3. Press down once on the Play/Pause/Up Button to play the music files. Once your
selected music has played, your player will play each music file, one after another.
To pause the music, briefly press the Play/Pause/Up Button.
4. To change the volume of your music as it plays, scroll the Rotary Wheel in the top
right corner of your player. Scrolling the rotary wheel clockwise increases the
volume and scrolling the rotary wheel counter-clockwise decreases the volume.
5. To stop playing music, you have the following choices:
■ Press and hold down the Power/Menu Button until all the dark squares
disappear under the “Powering Down” message.
■ Navigate to another song with the Previous/Fast Reverse or Next/Fast
Forward Buttons. When you stop, the song displayed onscreen will play.
■ Press the Power/Menu Button once to go to Menu. Press the Select button
once to navigate to Play Music. Navigate Up or Down the menu to either
Spoken Word or AudioFeast and press the Select button once.
■ Press the Power/Menu Button once to go to Menu. Press the Repeat/AB button
once to move to Modes and Press the Select button once. Press Repeat/AB
once to FM Radio and Press the Select button once to enter FM Radio Mode.
To learn about how onscreen menus work, see the Navigating the Software Menus chapter
that begins on Page 21.
Once your music starts to play, you can use the player buttons to:
■ Skip backwards or forwards to the next song by pressing once on the Previous/Fast
Reverse Button (backwards) or Next/Fast Forward Button (forwards).
■ Want to switch to another song while your music plays? Press the Power/Menu
Button to display the software menu onscreen. Press the Repeat/AB/Down Button to
scroll and highlight your menu choices. Press the Select Button to select options.
First, scroll to the Play Music item and select it. Scroll to select from a list of ways to
access music, for example, by artist, and then select your choice. Repeat this scroll
and select process to find a song. When your song is highlighted, press the Select
Button to play it.
Transferring Music
To transfer music from your computer to your player:
1. Open the file browser on your computer and navigate through the folders to the
drive assigned to your Sansa MP3 Player.
2. Drag and drop music files from your player to your computer. You also can use
Rhapsody and other software to transfer files directly to your player.
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