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Is this propably a sansa e280 v1?

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McFlow:
Hi,
I hope I chose the right topic for my thread. If not please do not beat me up :D
At the moment I am "flirting" with a Sansa e280. The thing that keeps me a bit away from it is, that Rockbox does not run on v2. Rockbox would be a very good argument for me to buy the player.
I already browsed through the forums and read statements like "chances are good that the v2 will get a rockbox port" but also that you cannot say when it's finished. I can totally understand that as the volunteers are doing this work in their freetime.
So I browsed the German Amazon.de a bit. I found 2 Sandisk Sansa e280. But there are no pictures that show the whole back of the player.
The first link is: here
It sais that this player is available at Amazon.de since 18th September 2006.
The technical details are: (just a quick translation, so mistakes are possible)

Technical Details
# Producttype: MP3-Player
# Memory Size: 8.192 MB
# Data carrier: Internal Memory
# USB-Port: yes
# Videoplayback: yes
# supports: MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM
# records voice: Ja
# Display: 1,8"-Colordisplay
# MicroSD-Slot up to 2GB: yes
# runs: 20 Stunden
# size: 44 x 89 x 13 mm
This was the first one...
Here is the second player. Amazon tells that it is available since 2. January 2007. It also seems to look a little different. So I guess it is newer. The Technical Details are:

Technical Details
# Producttype: Digital AV-Player
# Functions: Digital Audio-Player, Imageviewer, Video-Player
# Display-Type: colored-TFT
# Display-size: 1.8"
# Display-Aspect ratio: embedded
# Speicher-Type: Flash-card MicroSD
# Integrated Flash-memory: 8 GB
# capacity: ca. 1900 MP3 files
# Playback modes: Autom. Diashow, Digital Audio
# supported audio: WMA, MP3
# Headphone: Mini-Phone Stereo 3.5 mm
# Akku:changeable
# Technology: Lithium-Ionen
# Audio-Playback: 20 hours
# System requirements: OS MS Windows XP
# Included :USB-cable, CD-ROM, carrying bag, Headphones, Li-Ion-Akku
# Size B x H x T: 4.4 x 8.9 x.3.1 cm

My guess is that the first mentioned player is a v1, because the second lists some "digital audio" features. I do not find a suitable translation for "audible support" so I might be wrong.
Though, I am not sure. What do you guess? The first mentioned device is also a very bit cheaper...
Kind Regards and keep up your work with rockbox. It truely makes a rockbox of every player... I installed it on a friends Ipod!

XavierGr:
The second link is definitely a v1 e200. If you saw the pictures posted you will see that one of them depicts the Rockbox Main Menu.

For the first one I am not sure. If the item is used you could ask the seller if he knows or when he bought it.

Rincewind:
I don't think any of those two is a v1. I had a look a few weeks ago and amazon.de didn't have a sansa e280 in stock (only "this product is sold by ..." market place stuff). So, when they are sold by amazon directly again, it is probably a new charge.

the different images are strange, my v1 doesn't have a sandisk logo on top. But it is always possible that amazon is using generic images they downloaded from the sandisk website.

You can always try ordering one, and if it is a v2 you can send it back free of charge. You can see it without opening the case, the old ones have a white-green-black "lil Monsta" packaging, the v2 has a blue package.

edit: if you buy one I would like to hear if it was a v1 or not.

McFlow:
Mhm... The vendors change quite often the last few days. Even multiple times per day. Right now Amazon is selling both.

Don't worry.If I buy one, I'll tell you what version I got.

XavierGr:

--- Quote from: Rincewind on March 29, 2008, 11:16:35 AM ---I don't think any of those two is a v1.

--- End quote ---

How can you say that? On the second link I can see a picture that clearly shows the Rockbox Menu, unless the seller lies it is a v1, or someone managed to run Rockbox on v2 models without telling us which I seriously doubt. :P

Edit: Of course I assume that these photos I see are relevant to that specific item and not product photos in general from other devices that various users might have uploaded.

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