SanDisk Sansa m250 2Gb MP3 Player

 

 

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I bought the 1 Gb Sansa, for one of the family, and I was impressed with the Sansa player's capabilities. When the price of the 2Gb Sansa dropped recently, I immediately bought it for myself. Just ensure that when you go to Settings on the Sansa's screen, that you choose USB and then Auto Detect(MTP) so that it downloads and plays in Track order. I loaded 14 CD's from my hard drive into the Sansa, in the time it takes to make a couple of pots of tea, and I sat back to drink while the speedy download took place. There is still a full 1 Gb free to download more CDs. For the price, this is a very good piece of kit, especially now it is even cheaper. Another bit of advice when choosing a particular album to listen to on the Sansa, is to choose 'Play Music,' then choose 'Album,' then choose 'Title,' then choose 'Play all,' and then it plays in track order. This might seem long-winded, but it does what you want.

After months of trawling through web sites, reviews etc. and despairing of ever finding enough info. to make a sensible choice for my particular needs, I decided on the m250 in spite of mixed user reviews. At the price it didn't really matter if it wouldn't work.
It arrived this am. at 11.30 and by midday I'd put the battery in, switched it on, plugged it into the computer and downloaded, via WMA and without any trouble at all, a Neil Diamond CD and 8 CDs (160 tracks) of a book to see if my choice was a good one. Good; it was inspired. This little machine is amazing. Easy to use, reasonably easy to navigate, even for a 'techie-twit' like me who does not do 'complicated', and the most wonderful thing of all, IT SWITCHES BACK ON IN EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE AS IT HAD REACHED WHEN SWITCHED OFF with only 1 button to press.
This is of huge importance as my husband is partially sighted and can no longer read even large print. Over the years we have accumulated many books on CD. Fiddling about with a portable CD player at home is fine, but becomes a problem when on holiday. Nobody wants to cart a CD player and 30+ CDs around with them, particularly with the airport carry on luggage situation being what it is. A simple basic MP3 player was required and at last I've found it. I can load enough spoken word books on it to last him at least a month, it takes up no room and weighs no more than a packet of cigs. Wonderful; hooray for Sansa.
The sound on music and speech with the supplied earphones is fine, much better than that achieved on my comparatively expensive touch screen job where I had to upgrade the ears.
Don't know about battery life yet; but it's no hardship to put a few heavy duty AAAs in ones bag. I am more than happy - so much so I'm about to order another one. From my experience I can recommend this player without any reservation. It's great!!!!
For what it's worth and in case it helps those having difficulty getting the computer to recognise the player and/or download stuff, don't forget to turn the m250 ON before you plug it into the comp. Unless it's a problem with the firmware, most of the players that have AA or AAA batteries require their own power to do anything at all and also remember to make sure there is ample battery power left in the battery when deleting or syncing tracks, or you'll end up with a horrible mess. In the course of a few very frustrating hours, I found this out the hard way when trying to get my original old MP3 player to come to life and behave properly. Since then I've made a habit of downloading the PDF user manual from the manufacturers website (if you can find it) on any possible purchases. I can then study it at my leisure to see if it will do what I require it for.
My thanks to Sansa for producing the answer to my prayers, and to Amazon for dealing with the order so efficiently. All this for under 20 quid inc. postage. I'm a very happy bunny.............

I've had other mp3 players and they may have more features but models like some of the Sony ones are a pain to upload tracks onto (ATRAC and all that with really poor software). This little Sandisk one is simple - just drag and drop it in Windows Explorer. I listen to Audio books on it all the time and it is a marvellous little unit.

I can understand others' frustrations if they have got a bum unit but this will happen WHATVER you buy. I've had mine since December 06 and it has worked just perfect since then. Hence the star rating.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Superb!
It is fantastic for the price.
Good quality music. Battery lasts long.
I strongly recommend it!

Published 15 months ago by Dumi

5.0 out of 5 stars SanDisk Sansa m 250 - AAA batteries are best
Sansa M250 MP3 Player 2GB
I use this product at the beach in Brazil. Normally an MP3 player lasts for about 6 months in the sand and sun. Read more

Published on 15 Jun 2009 by J. Gradwell

1.0 out of 5 stars Good at first then the problems start....
I as thriled with this little MP3 Player at first. However after a few months it's playing up. Some tracks are stuck on it... Read more

Published on 28 Sep 2008 by Zippy

1.0 out of 5 stars SanDisk 1Gb player
i know this is double the size, but i have to say that the 1Gb version is useless.
I had it for one month before the thing gave up the ghost.
useless piece of junk

Published on 23 Jun 2008 by M. Rogers

5.0 out of 5 stars dont pay the asking price
this is a cracking little mp3 player but for some reason the price has jumped. i bought it brand new off amazon for less than £15 in feb 2008.

Published on 26 April 2008 by boris

5.0 out of 5 stars It works
We bought this in February as a last minute emergency when another (different brand) MP3 player died just a week before we went on holiday. Read more

Published on 14 April 2008 by 8100 Bob

1.0 out of 5 stars Mrs Jane Coulden-Smith
I Ordered This as I have the 1GB version which is great and wanted more capacity, but was very disappointed when it only allowed me to load 1. Read more

Published on 31 Mar 2008 by J. Coulden-smith

4.0 out of 5 stars Great bit of Kit! Fantastic Value!
I must admit I was nervous at first about buying this product because of such mixed reviews! But people have posted quite comprehensive instructions to combat difficulties they've... Read more

Published on 27 Mar 2008 by S. Dobson

1.0 out of 5 stars Lasted one day.
At first I thought this was brilliant - I've never had an mp3 before and found it easy to instal music and set up my favourites list. Read more

Published on 25 Mar 2008 by R. Paddon

5.0 out of 5 stars Brill!!!!!!! Does just what it says on the packet.!!!
I brought one at £13.99 and also another brand for £9, tested both, and instantly ordered another of the sandisk sansa's. Read more

Published on 10 Mar 2008 by Music Lover

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