The latest in SanDisk’s audio line, the Sansa c250 2GB MP3 Player provides everything you need to play music, enjoy photos, and listen to FM radio. This affordable device also includes a bright color screen, on-the-fly voice and radio recording, a microSD slot for memory expansion, and an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.
Fully expandable with microSD expansion slot gives you even more room to add to your music collection! Full-Featured MP3 Player The SanDisk Sansa c250 will play MP3, WMA, WAV, and protected WMA DRM (digital rights management) music files. Enjoy the album art on the compact color screen, along with track information via ID3 tag support.
The Sansa c250 MP3 player has 2GB of built-in flash memory, which allows you to store up to 500 songs (32hours of playback) in 128 kpbs MP3 format, or up to 1000 songs (64 hours of playback) in 64 kbps WMA format.
Additional capacity can be added via the microSD slot. It also supports subscription music stores, for easy purchase and downloading of new music to your player. Finally, you can adjust the sound to your preference using the digital equalizer’s five presets: normal, rock, jazz, classic, pop, and one customizable user setting.
What you get (in a plain box):
C250 2GB MP3 Player (Factory Recertified w/ 90 Day Warranty) Sansa Stereo Earbuds Sansa Charge & Sync Cable (USB)
I have this model, but I rarely use it. You need to use the charging cable to charge it up or to transfer files to it. I have an Sansa 'Express' model that has a built-in usb connector that makes it really easy to charge and transfer files. It has all the features this one has, except for showing photos (which look bad on this c250 model anyway). Also I like the display screen more on the 'Express' model.
Rockboxed my C250. The C250 screen looks washed out compared to the Express, but it is a full color screen. The Express has the bright new OLED display, basically monochromatic (one color at top line, another color below). Both have a microSD expansion slot. Gave $11 Express players to several young relatives (Buy.com deal last fall). Built in USB on the Express is more convenient, especially for kids to use.
Corkypa
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 20, 2009 @ 9:04a
I have one that I use everyday. It is tiny, and works quite well with Rockbox, provided you get the version which can take Rockbox. The proprietary connector is a little annoying, but cables are cheap (a couple bucks at Monoprice, for instance)
This player is on the "supported" list for NetLibrary, which means that you can use it to download audiobooks from your local library if they are in the network. It is definitely cheaper than anything else on the list. In for 1. Thanks!
Per Rockbox website: "Rockbox for the SanDisk Sansa c200, e200, and e200R series features a large amount of plugins (games, applications and "demos"), which allow you to have some fun when you're bored, or put one of our multiple applications to use: open files with the text viewer, time yourself with the stopwatch, view some JPEG photos, perhaps watch a video or two, or turn your Sansa into a desktop clock with the clock plugin. Support for microSDHC cards, On-The-Go playlist creation and adjustment, full file bookmarking support, and Recording with a variety of settings and features are more key points of Rockbox for the Sansa c200, e200, and e200R series." Rockbox linky Corkypa said it will support the c250 even though it is not listed. Worth a try.
In order to get my C240 to work reliably with Playlist Creator, I had to put the content into subdirectories -- both on the internal memory and on the microSD. Maybe you can get it to work without, but I couldn't.
just grabbed one. this is my second one. I really loved the first one but it died after 1 year of the rather common headphone jack problem. I couldn't fix it with the re-solder method.
rocketslave said: just grabbed one. this is my second one. I really loved the first one but it died after 1 year of the rather common headphone jack problem. I couldn't fix it with the re-solder method.
Try another pair of headphones. My e200 has had headphone problems, but it's not the jack: It shorts out headphones, such that they are unusable in any device after being used in the Sansa for a couple of months. New ones will work fine. I confirmed this when I actually felt a shock in my ears from a set of headphones that didn't have the foam covers on them; they immediately stopped working.
ILikeDollars
Greedy Member
posted: Jul. 21, 2009 @ 9:00p
DEAD - shows as $12.99 but changes to $29.99 when added to cart.
Thanks anyway OP
rocketslave
Dismembered Member
posted: Jul. 21, 2009 @ 9:20p
i was just able to fix the headphone problem. the well documented problem is definitely the hardware jack. i tried multiple headphones first before i attempted the solder fix. the end prong of the headphone jack gets pulled away from the circuit board, it's a weak design (warning to those who have this unit to treat the headphone jack very gingerly). on mine it had completely ripped the solder pad off the board, so just touching it with a soldering iron did nothing. since i had nothing to lose, (and i had just bought a new one) i tried again last night and completely removed the jack from the board. the components on the board are TINY so i couldn't see where the circuit trace of the ripped pad led to. I completely guessed that it should be connected to the little surface mount resistor nearest the pad and spliced on a wire connecting the pad and resistor.... and it WORKED.
Received it today. Vista wouldn't recognize it, connecting under Windows Media Player didn't help. Problem is, the player is stuck in MTP mode, and cannot be put in MSC mode because the firmware needs updated from version 1:01:05 to 1:01:07. Finally had to download Sansa Updater to an XP machine, then connect the c250 and update the firmware. Good luck to anyone else in the same situation.
Now that I can access it with Vista, I have discovered that because it is version 1, not version 2 as labeled, the c250 sold by Froobi cannot be used with Audible. Oh well...
We love our Rockboxed c250 for listening to audiobooks in the car in mp3/wma format.
Never tried books from Audible since the public library has a good selection.
PromisedPlanet
New Member
posted: Sep. 1, 2009 @ 11:32a
"Now that I can access it with Vista, I have discovered that because it is version 1, not version 2 as labeled, the c250 sold by Froobi cannot be used with Audible. Oh well..."
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