Use of Audiobooks: Has anyone used the shuffle for audiobooks?
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Marian, this statement is completely wrong. I Am a long time member of Audible and can download books onto my iPod. In fact Audible offer a large discount off an Apple player as a promotion to get you to join. Audible works seamlessly with iTunes.
317777
Although I've never used the random/shuffle mode, it seems that this little gem can play mp3s in random mode. Their instruction sheet tells how to select/deselect "Radom play" [I believe they meant 'Random play'].
892063
i have a older mp3 and it has a shuffle option and that's great but it plays the songs in the same shuffle order every time. sounds funny I have 900 songs in mine but have listened to it for so long I can almost tell u what song is coming on next!
1900738
Yes you can. I've never done it but I know many who have. A couple of the previous generations didn't remember where you paused your audiobook, which was a nuisance, but apparently the 7th Gen Nano has fixed that :)
1227344
I've used it to play audiobooks borrowed from the library using the Overdrive application: https://www.overdrive.com/Only works on the mp3 books and you have to use the application to loads them onto the player.
753929
Yes, you can! I download audio books from the library using the Overdrive platform and it recognizes the player. It actually works really well for books (but not for playlists).
423245
Haven't used it with AudioBooks, but there is an option under Music for "Audio Book". I upgraded my firmware to 2.01US, so you may have to upgrade your firmware if the option isn't there.
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.
349023
Yes, I believe there is a shuffle option as well as an option to manually choose from folders. No, it does not work particularly well. I ended up returning the two I bought because of shoddy construction and the fact that one stopped loading two days after I received them. I ended up buying the Coby mp301-4G player and it seems much more solid for only a few bucks more.
1140312
I use mine almost only for audio books - love it! love it! I wear it while cleaning, driving (one ear only), relaxing, knitting, traveling, quilting, cooking.... you name it! I've listened to hundreds of books, I often get library books on CD, rip them and move them to the SanDisk player.
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I use my mp3 exclusively for audiobooks. I'm a real junkie and listen nonstop all day when I'm not at work. The first one I bought was a Zen V. It had issues, but improved when Creative came out with new firmware. After using it for a year, the battery would no longer hold a charge. There was no way to replace the battery. So I decided to look for a player with a user-replaceable battery and bought a Zen Micro. It worked fine for a few weeks, then it broke and Creative said they could not repair it. I decided the battery was more of an issue than the bookmarking, so I bought a Sansa e250 v2. I've had it for about a month and it's great. Better than either of the Creative players. But it doesn't have bookmarking. Rockbox wizards are working on a new version that will work with the Sansa e250v2, so I'm hoping that will give it bookmarking capability. The resume playing works really well with the Sansa (unlike with the 2 creative players). Since I only listen to one book at a time and don't listen to music, the only time bookmarking is really an issue is when I transfer or delete books when the player is connected to my PC. (I have a Gomadic wall charger to recharge the battery at night.) I'm really not sure about the full time stamping. My library changed from netLibrary to Overdrive. Overdrive breaks audiobooks into multiple files instead of having one really large file like NetLibrary, so that hasn't been an issue. In 2006 a survey showed that 25% of the adult US population listens to audiobooks. It's really stupid that mp3 manufacturers continue to ignore our needs when the technology and software already exists to provide every player with full time stamping and bookmarking. If just one of them would come out with a reliable player with a user-replaceable battery and those features, they would probably rival iPOD overnight. If Sansa would respond with a firmware update to provide those features, the e200 series could be that player. Instead, they foolishly continue to ignore the pleas of audiobook listeners.
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Absolutely! I use Audible.com and love the way everything loads to my ITunes app to put on the IPod.
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Ipod Shuffles must be used in conjunction with the iTunes program but moving your music files over to the iTunes program should be pretty quick and easy. If you have any trouble there are guides online that explain the process well. --Underwater Audio Customer Service
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Here's the dowside of using a Shuffle to listen to books - it is really easy to accidently lose your place in the book. When this happens, it's a pain-in-the-neck to get back to where you were. I know you can lock the shuffle so this doesn't happen but then it's a hassle to pause it if, say, someone wants to talk to you. I have used a Nano for about 4 or 5 years mainly to listen to books. There are several advantages besides being able to see on the screen exactly where you are in the story. I love the sleep timer feature. I set it for 15 minutes and if I happen to fall asleep, I don't run the battery down and I know I only have to go back, at most, 15 minutes. This is not something you can do with a Shuffle.
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Neal, I am considering a purchase of the iRiver clix for audio books rather than music. Have you downloaded any books yet, and, if so, what was the outcome? Thanx!
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Mark, I am sorry but I don't know. I never put an audio book on it. FYI it holds over 200 mp3 format songs. One thing I don't like about it is shuffle play does not work, even when the shuffle mode is activated. I hope this helps.
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The shuffle is only great if you want to play similar genres of music and don't need to find a particular song. It's great to use while exercising though, or on continuous play while working, etc. It does have a button to shuffle the music if you want.