From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sansa e200 series
Sansa e200 series
Sansa e200 series seem to be in the correct format; trying to access them
displays an error message.
Features
The Sansa e200 series can display album art and display
song information, thanks to the audio files’ ID3 content.
The players are powered by a user-replaceable (offered as
replacement set by SanDisk and some competitors) lithi-
um ion battery that is also rechargeable, and come with
a built-in expansion slot for microSD cards, an FM tuner
Manufacturer SanDisk
with a recording function (only available in North Amer-
Release date January 5, 2006 ica, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and some other coun-
tries), and microphone for voice recording.
Retail since 2006
availability SanDisk released a version 2 of the e200 series in De-
cember 2007 with internal hardware different from the
Media JPEG(v2 only), bitmap, MP3, QuickTime, first version. Version 2 changes include support for
WMA
Rhapsody channels through RhapPFS DRM (Plays For
Operating Proprietary firmware or Rockbox Sure enhanced to support Rhapsody channels), support
system for Audible audio books, microSDHC, and DivX, and also
CPU v1-2x80 MHz PortalPlayer PP5024 has a different boot screen and adds the ability to format
(ARM7TDMI) the device, among other minor improvements.
v2-250MHz AMS3525 (ARM9TDMI)
Storage 2/4/6/8 GB flash memory Issues
capacity
The player lacks Asian text support when displaying song
Display 1.8-inch TFT LCD 220x176 px by VPtech names and artists,[2] but users can patch the firmware
BEIJING API
to add support. Rockbox firmware also supports the e200
Input Scroll ring series just as it supports the c200 series, and adds the
same features.
Online Microsoft PlaysForSure, Rhapsody
services
The standard firmware for e200 models with version
1 hardware is not compatible with the newer microSDHC
Dimensions 3.5" x 1.7" x 0.6" in. format (generally 4GB and higher); Rockbox firmware
Weight 2.7 oz. adds this support. Rockbox also supports e200 models
with version 2 hardware[3].
Predecessor Sansa e100 series A number of bugs in the firmware cause problems.
Successor Sansa Fuze One introduces a 0.2 second delay between tracks, even
those that are consecutive to a given album. This is most
The Sansa e200 series is a portable media player devel- noticeable on musical tracks where the song does not
oped by SanDisk, and released on January 5, 2006.[1] The fade completely out before the next begins. Artists whose
device is available in four capacities of Flash memory: names begin with "The" are listed incorrectly as well. For
2 GB (e250), 4 GB (e260), 6 GB (e270), and 8 GB (e280). All unknown reasons, the order of tracks on a given album
players have a 1.8-inch, TFT LCD display with a resolution play in alphabetical order, seriously disrupting the conti-
of 176 by 220 pixels. Certain files, if not in a format ac- nuity of the listening experience. [4]
cepted by the player, must first be converted with the The early firmware for version 2 units (firmware ver-
Sansa Media Converter Windows software. This will con- sion information is under Settings >> Info) removed the
vert images to bitmap format (.bmp) and videos to MJPEG ability for unsupported operating systems (Linux,
(in a .mov container), for v1 models. On v2 players it will FreeBSD, and etc.) to see the internal storage as a stan-
convert videos to DivX and simply resize images. It is not dard flash drive when plugged in via the USB port. Ver-
possible to simply copy videos to the device, even if they sion 1 players had a menu option under the Settings
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sansa e200 series
menu for storage mode that could be toggled to show will have approximately 2 GB. It also anti-aliases the text
up as standard USB flash drive. For V2 Sansa players displayed, and has different names for the USB modes.
with firmware version V03.01.11, this option has been
completely removed from the settings menu. Upgrading
to later firmware versions, V03.01.14 or V03.01.16 will
See also
restore the USB Mode menu option under the Settings • SanDisk
menu. Under the USB Mode menu are be three choices • SanDisk Sansa
- Auto Detect, Media Transfer Protocol (MTP), and USB • Comparison of portable media players
mass-storage class (MSC). MSC is Mass Storage Class
where the computer would see the Sansa as a regular
flash drive. MTP is Media Transfer Protocol which is a
References
Microsoft-specific mode invented to deal with media files [1] Kim, James - CNet.com. "SanDisk Sansa e280
that include Digital Rights Management. (8 GB)". http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-players/
sandisk-sansa-e280-8GB/
4505-6490_7-32041576.html?tag=prod.txt.2.
e200R Series [2] "Sandisk e200 series review". October 06,2007.
The Sansa e200R was released in October 2006. Physically http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2006/
identical to the regular Sansa e200, this player is sold ex- 03/sandisk-sansa-e200-series-review.php.
clusively at Best Buy, or directly through Rhapsody, the [3] "Sansa AMS branch". http://www.rockbox.org/
RealNetworks digital music store. The main differences wiki/SansaAMS.
in the e200R is the firmware and bootloader, which are [4] "Rockbox E200 Port Page". December 4, 2007.
not easily interchangeable with the e200. The player has http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/
a feature called "Rhapsody Channels", which is the online SansaE200Port.
service’s brand of podcasting, and also comes with pre-
loaded content. Models with smaller capacities will re-
ceive about 1 GB of pre-loaded content, while bigger ones
External links
• SanDisk Sansa Micro Site
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