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: Excellent Choice!
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this mp3 player about 3 months ago, and let me say, I am extremely pleased with this product! I got a great deal on it buying from Amazon (about $55 I think). The Sd expansion slot is great as well, allowing me to have up to 3 gigs of music to play on this. The audio quality is important to me and this superseeded my expectations. The included earbuds have tremendous sound and bass clarity. I would reccomend this mp3 player to just about anybody looking for a great quality medium/high capacity auidio player and dosent want to spend the money on an ipod.Digital camera Review: Easy to use and full featured.
Summary: 5 Stars
Simple and easy to use, a true "plug and play" device. This inexpensive MP3 device has plenty of storage, with expansion via ubiquitous SD cards. Decent sound quality, and all included accessories make it a snap to download and listen to music on the go, and the built-in radio tuner is a big plus!
Who needs Ipod's hassles and proprietary format nonsense?
For a fraction of the price this little baby has everything!
Digital camera Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
This product is great! It has a smooth sound and has a built-in radio. It is sweet. If your looking for a good quality mp3 that dosent have movies or games or 5mb storage or pics then this will be great for you. It can hold pictures and word documents but you cant view them on it. Great price!Digital camera Review: Great when working but died after 11 months...SanDisk service redeems a star
Summary: 3 Stars
I've had the E140 for just over a year, selected for the following reasons:
1) size/form factor
2) features (FM radio, SD slot, AAA power)
3) SandDisk reputation
4) price
It's done well on three of four of these. I really like the size; I keep mine in a tiny neoprene case I bought in Sweden, large enough to hold the player, phones, and a spare battery but still fit easily in a shirt pocket. The features are great, with one exception: there are no playlists, so you have to scroll through your entire music collection or select songs by artists, genre, etc. which can be a real pain when you have 2 gigs of music to sort. Otherwise it's well designed, has reasonable control over EQ, intuitive controls, decent headphones, and works fine with every PC I've connected it to. Price is also good, esp. when compared to packing about a heavy and expensive iPod.
The one major shortfall is that mine simply died two weeks short of the warranty period ending- it shut down while playing and was dead. It had not been abused in any way. To their credit, SanDisk was pleasant on the phone, sent me a prepaid RMA shipping label, and return a brand new (and complete) unit all within ten days of my call. But I'm left wondering how long it will be until the new one dies too, so my rating drops from four stars to three. SanDisk comes through for good service, but this product may not be as reliable as some of their others.
If you're looking for a tiny MP3 player with decent sound, FM radio, and expandable capacity there aren't many other options. You could certain do worse than the E140 for an even higher price. Recommended, with some reservations about longevity.
Digital camera Review: Awesome little player and SUPER EASY!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the first MP3 player I have ever purchased. I will admit that the technology scared me slightly and I wasn't sure if I could use one of these with my computer which is about 5 years old. However, after talking to a friend and watching them play with their iPod, they assured me that they are easy to put music on through the computer. So I looked at iPods but didn't want to spend that much. Also, an advantage of this player is that you are able to play Windows audio files on it, in addition to mp3's. I ended up actually purchasing the e140 off ebay from someone who also included the matching Sansa FM transmitter so I can listen to it in the car also. I highly recommend the transmitter also. The sound quality is great in the car and is identical to the sound from the CD player! You can select any FM frequency and set 3 frequencies in memory. 89.3 works fine in my area so I leave it there. Also, the e140 will run off the socket in the car and not use batteries when in the FM transmitter. I purchased the whole package for about $75 so I recommend looking at ebay first but be careful and review feedback on the sellers. I had no problems there.
Anyway, the player arrived and it comes with a tiny USB cord. The first thing I did was head to the Wal-mart electronics department and get a longer cord so I wouldn't have to program the player on the floor next to the computer. I also recommend buying the $10 Sony desk speakers that are there in the mp3 player department. They just plug into the earphone jack and work just like headphones. To get a good sound from them it is necessary to use the equalizer and SRS on the player but they are great additions. The mini CD that comes with the e140 is basically worthless and can be tossed, except for the e140 manual, but that is also available on the website so toss the installation CD, you don't need it!
Okay, to download your music from mp3 or WMA files on your computer, you go to Windows Explorer and just drag and drop the files from whatever folder you have them in to the 'Sansa e140' listed under 'My Computer' on the left side of Windows Explorer. If you want music from a CD, use Windows Media Player to rip the songs to a folder, then do the above drag and drop, that's it! I was able to plug in the player to the USB on the computer and start putting music on it without any instructions. One thing that is helpful is making sure that all the music you want available in one category on your player has the same "genre" before you put it in the player. I did this when ripping from a CD and made sure that the songs were in different genres such as Eighties, Hip Hop, Rock, etc. This is how the player will recognize songs and organize them and that's how they look on the player menu screen. Then it is easier to select "Play all" on the e140 menu screen and just get songs from each genre to play. I noticed the songs from different CD's appear as different folders in Explorer after ripping. Don't drag and drop the whole folder unless you want them to be together that way in the player. Deleting is easy too in Windows Explorer, highlight and hit 'X'. Using the controls is mostly intuitive and easy on the player, just like an iPod. Also, the player doesn't run off the battery while plugged up to the USB. Actually, I was astonished at how easy this was to use and wish I had bought one a long time ago now.
Now, I can listen to the 200 or so songs in my office using the $10 speakers and it sounds perfect as long as the volume is down which is the way it has to be at work anyway. It can get pretty loud too though! I also purchased one of the Sandisk 1GB cards to expand the memory 2X so I can put even more stuff on the little e140. I also highly recommend getting a battery charger and some good rechargeable Duracell AAA's but here's the kicker, if you use a Motorola Razr phone, you can run the e140 off the home charger and not use batteries! It uses the same 'mini-B' plug as the Motorola, at least I think it is called 'mini-B'. If you are going to play the e140 like I do in the office, get one of those if you don't have a Razr phone.
So, if you are looking at mp3 players and you want a good player that doesn't cost $$$$, is incredibly easy to use with Windows, sounds great, and has expandable memory up to 3 GB.....BUY THIS PLAYER!!!
It is F-U-N!!!