I got this the last time it was out and its an excellent player. I feel sorry for the people who had problems with it as it's a wonderful player outside from its minor problems.

It is very difficult to create playlists, so I googled and found this:

http://hcware.110mb.com/sansa/

Original thread from where I found it http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3827

I had one of these.. meh. It was ok... sounded fine, but I opted for the functionality of an ipod. Well, that, and I'm a fanboy

mgoblue94 wrote:who do you deal with in the event of a defective unit? Sandisk?

I got the 6GB from Woot last fall. It worked great & then just died. I contacted Woot and they sent me a RMA link to send it back. A few weeks later, I got a refund.

good!!

kismet66 wrote:If you install rockbox (www.rockbox.com) it will allow you to increase the capacity of the SD card slot. It is only designed fro 2GB SD cards or smaller. Check the FAQ's at rockbox.

Thanks. You would think that the owner's manual would state the capacity of the player's microSD slot.

6GB player is still great.

I had purchased the 1GB sansas back of the beginning of December. Liked thier small size, how long the battery lasted and how well they sounded compared to what iPods do for 10 times the cost. Now these come up. Purchased 2 and can't wait to see how well these compare to the 1GB. Being able to push video thru it is a big bonus, and still 70% less cost than the iPod nano I bought for $130 last year. I just hope both work.

I have the e240, 2GB. It is outstanding, easy to use, easy to load with pics, music, videos and the sound is like listening to a giant stero systems. It pics up great FM radio and you can recored voice or FM radio with the touch of a button. This is a great price for such a high quality media player. I just bought the 4GB model, so I have 2, just in case I need two on a trip or on a plane for a friend. You can't have too much quality.

cheesydud wrote:So, the USB cable does work with Linux, then? I just want to make sure, because, even though I can dual-boot, I'd really rather not use Windows anymore.

Linux sees it as a usb storage device (2 if the microSD card is installed). Drag and drop works great, and you can also make playlists and transfer files using amarok.

Another sansa...

MichaelSF wrote:Thanks. You would think that the owner's manual would state the capacity of the player's microSD slot.

6GB player is still great.

No problem. But you should be able to install rockbox and get full use of your 4GB cards.

kismet66 wrote:I got the 6GB from Woot last fall. It worked great & then just died. I contacted Woot and they sent me a RMA link to send it back. A few weeks later, I got a refund.

awesome, thanks for the info

These work really well. I bought two one for each kid and they love them. Using them everyday to tune me out. Ha ha Just kidding. Daughter put over 200 songs on hers and I told her 790 some to go then we can get that expansion mini sd to put more on.

Does it work easy?

I previously bought 2, they are great, just purchashed another 2 they make great gifts.

Does anyone know if they are e260v2s or not?...the version 1s don't work with audible

rayver723 wrote:so what downloadable music service is everyone using??

my zune and sansa e250 is just collecting dust, since i cant find a worthwhile music service

Its called your CD collection.

first woot.
I need an mp3 player to take to the gym and to listen to while walking to class. With expandable memory and rockbox support this thing is a winner!

What are the realistic chances of a Woot Off tonight?

BryanAdcock wrote:I bought the 2Gb version a few months back on woot. Wierd thing is, even after i cleared off all the useless stuff that was on there it still only shows 900 Mb of free memory and says over 1 GB is used.. Any thoughts? I realize it needs some memory for operation but a full gig seems excessive

You have the Rhapsody version. You need to clear off the included play lists, or 'Channels' as they are called. Once you start clearing those out, your memory should clear up.

mffnike wrote:What are the realistic chances of a Woot Off tonight?

Do I smell a woot-off coming?

mcnaryxc wrote:Do I smell a woot-off coming?

Woot-offs normally don't happen on Tuesdays... Seems Thurs/Fri are the active times for them.

Totally awesome player. I have this one from the last sale, and have two 2GB models that I have given to my wife and mother in law. Photos and videos are cool to use, and it works with PodCasts an lots of other music and image/video formats! I put a whole group of photos of our newborn on our mother in law's, and she totally grooved out on it!

