yeawuteva wrote:can you save songs from the FM receiver onto this for later use?

Yes there is a record and playback feature for the FM radio. I doubt if you can transfer them to a computer or another player.

Here is a link to a page with a how-to for encoding video for the Fuze on Linux.

Be aware that this method requires Wine, but it seems that this player is super picky about video.

Maybe I'm hopelessly stupid, but it took me awhile to realize that that green-and-white Woot thing is a business card for size comparison.

Really though, rockbox is great. Rockbox lets you more easily navigate through the radio stations, and play most formats, so you dont have to use those darn wma's or mp3's
also, rockbox has games
thats worth somtin, rite?.

http://build.rockbox.org/
its the one on the lower right
use the automatic download installer though, its easier

have i mentioned it plays mpgs?

Here's the firmware updater page. Always recommended with any new gizmo!

Wikipedia has a nice article summarizing these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sansa_Fuze

Looks like it probably can't run the Rockbox alternative firmware (http://www.rockbox.org/) - Fuze V1 is unstable, Fuze V2 is unsupported (the listing doesn't indicate V1 or V2).

MisterShlomo wrote:ya i didn think so jus makn sure.. no wifi no thanks...

And just what do NEED wifi for on a $22 mp3 player? People have gotten so ridiculous. The thing plays music (which is what its mainly for), video, and fm among other things. That's a pretty decent list. What no one seems to realize, the more you pack into these gadgets, there's more chance for something to fail. Aside from destroying battery life. So I say HA good sir. HA HA HA HA

penguinart1 wrote:Really though, rockbox is great. Rockbox lets you more easily navigate through the radio stations, and play most formats, so you dont have to use those darn wma's or mp3's
also, rockbox has games
thats worth somtin, rite?

Rockbox is bloody awsome! I got the 4gb Fuze for my daughter for Christmas from the last woot-off. After playing with it for a bit, I didn't want to give it to her!

In order to RockBox this puppy, go visit:

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaFuze

This will tell you what you need and link to the install instructions. You are taking a chance ordering this though. You can only RockBox the FIRST version of the Fuze. Once you rockbox it, it will play regular mpeg movies with no problem. Just whip out some good, old fashioned mencoder (free video encoder, do a google search for your OS) a la:

mencoder input.avi -o output.mpg -of mpeg -mpegopts format=mpeg1:tsaf:muxrate=2000\
-oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=224\
-ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video:vbitrate=1152:keyint=15:mbd=2\
-vf scale=220:165\
-ofps 24000/1001

And after a few minutes you can watch movies. The screen is amazing for something so small. The battery life watching movies isn't that great. About 4-6 hours depending on what you are watching. Music, I can't tell you. We haven't drained the battery listening to music yet. But it's pretty impressive.

I'm in for one...I might bight on two. Honestly, once you rockbox this, for $30 you are getting something that beats a $100 iPod Nano hands down. You can watch movies, play games, listen to the radio. And it plays flac, Ogg Vorbis, and it looks like it will even play real audio now.

This is a no-brainer. It's cheap enough to lose. It does more than an iPod.

Just get it. If you have any questions on encoding movies or audio for this, let me know and I'll help as best as I can.

--mop

Does the blue dial spin like the larger Sansas or is it like the Clip ?

Here is a second method for encoding video for the Fuze on Linux, with a _lot_ more detail about the format requirements. It still requires Wine, and looks like it might need a little more technical know-how, but may give better results.

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NightGhost wrote:Maybe I'm hopelessly stupid, but it took me awhile to realize that that green-and-white Woot thing is a business card for size comparison.

Or is it?

NightGhost wrote:Maybe I'm hopelessly stupid, but it took me awhile to realize that that green-and-white Woot thing is a business card for size comparison.

Yes...but to really screw with you, that card is four feet by six feet. It's printed by the same folks who gave us the Publisher's Clearing House checks. ;-)

I love my 4GB Fuze, it's very small and the interface is great. The wheel is also a huge improvement over the ones on the e200 series Sansas. I can confirm that these take micro SDHC cards at least to 8GB and possibly higher, as I have one in mine. Battery life is outstanding, mine was about half empty after 15 hours of music.

duckcake wrote:Or is it?

for all we know, the headphones are life size, and the thing is huge

or maybe the home button is the size of a real house!

but yea the business card thing is crazy :P

IAmUnimaginative wrote:In addition to the 2gb internal memory, the manual says it will take up to 4gb microSD expansion. It's been my experience that sansas get very shifty the more you expand the memory.

ya but 2 gigs is too small... my fone is a 16 gig an my i pod is super old at 20 gig ill upgrade but not for less 2 gig would b enough for u?

MisterShlomo wrote:ya but 2 gigs is too small... my fone is a 16 gig an my i pod is super old at 20 gig ill upgrade but not for less 2 gig would b enough for u?

correction on my own post u implyed 6 but still...

Sansa Fuze players are great for these 5 reasons (no particular order):


1: Voice Recorder functionality and FM radio recording.

2: Great non-iTunes software support. Hook up Songbird for easy library sync and Mediafly for podcast syncing.

3: Expandable memory (although I didn't realize it only accepts 4GB microSD cards...I have a 16GB card in my 4GB Fuze and it works!)

4: Customizable Graphic EQ

5: It's cheap without being Dollar Store quality.

