Brand NameSanDisk
Number of Items1
Item Display Height0.63 inches
Item Display Width2.05 inches
Product Specifications
Technical Details
- Brilliant 2.2-inch color high resolution screen for navigating music and viewing photos
- Intuitive, easy-to-use interface. Each album has the album icon next to it as you scroll down using the wheel knob
- Multi-format digital audio player with 4 GB internal memory; expand storage capacity up to an additional 16 GB using the microSD memory card slot. Compatible with MP3, MP4, WMA, and JPEG files
- Built in internal speaker - easily share what you are listening to
- Portable and durable design
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Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The Sansa Connect MP3 player features 4 GB memory, a MicroSD slot for capacity expansion, a 2.2-inch TFT color screen for viewing your music library and photos, and an internal speaker. Measuring 2.05 x 3.58 x 0.63 inches (WxLxH) and weighing in at 2.7 ounces, the Connect won't weigh you down.
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Choose Your Format
The Sansa Connect works with MP3, MP4, WMA, and JPEG files. Play music, watch videos, and view your photos with this versatile MP3 player.
Easy to Use
Add additional capacity to your player or move files to other devices using the microSD card slot. Quickly navigate your music or photos using the intuitive, easy-to-use interface. Recharge the internal lithium-ion battery via your computer's USB 2.0 port. The device is compatible with PCs running Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Vista, and requires Windows Media Player 10 or later.
What's in the Box
Sansa Connect digital audio player, USB 2.0 cable, earbuds
Product Description
When it first came out, the Sansa Connect 4GB boasted unique WiFi features providing unlimited access to free music downloads anywhere you had Internet connectivity. This groundbreaking music access was supported by Yahoo! Music. Then Yahoo! Music sold out to Rhapsody and stopped supporting the Sansa Connect, effectively disabling this device's WiFi functionality. The Sansa Connect is still an attractive, durable, intuitive MP3 player but now requires you to connect to a computer to add and remove music/video/photos.
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
I've had the Connect for about a week now, and have now acquired a library of about 600 songs, about half of which I had never heard of before. I'm totally blown away by its paradigm-shifting technology.
With a WI-FI connection the Sansa Connect plays Internet radio, and if you like a song that is playing, you can download that track or album, as well as make a playlist from other songs that are similar in style. This is my favorite feature--it has introduced me to music that I would never have heard of otherwise, in genres ranging from Ambient House to Uber Indie. Before I go to sleep, I initiate the download process from the genres I like, and in the morning, I have a bunch of new tracks to listen to, which I can then play without having a WI-FI connection.
The sound quality is very good. I believe it encodes the tracks at 192K. Not as hi-fidelity as a vinyl encoded at 320K, but almost as good as a CD.
You can also recommend songs, and that will affect which songs get downloaded, as well as which songs it plays on the Internet Radio.
The user-interface is very intuitive. I can now almost operate the unit with my eyes closed.
My only complaint is that the headphone jack is right next to the USB port, at the bottom of the unit, instead of on the side.
Much of the pleasure from the unit comes the discovery of new music. If you are a "Life is the Journey, not the Destination" kind of person, then this player is definitely for you.
Here are a two features that would be nice to have:
1. download a specific song
2. playlist management: move and copy tracks to other playlists
The firmware will be automatically updated through the WI-FI connection, so hopefully they'll add these features shortly.
With a WI-FI connection the Sansa Connect plays Internet radio, and if you like a song that is playing, you can download that track or album, as well as make a playlist from other songs that are similar in style. This is my favorite feature--it has introduced me to music that I would never have heard of otherwise, in genres ranging from Ambient House to Uber Indie. Before I go to sleep, I initiate the download process from the genres I like, and in the morning, I have a bunch of new tracks to listen to, which I can then play without having a WI-FI connection.
The sound quality is very good. I believe it encodes the tracks at 192K. Not as hi-fidelity as a vinyl encoded at 320K, but almost as good as a CD.
You can also recommend songs, and that will affect which songs get downloaded, as well as which songs it plays on the Internet Radio.
The user-interface is very intuitive. I can now almost operate the unit with my eyes closed.
My only complaint is that the headphone jack is right next to the USB port, at the bottom of the unit, instead of on the side.
Much of the pleasure from the unit comes the discovery of new music. If you are a "Life is the Journey, not the Destination" kind of person, then this player is definitely for you.
Here are a two features that would be nice to have:
1. download a specific song
2. playlist management: move and copy tracks to other playlists
The firmware will be automatically updated through the WI-FI connection, so hopefully they'll add these features shortly.
