About three or possibly even four years ago I bought a Sandisk Sansa M240 1 GB mp3 player from Amazon, it was quite a bargain price, seemed pretty simple and straightforward, which was ideal for me as I had never had one before, and didn't require many bells and whistles, and it came with all ... Read review
Advantages: great sound quality, plenty of functions, simple, easy to use, nice display colour! Disadvantages: occasional 'crashes', mine won't transfer files any more :-(
...years ago I bought a Sandisk Sansa M240 1 GB mp3 player from Amazon, it was quite a bargain price, seemed pretty simple and straightforward, which was ideal for me as I had never had one before, and didn't require many bells and whistles, and it came with all the headphones, cables, and driver disks you need to begin use. Mine also came with a clear silicon case to protect it.
It is light, it is small, and it works well. For a budget ... ...is actually pretty good too. I hooked it up to my pc with the supplied cable, and copied over a my Learn German series so I could listen to them anywhere, learning the language subliminally perhaps, and this has also worked very well.
It actually will store up to 16 hours of mp3 tracks, or double if they're in wma format. I like to make up playlists in Windows Media Player on my PC, then transfer them across, couldn't be simpler, just ... more
About three or possibly even four years ago I bought a Sandisk Sansa M240 1 GB mp3 player from Amazon, it was quite a bargain price, seemed pretty simple and straightforward, which was ideal for me as I had never had one before, and didn't require many bells and whistles, and it came with all the headphones, cables, and driver disks you need to begin use. Mine also came with a clear silicon case to protect it.
It is light, it is small, and it works well. For a budget mp3 player I found this terrific, and the sound quality is actually pretty good too. I hooked it up to my pc with the supplied cable, and copied over a my Learn German series so I could listen to them anywhere, learning the language subliminally perhaps, and this has also worked very well.
It actually will store up to 16 hours of mp3 tracks, or double if they're in wma format. I like to make up playlists in Windows Media Player on my PC, then transfer them across, couldn't be simpler, just drag and drop!
It takes one AAA battery (the small one), I tend to use a rechargeable as ordinary batteries won't last very long, especially the amount I use it!
It has a built-in microphone, I tested this out when I first got the player, and it worked well, though I have had no use for this facility since.
Battery life may be extended by adjusting the backlight time, i.e. the longer it remains on the more battery power being used up, this can be very easily adjusted in the settings menu though, in fact all of the settings are easy to use, and you get some nice options to choose from.
The screen is lit in blue, nice, and the display tells you the song title, artist, and album, as well as battery level.
You can sort the tracks into playlists, and even then you can opt to play only those in a certain category, genre or style. You can also choose to play a whole album, or all songs by a certain artist etc too, which is a nice function. There is also the ability to play a song on a loop, or to A-B selector so you can flit between two points in a track.
Now for the downsides, occasionally it 'crashes' while I'm scrolling through the tracks, so none of the buttons will respond, just frozen. This is not a major problem as I just pop out the battery and replace it and things are fine again, a bit irritating though, and I don't know why it happens.
More of a sad thing I have recently found is that I cannot get the connection to work between the player and the PC. Ordinarily I would plug the cable in and the player would automatically be found by the PC, however there seems to be a lack of communication. I have tried looking online for answers or suggestions and have tried various things, but nothing sems to work. So at present I am stuck with the tracks I have on there, and cannot update the list, which I must admit is a tad frustrating, I am hoping that there is a simple explanation, perhaps a faulty cable or something, as I'd really like to keep using this player. Otherwise it is brilliant!
I'm still going to give it five stars, as I think it's a great bit of budget but great quality kit.
Advantages: Easy to use, voice recorder, and many other features Disadvantages: Could have been slightly smaller
I purchased this player from Asda, priced 24.99pounds. I believe it can be bought cheaper but the average price is 20-25pounds.
Its very good value for money, considering its a 1gb player. I found I could easily fit 15 albums on it.
The Good;
For an mp3 player, its light in weight and silver and white in colour- It comes with a clear plastic case- excellent for keeping the player in as-new condition. Theres also a handy arm band. Using the plastic ... ...around the top of your arm and there you have it, the player is now handsfree!
