SanDisk Sansa Fuze (2GB, black)

• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 reviews
• My rating: 0 stars

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• 6 stars

  Great for music but audiobook feature unusable

  by kendenniston on July 1, 2008

  Pros: Great features for playing mp3 music and radio

  Cons: Multiple features complicate usability

  Summary: In most respects, the Sansa Fuze is a great mp3 player. And the audiobook feature is a great idea. However the implementation of this feature is so badly broken that ...

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  Summary: In most respects, the Sansa Fuze is a great mp3 player. And the audiobook feature is a great idea. However the implementation of this feature is so badly broken that the feature is unusable.
  
  Problem 1 - It sorts track numbers incorrectly, putting tracks 1-9 at the bottom of the list.
  Problem 2- It is difficult to navigate between tracks. The buttons do not function as they do for music.
  Problem 3 - It automatically leaves bookmarks in the middle of files and then skips to the bookmark. If you lose your place and search a file and then go back and find your place in the previous file, when it gets to the end of that file, it jumps to where you last played the next file. This problem is exacerbated by Problem 2.
  
  I had to resort to using the music folder for audiobooks. If Sansa can provide a firmware fix for these problems, the Fuze would make an excellent player for listening to audiobooks.
  
  I encountered one other gatcha with the USB mode in the System Settings, which lets you select MTP or MSC. I had no idea what either of these were and none of the documentation from Sansa had any information about what these acronyms stand for or why I would want to choose one or the other. The default is Auto Detect, whatever that means. What I found is that it didn't work very well with the Windows file system. You only need to use the MTP setting if you have music with DRM (digital rights management). If you don't have music with DRM, you will want to change this setting to MSC. But before you do that, you might want to connect the device and delete any files you don't want to use. When you connected in MSC mode, your computer can't see the files that were loaded in MTP mode.

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  2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 3 stars

  This is NOT Rhapsody compatible

  by fredzy47 on March 25, 2008

  Pros: Nice Device, great price

  Cons: It's not what I was told I was buying.

  Summary: I went shopping for an MP3 at Best Buy. I'm a long time Rhapsody user, so when the Sansa Fuse was presented to me and I was told it ...

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  Summary: I went shopping for an MP3 at Best Buy. I'm a long time Rhapsody user, so when the Sansa Fuse was presented to me and I was told it was compatible with Rhapsody to Go, I bit. But after spending most of the afternoon trying with no success to download tracks, after switching my account to Rhapsody to Go and after spending an hour with Rhapsody tech support on Sunday, I took the thing back. But just to check, I went onto Rhapsody's site to look at the list of approved devices and guess what? The Fuze isn't listed, even though the software that comes with it includes the Best Buy Music store powered by Rhapsody. So I sent an email to Rhapsody support and this is what they told me: "I regret to inform you that the device Sansa Fuze is not compatible with Rhapsody. As Rhapsody continues to grow, we hope to add this device to the compatibility list." Apparently the tech I shared an hour with didn't know that. Buyer beware, especially a Bes Buy buyer.

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  2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Very good all purpose mp3 player for the price

  by agent00111 on April 28, 2008

  Pros: Rhapsody compatible, size, battery life, good feel/weight

  Cons: Sound quality is good but not great, lacks some common interface features

  Summary: I purchased the 8GB Sansa Fuze from Best Buy, I didn't want to wait for Amazon inventory. I also own a Cowon iAudio u3 mp3 player, which has much ...

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  Summary: I purchased the 8GB Sansa Fuze from Best Buy, I didn't want to wait for Amazon inventory. I also own a Cowon iAudio u3 mp3 player, which has much better sound quality comparatively but I had problems getting the iAudio to work with Rhapsody to Go.
  
  The Fuze is a great form factor. 8GB is plenty for me since I like to change out my music frequently especially with Rhapsody to go. I will probably get a microSD card to add another 4-8GB of 'non-rhapsody' music at some point so it's nice that it supports memory expansion.
  
  Out of the box I had no problems connecting to Rhapsody, this was with firmware V01.01.07A. In addition to the battery icon it has another icon which indicates the license status which is helpful reminder when you need to connect the player back to Rhapsody to update the licenses before they expire.
  
  The sound quality is good, but not great. I would say that my U3 player has 'great' sound when paired with a lower-cost set of Shure IEM earphones. What I did with my fuze was I got a better pair of dual driver Ultimate Ears headphones and that combo (Sansa fuze and UE headphones) is still pretty good and enjoyable.
  
  The interface is simple and easy to use, easy sometimes at the expense of lost functionality: I can't show file properties (bitrate, date created, etc) and I can't delete an album (can only delete one song at a time when unconnected from PC).
  
  It's easy to add playlists from Windows Media player or Rhapsody, but it's hard to create a new playlist on the fly when you are disconnected.
  
  It doesn't support compilation feature like in ipods, so adding compilation albums can clutter the artist list.
  
  That said, I love this mp3 player mostly because it works great with Rhapsody To Go. I can select any music available on Rhapsody and take it with me. Given the cons above, I think 8-9 is a good rating for *Rhapsody-To-Go users*, I'd probably rate this as 6-7 if I didn't use Rhapsody, and I'd probably recommend/use a different player.
  
  At the time of this review, I couldn't find any protective skins for the Fuze, so if that and other accessories are important, you should check on accessory availability first before purchasing this.

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• 9 stars

  Pretty Good for the Low Price

  by armaget on August 22, 2008

  Pros: Good battery life, excellent sound quality, great FM Radio w/ lots of features. Video is good quality. The click wheel is nicer compared to the Ipod nano's. The price is around 50 dollars cheaper that the Nano per gigabyte.

  Cons: The software to get videos and pictures on the device is stupid; no drag and drop. A non removable battery is also a pain.

  Summary: The device is nice, fits nice in your pocket, and your hand. The rear is scratch free after many drops. Very good device for the price!
  
  Hey, that rhymes!

  Summary: The device is nice, fits nice in your pocket, and your hand. The rear is scratch free after many drops. Very good device for the price!
  
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• 9 stars

  Great MP3 Player with Loads of Features

  by teeser on May 5, 2008

  Pros: great display screen, voice recorder, FM radio capability, price, expansion slot

  Cons: it doesn't have internet access

  Summary: I finally bought the Sansa Fuze from www.shopsansa.com and I am so happy with it. I chose the 8gig Silver model priced at a mere $129.99. I ...

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  Summary: I finally bought the Sansa Fuze from www.shopsansa.com and I am so happy with it. I chose the 8gig Silver model priced at a mere $129.99. I also found a promo code ("forum211") on the net so I got 10% off of the order. This price was too good to pass up. The features are outstanding and the quality is a notch above the rest. I especially like that if I run out of space I can buy a microSD card to expand my memory. Perfect!

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