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SanDisk Sansa e270 6 GB MP3 Player with SD Expansion Slot (Black)
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Sleek, ultra-thin digital audio/image/video player with 6 GB of flash memory. Compatible with MP3, WMA, and WMA-DRM10 music files (PlaysForSure). FM tuner with record capability and voice recorder; bright 1.8-inch color TFT LCD. Convert most popular video formats (MPEG-4, WMV, DivX) to play on device. User-replaceable rechargeable lithium-ion battery for up to 20 hours of life.
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Customer Reviews
for SanDisk Sansa e270 6 GB MP3 Player with SD Expansion Slot (Black) --- SanDisk
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Wow... so unexpected what happened... if you want an "mp3 player" get something else...
I have been messing with the unit extensively for about 3-4 weeks now. Like usual, I had transferred over all of my media over to the unit and everything seemed to be working fine. Or so i thought. Turns out, this unit is EXTREMELY picky about the mp3's it will and won't play. I found it sort of weird at first when I had put the unit on shuffle and some of the same songs looped over and over again. It was because the unit failed to play the other or so 3 gigs of my music altogether. It was strange... and that's not all. When I tried different methods of transferring over my music to get it to read, the unit just kept reseting itself, and reconnecting to my Windows XP over and over again... this was especially noticeable when I was trying to rename my songs off of the unit, and move files around within the unit itself (not through Windows). Overall, when I had first purchased this thing, I was really happy with the way everything had functioned. But then I started really messing with it (i.e. taking it to workout and so forth). Save your money people... I simply wasted my money on this thing. Buyers remorse? Absolutely. Especially since it won't do well what it was designed to do... play mp3's. So sad now. Also, as a sad ironic note, all the .avi and divx files I had transferred over using the supplied program with the unit played rather beautifully and sharp. But the thing is, I bought it to play mp3's, and not videos. Oh well... hope this review helped.
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Amazing product! Been using for about 2 years
I am absolutely shocked at the bad reviews for this product. I have had this and use it constantly for about 2 years. When I first got this, one of my kids accidentally cracked the screen, I called Sandisk customer support and they sent me a new one, which I received in 3 days. Then I had a problem with it and called customer support again, I had to update the firmware, which they talked me through. THEN my player was sitting in water for a couple of hours, the back of it was soaked. It STILL WORKED!, and is still working as well as when I received it. Yesterday I had the same problem with the firmware, which I called customer support for again, and they walked me through it. If your player just stops working call 1-866-SANDISK, they are wonderful. I love the way the sansa works, it is very easy to use. I just ordered the sansa view 16 GB mp3 player and I am going to give my son the Sansa e270. You can get it for about $170 which is a great price for 16 GB. I can't wait! There is a vehicle charger available for the Sansa e270. It is $29.95. Just search for it on Amazon. Amazing product, I have had absolutely no unresolvable problems with it or with customer support! 5 stars for sure. Love it! 2 years and still going strong. I feel like it will work forever! GREAT product!
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expansion slot only uses "microsd cards" 2gb max.
CAUTION-- The Sansa website states "that all "microsd" and "microsdhc" cards may be used with the e200 series players". That is a FALSE statement!!!! All the e200 series players may only use the "microsd card" maximum--2gb. NONE of the players may use the microsdhc cards. I checked the website before I bought an e260 player. I bought an 8gb "microsdhc" card and I found out the hard way. I wrote customer support and basically got the answer OOPS!! Sorry your screwed. I am now the proud owner of an 8gb microdsdhc card that has no use. If you plan to add more than 2gb to these players forget it!!!
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Really nifty if it wasn't completely useless...
As soon as this little gem arrived in the mail, I broke it out of the box and plugged into my Mac Mini.. and nothing. Mac OS didn't even recognize that I had plugged something in. It didn't recognize it as a removable drive, and iTunes had no idea that an MP3 player was attached. OS X didn't even complain when I disconnected the device "improperly". The device has a number of nice features, but I hardly got to use them, much less did I get to experience the infamous firmware bugs I keep reading about, thanks to its complete incompatibility with OS X. There is absolutely no reason why Windows should be able to simply see this MP3 player as a removable drive when it doesn't even exist to OS X. I've read reports that the device works perfectly with Linux, so this has to be a deliberate limitation. I should have bought an iPod.