The blue back-light is ace! Very bright- which looks great in the dark.
A fantastic feature, which I haven't found in alot of players is that the player has an equaliser where you can customise the settings to change the sound of the music.
Features a voice recorder with a built in mic, and has the facilities to play songs in random, repeat your favourites or play all ...
susrim 28.07.2007
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Advantages: Lightweight, Simple to use, Battery life Intuititive Menu Structure, Unique shape Disadvantages: flimsy cover for my liking, Sandisk could have supplied a lanyard to put this player on
...shape, a pair of white Sandisk branded headphones, a plastic cover and elasticated strap to attach to your arm (when excercising) the usual cable and cd with drivers.
The player itself has the usual buttons to play/pause, next track, previous track, ability to repeat, and a large white button i the middle that acts like the execute button. On the sides, there are the on/off button (long press to switch off) and the volume up and down switch. On ... ...which is pretty good. Sandisk would have done better by building in a rechargable battery into this player. However, having a changable battery makes it more flexible if you're away from a computer for a long time. The battery cover is a little flimsy for my liking. Don't get me wrong, it won't fall off, but i would keep the player in the supplied plastic cover jus to be safe.
The screen on this has an electro illuminescent screen, which makes it ...
r80sb 31.05.2007
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Quick review of SanDisk Sansa M240 1 GB
Very nice little player - sounds great, simple, absolutely no annoyances at all! Replaced a much more expensive one of a different make that I never liked due to internal Li-Ion battery life being poor, fiddly controls and having to use special software. The Sansa has a nice big 4 way pad with a button in the middle. 1AAA battery lasts ages and can be replaced in seconds on the move rather than having to charge for hours and it plugged in to my Windows XP computer without having to load software. If I had to find one thing to criticise I suppose they could have made it a tad thinner. ...
the_beas 29.10.2007
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Advantages: Low Price, FM Radio, high quality voice recorder, supports lots of media types, nice controls Disadvantages: Bigger than most players, poor backlight
I was a bit sceptical when I first decided to buy this player. The price is quite cheap and lacks a couple of features that my previous player had supported. However, when I recieved this player, I was extremely happy with it. I even tried out a subscription based music download site, which the player supports.
Unfortunatly, the player doesn't have a rechargable battery inside, instead it takes AAA batteries (although rechargable ones are available). ... ...USB, which I think is much better as im next to a computer most of the time and saves on battery prices. This may not be a problem to most people.
Also the player cannot be upgraded with memory cards which is also a slight let down. Being able to accept a memory card (such as an SD card) is also a feature that I had been used to, but with a 1GB mp3 player, aslong as you don't expect to listen to thousands of songs, isn't that bad.
The controls ...
tomi3s 05.11.2006
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Product Information for "SanDisk Sansa M240 1 GB" »
Audio system
Capacity
1 GB
Digital Storage Media
Flash memory - integrated
Sound Output Mode
Stereo
Equaliser
Built-in
Features
Voice recording
Equaliser
Equaliser Factory Presets
Rock, Jazz, Pop, Classic
Equaliser Factory Preset Qty
4
Equaliser User Preset Qty
1
Digital player (recorder)
Supported Digital Audio Standards
WMA, Audible, MP3, protected WMA (DRM)
ID3 Tags Support
Built-in
Playback Modes
A-B repeat, repeat all, random play / shuffle
Headphones
Headphones Type
Headphones - binaural - ear-bud
Connectivity Technology
Wired
Sound Output Mode
Stereo
Connections
Connector Type
1 x USB
1 x headphones ( mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm )
System requirements
OS Required
Microsoft Windows XP
Manufacturer's product description
The Sansa m200 Series MP3 players add to SanDisk's growing line of products for the audio market. Created by the leaders in flash memory, this flash-based model provides high-quality digital music playback at an affordable price. As a replacement to SanDisk original Digital Audio Player line, this improved look also includes Sansa's excellent navigation: songs sorted by title, artist, album, genre as well as play list support. The Sansa m200 Series MP3 players are one of the first to provide Microsoft PlaysForSure Subscription support.
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