Both the radio and microphone are able to record up to five hours of audio onto the player if space allows. Additional hardware features of the Fuze+ include a built-in FM radio (with RDS support) and a built-in microphone. The reader will also take Sansa's slotRadio cards. The most notable feature of the Sansa Fuze+ is the built-in microSDHC card reader that allows the player's memory to be expanded by up to 32 GB. JPEG and PNG images can be viewed on the Fuze+ although this feature is not heavily advertised by SanDisk. The Fuze+ features video playback as well and is able to handle HD videos however the player only supports MP4 and WMV video files. Tag data and album art associated with audio files are shown on the Fuze+'s 2.4-inch QVGA display during playback. If you can live without the iTunes integration, you'll find the SanDisk Sansa Fuze an excellent digital audio player.The Fuze+ supports playback of common audio file formats, including MP3, WMA, Secure WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and AAC, as well as Audible, and Podcast formats. As SanDisk manufactures its own flash memory, it passes along the savings to customers in the form of a player that's $49 and $69 cheaper than comparable 4GB and 8GB iPod nanos, respectively. Between listening to music and watching video, we saw approximately 20 hours of battery life.Īll in all, the SanDisk Sansa Fuze is a terrific value. Unfortunately, the Sansa Fuze doesn't support DRM video, so movies or TV shows purchased from such services as Amazon Unbox aren't compatible. Home movies encoded in the MPEG-4 format played smoothly but possessed a certain grainy quality (all other formats need to be converted with the bundled media software). High-resolution JPEGs suffered from some jaggedness when viewed on the 220 x 176-pixel resolution display low-resolution photos looked much better. Also included is a voice recorder for taking audio notes, which offered solid, if slightly muffled, sound. In a nice touch, you can even record radio content with the touch of a button, as one would do with a tape deck in years past. We found the reception acceptable while walking around Manhattan, albeit with some minor but persistent static. SanDisk tosses in an FM receiver with 40 presets (twice as many as the Sansa View) for tuning into your favorite radio programming. It even includes a cool automatic bookmark feature that let us pick up exactly where we left off when we took a break from Yann Martel's Life of Pi. In addition, if you enjoy audiobooks, you'll be pleased to learn that you can listen to your favorite Audible titles on the Fuze. We had no problems downloading and syncing music to the device. The Sansa Fuze is compatible with Napster, Rhapsody, and other subscription music services (Sansa includes a 30-day, free-trial membership using the included Best Buy Digital Music Store Media Manager software). The Fuze's customization options include a five-band equalizer that lets you tweak audio settings to your liking. Playback was smooth, and we didn't notice any choppiness. We enjoyed extremely loud audio when listening to Stoned Grace's Cast the First Stone album and found that the bass bounced with a pleasant vibrancy and the highs remained crisp, even through the bundled earbuds. You can also sync music to the Sansa Fuze using Windows Media Player. Loading MP3, WAV, and WMV files (sorry, iTunes users, no AAC compatibility) was as simple as dragging and dropping them into the Fuze's music folder. The Sansa Fuze is compatible with the Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows operating systems, so regardless of your OS, you can still rock out.
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