SanDisk SDMX2-1024 Sansa e140 1 GB Digital Audio Player with SD Expansion Slot by SanDisk
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Digital camera reviews of SanDisk SDMX2-1024 Sansa e140 1 GB Digital Audio Player with SD Expansion Slot
Digital camera Review: Good value, decent function. Bookmark really works!
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been looking for a MP3 player with
(a) low price,
(b) expandable SD slot,
(c) low maintenance cost,
(d) sufficient operation modes,
(e) bookmark function for audio book listening,
(f) support various music file format.
Luckily, Micro Center is selling the refurbished e140 for only $30 a piece.
Pro:
1. No software installation needed. It's just like another flash drive to the PC.
2. Use AAA rechargeable battery, no proprietary internal battery.
3. Expandable with standard SC card, not the mini-SD or micro SD card. It recognizes the inserted SD card easily without any problem. With the inserted SD card, when connected to a PC, PC sees two seperate flash drives. When not connected to PC, the MP3 player treats its internal flash drive and the inserted SD card as 1 drive.
4. To my surprise, the bookmark function does work not only for audio book, but also for music as well.
5. The menu is easy to manuver around. I used the sansa Express before, it's such a pain to use the menu in the sansa express.
6. While connectting to PC, you can listen to music (on the MP3 player's flash drive) directly with your PC speakers.
7. Has a "hold" latch (not a buttom) to prevent other buttoms from activated when it is in your pocket.
8. Has auto-power down option.
Don't Know:
1. Has FM, but I don't use it.
2. Can record voice, but I don't use it.
3. Have equalizer. I haven't tried it yet.
4. Not sure why, but this MP3 player has a stopwatch function?
5. The package comes with wrist band. Haven't tried it yet.
Neutral:
1. The whole player is all plastic. So I am sure it's not scratch-proof. But they do provide a protective sleeve in the package.
2. You can set the date and time. Not a feature offered by some other low price MP3 players.
3. The enclosed earbud is OK for me.
Con:
1. No debounce spring to remove the SD card. It's great that the inserted SD card leaves only a very small edge out. But it's hard to take the SD card out. If you don't have long nails, you may need some precision tool to take the SD card out.
2. Difficult to insert (and take out) the MP3 player into the protective sleeve. So, I just don't bother to use the protective sleeve.
3. The ">>" buttom does not offer fast forward operation to jump to the song that you want to listen. I have to click the ">>" buttom 100 times to get to the song #100. In Sansa Express, I just press the ">>" and hold the ">>" buttom, it keeps jump songs (a fast forwad operation) till reaching the one I like.
Overall, I am happy with this purchase. A decent MP3 player for such a low price ($30).
Digital camera Review: Great MP3 Player for Little Kids and up!
Summary: 5 Stars
SanDisk SDMX2-1024 Sansa e140 1 GB Digital Audio Player with SD Expansion Slot
This MP3 player is awesome for young kids and old. These are pretty rugged and full of features.
Digital camera Review: Nothing But Trouble
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased the Sansa e-140 and a 2GB Sandisk memory card for it a little over a year ago. Right from the start, I had problems with the player. It was fine as long as all songs were on the player itself. However, once I got to the point of needing to put some music on the card, the trouble began. Although I had over 700 songs on the player (as verified when it was connected to Windows Media Player), I could access only 200 to 300 of them. The others simply did not show up in the directory. I worked with Sandisk customer support many times, getting conflicting information from the various reps. On their advice, I tried reformatting and adding firmware, and then transferring the music back to the player and card, but nothing worked. On their advice, I purchased yet another card to make sure that it was not the card itself, but the problems did not go away. Finally, Sandisk replaced the player with an identical player. Excited that I would finally have a working player, it was even more of a disappointment to find that the new player had the same problema. Again, I sought the help of the Sandisk customer support staff. This rep suggested that there might be a corrupt file on my player. So, in response, I checked every file, even going so far as to re-rip every one of the over 700 songs into a WMA format and transfer them to the player one at a time. Finally, I was able to see all of the songs. However, once I added another song at another time, I was again unable to access all of the music. This has always been the case. In frustration, I finally gave up and purchased an iPod. My daughter also has a Sansa e140 and she has had exactly the same problems. She, too, finally gave up and purchased an iPod. My advice is to steer clear of this MP3 player.Digital camera Review: Small, Lightweight, & Expandable!
Summary: 5 Stars
This Sansa MP3 Player is great! I like its size, ease of use, and its expandable to boot! I record various music themes or books to expansion memory cards and I can swap them out depending on what I want to listen to. With the 1 GB memory on board and the endless number of memory cards you can use/swap, the possibilities are endless. It's not as thin as the Apple but it does have a built in FM radio! It scans for the next frequency. I upgraded the headphones and am very pleased with sound quality, ability to search for genre, artist, etc on the lcd screen. The control buttons are easy to use with one hand. I use it for long road trips to block out noise on the plane or road noise. The crisp music in my ears is great! Digital camera Review: Only OK
Summary: 3 Stars
I love the size and weight of the mp3 player. The sound is pretty nice too (with different, better headphones since the ones that came with it are pretty awful, I hate those stupid earbud things). As everyone has stated, there is no memory for this, none. You turn it on and it goes to the very first song or the very first fm station, which sucks because I always have to take the time to flip through the stations to find something to listen to. Also, I can't seem to get the 4 or 5 preset songs off of it, unless I am doing somthing wrong. Its quite annoying as I have to fast forward to get to my own music. However, it does the job and I all I really use it for is when I go to the gym, so its fine for me.