Sandisk Sansa c250 2GB MP3 Player, On the fly FM and voice recording, MicroSD slot -Recertified - Sansac250 - Features microSD expansion slot for additional memory capacity!

This mp3 stops working and freezes for no reason. I have to take the battery out and put it back on to restart it. And that happened almost every time. So save yourself pain and time by spending another $30 for a new one. It now sit somewhere in the house because it is worthless.
 
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great and the best quality item, i have gone through at least over 7 mp3 players since i run alot and this one is the only one that has been able to stay alive.
 
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Excellent product. Great buy
 
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I originally purchased 2 and when they arrived I was impressed with how easy and well they worked so I went ahead and ordered 2 more. This is definitely a great buy and I highly recommend them. We have not had any problems at all! LOVE THEM!
 
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This is my second sansa mp 3,i bought from buy.com i have no any problem this is very nice and cheaper
 
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Straightforward, simple MP3 player. No need for the gyrations involved in using an iPod, or, I presume, a Zune. Syncs just fine with Windows Media Player. Sound perfectly adequate for casual listening, even with the simple headphones provided. Would have been nice to get the manual - an electronic version could easily be put in the internal memory.
 
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Works as advertised. I purchased a recertified model on the cheap and was satisfied enough with its performance that I bought another. Firmware is upgradable. Doubt I would pay the going price for a new one though.
 
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Bought as late X'mas gifts. Don't know much about it. Price extremely reasonable. Came with no paperwork. I had to go on web sites for technical data and setup. eMail response was sufficient.
 
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No need to write a long story. This product is a really good value. Works perfectly.
 
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I bought a refurbished unit for a Christmas gift. Once we figured out how to change the language to English she loves it. No other problems so far! Would probably buy another one if needed it.
 
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Great little player, brought two one for me and one for my sister. Great price 16.99, but has features of mp3 costing much more. fm radio, record from fm radio(not sure if record in wav or mp3), make playlists, I own an ipod which I love.this is a gtreat ilttle player for any age.can't go wrong.
 
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No issues at all. It works well and it is the second I have purchased. I use it for bike riding and use it almost daily.
 
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This Sansa 2gb MP3 player connects to my iMac like a flash drive via a supplied USB cable. It also charges through the USB cable, too. It's easy to use. Just need to drag and drop your music albums from your Itunes library. After disconnecting, make sure the player "Refreshes Database." This message will show up on the screen. That was my biggest concern whether it worked with Apple products. It didn't come with an instruction manual, but was easy enough to figure out. For the price ($17), this is an unbelievable value. I bought this to listen to music through my car stereo system and rid my car of all the xtra cds. The sound quality is fine.
 
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This is my fourth Sandisk MP3 player I have purchased. They all are great units and perform excetionally well for the price. The Micro SD expansion slot is amazing and allows for an incredible library of music, movies etc. I have never owned an Ipod and as long as I can purchase Sandisk units for under $100.00 and less I never will own an Ipod. This unit was an amazing deal for less than $17.00 with shipping.
 
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These are so cool! How can you go wrong with 2gb and a memory card slot for 15 bucks. I do have trouble though reading the screen.
 
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Always skeptical of a refurbished electronic item, for the extraordinarily low price I took a chance. Not a high-end unit, but more than worth the price of admission. Also purchased an on-sale 2GB micro-SD card to double the memory of this unit, and holds plenty now. I use it for music only. The postage stamp sized screen, coupled with the necessary reduced resolution of downloaded photos, makes it woefully inadequate for viewing photos. With that being said, my only real complaint is the screen contrast is not adjustable quite enough. The selection marker is not particularly easy to see, but once you find it, navigation is not a problem. Very satisfied with the deal.
 
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I got a replacement for my mine as the audio jack had problems on the first one. The replacement works fine. The FM receiver could be better, but considering the other features and the 15$ net price, I still think it is worth the price. There is an elegant 'R' stamp to indicate that it is refurbished. Cheers
 
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Good product with this so affordable price only 16.99 ? Even certified. Sound is so great, 2GB ? I can't use of all 2 GB ? so small with great sound for music..I dont need video playing feature. relaxing with soft music and small, light..contain more songs then I needed.
 
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I purchased a sansa mp3 player (refurbished) and it did not work! Buy.com was very prompt in return shipping, etc. Eventually I received the replacement which is fine! Service was great! My only gripe, which is a big one, is it took a really long time between you receiving the defective one and shipping the second one! In fact, I did not get any followup until I contacted Buy.com and told them to forget it and refund my money!
 
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This refurbished item is a good value and performs as expected. Since it doesn't come with a user manual, the availability of the appropriate manual on-line from Sandisk is invaluable.
 
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I bought my Sansa C250 in early November; it was my first MP3 player. It's very easy to use - I use it daily - and I have had no problems with it. I like it so much that I bought a Sansa Fuze from Buy.com when they were on sale for $49.00 at Thanksgiving! I use the Fuze primarily for audio books and it too is a great product.
 
