Shaker
MP3 Player
User’s Manual
Shaker
MP3 Player
Age 8+
Not intended for 
use by children 
younger than 8 
 
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Table of Contents
Safety Instructions ......................................................................... 1
Introduction ...................................................................................... 1
Features ............................................................................................... 2
Package Contents ........................................................................... 2
Minimum System Requirements ............................................. 2
Location of Controls ..................................................................... 2
Battery Installation ......................................................................... 3
Battery Indicator ............................................................................. 3
Connecting to the Computer ................................................... 3
Transfer Music to Shaker Player .............................................. 3
Removing Music Files from Shaker Player .......................... 4
Safely Remove Sansa Shaker from Computer .................. 4
Turn Shaker Player On ................................................................. 5
Turn Shaker Player Off ................................................................ 5
Listen to Music ................................................................................ 5
Volume Control............................................................................... 5
Skipping Track .................................................................................. 5
Shake Feature ................................................................................... 6
Shaker Sounds .................................................................................. 6
Tips, FAQ, and Troubleshooting ............................................. 7
Service and Warranty Information ........................................ 7
Getting Technical Support ......................................................... 7
Learn More ....................................................................................... 7
SanDisk Limited Warranty ......................................................... 7
End User License Agreement ................................................... 8
Disposal Instructions .................................................................... 9
Not iNteNded for use by childreN 
youNger thaN 8 years old.
Precautions
safety:
•   Avoid spilling any liquid onto or into the Sansa 
Shaker player.
•  Dropping the player or excessive force on the player 
may result in damage or sound distortion to the 
Sansa Shaker.
road safety:
•   In general for safe MP3 player use do not use head-
phones while operating any motorized vehicle or 
biking. Additionally, it can be potentially dangerous 
to play your headset at a high volume while walking, 
especially at night.
listeNiNg safety:
We want you to enjoy your Sansa Shaker safely and 
recommend playing it at a safe level. A safe level is one 
that lets the sound come through loud and clear with-
out blaring or distortion and, most importantly, with-
out affecting your hearing. With this in mind please be 
mindful of playing the Shaker through headphones at 
max level for extended periods of time.
Here are recommendations for a safe level of listening 
on the Sansa Shaker:
•  Start your volume control at a normal setting.
•  Slowly increase the sound until you can hear it 
clearly and without interference
Safety Instructions
1) Read the safety instructions carefully before using 
your Sansa.
2) Read this entire manual to ensure proper usage.
3) Keep this User Guide for future reference.
4) Do not use Headphones/Earphones while driving, 
cycling, or operating any motorized vehicle. This 
may create a traffic hazard and may be illegal in 
some areas. It can also be dangerous to play your 
music with Headphones/Earphones at high volume 
while walking, or engaged in other activities. You 
should exercise extreme caution and discontinue 
use in potentially hazardous situations.
5) Avoid using Headphones/Earphones at high vol-
ume. Hearing experts advise against continuous 
loud and extended music play. Keep the volume at 
a moderate level, so that you are better able to hear 
outside sound, and to be considerate of the people 
around you.
6) Keep your player away from sinks, drinks, bathtubs, 
showers, rain, and other sources of moisture. Mois-
ture can cause electric shocks with any electronic 
device.
7) Do not disassemble, crush, short-circuit or inciner-
ate your battery as it may cause fire, injury, burns or 
other hazards.
8) Follow these tips to keep your player working well 
for a long time:
  •  Clean your player with a soft lint-free cloth  
used on glass lenses.
  •  Never force any connector into the ports of  
your player or your computer. Make sure your 
connectors are the identical shape and size  
before you connect.
We recommend that adult supervision be given 
to read the Quick Start Guide and User Manual to 
support children in using the Sansa Shaker for a 
safe and fun experience.
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of a Sansa Shaker™ 
MP3 Player.
The SanDisk Sansa Shaker™ is the world’s first af-
fordable MP3 player with an integrated speaker, SD 
card slot, two headphone jacks, and the unique shake 
feature. The Sansa Shaker player does not come with 
embedded memory but offers you superior features 
not typically offered on a smaller capacity player. The 
integrated speaker and dual headphone jacks enable 
you to share music. The SD slot is capable of reading 
and writing data to the SD cards up to 2 Gbytes in 
capacity. A fresh AAA battery will last up to 10 hours 
when listening through the headphones.
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Features
•  Audio Formats supported: MP3 (up to 
320 Kbps with Variable Bit Rate) and 
PCM WAV format
•  Blue LED trim effect around play/
pause button
•  Dual headphone jacks for two listeners
•  USB 2.0 High Speed Device operation
•  Standard SD slot for external memory 
cards (no embedded memory)
•  Shaking action enables function to skip 
to next random song.
•  Runs off of AAA battery.
Package Contents
•  Sansa Shaker Player
•  SD Card (in unit)
•  Earphones (1 pair)
•  USB Cable
•  CD with User’s Manual
•  Stickers
•  Quick Start Guide
•  1 AAA-battery
•  Carabiner Clip On Accessory
Minimum System  
Requirements
•  Windows XP
•  Windows Media Player 10
•  CD-ROM drive
•  USB 2.0 port required for  
hi-speed transfer
Location of Controls
 
