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SanDisk Sansa Fuze 4 GB MP3 Player (Black)

SanDisk Sansa Fuze 4 GB MP3 Player (Black)

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Brand: SanDisk
Category: CE

List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $74.83
You Save: $25.16 (25%)



New (55) Used (2) from $74.83

Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 18 reviews
Sales Rank: 436

Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Display Size: 1.9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 2.2 x 1.5 x 0.7
Warranty: 1 year warranty

MPN: SDMX14R-004GK-A70
Model: SDMX14R-004GK-A70
UPC: 619659047931
EAN: 0619659047931
ASIN: B0015L0T68

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand NEW in the original box with factory sealed.

Features:
  • Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 1,000 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 4 GB memory with the microSD/microSDHC slot

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Product Description
With the SanDisk Sansa Fuze, you can fuse your portable entertainment, featuring 4 GB of storage. Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 1,000 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 4 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. (Black player shown here; 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 1,000 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 4 GB of built-in memory enough to store 12-hour video playback segments. Watch your favorite 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 with up to 2,000 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 4 GB MP3 player (black), 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.




Customer Reviews:   Read 13 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars Not very happy with the product   September 6, 2008
Ashish Borkar (NJ, USA)
I have used the iPod for over 4 years. This time when my ipod conked, I thought I'd try the Sansa after checking some reviews. I am not very happy with the product. The transition from iPod to Sansa left a bad taste and I would still favor the iPod both for the sound quality and the ease of use. The only area that the Sansa beats iPod is probably the price.


5 out of 5 stars Love my fuze!   September 3, 2008
T. Foreman (Missouri)
I've had my fuze for almost 2 weeks now and I am loving every minute of it!


4 out of 5 stars Great Improvement over Sansa c260 series   August 31, 2008
DrDLST (Washington, DC)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is my third 4 GB Sansa (Not quite ready to go into iPod land yet!!). I gave my first one to my son and then bought another. The previous generation was a good entry level for me since I usually would use it when I am traveling by air or train for long trips. I don't use it every day, so I did not need 80 or 120 GB of music. So my comparison is only based on Sansa models.

The previous model c260 was a great mp3 player. The visuals were excellent, accessing the menu was easy and moving between songs was a breeze. Eventually, after calling tech support when I first got it, I was able to sync with ease, as well. However after a while, the second c260 began to freeze when I would try to get certain songs. Eventually, it would freeze and not turn on. There was no predictabilty to this, so often times when I needed it, it was just "not there for me".:-(

The Sansa Fuze has taken it to the next level, but not yet to the top. I had no problems syncing it with my computer, the same visuals are there bright and shiny, and the sound is still great. It is very dependable and comes on quickly and easily, no freezing, at least not yet. The ability to record, listen to FM radio, display photos and watch video is wonderful. (Although I have not used the video portion, everything else is good). Support Services are still pretty reliable and courteous.

One thing I like about the Sansa models is the ability to add more memory using a removable Micro-disk Sansa memory card. (They have them up to 8 GB now, but 4 is sufficient for me). This allows me to organize and change my music files, my photos, etc for use as I need it.

Most of the challenges are with the external set-ups of the player. First, it is a bit difficult turning it on/off by moving the button on the side..you need to have fingernails to make certain it comes on and does not lock.

The menu button is on the top right rather than the bottom left. It just took a little time to re-train my brain. Nevertheless, I don't think that makes much of a difference.

The only significant problem I have with it is that the earpiece plug is now on the bottom of the player instead of the top. Since most of the generic mini-carrying cases don't an opening at the bottom, the mp3 player must be placed in it in the upside down position with the earpiece coming out.

The last difference is that the Sansa Fuze does not come with a lanyard opening or lanyard; so you can't use it as a camera on a chain or even around your neck with the necklace type.

Overall, it is a great piece of equipment that serves its purchase, providing us with great audio and video (probably) at a great price. I will probably keep using the Fuze until I need something that it doesn't have. If you're not wedded to Apple...give it a try.



5 out of 5 stars Sansa MP3   August 29, 2008
Samuel F. Jones (Parkside, Pa. United States)
SanDisk Sansa e260 4 GB MP3 Player with SD Expansion Slot (Black) This mp3 player is great, it holds about a thousand songs and very easy to operate.


2 out of 5 stars Is it Sandisk or is it Amazon?   August 27, 2008
Ka Ng (Minnesota, USA)
Hi, I purchased this Fuze player because I got tired of my old Creative Muvo. I gotta say, this is one pretty amazing player. But the player Amazon sent me was not because I noticed immediately when I turned it on, it has tons of tiny glitter-like dots on the screen. I started to seek help wondering if this is normal. I later found out that the sides of the screen were not fully closed and caused some dust to get into the screen. I had the return this for another Fuze but found it had the exact same problem. I don't think I'll be getting another one of these.
Pro:
Good quality music
Easy navigation
Great blue ring around the wheel
Light-weight
Con:
Wheel does not respond sometimes
Bugs in micro SD card slots where the computer doesn't recognize the card when it was already inside the Fuze
Bad quality, TWICE

Anyway, if it isn't for the dust in the screen, I would have probably kept this player.