Product Description

The Sansa c200 Series MP3 players are the latest in SanDisk's audio line. Created by the leaders in flash memory, this flash-based player provides everything you need to play music, and enjoy photos - in vibrant color!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13707 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: SanDisk
• Model: SDMX7-1024-A18
• Released on: 2006-10-15
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 2.00" w x 9.00" l, .63 pounds

Features

• Flash-based player that provides you with everything you need to play your favorite music or enjoy your best photos
• Able to play MP3, WMA, WAV, and protected WMA DRM music files, and supports JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, and GIF as import media types
• Screen can exhibit up to 64,000 colors, and lets you choose to display album cover art for the current song via ID3 tag support
• 1 gigabyte of built-in flash memory allows you to store up to 500 songs, while MicroSD slot for reading MicroSD cards effectively
• Comes in a stylish black, with earphones, a USB cable, and a rechargeable and removable lithium-ion battery

Amazon.com Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description The latest in SanDisk's audio line, the Sansa c240 1 GB MP3 Player provides everything you need to play music, enjoy photos, and listen to FM radio. This affordable device also includes a bright color screen, on-the-fly voice and radio recording, a microSD slot for memory expansion, and an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.

The Sansa c240 can hold 16 hours of CD-quality MP3 tracks on its 1 GB memory.

Easily transfer music to your device in Windows.

Import several image formats to your device.

Full-Featured MP3 Player
The SanDisk Sansa c240 will play MP3, WMA, WAV, and protected WMA DRM (digital rights management) music files. Enjoy the album art on the compact color screen, along with track information via ID3 tag support. The Sansa c240 MP3 player has one gigabyte of built-in flash memory, which allows you to store up to 250 songs (16 hours of playback) in 128 kpbs MP3 format, or up to 500 songs (32 hours of playback) in 64 kbps WMA format. Additional capacity can be added via the microSD slot. It also supports subscription music stores, for easy purchase and downloading of new music to your player. Finally, you can adjust the sound to your preference using the digital equalizer's five presets: normal, rock, jazz, classic, pop, and one customizable user setting.

Take Your Photos With You
Use the c240's color screen to share slideshows of photo thumbnails with your friends. The device supports JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP, and GIF files, which are easily converted using the included Sansa Media Converter software.

Portable FM Radio
Enjoy programming in a more traditional way with the built-in digital FM radio. Keep your favorite stations stored in the twenty programmable presets, and cycle between them with ease. Record FM radio on the fly, saving your favorite programs for later.

Voice Recording
Have a thought you need to get down before it evades you? Use the built-in microphone to record voice memos. Capture interviews, classes, presentations, short notes to yourself, or anything else you might feel inspired to record for later listening.

Easy Transfer
The c240 uses a high-speed USB 2.0 connection for fast file transfers from your computer. Once connected to your computer, the device is detected by your operating system and appears as additional drive. Simply drag and drop your music files to the device and you're ready to go. Alternately, you may use Windows Media Player or other music software to manage your files. Requires Windows XP and Windows Media Player 10 or later.

Time to Play
The included rechargeable lithium-ion battery allows for hours of music before needing a recharge, and is removable--buy a spare for a long road trip or other situation away from power outlets.

What's in the Box
Sansa c240 digital audio player, earphones, USB cable, Quick Start Guide, lanyard, and 1 Lithium-Ion battery.

Customer Reviews

Great price, decent mp3 player!
I bought mine just a few days ago and have been enjoying it ever since. I bought it to replace a pitiful Coby unit that had the same 1GB of memory but none of the ease of this one.

Good aspects of this player:

1) it's wonderfully small and easy to carry around. The lanyard provided easily goes around my neck and keeps the player secure so that I don't drop it down a drainpipe or something.

2) you can get started using it in seconds. Literally--seconds. I pulled it out of the package and had the radio going immediately, setting up my fave stations with great ease. When it comes to loading music on to it? Easy peasy. I use Windows Media Player 11 and just sync this player, filling it with all the music I need.

