Diane,
The e250 is not compatible with micro SD HC cards, it can only take 
cards up to 2GB. Their newer player, the Sansa Fuze will support the 
high capacity cards, but not the e200 series.

-Pete




Diane wrote:
> Listers,
>
> My son has a Sansa e250 mp3 player.  It has a 2GB memory inside, and a slot
> for micro cards.  He currently is using a Transcend 2GB micro card that
> works.  He just got a 4GB Sandisk micro card that can't be read in his
> player.  I had to get a USB reader for it to be read in my computer.
>
> I'm wondering if it needs to be formatted with a different format.  FAT,
> FAT32, NTFS or exFAT.  I only have the FAT32 option on my computer, but have
> all the other formats available on a newer Vista computer.  Do I need to do
> a Quick Format or a long one?
>
> What format do I need for this mp3 player?
>
> Diane Kroeckel
>
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