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I bought two refurb units. One was not functional right out of the box with screen display issues. I shipped back both units to the warranty people listed on the ad. The other worked very nicely for about 2 weeks and then would only play through one channel. If the warranty people fix both units and they don't fail again. I will be happy. Nice unit if it works. For this price you cannot expect not to have problems.
 
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I bought 2 of these during Christmas and they work great. The only problem is the small screen. It is about half the size of my e250. If you have very good eye site you can't go wrong at 15.00 apiece.
 
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Bought 4 units as Christmas gifts. Very small and portable. Easy to drag and drop music files from Windows to c250. Nice FM tuner included. Voice recorder comes in handy for taping meetings. Battery power lasts very long. Great product. Even though recertified, c250 came like new but without original packaging and no lanyard.
 
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I bought a refurb model as a present to myself while buying a present for my wife. I am very pleased with the unit. This is the first dedicated MP3 player I have owned. I used my smartphone and PDA as psudo MP3 players up until now, but I was never happy having to manage my battery so I could still use the PDA or make phone calls. The interface is basic, but gets the job done. The sound quality is great once I ditched the supplied head phones. I love that I don't have to use iTunes to sync, the battery is replaceable, FM tuner, and you can add a micro SD card for extra memory. Take that Apple. iWhat? One work of caution though. My battery cover said it was a v2 device, but my firmware was v1. So check the software before you try to Rockbox. I can't wait until latest Sansa MP3 players become old and destined for the refurb market. I will buy another one in a heartbeat.
 
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I just purchased half a dozen of these for christmas gifts. Just checked out one and found it to be an excellect product. For $15, it is an excellent value! Previous postings stated that these referbished units could run Rockbox. Unfortunately the one I just recieved was one of the more recent 3.x versions of the c250. These versions are not currently supported by Rockbox. The good news is that they do support Audible (which the older units do not).
 
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I got this for 15 dollars but i think it worth more than 150 dollars. great performance. i tried so many players but this one is best.
 
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I got this baby as a refurb for 20 bucks, and I have been really pleased. One thing that made this thing even better was the Rockbox open source software I installed on it (over the sansa software) It allows you to play m4as and other audio files. It has a lot more functionality such as bookmarking for audio books and the like. So far the hardware has held up beautifully. And at 15 dollars... this is a steal!
 
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I bought one that didn't work good. and don't get warranty. 90 days warranty is lie.
 
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I *love* it! Holds lots of songs and even takes a memory card if you run out of room! Has rechargeable batteries and is very easy to load with songs/pictures, etc!
 
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i was satisfied with how fast the mp3 arrived and how easy it is to run it. we have had a different mp3 player before and never could figure it out but this one was easy to work.
 
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How great a deal is this! This is my 3rd Sansa MP3 refurbed player I bought! One for my wife and one each for the kids! All work like brand new. Can't beat it!
 
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This mp3 player works great and is so easy to download. What you get for the price is unbeatable. I saw the same player at walmart and only 1g for 20 bucks more than this one!
 
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The most wonderful player I have ever had.Its Voice Quality is better than the Ipod.I can assure you that.Its handy and Trendy.And for 25 bucks, You won't get anything better than the sansa C250.The battery power is just impeccable and it goes on and on for days without recharging..So DON'T READ ANY MORE REVIEWS....JUST GO FOR IT!!!!!
 
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I purchased this player because my old iPod is too large to carry when exercising. This little player is small enough to carry, but has a screen (whick the iPod Shuffle lacks). I was able to create several playlists in Windows Media Player 11 by dragging music directly from iTunes. I also purchased a micro SD card, giving me a total of 4gb. I'm able to put all my workout music plus several audiobooks on the player. The flash memory doesn't skip when running. The screen is too small to do photos justice, but I have put on a few pics using the Sansa Media converter (downloaded from Sansa.com). Overall, a good player at a great price.
 
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Great player for the price. Bought three more for gifts. Everyone loves it!
 
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EXTREMELY PLEASED. VERY TIMELY DELIVERY. THANKS SO MUCH
 
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It took very little time to download and start using this little gem. The rechargeable battery seems to last a long time. What most pleases me is the sound which is superior to a few other MP3 players I have had. The display shows just enough info and is easy to follow. The record on the fly and FM radio complete an attractive package at a "steal" price.
 
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It took very little time to download and start using this little gem. The rechargeable battery seems to last a long time. What most pleases me is the sound which is superior to a few other MP3 players I have had. The display shows just enough info and is easy to follow. The record on the fly and FM radio complete an attractive package at steal price.
 
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Works good even though refurbished. No problems at all.
 
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The display is good. Sound quality is excellent. I got the refurbished one, works fine for me so far.
 
