Sansa M250 -- New user -- two questions please

SanDisk MP3 players All other MP3 players
1

I just purchased a sansa M250 yesterday, and I am having fun downloading music – so far so good!

I have just two questions (so far) that I’m sure someone on this board can help me with.

  1. The device is considered 2GB in capacity. However, when I initially turned the MP3 player on, the display indicated 1.8GB. I guess the remaining 200MB is for ‘system use’?. My question is how much of the 1.8GB can I actually use for downloads? I’ve read on this forum that it is not a good idea to use every bit of capacity.   Should I stop ‘downloading’ when I reach a specific capacity level?

2.  I also read on this forum that people have had problems with their M250’s not working after going through airport security detectors. Is this a common problem? I would hate to see all my effort erased.!  Firmware is 4.08.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.     

2

leave about 5MB of free space for the database and you should be fine.

airport security does not effect these devices i go through them all the time.

Message Edited by drlucky on 09-12-2008 01:56 PM

3

Thanks very much for the prompt response.