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Use Rockbox!
First, this is a pretty darn good product. It's fast, has good playback, and the screen is beautiful. Features are awesome. But I'm only rating it 5 stars when you take into the one thing you definitely, DEFINITELY need for this player: ROCKBOX!
Rockbox is open-source, community-developed firmware. It does so much cool stuff I can't even begin to tell you. It adds your songs to a searchable database, so you can find that one song you want to listen to. It allows you to play gapless, high-quality video (I currently have superbad on there, it takes up about 800 mb, looks nice). If you use the standard firmware, there's a long (10-second) gap every few minutes.
Rockbox also does something amazing, that I've never seen elsewhere. I'm a big guy (6'4"), so this thing is tiny in my hand. Like most mp3 players and cell phones, it's pretty uncomfortable to press the buttons/use the controls at the BOTTOM of the player -- your thumb bends way down. I was sitting there thinking "well at least I can turn it upside down and just use the controls in my pocket" -- but then ROCKBOX amazed me again. There's a set-and-forget "upside down display" option. It is... AMAZING. Possibly the coolest gadget thing I've ever seen. It not only flips the display vertically, it changes the orientation of the controls so they are "normal" -- e.g., up becomes down, left becomes right. And the power button, which is really inconveniently placed if you're holding it "right side up", is now SO easy to hit -- and that's important, since you use it to control a lot of stuff.
I really can't say enough about rockbox, there's another feature that is incredible: ReplayGain. If you don't know what this is, you're missing out. Ever notice how sometimes you're playing some songs, and suddenly one is really loud or quiet? Annoying, isn't it? You COULD go through and re-encode all of those to "normalize" them, but that would be really dumb. ReplayGain (use foobar2000 to set your tracks) puts a new id3 tag in each file that specifies how loud the player should play it back, so everything plays at a nice, even volume. That feature alone, for me, is an iPod killer.
Overall, once appropriately firmwared, this player is really nice -- 20 hours of recording straight to mp3, either through the (decent) mic or from FM. I'm really glad I picked it up; it's by far superior to the iPod Touch, because of file search and ReplayGain. Just google Rockbox -- it took me all of 5 minutes to install!
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Great player with a few bugs
This was on my Hanukkah wishlist after I lost/broke two of my previous 2 gig sansa players that I was relatively satisfied with, but just want more capacity this time. I was elated when my Dad, who take great care of me, but can be relatively stiff when it comes to holiday stuff, actually bought it for me.
After having it for three months (and not losing or breaking it) I can say I have a good feel for what works really really well, and what could use improving.
My main use is for when I take the train to school (essentially helping my 45 minute long wake-up process) and for when I'm doing my homework. Basically, the only function I use is the music function. I never use the video or the recording function. I have used the radio function.
PROS:
-Great size, easily fits into tight pockets
-Love the volume wheel.
-Sound is awesome
-Easy to find stuff, screen is nice and bright and everything's as organized as it can be, really.
-Easy to adjust settings when it comes to sound, etc.
-Radio seems ok here in Boston
-Even has the time on it, once you set it.
-Easy to drag/drop items.
CONS:
The major one:
-Twice it has frozen up. Both times it was really cold (like, below zero) so I grant that my little gadget just didn't want to go to work anymore than I did, but I'm afraid this will become a constant problem in less extreme weather. One time it stopped freezing on its own when I threatened to take the battery out with the screwdriver at work. One time though, the battery just wore out and I wasn't able to recharge it until I had access to a compy (I was on a trip).
The minor ones:
-It doesn't delete all of the songs off the playlists even when I've deleted the files. Kind of weird, but I can live with it. At some point I'll clean it out and reset everything.
