SanDisk Sansa c240 1 GB MP3 Player (Black)

I like this product because of what I use it for. I use it to go walking for about 2 hours at a time. I don't care about the interface not being flashy, all I care is its light weight, simple, and good sound. I had one for about 5 years, until I broke it, bought another love it.Things you should know before buying and some tricks.First as said before the interface isn't flashy, think Super Nintendo graphicsIt will unless you download the update for UI, it will always play song in alphabetic order by song title.If you hook the usb cable to your computer to charge the mp3 player, and your computer has a usb power save option, you can trick it by leaving it open to where you save the data.The equalizer presets are not the best, but if you are smart enough to go and edit the equalizer yourself it puts out great sound.As with some battery powered devises, the first time you use this device you need to hook it up to a computer to activate it. Also let the battery completely die the first time you use it(but that is common sense).When I had this mp3 player the first time, I had to buy a replacement battery after about 3-4 years because it stop holding a charge as well.

My local library uses an audio book format that won't download to an ipod, so I just wanted an inexpensive MP3 player for borrowed audio books and listening to PBS FM stations. I have two ipods and they are loaded with music, but sometimes, I want to listen to audio books while I walk, or sew, or try to block out my husband's country music and commentary while we're travelling. (The man listens to NASCAR on Sirrius radio cross-country, so I can't get away from it.<G>) This little player is working out just fine. I loaded four books on it before we went on a week's vacation and charged up the player before we left. I listened to all four books, including the chapters I fell asleep listening to and had to play more than once. The player still had battery reserve after all that. It also pulled in FM stations up in New England that we couldn't even hear on the RV radio.It's little, light, easy to use and the only reason it didn't get a five star rating from me is the lack of "rewind" or "fast forward" switches. You can only go forward or back by chapters, not individual pages. As far as comparing it to an ipod, that's not really fair. It doesn't pretend to be an ipod, although the playback quality is fine for what I wanted and the price was definitely right.

I bought this after my brother was given one by a family member; and while it's a nice mp3 player normally, I installed the opensource firmware rockbox on it; and now it's the cat's pajamas!But first I'll try to put off describing all that to describe the device: It feels good in the hand, and is made to use and control with one hand. It has the usual up/down/left/right pad, and a selection button in the middle of the direction pad; then it has menu/off button in the bottom right.It has a built-in FM radio, which I am pretty sure the original firmware cannot record from, although the player has a built in microphone for recording from.The (removable!) rechargeable battery lasts, at least on rockbox, quite a while, at least 10 hours, on minimum brightness settings.If you feel safe installing such a thing, then do some research; it is very much worth it, at least to me. For example, I am not certain, but I believe the original firmware for the c240 does NOT support SDHC Memory card; with rockbox, I popped in a 16GB memory card, and it works fine.It can play a ton of format-types as well, from OGG Vorbis, WMA, etc...it's just a great firmware, I highly suggest doing it!

I got bitten by this one... for about $25, I thought I was getting a great deal for a trusted MP3 player that matched perfctly what I needed this player for. It's getting very hard to find decent low-capacity players these days, and I have really enjoyed all my various Sansas up until now. I became suspicious when it arrived, since it was advertised as "new", that it didn't come in the original packaging, but I figured it was a refurb; no big deal, really, I've had good luck with refurbs (which are usually just returns anyway) so I just made a note of the packaging on the good seller (BlueProton Consulting) feedback I left. For a few days it seemed to be working fine, but suddenly it began locking up, stuttering badly during playback, then stopping all together, making me have to remove the battery to get it to work again. The SanDisk Updater PC utility was pushing a firmware update, so I went ahead and did it, hoping that would fix the problem. No such luck. By now (I bought it a month ago) I have no recourse as this unit isn't being offered by the same outfit any more so there is no one to complain to; what are they going to do anyway, have me send it back, making me fork over another few bucks for shipping so I can get my original money back? It's only $25, but no one likes eating their hard-earned money like this. I am very disappointed. I might as well take my chances with eBay.

I bought this for my 11 year old daughter because I had read several reviews stating that it was great for a person just beginning to use a mp3 player. I have an ipod and this is harder to use than the ipod, my daughter is constantly asking me questions if you can believe that. I thought she was supposed to know more about these things than I was. The screen sticks all the time causing us to have to pop the battery out so we can even get it to shut off. Downloading music is a snap but if its not a cd you already own the music sights you have to use charge monthly fees on top of the songs. Its ok but well not ok she doesn't hate it just finds it to be bothersome at times.