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JimZipCode:
Update: Mom likes it. 

The touchpad is as finicky as advertised.  Mom has trouble with it, esp the difference between a short-click and a long-click.  She gets lost in the menu structure sometimes.  But just knowing that it's a common problem, that many other users encounter this same issue with the model, helps her peace of mind about it.  Esp since the player was just $25!

It's really very nice, other than the touchpad.  I'm impressed with the player.  Nice size, it looks great, and of course Rockbox is terrific on it.  It's great for the nursing home: small enough to stash, big enough to see the screen and manipulate the controls, pretty.  She's super happy to be able to listen to tunes, in that otherwise oppressive setting.

Thanks all.

cela:

--- Quote from: JimZipCode on January 25, 2013, 06:45:58 PM ---The touchpad is as finicky as advertised.  Mom has trouble with it, esp the difference between a short-click and a long-click.  She gets lost in the menu structure sometimes. 

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Some tips that make the Fuze+ more user friendly for the elderly:-

1) Set the player to resume playback on start
Settings/General settings/Startup/Shutdown/Start Screen/Resume Playback

2) A Theme for visually impaired "BadEyes":-
http://themes.rockbox.org/index.php?themeid=1744&target=sansafuzeplus

3) If you press and hold the top button you can lock the keypad, prevents accidental presses

4) If you can make your own build, you can remove popups and volume setting from the keypad in the WPS screen

Just comment out in file keymap-fuzeplus.c as below, this just leaves the keypad operating only the select (centre) and skip left and right actions on the
WPS screen:-

   
--- Code: ---    { ACTION_WPS_VOLUP,                 BUTTON_VOL_UP,                     BUTTON_NONE },
    { ACTION_WPS_VOLUP,                 BUTTON_VOL_UP|BUTTON_REPEAT,       BUTTON_NONE },
    //{ ACTION_WPS_VOLUP,                 BUTTON_UP,                         BUTTON_NONE },
    //{ ACTION_WPS_VOLUP,                 BUTTON_UP|BUTTON_REPEAT,           BUTTON_NONE },

    { ACTION_WPS_VOLDOWN,               BUTTON_VOL_DOWN,                   BUTTON_NONE },
    { ACTION_WPS_VOLDOWN,               BUTTON_VOL_DOWN|BUTTON_REPEAT,     BUTTON_NONE },
    //{ ACTION_WPS_VOLDOWN,               BUTTON_DOWN,                       BUTTON_NONE },
    //{ ACTION_WPS_VOLDOWN,               BUTTON_DOWN|BUTTON_REPEAT,         BUTTON_NONE },
 
    { ACTION_WPS_MENU,                  BUTTON_BACK,                       BUTTON_NONE },
    { ACTION_WPS_BROWSE,                BUTTON_SELECT|BUTTON_REL,          BUTTON_SELECT },
    //{ ACTION_WPS_PITCHSCREEN,           BUTTON_BOTTOMLEFT|BUTTON_REPEAT,   BUTTON_BOTTOMLEFT },
    //{ ACTION_WPS_QUICKSCREEN,           BUTTON_BOTTOMLEFT|BUTTON_REL,      BUTTON_BOTTOMLEFT },
    //{ ACTION_WPS_ID3SCREEN,             BUTTON_BOTTOMRIGHT|BUTTON_REPEAT,  BUTTON_BOTTOMRIGHT },

    //{ ACTION_WPS_HOTKEY,                BUTTON_BOTTOMRIGHT|BUTTON_REL,     BUTTON_BOTTOMRIGHT },

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