Recorded radio doesn't fare so well - the Sansa player downgrades audio quality of the recorded signal. Radio signals were also good and reception was strong.
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Most listeners shouldn't have any complaints - the music we pumped through the e280 was crisp, featured decent bass and was free from distortion. Using the scroll wheel and its surrounding buttons is generally easy, although we did at times find the outer buttons to be a little small and too close to the wheel itself for comfort.ĭespite SanDisk being better known for its memory products than for audio fidelity, the sound quality on the Sansa e280 is rather good. Pressing the bottom button during music or radio playback will also bring up a context sensitive options menu, while pressing the on/off button will switch you right back to the main menu (pressing it again will send you back to the screen you were originally in). The graphic-based main menu - which has options for music, radio, photos, video, voice and settings - was attractive and a breeze to scroll through. We found navigating menus on the e280 to be fast and simple, with no manual-reading required.
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SanDisk's software allows you to convert photo and video files into player-friendly format (the alphabet of supported file types includes JPEG, TIFF, PNG, BMP and GIF, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPG, MPEG-4 (AVI), DAT, ASF, MOV, and WMV).
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The e280 supports WMA and MP3 formats, and tunes can be transferred using Windows Media Player or via simple drag-and-drop. All players in the range sport voice and FM radio recording, photo and video playback, and that much-appreciated ability to expand overall memory by up to 2GB. In terms of features, SanDisk has gone all-out for the e200 series. Not a prohibitive design issue, but when you've been spoiled by Apple's simple iPod layouts, you become picky. The four buttons on the outside of the wheel - play/pause, forward, reverse and menu - are also too small and too close to the jog dial. Nothing's changed with the e280 while rotating the glowing blue jog dial isn't exactly arduous, it's not quite the smooth experience of spinning your digits around the Nano's touch-sensitive scroller. When we reviewed the e250, we mentioned that the grooves of the scroll wheel "feel a tad icky to the thumb". On the bottom is the proprietary port for USB connection and charging. The left side features a dedicated recording button for capturing voice and FM radio, and the top of the e280 houses the headphone socket, hold switch and a pinhole-sized microphone. A flash player with 10GB of memory overall - not too shabby. On the right side of the e280 is a MicroSD card slot, which allows for an additional 2GB storage. These tiny bits of metal provide hope to those who have been burned by faulty iPod batteries, as they mean that the battery can be replaced without needing to trek to a service centre. Also on the back are four little screws that hold the back-plate in place. The back of the player has a brushed bronze finish, a metal we've been seeing a lot of lately in phone models like Sony Ericsson's Walkman range. The e280 looks identical to the e250, with an iPod-esque vertical orientation, mechanical backlit scroll wheel and glossy black casing. A feature-packed model with a simple, elegant design, the player impressed us with its sharp-looking video, simple drag-and-drop software interface and attractive price. Although the wannabe-rebel advertising seemed a bit try-hard to us, we stopped complaining when we reviewed the 2GB e250. The e280 is the latest in SanDisk's Sansa e200 series, which created a stir with an anti-iPod marketing campaign that portrayed owners of the little white player as mindless sheep and monkeys. But, on paper at least, the e280 still has the edge in terms of specifications. Since then, Apple has grabbed the spotlight with the launch of the second-generation Nano players, also available in up to 8GB capacities.
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