1  Built-in Speaker 
 Music will play through the built-in speaker  
when an earphone is not inserted.
2  Top Twist - Volume 
Turn up or down the volume.
3  Dual Headphone Jacks 
Insert earphone here for private listening.  
Once an earphone is inserted, the external  
speaker will be disabled.
4  Strap Eyelet 
Insert Carabiner loop here.
5  Power/Play/Pause Button 
Turn on or off the Sansa Shaker as well as to play 
or pause the music. The Power/Play/Pause button 
also helps initiate the Shake feature.
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6  Rewind/Forward 
Skip to the next track or return to beginning of the 
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previous track; turn to the left or right then hold it 
to fast forward or rewind the current song.
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7  Bottom Cap 
Open the cap to insert SD card, replace battery,  
or connect the Sansa Shaker to the computer.
8  USB Connect Port 
Insert the USB cable here to connect the  
Sansa Shaker to the computer.
9  SD Card Slot 
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Insert the SD card here.
10  Battery Cover 
Insert an AAA battery here.
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Battery Installation
Battery Indicator
The Sansa Shaker player is shipped with 1  
non-rechargeable AAA-battery. One fresh  
AAA-battery will last up to 10 hours when  
listening through the earphone.
Please execute the following steps installing  
new battery:
1) Twist open the Sansa Shaker™ cap at the bottom.
	
	Note:	Insert	the	Negative	(-)	end	first.	
   
2) Open the Bottom Cap
3) Open the battery cover
4) Insert the new battery
	
	Note:	Insert	the	Negative	(-)	end	first.	
1) When the device is playing or idle and the battery 
level is low, the ‘Uh-Oh’ sound will play before 
the Shutdown sound can be heard, the device will 
blink 5 times then shuts off.
2) It is possible to turn the device back on and can 
resume playing for some time. When it reaches low 
battery condition, it will turn off as described in 
item #1.
Connecting to the Computer
Please execute the following steps to connect your 
Sansa Shaker™ player to the computer for uploading or 
downloading music files:
1) Remove the Sansa Shaker™ Cap at the bottom.
2) Connect the small end of the USB cable to Sansa 
Shaker™ player.
3) Connect the larger end to an available USB port on 
the computer.
4) An additional drive letter will appear in  
My Computer under Removable Storage Devices.
   
5) Close the battery cover
	 Note:	There	should	be	a	click	sound	when	battery	cover	is	closed	properly.
   
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Transfer Music to Shaker Player
To transfer music files to the Sansa Shaker™ player, 
please execute the following steps:
1) Twist open the Sansa Shaker™ cap at the bottom.
2) Insert an SD card into the Sansa Shaker™ player.
Removing Music Files from  
Shaker Player
To delete music files from the Sansa Shaker™ player, 
please execute the following steps:
1) Remove the Sansa Shaker™ Cap at the bottom.
2) Insert an SD card into the Sansa Shaker™ player.
	 Note:	The	SD	card’s	label	must	face	down	and	the	Sansa	Shaker’s	Power/
Play/Pause	button	should	face	up	while	inserting	the	SD	card.
3) Connect the small end of the USB cable to Sansa 
Shaker™ player.
4) Connect the larger end of the USB cable to an avail-
able USB port on the computer.
5) Select Open folder to view files using Windows 
Explorer on initial connection to the computer.
   