3) it's easy to use music services with this one (I am using URGE). I just download the songs I want onto my pc, then sync them with this player. Takes very little time and gives me absolutely no hassles. The player is immediately recognized by WMP, and syncing is a breeze. (Note: I'm not techno-savvy enough to distinguish between different music file types and the like; all I have is WMA files, I think, and that's just groovy for me; if, however, you are really really into this and have other preferences, don't like DRM scoping out your activities, etc., then this player may not be your best choice).

4) the little screen is pleasant and colorful, and you can even view album covers on it if those are available for the tracks you've sync'd to the player.

5) the microSD slot means I can add even more songs quite easily rather than having to buy another player.

6) the price is fantastic. I didn't get mine on Amazon because I wanted it RIGHT NOW, and it still cost me very little, compared to iPods and other more expensive brands. I paid way less than I would for a Shuffle, and in my opinion got a better, more flexible unit.

7) when you turn the unit off, then power it back on, you start precisely where you last left off. I love that! The Coby one would always take me back to the beginning of my song list. Talk about frustrating! This one allows me to start where I left off or use menu functions to locate artists, albums, songs, playlists, etc. For example, the other day I wanted only to listen to some meditation tracks I had on it. I just hit the menu button, found "Music" and then scrolled down to playlists. I hit the big button once, got to the playlist and told it to "play all." And there it went. Lovely!

8) Sound quality is very nice. I've got everything from spoken word to hard rock on mine, and it all sounds good. Last night I listened to Van Morrison's "Crazy Love," and I swear I heard him breathing on that track for the first time. Nice that the player has good equalizer customization so that I can finetune how my stuff sounds.


Now for the not-so-positive aspects:

1) the battery life SUCKS. Sucks badly. Did I mention that it really SUCKS the big one?!?! I have charged it twice already, and never have I gotten more than an hour and 10 minutes of use before it starts to look like it's 1/3 empty. That means, if logic holds, that the battery life for me would be less than 5 hours. I don't know about you, but that just does not have me smiling.

2) charging the battery is done through the use of a USB cable you hook up to your computer, and each time I hook this unit up, the player turns on. Seems to me to defeat the purpose to have it being in use whilst charging it, but okay. Anyway, it's a bummer to have to carry that cable around with me wherever. I will have to invest in a different charger.

3) The contrast on the screen isn't what it could be. Sometimes I can't tell how much juice I still have in it because the contrast is so bad. I've tried all sorts of settings and can't find a way to fix the problem. I'm doomed to eye strain, I guess. Heh.

4) I have less than 150 songs on the unit and am already using 90% of its capacity. Urg. I expected to get more songs on it than that, but then maybe some of the songs I've got on there are really long. Don't think so, but hey. I'll give Sansa the benefit of the doubt.

5) the headphones that come with it are painfully uncomfortable. But then manufacturer-provided headphones seem to always suck, so there you go.

WOW!
OK, so it IS my first MP3 player...but I looked and looked so long I just wasn't sure, so I decided to go with what I thought to be a good entry level product. Staples ran these onsale for 59.99 (after rebates) so I took the plunge. I had read reviews of poor FM reception (one thing I wanted) but I was pleasantly surprised. It did take a couple of hours for us to figure out the software, but that is probably because this whole MP3 thing is so new to us. But alas, sound quality, speed, even the earbuds were good....now I only wish I could find a cute case/cover!

Affordable and effective.
If you're looking for an affordable MP3 player that gets the job done, just buy this one already and end your search.

This thing does everything I want it to. It's easy to use so I don't know what anyone else is talking about. I figured every single feature out within about 10 minutes of owning it and haven't looked at the user manual at all.

The color screen is a little cheap looking, but who really cares. This thing does everything an MP3 player less than $100 should do, and more.