-When changing tracks on an album by going back and forth (not going to the menu) it reacts slowly and sometimes it skips back past the song I wanted.
-At the end of each album, it goes back to the menu automatically. I'd rather it not do that and just replay the album and only go to the menu if I click the menu button. Also if I'm going through the tracks on the album and accidentally click past the last song, it goes to the menu, kind of annoying.
-It would be nice to have a car charger or a wall adapter.
-Would be nice to be able to listen to the walk man while it's charging.
-Doesn't seem to like JPEG
Still, this is the best little gadget I've ever owned. It's really easily worth my Dad's money just because it gets so much use and I'm pretty happy with it, despite its few flaws. I hope they iron those out for the next model.
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good price, works great, and supports free RockBox software download
A great mp3 player with 2 special qualities - it has a replacable battery and it supports the free RockBox software that has lots of games, colors, themes, all sorts of extra features. If you don't feel stuck to I-Pod, I think you'll like it.
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Great Product
This was my first MP3 player purchased and I just turned 60. I have had it for a month and could not be happier. It fills my needs perfectly. It took me 3 days to fill it up to 90% capacity with music from my CD collection. I love the fact that I can add a memory chip to expand capacity and the battery is user replaceable. I had no difficulty finding cases, car and wall rechargers, and wires and systems to play on my car radio and stero system. My grand kids and daughter in law all have ipods, so I tried them out and did backround work on the internet comparing makes and models before my purchase. I am extremely happy with the sound quality, fm radio and the factory supplied ear buds. I have some more expensive sennheiser headphones that I have not used on this player yet and probably won't til the originals wear out. The only problem that I had was placement of the voice recorder button on the side of the unit. I hit it by mistake several times. When I bought a crystal case for protection, it also resolved that problem. I hope that Sand Disk comes out with larger memory chips than the 2 gig in the future but I can buy the 2 gig chips for $29 from internet suppliers. No problems ripping and syncing. Excellent owners manual and customer service. Have had no lock ups. Battery life is excellent at 20 hours. I love my e270 sansa!
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Finally, the drag and drop MP3 player I have always wanted
I have had the Sony Network Walkman and the Apple Nano Ipod.
Both sucked with the proprietary software to get MP3s on to the device.
This is the best MP3 player out there right now.
The only reason why I gave it 4 starts was due to the USB cable which has a proprietary connector. If you lose this cable, you are screwed and will have to try and buy a replacement from SanDisk.
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By far the BEST flash mp3 player on the market
I bought the e270 about two weeks ago and really put it through it's paces. I travel on a plane about 10 hours each week, so I've gotten some use out of it. Oh, and I watch tv shows on it too, which is surprisingly tolerable given the small screen size.
Positives:
-The screen is way bigger than a Nano, and it's really nice
-Plays Video
-User changeable battery (when they release it, which I'm sure will be soon)
-Flash upgradable using MicroSD (also, there will be full albums coming out in MicroSD compatible "gruvi" cards)
-Sound recorder, with easy to use record button
-VERY VERY sturdy, with a metal back, that looks great and does not scratch easily (I don't even have a case)
-Plays FM radio
-6gb for the same price or less than a 4gb nano
Negatives:
-The charger is USB only which for 98% of people is not an issue, but if you need one reportedly the Griffin Powerblock works fine, as I would suspect any charger that allows a usb cable to be plugged in
-A bit thicker than the nano, but I actually prefer the e200 form factor
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Bought it, never received it, bought an iPod, love that.
I bought this thing from a seller on Amazon over a year and a half ago and I never received it. I bought it because I didn't want to conform and buy an iPod. After I never received the Sansa, I just gave in and bought the new (2007 when I bought it) 8 gig nano/video thingy iPod. I love the iPod. I am hooked.
-F*** salt!
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Why did amazon get rid of all the reviews?
It is an okay product, but the reviews were helpful at getting around some of the product's limitations. Please restore the reviews, there were tons.
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