. Actually, it's NetLibrary who should be blamed for this problem, not Sandisk. Whoever decided to make a 22 hour audiobook a single file should be fired.