SanDisk SDMX2-1024 Sansa e140 1 GB Digital Audio Player with SD Expansion Slot

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• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 2.2 x 2.9 inches ; 1.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00083XXTY
• Item model number: SDMX2-1024-A18
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (182 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 21, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
Combining great features and pocket-friendly compactness, SanDisk Sansa digital audio players make it possible to get the most out of your music. Not only is the design great, and the sound quality exceptional, but SanDisk players are also affordable, making it easy to get your groove on wherever you roam.

In addition to its internal storage, you can add more space with an SD expansion slot. View larger. Take a closer look at the Sansa e140 with this interactive demo.

The Sansa e140 Digital Audio Player features a built-in digital FM tuner you can preset 20 of your favorite radio stations. Even better, in addition to the 1 GB of built-in storage space, you can add up to 2 GB of extra storage space with the included SD slot so you'll have plenty of room for your favorite MP3, Audible, and WMA music.

The Sansa e140's sophisticated, yet simple navigation allows sorting songs by artist, album, song title, genre, year, date loaded, and more. Navigation is made all the more enjoyable with an indigo backlit multi-line LCD, which shows full ID3 tag info. Meanwhile, sound quality is enhanced by SRS WOW technology.

The device plays MP3, WMA (including secure WMA content), and Audible audio file formats, and it is fully compatible with purchased songs and content from leading online sources such as Real's Rhapsody music service, which brings together the largest legal collection of digital music in the world. You can also take advantage of the Audible service, which offers digital audiobooks, audio magazines, newspapers, radio programs, and more.

When playing MP3 files, you can expect 16 hours of continuous playback capacity, or about 240 songs. WMA-format song capacity, offers 32 hours of playback, or approximately 480 songs.

Getting media and music to and from your Sansa e140 is a snap, thanks to a high speed USB 2.0 port that enables fast and easy transfer of files. Additionally, the e140 can also be used as an external storage device for data storage and transfer. The device comes with a sleek carrying case with an armband, and you can expect up to 17 hours continuous playback using the included AAA battery. The Sansa e140 comes with a one-year limited warranty

Sansa e100 series players use PlaysForSure technology. Look for the PlaysForSure logo if you're shopping for a portable music or video device and you want to make sure the digital music and video you purchase will play back on it every time. Match the PlaysForSure logo on a large selection of leading devices and online music stores. If you see the logo, you'll know your digital music will play for sure. Choose from a large number of digital music and video stores, including MTV's Urge, Rhapsody, Yahoo!, MSN Music, MusicMatch, MusicNow, Napster, Wal-Mart Music Downloads, and many more.

What's in the Box
Sansa e140 digital audio player, carrying case with armband, stereo earphones, AAA Alkaline battery, USB 2.0 travel cable, quick start guide, and CD-ROM (value-added software/content and user's manual).

Product Description
SanDisk Sansa e100 series of small, highly portable digital music players use embedded flash memory to store many hours of digital music. For an enjoyable music-listening experience, the new music players feature high-fidelity sound, a sophisticated yet easy-to-use song navigation and sorting system and a unique design that continues SanDisk's tradition of distinctive styling.The SanDisk Sansa players can store hundreds of songs and play up to 17 continuous hours on a single AAA battery. The new players feature an SD card slot to conveniently add more storage capacity, which can be significant since SanDisk and other companies have recently announced SD cards up to 2GB in capacity.The new players are designed to work seamlessly with a wide range of popular music formats such as MP3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA) in both unprotected and protected files (such as those WMA files purchased from music service provider sites).The SanDisk Sansa music players include stereo headphones, carrying case with armband, USB 2.0 cable, AAA Battery and Install CD with value-added software. For added flexibility, they can be used as a USB storage device. Furthermore, the new industrial design was created with future accessory options in mind.

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Customer Reviews

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271 of 278 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bookmark Works with Audible Not Music, June 15, 2005

By	Audible_Alex - See all my reviews

I reduce my stars to three for most people, but four or five for me since I listen to Audible books 90% of the time with the MP3 player.

I really liked what I heard about this player for audiobooks until I saw the review that said that it does not bookmark. I thought so, too, but I discovered all you have to do is press the Play button and it brings you back to where you left it. (see details below of the steps, but they are
1. Turn off while playing
2. Turn on.
3. Press play. Starts where you left off.