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Noted for future reference! Thanks~

geminga99 wrote:Does the blue dial spin like the larger Sansas or is it like the Clip ?

I found my answer in the manual.

"
The thumbwheel is used to navigate the player as well as control the volume and rate tracks.
Turn the wheel clockwise to scroll down through menu items or to increase the volume
during playback. Turn the wheel counterclockwise to scroll up through menu items or
decrease the volume during playback. "

I have one of these. The battery lasts me about 20 hours with the backlight turned down low, and I've put an 8GB card in to expand it. The sound quality is good (better than my last iPod), the interface is fairly intuitive, and best of all, the control wheel actually turns.

I bought a 4GB Fuze a few months ago and love it. Very solidly built, great sound quality, supports lots of formats. It's the first player finally worthy of replacing my venerable old Rio Karma.

Let's see here... $28 shipped, replaces the 1gb iPod Shuffle that I haven't seen for a month or so... yea, gimme.

$28.50 at Buy.com after 5% BCB VS one for $28 woot.

http://www.buy.com/prod/sandisk-sansa-fuze-2gb-media-player-black-refurbished/q/loc/111/212727527.html

BEST to get 3x for better price if you gift, @ $24.67 each.

NightGhost wrote:I know that not everyone here is a Sansa fan. But if you just want media, you get an inexpensive reliable player that you can throw in a pocket or a handbag. And it's expandable!

Also expendable at this price.

"The battery life of 28.2 hours for audio and 6.5 hours for video is plenty impressive."

From cnet's review, since people were asking and I didn't see it answered.

Perfect nice little player. The expansion slot makes this a great choice, pay for how much space you need, nothing more.

I have a 4gb refurb from the last Woot-Off and really like it. It included just the player, phones, and sync/charge cable. Here is my opinion of it:

+ Feels like a quality piece of equipment.
+ Works really great as a MP3 player. Compares favorably with the 1G/2G iPod Nano that I have.
+ Sound quality is good and the interface is really simple.
+ Being able to drag and drop files without installing garbage software like iTunes is a real plus.
+ A 4GB mico-SDHC is $10 so you can expand it to a decent capacity and still have it cost less than $40.

- Included ear phones are scaffolding.
- Not really giftable due to lack of retail box and manual/software.

geminga99 wrote:Does the blue dial spin like the larger Sansas or is it like the Clip ?

spin

Thanks Woot! I have needed to replace my e260 for some time now. Nothing happend to the e260 itself, the screen just cracked from riding in my back pack around school for a year.

The only problem I ever had with the Sansas is occasionally the battery will jar loose inside and the bloody thing will just die on you and not come back. I unscrewed the back and figited with the battery and it was fine after that.

I noticed that unlike other times, an item that was displayed along-side the actual item (for reference), there is no disclaimer saying we will not get both items displayed.

So, does this mean we get one of these sweet woot business cards?

Your mileage may vary, but if you want the 4gb version of this in NEW packaging you might want to try hitting up your nearby ritz camera (or whatever name they're under depending on the state). They have them on clearance for like $35. Not bad for a NEW 4gb mp3 player.

just a few days too late got a new 8gb from costco after my e260 from woot started giving me problem I have had for several years and I am very hard on these things...

geminga99 wrote:Does the blue dial spin like the larger Sansas or is it like the Clip ?

The black ring spins around but mine stopped spinning easily (probably gunk in it) and I couldn't get it clean and so have to glue little knobbies on it to spin it. The ease of the dial seems great at first but in the long run it's less reliable than Clip style clicking up and down and sideways.

fldeals wrote:$54.95 new on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-Sansa-Bundle-SDMX14R-002GK-A57-microSD/dp/B001QYVWCO

This also includes a Sandisk microSD 1GB Card. Anyway great price $54.95 for a new set with 1GB SD card. Hope this item is as good as new!

This is a little bit off topic but I need answers! I just seen the preview for the new chipmunk movie and I'm not sure, but I think I seen a dude wearing a woot! shirt. Anyone else seen it?

I know this topic has been rehashed a million times, but now I have a reason to know since I bought 2 for my nephew & niece for xmas.

What is the best way to get music already in your itunes library onto this thing. Also I keep hearing about rockbox. What is rockbox and what does it do and why should I install it?

thank u vrry much..

MisterShlomo wrote:correction on my own post u implyed 6 but still...

My main point was, don't hope to add more than a 4gb expansion.

I bought a similar Sansa recently, hoping to add on more than 4gb, and was very disappointed.

judeb wrote:I know this topic has been rehashed a million times, but now I have a reason to know since I bought 2 for my nephew & niece for xmas.

What is the best way to get music already in your itunes library onto this thing. Also I keep hearing about rockbox. What is rockbox and what does it do and why should I install it?

thank u vrry much..

If you're looking to keep things simple windows media player does the job fine and is probably already on your computer. The drag and drop function is also very straightforward.

Various how-to videos can be found here.

IAmUnimaginative wrote:My main point was, don't hope to add more than a 4gb expansion.

I bought a similar Sansa recently, hoping to add on more than 4gb, and was very disappointed.

Have you updated the firmware?

I'm running mine with an 8GB and a 16GB sdhc respectively.. and aside from the initial indexing (takes 5-6 minutes) - they've been working fine.

I did notice it didn't like any of my off-brand 4gb sdhc... those were class 2 i stuck with higher class ( 4 and 6) for the larger cards and its been good.