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SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB Video MP3 Player (Black)
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| Part No: | B001GCQ3KM |
| Manufacturer: | SanDisk |
| MFG Part: | SDMX14R-008GKA57 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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- Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 2,000 songs
- Watch your favorite video clips or share your photos on the 1.9-inch color screen
- Digital FM radio with 40 preset stations
- Voice recording with built-in microphone
- Expand your existing 8 GB memory with the microSD/microSDHC slot
Product Description With the SanDisk Sansa Fuze, you can
fuse your portable entertainment, featuring 8 GB of storage. Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 2,000 songs**. Watch your favorite video clips on the Sansa Fuze's 1.9-inch color screen. Measuring just 0.3 inches
thin, the Sansa Fuze marks the next wave of music and video players.
 Your portable music machine with 8 GB of storage. (Click image to view larger.) |
 The MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot means storage possibilities are essentially unlimited. (Click image to view larger.) |
 Smaller than a credit card and as thin as a pencil, the new Sansa Fuze MP3 player looks great--and has the brains to match. (Click image to view larger.) |
Audio Player Smaller than a credit card and as thin as a pencil, the new Sansa Fuze MP3 player looks great--and has the brains to match. With room for up to 2,000 songs**, you can listen all day long. Jam to FM radio with 40 preset stations, play with the built-in voice recorder, and listen to your favorite audiobooks wherever you go. And with 24 hours of battery life, you're free to listen, watch, and play all day--literally.
Watch Your Favorite Videos
The Sansa Fuze comes with 8 GB of built-in memory enough to store 5 hours of video playback. Watch your favorite TV video clips from wherever you are. To ensure speedy file transfers, the unit features a USB 2.0 connection. Simply connect the player to a PC, and start dragging files from your Windows Media Player 10 or 11 applications.
Expanded Capacity
With an option to extend the capacity, its MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot means storage possibilities are essentially unlimited. Expand your music collection, show albums of photos up to 4000 images*, and watch your favorite videos on those long trips.
Compatible Formats
The player supports MPEG4 video files and audio files saved in MP3, secure and unsecured WMA, WAV, Audible, and Overdrive file formats.
FM Radio
If you're feeling like a break from your own tunes, or want to dial in the TV frequency at the gym, use the digital FM tuner. Save your favorites on the 40 user presets.
Voice Recorder
Use the voice recorder with built-in microphone to take memos, record meetings or lectures, or capture whatever else you might feel inclined to point a microphone at. When you're ready, transfer your files for listening on your PC.
What's in the Box
SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB MP3 player (silver), earphones, USB 2.0 cable, quick start guide
* 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes; some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions; thus, it is not available for data storage
** Based on continuous audio playback at 128 kpbs MP3; video playback at 512 kbps/ MPEG 4; photos based on 1.7 MB average file size; battery life and performance might vary depending upon usage and settings; battery not replaceable.
| Good value, small screen - A decent mp3 player for the money | 2010-03-13 | 4 / 5 |
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Pros:
1. Small/light weight
2. Easy interface, "almost boring" - cnet reviews
3. Micro SD slot for extra storage
Cons:
1. Small screen - watching videos a chore
2. Windows XP did not recognize this device - SanDisk forums has a good thread
3. Did not come with a AC charger - Radio shack has one for $20
4. Sound volume is low. I suggest upgrading the ear buds - Apple ear buds are good
Conclusions
If this item was for me I would have purchased the iPod Touch 8GB. |
| SanDisk come through again | 2010-03-12 | 5 / 5 |
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Let me begin by telling you what I believe to be the worst thing about this mp3 player: The designers had the audacity to not include a lanyard hole. Yep that's right, the worst that I can come up with is that you can't use a lanyard with this player. Other than that, I have nothing but high praise.
To be honest, I've been blowing this player off for quite some time now because it's, like... Short, squat and kind of resembles an iPod. Call me prejudiced, but I just really don't like iPods. It just seemed to me SanDisk was purposefully attempting to mimic the form of the iPod.
My last mp3 player was a Sansa e260 which I dearly loved. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, other than discovering that 4GB was too small. I realize that I could have expanded the players capacity with a removable micro SD card, but I recall reading a forum posting which mentioned that putting an SD or micro SD card in your device would cause a greater drain on the battery. I tested this with several other devices that I own and found that it was not necessarily true in all cases. Unfortunately, having a micro SD card in my Sansa e260 did indeed cause the battery to drain at a greater rate.
Perhaps it will be different with this device. Once I finish filling the internal memory, I intend to add external memory and see if this player suffers from the same problem. I certainly hope that it doesn't because I have about 100 more CDs to rip.
Anyway, I happened to be in one of the big box stores last week and had the opportunity to handle this player. Once I got past the "It resembles an iPod" thing, I began to see its merits instead of judging it through prejudiced eyes, which I'm really glad that I did.
This player is a fraction of the weight of my e260 and about half the thickness. I admit, having the headphone jack on the bottom seemed kind of odd to me but the more I use it the more I realize that this was a good design change. Another improvement over the e260 is that the thumb wheel used to be surrounded by four buttons. On this player the buttons have been integrated into the thumb wheel itself which allows for a more intuitive, less clumsy operation.
The thumb wheel is free spinning; that is to say, it doesn't "ratchet". This, too, helps to give the unit a more sophisticated feel. I understand some other reviewers concerns about how easy the thumb wheel is to turn considering how much I've had to manhandle some of the other devices I have just to get them to operate. With a deft touch, you have precision control and with a little practice you will find yourself zipping through menus and settings with greater ease than you've ever experienced before.
With my old player, I never even truly understood what the lock function was for as I never had any need for it. With this one however, I can see right away that I will be needing it to prevent jarring changes in volume as I am moving around with the player in my pocket. I also like how the designers incorporated the lock function with the power switch.
You can read the technical specifications and the description of the functions until your heart's content but words don't do justice to this device. It's almost a work of art. Coupling this player with my recently purchased earphones (which I reviewed) makes this one of my better investments.
My experience with this device consists of using a Dell computer running Windows 7 with Rhapsody (to which I have a subscription) as my music player of choice. I protect my devices with Zagg screen protectors and store them in Case Logic cases. And when I purchase removable media, it is of course, SanDisk.
Oh, just one more thing... if you tend to be short tempered, get a friend to get it out of the package for you. This thing is better protected than the Constitution of the United States. Seriously.
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| Cute, but obviously not supported by manufacturer | 2010-03-11 | 2 / 5 |
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| Just got this player yesterday. Everything appeared to work properly, but then I noticed that anytime I moved the thumb wheel or pressed a button, the screen went black for approx. 5 seconds, and then came back on. I went through setup to customize and loaded a few hundred songs on it. Really inconvenient and took a long time due to waiting for the screen to come back. I checked out the manufacturers web site and found numerous instances of this same problem, but no solutions. This problem apparently started to show up over a year ago and there are no solutions. And they supply Rhapsody software which would not install. A google search shows the same problem with Rhapsody for 3 years. This product is being returned. |
| I would recommend this product | 2010-03-07 | 5 / 5 |
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| I bought this product during the Black Friday Sale, to date I have no regrets. I just love it. Battery life is good , the quality of the video is good. I only use it for music videos. Converting videos files using the converter provided by sandisk is quite simple. All in all its an excellent player. |
| Good value. | 2010-03-04 | 5 / 5 |
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| I am an audio book fan, and this little MP3 player is just wonderful. It holds a lot of audio books! Very easy to use. Sound quality is good. I would definetly recommend this product to friends. |
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