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Except I lost mine which sucks but buy one. This product is amazing, 40 $ for a 2gb mp3 player doesnt sound like the best deal but for like 10 more you can get another 4 gb plus you get radio and video coverage, the sound is great it looks pretty good, very durable and just a 5-star item.
After about a half hour I manually disconnected the unit and restarted it. I settled on a refurbished Sansa e250 player since it was well within my price range and the version I found is compatible with Rockbox.After receiving the unit I plugged it in using the Sansa proprietary USB cable that came with it to charge it. The standard firmware from Sansa is serviceable for most users who just want to plug it in and go and don't care about the larger memory options. The tactile feedback as you scroll the mechanical wheel just feels right to me. I played with the standard Sansa firmware before deciding to try Rockbox. I've owned several Sansa devices in the 512MB-1GB range but wanted something with a bit more capacity and features. It does everything I want it to do and then some, especially with Rockbox. I would expect that this is a rare occurrence since I haven't seen any posts about this happening to others.I loaded a couple of books onto the unit and updated the media database.
While installing it the display changed from "writing" to "disconnected" though I hadn't touched anything. After losing my primary MP3 player I was looking for a replacement. I copied an MPEG movie over to the player and it played smoothly, though with the small screen it isn't a super impressive presentation.I took the unit on a 12+ hour car trip and the battery held the entire time and several more hours during that week. I am seeing battery life of something like 15-16 hours per charge.Note that while Rockbox enables the use of additional memory cards of more than 2GB you can't upload to the larger card via Windows. I like the dial control somewhat better than the one on my daughter's iPod though that may be a personal preference.
It immediately worked and let me move through the files and find the file I had been listening to on another player. I don't have to worry with removing the extra memory to load it with media content and I really don't miss the extra space.For the price I paid for this player ($35) it's a real bargain. I also picked up a sports arm band and case for this unit for under 5 bucks including shipping. I was using a 4GB microSD card but swapped it for a 2GB card in the player (I use the larger card in my camera now). It was bricked. You need to put the card into a card reader on your PC and download the content that way. I was also interested in using Rockbox as the interface since I had heard many good things about it.
The plugins folder had a number of games on it that were okay but the controls of the player really don't lend themselves to gaming. I then reinstalled Rockbox and it went in like a charm. I downloaded Rockbox and followed the Sansa e200 series instructions to install it. Fortunately there are instructions online as to how to put the unit into maintenance mode and I recopied the default boot file onto the unit and brought it up into regular Sansa mode.
I love the big screen on the SanDisk e250, it's easy to see and it's easy to operate. This one seems a little slower to start up, but other than that, I'm very happy with it. I am very happy with this product; I got it to replace one just like it which I had dropped and broke (it would no longer charge and the computer didn't recognize it when I hooked it up). I couldn't get the old one to jump back and forth between songs, but this one works fine.
Not only is it a great size for strapping to your arm it has more than enough memory to hold several hours of music for a workout routine. I've tried in multiple ways to upload to the player itself and using a mini SD card. This is a great little player. The only difficulty I've had with this product is getting video to play on it. But not a huge bother for me thats not why I got it. I got it for the soul purpose of working out, as I have a 30 gig Zune (first gen) for all my other Mp3 player needs. However the first gens are pretty big, so I needed something that was small.
Oh, and you can replace the battery if it should ever die in the future. I've had various mp3 players over the years, but wanted to move up to something more substantial with video playback. Not an Apple Zombie. Decent FM radio, too.Happy camper. No iPod for me, thank you; I wanted to avoid the cult mentality and also didn't like the way Apple locks you in to iTunes. Did a little research and wound up buying 3 of these little guys for about $90.All are version 2 (better software) and for my daughter's unit I bought an 8GB micro sd card, so she now has tons of room for all her songs.These things are built like tanks (rear cover is metallic, not plastic) and they do a good job with music, photos, and even video.
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