Customer Reviews:
 OK player V2 is worth the extra money October 24, 2008
The E280 does what I purchased it for, music only. File system is difficult to use. Mine was a refrubished unit. Beware of battery corrosion at the terminals. And be prepared to deal with Sandisk customer service. Unless it is cheaper to pay the return shipping and try for a good unit several times!
Uncertain October 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
While I'm sure this is a decent product if you buy it new and from a reliable source. My experience with it was not the greatest. In fact...new or not, don't buy this if you have Vista. Do what I did, buy the updated one, the Fuze. It works so much better. Overall a decent product I guess. But the Fuze works better. "Let the buyer beware"
Works for me October 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this as a gift to myself.
The sellers were great! The package arrived on time with all the components they listed, as promised.
I use the SanDisk Sansa e280 to listen to music, and watch small video clips.
Points that it lacks for me...
1. No ability to listen to AM talk radio stations.
2. Cannot fast forward or rewind videos.
Only allows to pause and play videos from the beginning.
Other than that, I like the product.
 A great, affordable first MP3 for the techno-impaired (and everybody else) October 22, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
After some research, I chose this unit as my first MP3 - chiefly because the price was right, the consumer reviews were favorable, and because the size of the screen was the biggest I could find. This unit is very easy to operate and the sound quality and function are terrific. I intend to use it only for music, but it has video and recording capability as well. It also records sound files, but beware of this function - the "record" button is entirely too easy to turn on, so you may find yourself recording accidentally and then having to delete this useless file. I have a fairly big music collection and went for the 8GB memory rather than the 4GB, and I'm glad because I used 4GB of the space in no time. Be aware that the unit comes with some material already on it, which takes up some space - you can delete it. The e-series players also have a user-replaceable battery, which was another selling point for me.
My one gripe is that for those of us of the analog generation, there is no "stop" feature, which I'm told the iPod does have. I get it; there are no moving parts and therefore nothing to "stop", but when one has a playlist five albums long and you want to quit 1/3 of the way into it, it is frustrating to have to either zoom all the way to the end or select another album and then cancel out of that one. I contacted Sansa Tech Support and they confirmed that these are basically the only options, which is ridiculous. (Turning the unit off for a spell doesn't help either; the player simply starts up again where you left off, the next time you turn it on.)
I strongly recommend that you also order the Sansa e-Series AC Charger, so you can just charge your unit from a wall outlet rather than your PC. The postage will cost more than the charger but it is completely worth having for the convenience. I also have (and highly recommend) the Altec Lansing speaker/docking/charging unit that is compatible with the Sansa e-Series players, as I use the unit almost exclusively with speakers rather than with the ear buds.
A quick note for first-time and techno-impaired users: I will spare you the pile of research and feeling foolish that I went through, with some basic tips, as none of this is mentioned in the downloadable User's manual. This manual erroneously assumes that everyone already knows the basic theory behind how MP3 players work.
First, you MUST have Windows Media Player 11 on your PC, and not an earlier version. Countless forums online have mentioned this as the solution to problems of getting their players to interface with their PCs. I made sure I had MP11 up front and have not had any problems.
Second, the basic concept of using an MP3 is as follows. Your computer is going to serve as the master storage library for all of your MP3 music - your music will have to stay on there for as long as you want it on your MP3. You put your music cd into your cdr drive and bring up Windows Media Player; you must tell Media Player to "rip" the music to your library (which means it makes a sort of low-res version of the music file - it sounds fine, don't worry). You can opt to uncheck the one song that you don't like on a CD, and it will be left out. When you have done this to all of the cd's you want to add for the time being, you then plug your MP3 into the USB port of your PC (the Sansa MP3 player comes with a plug thingy for this) and you must tell Media Player to "Synch" (i.e. synchronize) the library's contents to your MP3 player. It will copy everything over as it is on the library. NOTE: If you remove something from the library, the next time you synch, it will be removed from your MP3 player as well. You can add to the library and re-synch over time. You should also map out in advance what, if any, Playlists you want to make up. These are very handy things - you can select and string albums or songs together in any order and give it a name, and the player will store and follow it; however, you have to create the playlist in Media Player before you Synch your MP3. It will synch over with the rest of the material.
I recommend downloading the full Users manual from the Sansa site. Their Tech Support folk are also very helpful. Enjoy your unit!
Awesome product October 21, 2008
Needed more space because my 4gb clip was full and found this online only problems i've had is skipping while listening to some songs at full volume but installing rockbox fixed this other than that this is a good mp3 player I highly recommend it
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