Sound
The sound is beautiful. It is the only flash drive player I have found that handles Audible format 4 which is the highest and is comparable to MP3. The next lower is format 3 and is comparable to FM radio. Format 3 is the standard for most. I tried it with NetLibrary audiobooks which is available from a number of public libraries. I had the same problems with the Sansa that I have had with the Creative Muvo (see below) so I think it is the NetLibrary format.

Volume Knob
I did not find the volume knob hard to use when it was out of the case. I have not tried it in the case.

Case
There is a trick to get the player out of the case. It goes into the case top first so the top of the player is at the top of the case. All you have to do is press with a little pressure on the the top of the case - toward the bottom of th case - to ease it out of the bottom of the case.

Display
The elapsed and remaining time digits are WAY, WAY too small.

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Additional information on the bookmark. I am beginning to suspect that there are different versions of the firmware on different ones.

Works with Audible Audiobooks
Here is what I am able to do consistently. I have tried in different chapters of a book and in different books.
While listening to an Audible book.
It is playing...
1. Hold the side button until it shuts down ...it will shut down when you hold down the side button for 5 seconds - it counts down with squares on the screen and then when you let up, it shuts off.
2. Press the same button to turn it on.It is now NOT playing, but it DOES show the title of the book and its chapter on the screen.
3. I press Play and it starts exactly where it left off.

Bookmarking Does Not Work with Music
I WAS NOT able to get this or any other form of bookmarks to work with music. This is definitely a screw-up.

Problems Using NetLibrary audiobooks.
I have problems with NetLibrary audiobooks with my Creative Muvo MP3 players as well. These are being used by several public libraries, but not all players - iPods don't work at all - work with their files. The problem I have seen is that files longer than about two hours do not show a longer length or they show as 00:00 in the elapsed time.

Cable Not Proprietary
Another point was made that the cable is "proprietary." The cable is not proprietary. It is a USB 2.0 A-Mini 5-Pin B cable. I didn't think it was proprietary because my Creative n200 has the same cable. To be sure, I bought two different makes and designs (one regular, one retractable) from Radio Shack tonight. They worked with no problems with the Sansa e140.

Does NOT take three to four minutes to start up with card. I have an e140 with a one Gig SD card. I timed it. It takes 10 SECONDS!

48 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Expandable flash player with a few quirks, November 24, 2005

By	D. Edwards (Shoreline, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Sansa E140 isn't going to win over anybody who is looking for a fashion accessory that plays music or those who tend to stop the minute they hit a learning curve. It is a nifty little flash based 1GB MP3/WMA player, expandable by 2MB with an SD card, but it has some noteworthy quirks, some of which are fixed by up to date firmware. You are going to have to decide if those quirks are enough to make you look elsewhere.

Physically, the E140 is a little less than credit card sized, and as thick as an AA battery. It's all plastic, with a screen about as big as a standard SD card. There is a centered button on the front, surrounded by four select buttons that are under the plastic face of the Sansa. The right side has an SD card slot, a Menu button and the scroll wheel up on top. The left side has a sliding switch to lock the other controls. A mini jack and five pin mini USB connector sit on top. The back of the Sansa has the AAA battery compartment with a slide on cover at the bottom of the player. The rubber covers for the USB connector and SD slot are not tethered, so you have to be vigilant or you'll lose them.

Other goodies that come with the player include a clear plastic case, armband, battery, sparse printed instructions, short USB cord, ear bud headphones and a mini CD with more detailed instructions and some offers from music/e-book vendors.

Thoughts on the above: The scroll wheel has subtle clicks when you turn it, and some folks have found it stiff to operate. I didn't find that to be true. The wheel is used as the volume control and an option to navigate the menus, if you choose not to use the buttons up front. The buttons are fairly positive. The snaps on the case are too easy to unsnap, making the armband unusable, but it is adequate to protect the player while pocketed. Sadly, there is no belt clip, so an aftermarket case is probably called for if you are going to exercise with the E140.

The ear buds are adequate, and come with three differently sized rubber covers to help get a proper fit.

