SanDisk Sansa Fuze 4 GB Video MP3 Player (Black)

Well lets dive into this packed little device!Fist off my main points for buying this.SKIPPING / POPPING ISSUE:-- Many user have been complaining about a skipping and or popping issue with the audio coming from their Fuzes, I ran into this problem and figured out the cause. You must make sure that the headset jack is fully seated into the device. If it's not you'll get this skipping problem. I noticed this a couple times and after playing with the device each time I realized that the jack was not fully inserted. So if anyone else comes across this problem this is the solution.I am a full time student again (it's been 10 years since I last was in school). And seeing as I really hate taking notes I decided I'd just record the lectures and then cut the parts out that aren't needed so I can just listen to the lectures and get what I need again and again and have exactly what was said and not misinterpret things.This little Fuze has a nicely sized storage space on it and room for expansion with that there is more than enough room for me to record an entire days worth of lectures, considering I often sign up for the 3-4 hour classes and try to get them all on the same days so I can continue to work at the same time.MICROPHONE:-- The Fuze has a built in microphone that really pics up audio from all around it and it's all quite clear. Clearer than I expected. It's pretty easy to export the audio to your hard drive, cut the audio up in a program like "AUDACITY" and then code it into MP3 format. BTW the device only records in .WAV format but there is supposedly a plugin for it to record in MP3, I haven't been able to locate it just yet thought. You can record about an hours worth of audio per 168megs of space from what I can tell.VIDEO:-- While it's not the greatest it's still doable on the Fuze. It might be small but when you are stuck at work doing nothing or stuck on a plain doing nothing then well it's a nice thing to have around!MUSIC:-- Very clear and easy to get things rocking.you can adjust the equalizer setting as you like or select a preset.just spin the dial to crank it up, click the top side to mute. Also just drag and drop files to the device instead of having to use a program to add and remove files.RADIO:-- You can actually listen to FM radio on this player. Just go to the radio option in the menu, select and them move to the station you want. You can set it as a preset and then refer back to it as you like. You can even use the built in recorder to record the radio broadcast, which is great, especially if you have particular radio shows that you like to listen to but can't because of meetings or whatever life throws at you.Using the Fuze couldn't be simpler.NO NEED TO INSTALL ANYTHING!unlike Ipods and most other MP3 players you don't have to install one thing on your computer to transfer music to your Fuze. Just plug it in and your computer will recognize it, open the folder that shows your device from "My Computer" and then drag and drop whatever music you want to the device. It's that simple! You can use Win Media Player 11 or even Rhapsody if you choose but you don't have to.To transfer VIDEO, you will need to download and install the Sandisk media converter. it's a simple tool that will convert your file and load them to your device as needed.Photos: you will also need the Media converter for this as well.Don't try to use Rhapsody or Win Media Player to transfer anything other than music or you will get errors. So for video or photos you need to use the Media converter tool from SanDisk.About the only con of this device is the fact that there isn't a world of accessories like the Ipods have out there. There are quite a few though and the number is increasing as people realize that the Ipods are OVER PRICED and don't have as many bonuses like the FUZE does. There are many player chargers that are coming out as well as many other accessories.So if you are looking for a particular accessory to work with the Sansa line then just look it up. All the ones that I have found on amazon are of pretty good quality. I would like local stores to carry more though but that'll come in time...

The Sandisk Sansa Fuze is a quality MP3 player. I've had the 4GB model for about a month. I've got about 1500 songs on it, with about half a gig of space left. I only use it for music -- I don't have any need or desire to see pictures or movies on a less than 2 inch screen. Paired with a pair of Audioengine 5 speakers Audioengine 5 - PC multimedia speakers for iPod - 45 Watt (total) - 2-way - black, it now serves as my primary stereo system. The sound is as good as or better than any component stereo system I've had. It plays for hours -- I think the claim of 24 hour battery life is probably reasonable, although I haven't let it run the battery all the way down before recharging. You can get a wall charger for it for next to nothing -- I got this one:SANDISK SANSA Premium Black Travel Wall A/C Charger for SanDisk Sansa c100 / c200 / e200 Series (although the Fuze is not listed, it does use the same input connection). This charger works great, and it's never taken more than a few minutes to charge the Fuze, much faster than using the computer to charge via USB connection.The display is plenty large and legible. The controls have a good, solid feel, and navigation is really fairly intuitive once you get used to using the thumb wheel.Although you can drag and drop music to the Fuze using Windows Explorer, I recommend creating playlists on Windows Media Player 11 and syncing them to the Fuze. The output leveling capability of WMP11 greatly reduces the problem of different volume levels among music files so you can shuffle your music without having to constantly adjust the volume.I definitely recommend the Sansa Fuze. It's a bargain for its quality.

My wife bought a different MP3 player in anticipation of a 12 hour each way road trip. On the surface, it seemed the same as the Sansa Fuze, but with the addition of a built-in digital camera and a lower cost. However, the manual was barely written in English, the user interface was clunky and cumbersome, and it didn't support organizing the music into folders the way our ripping software liked to put it. Despite saying it supported MicroSD, it only supported the old standard of up to 2 GB cards. Since our music collection requires around 8 GB, this was a source of great annoyance to my wife. Luckily, she had bought it plenty of time in advance. We returned it and ordered the Sansa Fuze.However, it was scheduled to arrive for the day before our trip, so we wouldn't have time to mess with it if it wasn't up to par. We put all our music on an 8 GB MicroSDHC card and hoped for the best.When it arrived, we put our card in and it worked flawlessly. The user interface was intuitive enough that we didn't even have to read the clear and concise manual. It has a much more compact, sleek size than we expected from the pictures, and it came with a soft cloth protective cover. The sound quality is great, and we were able to fit our entire music collection along with a couple of audio books, without having to carry a bunch of extra MicroSD cards along. Most importantly, myself as an engineer and my not very tech savvy wife were both happy with it.Two minor points of contention: you can't make playlists from the device, although you can make them on your computer and the Sansa Fuze can use them, and the other colors than black inexplicably cost more.