Does it work with Overdrive Audio Books? And does is restart from where you turned it off? Important feature for listening to audio books. Thanks.
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
459049
I downloaded thru the library and heard my story disc 1, but I couldn't find any of the other downloaded discs and so I returned it. noone to talk to to ask anything-all emails.
459050
I am an Audible user so have no idea about the Overdrive books, but if you convert them to mp3 they will play. Restarting from where it was turned off at, most of the time...the rest of the time, the battery dies....
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.
1372135
Music from my cloud downloads perfectly to the iPod shuffle. I haven't tried it with audio books.
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).
1544977
No problems what so ever with audio. It just may be a glitch. It happens. Good luck!
570145
(For listening to audiobooks) Does this resume at the same place when you restart the car?
800367
I have had my radio for over a year now. I had problems the first time I tried to play music from a USB flash drive. I tried another drive and it worked fine. I have no idea why the first one didn't work but formatted the second one and it worker perfectly.
423244
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!
1418504
I downloaded it just because of habit. Then I just rolled back. The download wasn't necessary for me for what I wanted to do. It says it had a few minor bugs to fix like shuffling over a folder boundry or something, but I don't use that feature anyway. I believe that the firmware it ships with allows you to play audible. I have listened to a few audible books so I know it works. I have firmware 2.51.
2104599
The library's a great suggestion -- thanks! I called both SanDisk and Audible to complain about their mutual incompatibility and was told by both that it was up to SanDisk. Anyway, my lesson from all of this is that I should look into these things more thoroughly before I buy another player (which hopefully won't be any time soon!).
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.
197015
Agree with previous response, yes it does turn off, I think its a design flaw, hopefully they will make newer version which will have some battery backup to cover moments like starting the car. But it does restart where it was, I did not have to do anything, not so for game DVDs, but movies yes.
2245129
I just use this to listen to audio books in my kitchen. I like it a lot, it is the best CD played I own. An audio CD may skip on one of my other players but not this one. I have not used it on battery although I have them in it for back up purposes. I haven't tried a USB product on it. I could give it a shot and let you know if you'd like as well as the repeat, if there is one?
718793
Exactly the CD player is what I meant to say, thanks. I like to listen to audio books but sometimes after a couple of hours of listening or if I leave it paused for to long it shuts off and feels quite warm to the touch. :(
1146070
it's pretty simple. i use mine for audio books which i download from the library. if you want audio books there is software you download called Overdrive Media. There will be a link for this at your library site. I have also transferred things from CD's. You highlight what you want and copy to the device just like you would transfer things to a flash drive. Does that answer your questions? if not, let me know and i will try and answer them.
151716
I have not used it with audio books but I have for other audio, like music and video..... and it does enhance the sound a great deal.
712758
I don't know. I use it for audiobooks and I delete them when I have listened to them. Ann TT