31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
About a year ago I got a subscription to Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go for my wife. She loves music and had started using iTunes, but at $0.99/song I could see the bill adding up fast. Yahoo's subscription model made sense financially, as she could copy most of their catalog to a portable device without paying to burn it to a CD (with cassette adapters and cars with built-in aux jacks who needs to do that any more?).
I bought her a Creative Zen Micro and had a little trouble getting it to work with Yahoo Music Unlimited, but eventually I got music transferred on to it. Since then it's been hit or miss. It seems that whenever she needs it most, e.g. traveling, there would be a license error. Same thing with transferring music...we've had to relicense music several times.
The subscription to Yahoo is nearly up so we've been debating whether or not to renew. To get every song in her collection on iTunes would cost well over $1000 so we were reluctant to switch. Still, she was tired of the hassle of getting music to play and I was tired of trying to get things to work together.
Then I happened to stumble across the SanDisk Sansa Connect. I read up on it and thought we'd give it a try before throwing in the towel. I'm glad we did - it works great!
Getting set up was easy. It took less than 5 minutes to get it connected to our wireless network and to connect my wife to her Yahoo account. The only trouble was the configuration of my wireless network. I had SSID broadcast set to off and the Sansa Connect requires it to be on, even after you connect to your network once. A small compromise - hopefully they'll address this in an update.
The interface is easy to use and intuitive. The scroll wheel gives positive feedback, unlike the touch slider of the Zen. The screen is bright and clear with large, colorful icons.
The Internet radio feature is very nice, with the ability to skip songs you don't like and save songs you do like. It's a great way to discover new music.
The integration with Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go is excellent. While you can't view your entire My Music collection, you can see all your playlists and browse through Yahoo's recommendations.
Viewing photos from our Flickr account was surprisingly easy. Sure, the screen is small but the pictures look quite nice on them. There's also a Yahoo Messenger client as well as other "friend" features but she probably won't use them, at least until I get one of these too.
4GB doesn't sound like much but it's a lot of music. The player can take a micro SD card if you need additional memory. I've seen 2GB cards for less than $30 so you can get 50% more space for very little money.
This device has made using Yahoo Music so easy to use - it's a brilliant little device. Once you connect using WiFi you'll wonder why every other player doesn't include it too. If you have Yahoo Music this is the only player to get.
I bought her a Creative Zen Micro and had a little trouble getting it to work with Yahoo Music Unlimited, but eventually I got music transferred on to it. Since then it's been hit or miss. It seems that whenever she needs it most, e.g. traveling, there would be a license error. Same thing with transferring music...we've had to relicense music several times.
The subscription to Yahoo is nearly up so we've been debating whether or not to renew. To get every song in her collection on iTunes would cost well over $1000 so we were reluctant to switch. Still, she was tired of the hassle of getting music to play and I was tired of trying to get things to work together.
Then I happened to stumble across the SanDisk Sansa Connect. I read up on it and thought we'd give it a try before throwing in the towel. I'm glad we did - it works great!
Getting set up was easy. It took less than 5 minutes to get it connected to our wireless network and to connect my wife to her Yahoo account. The only trouble was the configuration of my wireless network. I had SSID broadcast set to off and the Sansa Connect requires it to be on, even after you connect to your network once. A small compromise - hopefully they'll address this in an update.
The interface is easy to use and intuitive. The scroll wheel gives positive feedback, unlike the touch slider of the Zen. The screen is bright and clear with large, colorful icons.
The Internet radio feature is very nice, with the ability to skip songs you don't like and save songs you do like. It's a great way to discover new music.
The integration with Yahoo Music Unlimited To Go is excellent. While you can't view your entire My Music collection, you can see all your playlists and browse through Yahoo's recommendations.
Viewing photos from our Flickr account was surprisingly easy. Sure, the screen is small but the pictures look quite nice on them. There's also a Yahoo Messenger client as well as other "friend" features but she probably won't use them, at least until I get one of these too.
4GB doesn't sound like much but it's a lot of music. The player can take a micro SD card if you need additional memory. I've seen 2GB cards for less than $30 so you can get 50% more space for very little money.
