Sansa Fuze

Sansa Fuze

1st generation Sansa Fuze 4GB
Manufacturer	SanDisk
Type	Portable media player
Retail availability	Since March 8, 2008
Media	MicroSDHC up to 32 GB and 2, 4, or 8 gigabytes internal flash memory
Operating system	Proprietary firmware or Rockbox
Display	1.9 inch 220×176 pixel TFT LCD
Input	Click wheel
Connectivity	USB 2.0 (MSC and )
Power	Lithium ion battery
Predecessor	Sansa e200 series
Successor	Sansa Fuze+
Related articles	Sansa e200 series Sansa c200 Series Sansa Clip

The Sansa Fuze is a portable media player developed by SanDisk and released on March 8, 2008. The Fuze is available in three different Flash memory capacities: 2 GB, 4 GB, and 8 GB and comes in six different colors: black, blue, pink, red, silver, and white. Storage is expandable via a microSDHC slot with capacity up to 32 GB, and unofficially to 64 GB or more via FAT32 formatted SDXC cards. All models have a 1.9 inch TFT LCD display with a resolution of 220 by 176 pixels and a built-in monaural microphone and FM tuner; recordings of the latter two are saved as PCM WAV files.

The Fuze supports MP3, WMA, PCM WAV, and, since the 1.01.15 firmware revision, OGG Vorbis and FLAC audio codecs. The Fuze can display both pictures and videos, both of which must first be converted with the Sansa Media Converter software for Windows; this program converts images to BMP format and videos to DivX-AVI, with specific parameters that make the media compatible with the device. Alternatively, the open-source, platform-independent Video4Fuze application can be used. Video4Fuze offers more options and the ability to save the file to a computer instead of having the device plugged in every time one wants to convert a file. The Sansa Fuze supports media playlist types of .m3u and .wpl.