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"Hard to judge when the player won't work" on by cfsinger
Pros: sucking up my time, oh no wait, that's a con
Cons: broken products and bad customer support
Summary: A few weeks after I bought the SanDisk Sanse, it started playing a beeping sound instead of music. I set up an exchange with SanDisk and got a new one from them. Within an hour of loading songs and playing them, the new player broke. By this time, I could no longer return the player to the store. With all the time spent shipping out the old player and waiting for the new one, I had passed the returns deadline of the store. I should have just returned the first player to the store. Instead SanDIsk refuses to refund my money and I'm stuck with a broken player!
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"Unit provides good sound and ease of use...when working" on by Senso Unico
Pros: Easy to download and manage music files.
Cons: On the first day I had problems with the unit hanging up. By the third day the unit is inoperable.
Summary: I could not find a reference to this problem at the SanDisk FAQ's nor a general search of the Internet. Sandisk technical support recommended that I remove the battery for 10 minutes, press and hold the power button for 5 seconds, reinstall the battery and power the unit up. Jump down, turn around, pick a bale of hay. I tried this repeatedly with no luck. I do like the unit when it is working so will return it for replacement. While I do not usually purchase extended warranties I am pleased that I spent the additional cash in this case.
Updated
The replacement c140 worked for 1/2 hour then locked up. SanDisk tech support said they believe the problem is in the music files downloaded from Rhapsody though Rhapsody indicates they support the Sansa c140. As it is I am not able to reset, reformat, or access this unit in any way. -
"good for the price" on by krw619
Pros: price,style,sound,wma capable, about 500 songs,replaceable battery,fm radio.
Cons: Flash player with NO armband?
Summary: Only complaint is that there is no armband designed for this product available yet and the supplied lanyard is a joke. The lanyard is made of the same black plastic material as the headphones and is constantly getting tangled. Still a good product for the price.Just desperatly need an armband. Affordable enough to buy one for me and one for my wife at a price less than 1 cr-apple.
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"Horrible reputation, many broken issues, non functional" on by irackley
Pros: Someone else made money on it.
Cons: FM hum, screen freeze, won't power up, plays then quits. Won't restart.
Summary: Just search the web and you'll see that this device should never have been released to the consumer. I have 10 hours of my time into trying to get it to work reliably. Multiple contacts with tech support who feel the solution is to keep flashing the device, remove battery, press this and that replace battery, etc.
FM hum when screen is lit, freezes on boot or won't boot at all, dead and black, looses stored music all the time, after sync won't correctly restart, and dead again.
Everyone is saying they quit within the first few weeks. This is the case with mine.
Sandisk needs a class action suit to get them to recall this junk!!! -
"Great bang for the buck" on by nathanks
Pros: Color screen, easy navigation, FM, plenty of storage
Cons: no great cases for it
Summary: I have had this player for about 2 weeks now, and I LOVE it. It is so small that I can literally carry it with me wherever I go. It is about the size of a large pack of gum. Of course the sound quality from the supplied headphones is less than desireable, when I plug in my Sennheiser headphones it sounds GREAT. This is a great bang for the buck player and I highly recommend it for anyone wishing to have ease of use and portability all in a very attractive little case.
I do wish they made more case options for the 100 series though. I have the clear silicon case and it works to protect the player but it doesn't have any screen protection which is what I really wanted. An armband case with a screen protector would be very nice!
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