Sansa e200 Series

Sandisk Sansa e200 Series is: e250, e260, e270, e280 and e200R Rhapsody Series.

Bookmarks

• AnythingButipod
• SanDisk Sansa e200 Series Review
• e200 Series forum
• Skinning
• Applying a theme/skin.
• Firmware Changelog: 1.00.12 to 1.01.11
• Hints and Tricks
• Rockbox dev Daniel's page -- Good for devs.
• Everything about Rockbox on Sansa e200 series. Long read.
• "Rockbox is an open source replacement firmware for mp3 players."
• Rockbox port status, not up-to-date: "Rockbox now has a working dual-boot bootloader that can start Rockbox or the original firmware." Better to check daniel's site and the Rockbox thread
• JTAG
• soldering -- modifying the scrollwheel color
• Dust-proofing (replacing screen gasket)

Hints and Tricks Thread Bookmarks

In the first post:

• Recovery Mode (activate "hold", hold rec+power)
• Reset Database without formatting (delete hidden \System\Data\Pp5000.dat)
• Easy Album Art with MSC (place "Album Art.jpg", less than 25KB)
• Forced shutdown (press power for 15 seconds)
• American firmware on European player (for +10 dB)
• Scanning through large files (>>+"hold" button)
• Changing the filesize of videos (Sansa Media Converter\Profiles\SanDisk_E200_MSC.apr), [OPTIMIZE] VideoBitrate=[0-100])
• Modify the interval that video files are split (same as last one, [TRANSCODE] SplitTime= in seconds)
• Listen to Music While Charging From Computer USB (start voice recording, plug in USB, stop recording)
• Fix corrupt Folder (chkdsk g: /f)
• Unclean way to charge and listen (misplug the cable or plug it in an unpowered hub)
• Sleep timer (Player supposedly shuts down at end of go list)
• Top Rated track which works every time
• "Reward for Return" file (Record a file with your info in case the player gets lost)
• Defrag (hmm.. does this even make sense? There's no physical distance in a Flash memory.)
• read an eBook (text to jpeg converter)
• Improving sound quality in videos (playing around in the same file as last time)
• Fullscreen videos (playing around in the same file as last time)
• Rotating images (rotate them in XP)
• FM station search (or just use the function that automatically creates a list of stations)
• Getting computer to recognize in MTP mode
• Reduce Volume (turn down equaliser to min)
• Uploading pictures without Sandisk software (file format)
• Alternate way to put music
• Serial Number (right-click device>properties>General, or check the file in the root)
• Charge while listening (hold power for 15 seconds, then turn back on)
• Leave extension cord permenantly plugged in (that way you don't wear out the spring)
• Bricked my player (that's just one of the things you can do)

Summary

Skinning (Themes)

Just a summary of the thread on anythingbutipod, it covers making skins. The iRiver players and e200 have very similiar firmware (mi4 files), since they use the same portalplayer PP5024 chips. There's a program called H3Mod by Lord Julius that can modify the images in the mi4 files. After downloading it (requires .NET framework 1.1) you must also download the reference files for the sansa e200 and extract them in the same directory as the program. Then obtain the mi4 file and place it in the h3mod folder. One way to get it is by downloading it. Make sure you select the most recent version, and the right locality. Now open it in h3mod! Yay. Everything else is nicely detailled in the help file. Press F1. Instructions on applying the theme is in my bookmarks.

Recovery Mode

Ah nevermind, that's in the "Hints and tricks". Read it.