Does it easily manually bookmark audio books?Does it have adjustable fast forward and rewind?Correctly automatically resume position after shutdown?
1491713
Each book will maintain its own bookmark upon exit. The FF-RW function works ok, the longer you hold down the button the faster it goes. Books will resume position after shutdown. I have both the Clip and ZIP, with the current firmware upgrade. I use mine exclusively for audio books.
1491714
Best audiobook mp3 player I've used...auto bookmarks and resumes well..micro sd sincs well
1491715
I've never used the Sansa default firmware operating system, I load the ROCKBOX operating system. It has all these features and more, but not DRM support. See Rockbox.org for information about the capabilities of the Rockbox operating system.
1599999
How do you bookmark? If I pause my book then listen to music or fm radio, then try to go back to the book I have to scroll from the beginning. I use netlibrary. I asked the Sandisk help site but they never got back to me.
1424004
Yes it can rewind, or you can go back to whatever bookmarks you have entered.
29726
No. I bought it JUST for audiobooks, not music. It shuffles chapters, even though I have it turned to direct play. If you accidentally hit the forward or back button, forget trying to find your original place.
611041
I use mine purely for audio books. I can download 8-10 books at a time (I am a member of audible.com). There are a few minor flaws with it, but I have worked out a few glitches. Holding down the FF or REW buttons cause it to speed up in that function. Also if you are in the chapter mode you can skip by the chapter. I have never tried it with podcasting, even though that is available through my service with audible.com. They have you register your device and then downloading is very easy, so I can't imagine that downloading a podcast would be any more complicated than a book. The only other flaw I have noticed is that when you pause it and then start it again, it skips a few seconds ahead. It doesn't do it if you pause then turn it off then turn it back on. (Pause then off is the way it will remember where you left off and when you turn it back on it will be at your stopping place ready to go again.) Hope this helps-I plan on picking another up for my kids.
252581
I noticed in a review that it does have a bookmark feature on audio books if you exit directly to the main menu. It didn't say how to do that, but I assume it would be pressing the little button above the wheel. When you exit to the menu, it will ask you if you wish to bookmark.
1769124
The only way you could do that would be this: When you're through listening to your audiobook for the moment, simply turn the player off. When you turn it back on, it will be at the exact same place you left off at. Other than that, no, you cannot pause the audiobook, play a couple of songs, then go back to the audiobook and resume where you left off at. Sorry :( Hope that helps...
216994
I have one and would not recomend it for audiobooks. The controls are poorly designed and it's impossible to fast foward and rewind in the same track.
301089
three click does not work too good.one click (play/pause music, answer/end call) works wonders.two click (next track) works great.three clicks... I get to the next track and it pauses the song. It does not rewind.
899085
No bookmarks unless you buy books in a proprietary format from on vendor. Plus, fast-forward works fine for MP3s, but is reportedly too slow for books. I love the View for listening to music and watching videos and movies and FM radio and recording messages, but listening to generic books-on-disk is its weak point. For more info, visit http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board?board.id=view
1272828
Not easily. I listen to podcast and find the rewinding or fast forwarding process to be very clunky. Thankfully the podcast are short so re-listening to something doesn't take too much time. I would think it would be hard to listen to audio books this way.
1486607
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.
670254
I do not know if it has a bookmark function because my Zen did not work for very long.
459048
no, and it doesn't have fast forward, that's what I bought it for and found out it is junk for audio books, get a sansa, they work
271170
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.
1258432
No, it doesn't have a bookmark option. That's one of it's main drawbacks. Let's hope they change that in the next firmware update.
570145
(For listening to audiobooks) Does this resume at the same place when you restart the car?