Fuze v1 vs v2 when buying

[chyron8472]

Originally Posted by epithetless

When I was in your position (also seeking a v1 Fuze for its Rockboxed dock functionality, also not for sound quality reasons), I contacted a number of eBay sellers about the firmware version on their players. Several of them were kind enough to check for me.

This is what I ended up doing. I asked around on eBay which version sellers had, and then bought a used black Fuze from a seller who reported to have v1.

Originally Posted by WalkGood

an easier solution would be to buy your wife a new player and confiscate her v1

That would have been a good idea... except that her Fuze is pink!