WOOT OFF! WOOT OFF! WOOT OFF! WOOT OFF! WOOOOO WOOOOOO!!!!!!!

smurf woot

I have this from a previous woot. great item, granted the 2gig I purchased didn't work and still need to send back. Very easy to use and crystal clear display for videos.

mfsolo00 wrote:smurf woot

thats a bunch of balderdash

Bought one of these about a month ago for $35.

mfsolo00 wrote:thats a bunch of balderdash

woot can suck my dick

well, either they had a garage full of them or hardly anybody's biting today... there's a traditional woot curve all the way to 11pm... haven't seen that in awhile

I also own the Zune 30GB, but would rather use the Sansa any day.

auggie24 wrote:You have the Rhapsody version. You need to clear off the included play lists, or 'Channels' as they are called. Once you start clearing those out, your memory should clear up.

Save the files to your computer (if you want to have them for backup), and you should be just fine to delete them and free up the space.

Also don't forget about the memory card slot....You can buy more space there as well.

mfsolo00 wrote:woot can suck my dick

Not sure woot likes miniatures...

I bought this less than a month ago and it works great. It fell out of my coat pocket when I had the earphones in and the earjack stayed in the unit and the earphones stayed in my ears. So even though it hurt my ears, it didn't fall on the concrete. Although I think putting the 8GB player up for the same price about a week ago was kind of a low blow to us loyal Wooters.

auggie24 wrote:Woot-offs normally don't happen on Tuesdays... Seems Thurs/Fri are the active times for them.

Also, I'm off tomorrow, which pretty much means there's no chance of a Woot-off tonight.

Got it by crumb. Now I will CRUSH the cool factor I granted my wife when buying her the $200 4GB Nano. And my first WOOT post will live forever!!!!

Oh yes, I mustn't forget that now I can load Old 97's and Uncle Tupelo to my heart's content. Chick music is a thing of the past with my brand new Sansa and my forever-there WOOT post!!!!!!

Wah hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

I understand that Rockbox offers a very complicated bookmark system, but all I need is for my mp3 player to be able to start mid-file at the very last spot I was listening to of the last file I was playing. Will I have to install Rockbox for that or will the Sandisk firmware be ok for me? I tried reading the Sansa E200 series user's guide and it didn't say anything about this one way or another.
Thanks!

Holy MP3 player batman! How many did they have to sell? Over 4700 and the button wasn't bouncing? Did they knock over a semi load or two?
Plus 9k from December! Yikes! Maybe they are breeding like bunnies.

got the sansa e140 2 years ago, and used it like crazy, about 8 hours a day, everyday! worked great, one of the best things I've got, until 2 days ago, it just gave up! this is good timing, hope to get it in the mail soon, last time they lost my Sansa e250 2GB somewhere in Los Angeles, about 6 weeks ago (I'm sure there is a happy FEDEX guy in the world!). never considered getting something else, it's a great choice!

mbelvadi wrote:I understand that Rockbox offers a very complicated bookmark system, but all I need is for my mp3 player to be able to start mid-file at the very last spot I was listening to of the last file I was playing. Will I have to install Rockbox for that or will the Sandisk firmware be ok for me? I tried reading the Sansa E200 series user's guide and it didn't say anything about this one way or another.
Thanks!

if you mean when you turn it off and then back on again, it does keep the spot of the last file you were playing and resumes playback. just make sure you dont click stop and turn it off--just pause the file being played before turning off the sansa (of course). it does this with both the original firmware and rockbox.

amcatanzaro wrote:Holy MP3 player batman! How many did they have to sell? Over 4700 and the button wasn't bouncing? Did they knock over a semi load or two?
Plus 9k from December! Yikes! Maybe they are breeding like bunnies.

on november 5th over thirty thousand of the 2gb players were sold, and the button didnt bounce. =)
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