I am a happy user of e280 V1 with version 01.02.15A.
The only nick is that I have some song titles that are in Hebrew, which are looking ok on MS Media Player but spelled backwards on the player i.e. Sansa does not support the right-to-left direction.
I have resrearched this forum and found a lot of info (- Thanks !!!) :
-I understand there will be no fix to that on any official Sansa firmware (since there will not be any), I can choose to move to RockBox firmware. I second all the proposed features in the wishlist thread.
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I do not agree with the comment made of treating the player as as-is. I certainly decided on Sansa versus iPOD for new features support. Whenever you make a decision to buy a gadget you know you are already been left “behind” on the newest trends. I did not expect Apple to try to update older players but I certainly expected Sansa to.
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I understand the popular version is 01.02.18A (I saw a lot of issues posted with version 24A).
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Nice trick with half plugging the USB to get power but not “connected” so the player plays while recharging. Thanks it bothered me to.
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Stupid language support: why would one want to move firmware for other languages ? didn’t anyone in Sansa heard about globalization ? lots of people listen to musics in other not-supported languages (Asians and Hebrew) while in the US (do not wish to change the menus language or fm support).
I have several remaining questions:
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What is the diff from 15A to 18A? - I’m trying to determine is it worth the upgrade hassle.
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RockBox has nice options for V1s. Can you list them all? - Will that have the additional languages support i was looking for ?
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I saw some guru comments that there are “issues” with it. Can you be more specific on what these are ? i.e. I’m trying to understand the “price” for the move. I saw the comment about forgoing warranty when switch to RockBox - but what warranty you have on V1 anyhow ?
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How easy is it to move from RockBox back to Sansa firmware ? I saw a comment that both can reside on the player and can be toggled between. Can you detail how to set that up ?
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Whom are behind the RockBox version ? Is there any posted plans for the next versions ? Hoe serious this open firmware project is ?
Thanks,
Regular User