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Considering the ridiculously low price, this is an insane bargain. I wanted a media player that, 1. could interface via simple drag and drop (no software interface, no OS specific requirements), 2. had a player capable of playing all formats of interest (I flashed to the rockbox firmware to ensure this), 3. had an FM tuner, 4. had voice recording capability, 5. had a decent database (kudos again to rockbox), 6. had a rechargeable battery (charges over USB = awesome), 7. had decent built-in storage, 8. had a common format expansion capability for additional storage (microSD in this case), 9. was small and affordable. I think it is will be pretty hard to find something of comparable capability particularly in light of cost. Highly recommend, especially for those not afraid of flashing the firmware and trying out rockbox. One note: I did have to first flash to an older firmware to enable MTP mode for loading rockbox. I found the post at this forum helpful for going through the process: http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=c200&thread.id=2135
 
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Loaded up RockBox in 2 minutes. After load, plays flac, mpg's, mp3's, whatever you want. No DRM, thank the gods! Movies are quite small on this screen, but can still watch LOTR, etc. If you are just playing mp3's, just leave the original firmware on there. However, if you want quality playback at half the storage, use rockbox and play flac encoded files. CD quality! Hints: 1. Player must be off when plugging into usb port. (it then shows up as a hard drive) 2. Do not have your microSD chip installed when plugging into USB port. 3. Player must be re-started when unplugging from usb port. 4. Never try to 'update' to rockbox when you two identical players plugged into your usb ports. The only shortcoming, is that it only comes with a usb port to charge it, so, you must have a PC or laptop to charge it with. It is pretty functional, compact, and doesn't bite your wallet like an IPOD.
 
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This is a good little player at an even better price. The customizable equalizer is great in a player this price. Does everything I want in an MP3 player.
 
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I used this for months and works great. I later found out about Rockbox which can play many music formats. Also it has games, apps, play videos, and able to use a 4gb mircosd card. If you want MSC mode (drag & drop), you have to downgrade to an old firmware. For more info about this in the Sandisk forums.
 
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I've been using my refurbished Sansa for a week, and it's completely met my expectations so far. It's very light and small, perfect for workouts. The sound quality and earphones are of better quality than I expected. I was able to transfer songs from Napster much quicker than I had been able to with my Creative Zen. I do echo other reviewers' experience with the backlighting being hard to see, but it's not a major drawback. Overall, an astoundign value.
 
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I could not pass up this deal. I was looking for a simple mp3 player and was going to be satisfied with a non-display model, but this was much better. 2GB was plenty for me, and with the micro SD slots (up to 2GB each), I can keep on going. No manual, no problem. I figured out most of the functions before I downloaded the manual from SanDisk's web site. There were a lot of forums stating this would not connect, would not play, freeze, etc. I was ready to put it back into the box, but I plugged it in, XP Pro picked it up as a Sansa player, asked me if I wanted to open Media Player to view the music. Flawless! As with any subcompact device the buttons are tiny, but functional. The screen is easily readible even at 1 1/2". Can't beat the deal for $25. What have you got to lose?
 
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I bought it for my wife to replace her Ipod video for jogging because it's size and weight, have it for a month now, so far no problem. It starts up a bit slow, sound quality is good with 30$ Sony Fontobia headphone ( in custom EQ sound setting )but not that good like Ipod, but for 26$ nothing can beat that.
 
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I love this MP3 player! it takes multiple formats for music for it's internal memory. I have been having a little trouble with the micro SD card. This product will only take the 2 Gig card, and not the 4 GIg..so you can have only 4 Gig's playing at one time..that's including the internal memory. this device melds the internal memory with micro SD card and presents it all as one when searching for music. I do like this feature myself. Other people may not. I have only used Windows Media Player to load music for this device. The picture quality for the inch and a quarter long screen by three fourths inch screen is not great by any means but does well for displaying album covers for your music...so putting camera phone pictures, and digital camera phone pics will come out around three fourths as good as the original picture you took... also can not format GIF or moving images to view on this product. It charges through your USB port on your computer. the back cover is a little weak and appears to be made of thin plastic. The option to listen to radio and then record it is great. The feature to record in general is easy to use, but once you save the sound you need to then go into the MUSIC folder to listen to your recordings. The battery life is great. can't say how long it does last but I was listening to music for around four hours wand still had a third to half a battery life left. Ear buds are better than average for sound. You do not need a manual for this, and if there is someone who is really having that much trouble plugging and playing this, there is a manula you can download off the internet.. I see NO reason why anyone would have trouble using this device though. .....THERE.....here is your COMPLETE review!
 
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My Sandisk Sansa arrived programed to another language (?Arabic?). It came without instructions, so I had to do a little research. I was able to find on line instructions for navigating my way to English, erasing the memory and uploading MP3's - which has paid off handsomly for a little device that brings me hours of entertainment every day. I highly recommend it - and you can't beat the price.
 
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