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bwaslo:
I bought my daughter a Sansa e250 from buy.com for $25, and before it arrived I ran into mention of RockBox.  I lucked out and the one I got was a v1, so I had to try it.  All I can say is wow.  This open source firmware just clobbers the commercial firmware.

Just the ability to bookmark with MP3 puts this above anything I've seen, I've been wanting that for a loing time.  Now I have to find a unit for myself, roll the dice and hope its a v1, too!  Microcenter has some refurb C240s for $20, cross fingers, think good thoughts.......

Many thanks.

ThaCrip:
i would get the e200 series... might cost a little more but in my opinion it's worth it.

i got my e250 from ebay about 10 months ago (about 47 bucks)... i just emailed the guy i bought it from prior to getting it to make SURE it was a v1.

bwaslo:
I've already bought the C240.  Agreed it isn't as nice as the E250 (less solid build, smaller battery), but is still seems pretty good for 20 bucks.  And.... it's a V1!

One problem to watch out for if anyone gets this one--- the RockBox Utility identified the C240 as being an E200 series player, and I didn't notice that (first time) and went ahead with the install.  Result was a bricked player!!! -- it would flash the Sansa screen, then go blank and shut itself off in about 10 seconds.  Same thing if connected to USB.  At one point I couldn't get it to turn off and had to pull the battery.  Fortunately the hold/rec/power-on sequence still worked and I was able to get access to the memory via USB, redid the Sansa firmware, and got out of that mess.  Afterwards, RockBox installed normally and works.

So, word to the wise: Make sure the RockBox Utility selects the correct type player!

One thing that differs from the RockBoxed E250 is that the C240 will not let me play music while it charges on the USB cable.  Holding down the select button doesn't stop it halting everything and turning into a simple USB memory stick.  Not a big deal, and a tolerable trade for having Bookmarking on MP3.

ThaCrip:

--- Quote from: bwaslo on March 29, 2009, 04:08:47 PM ---At one point I couldn't get it to turn off and had to pull the battery.
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im not totally sure about the c200 series but with the e200 series you can usually almost always (in my case it's always as i never had it not turn off) get it to power off if you hold down the power button for 20seconds or so (they say it can take around 30 seconds at times)

bwaslo:
I tried the power button (over 60 seconds), the player was adamant about staying lit up (but being otherwise frozen).  But after I pulled the battery and put it back in, it went back to its 'turn off after 10 seconds' mode.  No problems now, though, with the correct RockBox code loaded.  I changed to the latest build (as of yesterday) because I wanted the USB handling (which works just fine, BTW).

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