	 Note:	The	SD	card’s	label	must	face	down	and	the	Sansa	Shaker’s	Power/
Play/Pause	button	should	face	up	while	inserting	the	SD	card.
3) Connect the small end of the USB cable to Sansa 
Shaker™ player.
4) Connect the larger end of the USB cable to an avail-
able USB port on the computer.
5) If the inserted SD card is blank, a window similar to 
below will automatically open.
 
6) To transfer music files to the Sansa Shaker™,  
simply drag and drop the music files from your 
computer to it.
	 Note:	The	Sansa	Shaker	player	will	only	play	MP3	or	PCM	WAV	files.
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6) A window will open. Highlight the file/s you want to 
delete then press the Delete button on the com-
puter keyboard to delete selected file/s.
 
Safely Remove Sansa Shaker  
from Computer
To safely remove the Sansa Shaker™ player from your 
computer, please execute the following steps:
1) Make sure you are not in the middle of transferring 
music or data files to/from your computer.
2) Click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon from 
the System Tray.
   
3) Select the appropriate drive letter that represents 
your Sansa Shaker™ player and click on it.
4) Wait until the ‘The USB Mass Storage Device  
can now be safely removed from the system’ 
message appears.
4) To resume playing, press the Power/Play/Pause 
button. The LCD will blink while the music  
is playing.
	 Note:	The	Sansa	Shaker	player	will	only	play	MP3	or	PCM	WAV	files.
Volume coNtrol
To turn up the volume, turn the Top Twist to the right. 
To turn the volume up fast, turn the Top Twist to the 
right and hold it.
   
5) Remove the USB cable from the Sansa Shaker™ 
player and the computer.
Turn Shaker Player On
To turn on the Sansa Shaker™ player, press and hold 
the Power/Pause/Play button for approximately 2 
seconds or until you hear a ‘Drum Roll Up’ sound.
Turn Shaker Player Off
To turn off the Sansa Shaker™ player, press and hold 
the Power/Play/Pause button for approximately 5 
seconds or until hear a short ‘Drum Roll Down’ sound.
Listen to Music
1) Plug the headphones (included) into the Head-
phone jack on either the sides of the unit.
2) Turn on the Sansa Shaker™ player. The music will 
automatically start playing shortly.
3) To pause, press the Power/Play/Pause button 
once. The LCD will blink twice approximately every 
3 seconds while the music is paused. The player will 
turn off automatically after approximately 3 minutes 
in pause.
To turn down the volume, turn the Top Twist to the 
left. To turn the volume down fast, turn the Top Twist 
to the left and hold it.
skippiNg track
To skip to the next song, turn the Bottom Twist  
to the right.
To fast forward the current song, turn the Bottom 
Twist to the right and hold it.
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To replay the previous song from the beginning, turn 
the Bottom Twist to the Left.
 
To rewind the current song, turn the Bottom Twist  
to the left and hold it.
shake feature
The shake feature is used to skip to another track 
(song) randomly. Please execute the following steps  
to enable the shake feature.
1) Turn on your Sansa Shaker™ player.
2) Make sure the music is playing.
3) Hold the player with the speaker facing up.
4) Press and hold the Power/Play/Pause button.
5) Shake the player up and down 1 time. You should 
hear a shutter sound indicating that the Sansa 
Shaker™ successfully skipped to another song.
Shaker Sounds
The Sansa Shaker player is triggered to make sound 
effects with the following audio clips during these ac-
tions:
Single UH-OH sound occurs when:
•  SD card is removed from the slot
•  Pressing the Play button without SD card in the slot
•  The SD card inserted in the slot is damaged
•  Low battery level
Double UH-OH sound occurs when inserting an empty 
SD card (no MP3 files or WAV files loaded on the 
card).
POP sound occurs when inserting a SD Card with valid 
music content into player while it is turned on.
SHAKE sound occur when you shake the player while 
pressing and holding the PLAY/PAUSE button during 
music playback. This will cause the player to randomly 
skip to next song.
LASER sound occurs when you shake the player when 
it is in PAUSE mode.
DRUM ROLL UP sound occurs when turning on 
Shaker player.
DRUM ROLL DOWN sound occurs when shutting 
down the Shaker player.
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