SanDisk Sansa M260 4GB MP3 Player (Blue)

by SanDisk

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.4 x 3.1 x 0.9 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EIHG96
• Item model number: M260
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Take your music on the go with the feather-light SanDisk Sansa M260 4 GB flash memory digital audio player, which is bulked up with a surprising amount of features for such a small device. In addition to playing both MP3 and WMA audio files, it also sports an FM radio and digital voice recorder. It supports the Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 and features PlaysForSure support for portable music downloads. And it's powered by a single AAA battery, which will provide up to 19 hours of battery life.

The Sansa M260 can hold 64 hours of CD-quality MP3 tracks on its 4 GB memory. View larger. Detailed view of the basic controls.

The 4 GB Sansa M260 will hold approximately 64 hours of CD-quality MP3 tracks (encoded at 128kps) or 128 hours of WMA tracks (at 64kbps). It's compatible with MP3, WMA, secure WMA, and Audible audio file formats. The digital FM radio allows you to access local radio stations, as well as preset up to 20 of your favorite stations. With five equalizer types for the FM radio and music player, you can optimize your sound for your favorite style of music, such as, Rock, Jazz, Classical, Pop, and Custom (user-defined). You can also use the built-in microphone and voice recording function to capture interviews, classes, and short voice notes to yourself.

The compact yet robust industrial design offers an easy-to-use interface with an indigo-backlit LCD screen showing ID3 tag information from currently playing tracks (song title, artist, and album, as well as battery level and playlist). Sophisticated music library sorting lets you browse the music in your player by artist, album, song title, genre, year, playlist, and other useful criteria. The AB playback feature allows you to select a start point and an end point within an audio file so you can play that segment over and over--helpful for learning languages.

It's easy to transfer songs to the Sansa--just connect it to your PC via the included USB 2.0 connection cable, where it will appear as a Windows Portable Device on your computer. Then, just drag and drop music files from anywhere on your hard drive or use a variety of music software to move licensed music to the device. The Sansa is compatible with PCs running the Windows XP operating system.

The SanDisk Sansa M260 digital audio player uses 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 M260 4 GB MB player, carrying case with armband, stereo headphones, AAA alkaline battery, USB 2.0 travel cable, CD-ROM with drivers and online user guide, and printed Quick Start guide

Product Description

The Sansa m200 Series MP3 players offer great sound, ease of use, and high quality sound with virtually no weight. 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 our original Digital Audio Player line, this improved look also includes Sansa's excellent navigation: songs sorted by title, artist, album, genre and more. The Sansa m200 Series MP3 players are the first to provide Microsoft PlaysForSure Subscription Service for unlimited downloads. Choose to play your favorite track repeatedly, in random sequence, or play all the songs continuously Hi-speed USB 2.0 connects to almost any computer for hi-speed music transfer (backwards compatible to USB 1.1 ports) Comes with sleek carrying case and armband to protect your player and keep your hands free Easy to use - plug and play, no drivers required (except Win98SE requires driver) Indigo backlit LCD provides ID3 Tag information (v.1 and 2)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great little player, March 4, 2006

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Larry (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SanDisk Sansa M260 4GB MP3 Player (Blue) (Electronics)

(...) As for the sound quality it is great. The unit is very compact and easy to carry. I mainly use it to listen to 'Audio Books' and if you pause it before turning it off you pick up right where you left off. It has great battery life and uses easy to change AAA batteries. If I had to list some bad things, they would be: You have to remember to hold the power button for several seconds or it powers right back on, I assume that is designed to prevent people from bumping the power button and shutting it off. Once you get in the habit of holding it in for a few seconds it is not a big deal. The documentation is lacking. The only other complaint would be the battery compartment lid does seem flimsy.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hangs in "Initializing" loop- not fixable., June 19, 2006

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M. Nelson (Apple Valley, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk Sansa M260 4GB MP3 Player (Blue) (Electronics)

I bought two of these players for my daughters for Xmas. They worked for a while until my daughters added songs using Windows Media Player. The unit is now hung in an uncorrectable "initializing" state which can't be cleared, reset or corrected. I am returning my players for a refund. The problem is listed all over the internet if you search for it but Sandisk does not acknowledge it on their FAQ/Support site.

Buyer beware.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad player with known, unresolved issues. Bad customer service., February 1, 2007

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Garrick Greathouse "rayzak2000" (Grand Rapids, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk Sansa M260 4GB MP3 Player (Blue) (Electronics)

I received this MP3 player for Christmas of 06, and have experienced a flaw in it's design that is well documented with it's user base. I will simply paste an explanation of the problem I found.

"There is a known issue regarding these players' tendency to display "unknown artist" or "unknown album" even when Windows Explorer, or Media Player clearly reflect the correct artist and or album of a particular song when the unit is connected via the USB port. This issue appears to occur randomly and even the most recent beta firmware (version 2.2.5) has not resolved it."
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Other discussions about said issue can be found will a small amount of research. However, there is no solution to this problem. I contacted SanDisk via their on-line tech support system on Jan-9, and received no response after several days. I then called their tech support line, as assigned case ID #982315 and was told I would be contacted the next day by somebody named Jason. I was never contacted by said person.

After a week of waiting, I wrote their customer service again. On Jan-23, I received an e-mail instructions to return my MP3 from where it was bought.

Replacing my MP3 player with the same model containing the same fundamental design flaw is not what I want, I want a solution. This MP3 player cost over $200, and it was shipped with a known defect.

Based on my experience with SanDisks customer service, the bug this player was shipped with, and SanDisks inability to correct said bug via firmware updates in over a year, I will not buy another SanDisk product.