This device has made using Yahoo Music so easy to use - it's a brilliant little device. Once you connect using WiFi you'll wonder why every other player doesn't include it too. If you have Yahoo Music this is the only player to get.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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Been using this device for about a month. Here's my summarized pro/con list:
PROS
1. Simple to setup and stream Internet radio
2. Two click download of songs/albums
3. Wireless license synch
4. Can skip songs heard on Internet Radio
5. Sign up with Mastercard on Yahoo and receive 2 years for the price of 1
CONS
1. Cannot create playlists on the device (must download from Yahoo either cabled or wireless)
2. Micro SD cannot hold Yahoo Music - can only hold your personal music
3. Downloads on player synch to desktop - but not vice versa
4. Deleting music on player does not delete on desktop and vice versa
5. Average sound volume
What I like the most about this device is the WIFI. I take my player to the GYM and it's great to be able to tune in to Internet radio which offers an endless supply of music.
I would really like to see a complete synch between the player and the desktop -- so that music I deleted on either device was reflected on both.
Update: 9/9/2007 - I've been using this device for another few months and still enjoy it just as much as when I first bought it. You must subscribe to Yahoo Music to really get all the benefits (use [...]/mastercard for a special 2 for 1 deal). As with all devices that use DRM, the player shows a tendancy to want to renew licenses at the weirdest time (as in when you are far away from a computer connection that would enable you to do so). There definitely needs to be a renewal date added to these devices so that we could synch them before leaving for an extended trip.
PROS
1. Simple to setup and stream Internet radio
2. Two click download of songs/albums
3. Wireless license synch
4. Can skip songs heard on Internet Radio
5. Sign up with Mastercard on Yahoo and receive 2 years for the price of 1
CONS
1. Cannot create playlists on the device (must download from Yahoo either cabled or wireless)
2. Micro SD cannot hold Yahoo Music - can only hold your personal music
3. Downloads on player synch to desktop - but not vice versa
4. Deleting music on player does not delete on desktop and vice versa
5. Average sound volume
What I like the most about this device is the WIFI. I take my player to the GYM and it's great to be able to tune in to Internet radio which offers an endless supply of music.
I would really like to see a complete synch between the player and the desktop -- so that music I deleted on either device was reflected on both.
Update: 9/9/2007 - I've been using this device for another few months and still enjoy it just as much as when I first bought it. You must subscribe to Yahoo Music to really get all the benefits (use [...]/mastercard for a special 2 for 1 deal). As with all devices that use DRM, the player shows a tendancy to want to renew licenses at the weirdest time (as in when you are far away from a computer connection that would enable you to do so). There definitely needs to be a renewal date added to these devices so that we could synch them before leaving for an extended trip.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Save Your Money
Save your money. The WIFI is a great idea, but with the Connect, it is supposed to connect to Yahoo music. HOWEVER, Yahoo music no longer works with the Connect. Read more
Published 14 months ago by R. Ward
It stores, it plays.
This unit is great if you have access to WIFI all the time. I bought it to compliment my old Sansa E-260, which still works! Read more
Published on February 7, 2010 by Hitech
Still a great player for the money
I bought this on eBay truthfully. I paid all of $30. After a simple firmware restoration, the internet radio function makes it worth every penny paid. Read more
Published on September 12, 2009 by Amy
Only 3 stars!
Good:
1. Nice sound quality
2. Internet radio
3. Rating options (on the mp3)
5. Skip songs on Internet Radio (unlimited)
6. Read more
1. Nice sound quality
2. Internet radio
3. Rating options (on the mp3)
5. Skip songs on Internet Radio (unlimited)
6. Read more
Published on August 17, 2009 by H.N.
Excellent MP3 Player
Right out of the box this is a very good value. All I had to do was plug it in, refresh the battery, and half an hour later it was ready to load up with music. Read more
Published on August 16, 2009 by R. Raiz
rather don't buy it
I've bought it here and I don't have it for a long time, but already now I see many bad features which I don't like. Read more
Published on July 16, 2009 by M. Bím
waste of money
This purchase was waste of money. File transfer to device directly (folder to folder) is almost impossible. Read more
Published on July 12, 2009 by Lev Rozman
Did not work
SanDisk Sansa Connect 4 GB MP3 Player (Black) This item did not come with the rest of my order. It was shipped separately from a third party vendor. Read more
Published on June 10, 2009 by C. Spicer
This product does NOT have any WiFi functions
Edit to my previous review:
In the past, the Sansa Connect had the WiFi functions described in the product description. They have all been completely disabled. Read more
In the past, the Sansa Connect had the WiFi functions described in the product description. They have all been completely disabled. Read more
Published on June 3, 2009 by D. Clark
Be careful!!
Hi, the player work perfect, music easy to transpose, and good quality sound, but if you're buying fot he Wi-Fi, dont botter, Sandisk/Sansa, took away this feature, and here on... Read more
Published on April 7, 2009 by Oscar Hernandez V
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