SanDisk Sansa Connect 4GB SDMX8-N-4096K USB 2.0 MP3 Player with LCD (Black)

by SanDisk

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• ASIN: B0026JS0AU
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,131 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

* SanDisk Sansa Connect MP3 player stores up to 1000 MP3 songs or 675 WMA songs with its 4GB capacity * Sansa Connect 4G MP3 player comes with a bright 2.2 inches color TFT screen * Plays MP3, AAC, WMA and secure WMA music files * Built-in speaker lets you enjoy your music without using the headphones * Comes with microSD expansion card slot for users who want to add more storage space (microSD card not included) * Features Thumbwheel controls for easy navigation to your music, videos and photos Package Contents: SanDisk Sansa Connect MP3 player, earphones, USB cable, travel pouch, Lanyard, AC USB charger Additional Info: Note: This unit does not have Wi-Fi (Wireless) capability

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars awesome little mp3 player - and wifi w/ yahoo music works, November 20, 2009

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Mike H "Mike" (Arkansas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SanDisk Sansa Connect 4GB SDMX8-N-4096K USB 2.0 MP3 Player with LCD (Black) (Electronics)

I picked up one of these players about 2 months ago - great player so far - good battery life, big screen, good sound quality even with the included headphones, and 4 GB of storage built in. Also it has a built-in speaker to use without headphones and the quality is suprisingly decent.

Don't pay $100+ for the WIFI-enabled version of this player - you can download a firmware update to enable WIFI on this player for free (just google for sansa connect wifi firmware or similar). The update also enables photo and video support. I read that the update *may* also enable microSDHC support up to 8 or 16 GB, but I have not tested that yet. Out of the box the player supports regular microSD up to 2 GB.

Once I flashed my player and enabled the WIFI, I put in my router info (w/ WEP key) and it hooked up seamlessly. You need a free Yahoo account to use the WIFI music features of this player. I can use it to listen to Yahoo! internet radio stations throughout my house, and it offers an easy-to-use menu to select which station you listen to. It won't purchase or download songs over the WIFI - as stated in another review, that part of the service is discontinued. It also works to display photos from flickr. I have not tested videos on the device, and you will need to download and use the converter from [...] to format videos for it.

One neat thing is that the player is fully functional when you are syncing music from a PC. It will still play MP3's or WIFI yahoo music and is fully responsive. Most players are not usable while syncing music so that is an added bonus.

Most Sansa mp3 players can function like a USB drive, but this one unfortunately does not. It shows up as a MTC device and you have to sync to it with Windows Media Player or MediaMonkey or similar (not sure about iTunes). It works decently under Windows XP - have not tested Vista. However, I had trouble with the device under Windows Media Player 11 on my laptop and had to downgrade to WMP 10 for it to sync properly. Another downside to the player is the creation of playlists - they must be created and sent to the player using WMP 11. I have not tried MediaMonkey to see if it handles syncing playlists to the player or not.

Overall, despite some quirks, this is a steal in my book - 4 GB player with WIFI Yahoo music support for $30. I wish it had wireless music syncing like the Zune's, but they cost tons more than this player.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great little mp3 - but discontinued.. and half feaatures no longer work, June 3, 2009

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T. Hansen (Canton, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk Sansa Connect 4GB SDMX8-N-4096K USB 2.0 MP3 Player with LCD (Black) (Electronics)

HI there,
I love my connect. Have had it for years.. the sound quality is great and I really have no complaints about the hardware itself. Buttons are intuitive and the expandability makes it do everything I need it to.

CONS: this sansa is discontinued. The software was tied to yahoo music services and once they stopped yahoo you lose half of the feaatures you paid for.. including the wifi being a joke at that point. you cant connect wirelessly to your pc, you only could connect to the internet to download music from rhapsody. great idea.. but now gone.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great package, awesome price, May 27, 2009

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J. Bullock - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk Sansa Connect 4GB SDMX8-N-4096K USB 2.0 MP3 Player with LCD (Black) (Electronics)

As a tech guy who is the father of five teenagers, I have just a little experience with this genre of personal tech equipment... picked up this winner for $40 and my mid-teen son loves it... to us it seems better than other products purchased in the last 12 months (realistic time-frame for comparing based on cost/features of these players) that have cost several times more.

As is typical, the included headphones are ideal for casual / non-music (audio books, podcast news programs, etc.) listening, so if you are planning to listen to music or watch programming where sound matters, then I'd recommend you pick up some $20-$40 head phones to match the quality of this player.