SanDisk Sansa Express 1 GB MP3 Player
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Digital Music, FM Radio, Microphone all in one! The Sansa Express MP3 Player: the worlds first cable-less, Flash-based MP3 player with microSDTM expansion slot The Sansa Express MP3 player is an affordable, cable-free… More >>
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I just plugged in my new Sansa Express, and immediately my hard drive crashed and now appears to be damaged beyond repair. (I am running PC Doctor now.) The computer in question is a ThinkPad X60s which has run flawlessly now for 4 months. It seems unlikely that the Sansa is the culprit, but as I say the crash came within seconds after I plugged it in. Thought you should know.
I purchased this product for my wife and she liked it well enough for 2 weeks after which time she told me the songs needed to be refreshed. She had 10 hours of music loaded and about 20 hours of listening time with the Shuffle function turned on the entire time. I would expect that she would have heard nearly every song once and many twice. Turns out that more than 1/2 of the songs had never been played, and many other songs had played 5 or 6 times. This is far from what I would expect out of a randomizer.
This is a below average MP3 player. The radio reception is poor, as is the sound quality. Note that you can NOT delete files directly from the Sansa Express! You must first connect it to a computer’s USB port to delete any files. I confirmed this with the online instruction booklet that curiously does not come with the device.
This means that if you record voice or audio on the road and you’re not near a computer, once the device is full, that’s it — no more recording because you can’t delete anything from the player itself.
Also, note that the player only recharges when it’s attached to a USB port. It takes about 2 hours to recharge (and about half that to discharge), which means that your computer has to be powered up and running for the time it takes to recharge!
The player will not recharge when plugged into a USB port if the computer is shut down or in sleep mode. This is a waste of time and certainly not an environmentally friendly way of recharging.
There are so many other good MP3 players out there, in my opinion, this one is a curiosity and no more.
The best cheaper mp3 player.
It have a memory slop for upgrade.
Cya
I have a macbook. I couldn’t get it to charge on the macbook so I bought a usb charger. I have just had the thing charging all night and no power. I’ve had the sansa a few weeks.