So, how does the E140 operate and sound? First thing you should know is that the Sansa does not support user made play lists or folders, and since it is truly a drag and drop device with XP, that's a shame. The E140 will organize the songs for you, like it or not. The most recent firmware allows you to create a favorites list on the fly by pressing the center button while a song is playing. The categories the E140 choose for you are: Artist, album, songs, new music, genre, year and spoken word. Now, if your MP3 or WMA tags are all to your liking, all is good, but for most tag editing software will be a must. There are shuffle and repeat functions, and a play all function.

The blue backlight for the screen is bright enough, but it is tough to read the without the backlight on.

There are some preset equalizer settings, and you can adjust the equalizer, choose to use SRS WOW and 3D, TrueBass and focus for high, low, or mid sounds. The Sansa delivered solid sound with the supplied ear buds once I had it tweaked to my liking, and after reading a lot of scathing comments posted about stock ear buds in general on MP3 players, I was pleasantly surprised. Sound was improved when using Sennheiser HD201 headphones. The amount of hiss and general quality seemed to be as much a factor of the source file as what the Sansa could do, some 64KB WMAs were "hissy", most weren't. With a good file, the E140 put out good sound. Volume was loud enough without being ear splitting. Equalizer settings seemed to have a lot of effect on volume.

The FM radio worked adequately, and with the latest firmware, the player goes back to the last selected station instead of going to the bottom of the dial every time the radio is selected

There is a stopwatch function that must have been added with joggers in mind.

So, what to make of the Sansa E140 overall? The older firmware didn't support favorites or a resume function, and the E140 rightfully took lumps for this. This has been addressed. The latest firmware also arranges the songs on an album in track order, rather than alphabetically, if your tags are in order. I think a lot of the bad press that the Sansa has received is due to poor early firmware.

Power up, power down and menu choices all work rapidly enough for my taste. Ten seconds to power up with an SD card inserted, two seconds to power down, and there can be some slight hesitation when navigating but nothing drastic.

I would prefer software support for folders in the player, but you can work with the self organizer if you use a tag editor.

For me, the AAA battery and SD card slot are strong points. The alkaline batteries seem to be good for about 12 hours, lithium batteries much longer. No internal battery to charge, go bad or lose the adapter for. SD expansion is a big bonus, especially as prices for cards drop.

The Sansa E140 fits my needs, but I would hesitate to recommend it to someone who can't or won't work with a tag editor, unless they plan to rip CDs exclusively, and not work with individual sound files.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Now I can almost give it all stars, I figured out how to make playlists on my sandisk, April 5, 2006

By	A. A. Dunn "iniko" (NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've had the player for a few weeks now and I'm really liking it alot. I owned an ipod before (battery problems and not capable of making on-the-fly playlists) ; a creative zen xtra (love it, alot a space, capable of making playlists on the player, intuitive design and functioning, just too heavy and could be little smaller)

Major Pros:
*plug and play
*cool design and interface, blue blacklight
*Expansion slot, reads up to 2GB
*Very small and light weight
*Durable
*No internal battery, just one AAA battery
The player reads a variety of track properties: artist, album, song, genre, year, etc...what does this mean, all the more categories to filter and sort music and ways to create playlists
*Extensive sound settings

I like the sandisk because it has an expansion slot, so I could get a 2gb sd card and extend my memory to 3 gigs, or even get a couple. It uses AAA batteries that I can simply and conveniently purchase at a local store. I dont have to keep hoping that my player retains enough charge to last me until I can reach home or find an outlet.
The sound quality is good, the fm radio quality works well for me.

Making playlists:
Before I figured it out, this was my major complaint, all else was well. This is how you do it:

1. On your computer organize your songs in labeled folders. These folders will represent your playlists, so for convenient organizing, the name you will give a playlist give the same name to the folder that contain the songs.

2. Open the folder, then "select all"

3. After selecting all, right click and select "properties"

3. When the properties window pop up, select "summary" then where you see "album title," enter the name you want for that playlists , so therefore all the songs for that folder will have the same album title.

4. When you disconnect your player, you look for this album and you will see the name you typed it, it will read all the songs in that folder as belonging to the same album, even if they are of different artists/genres/etc.

5. The is very useful, since you can have songs of the same artist in different folders, but not confused by the player because they have different album titles, or as I see it, in a different playlist.


cons:
Wish it could read bigger sd cards,3GB,4GB, etc :)
Takes a while to power up...thats about it