I have a sansa c250 mp3 player, and I use the voice recorder to record fiddle tunes because I'm taking fiddle lessons. I'm tryying to take the recordings off the mp3 player and put it in my windows media player 11. When I sync it I'm afraid I'm going to loose everything. Got any suggestions?

You can't. Audiobooks are just like music, and the Sansa treats them that way. Think of them as words spoken without music.

Voice recordings are made on the Sansa, when you use it as a digital recorder. You can record lectures, meetings, or notes to yourself, and play them back.

http://www.sansa.com/sites/default/files/downloads/c200-ug-eng.pdf

Same method as detailed in the c250 manual - see link.

my computer does not reconize my mp3 player

Unfortunately, Sandisk didn't include any options in their firmware to record in any other format.

If you happen to have a version 1 c250 then you can install Rockbox on it and have 4 recording format options, as well as being able to choose what bitrate to record in for the mp3 format.

To find out if your player is a v1 go to Settings -> System Info
If the version starts with 01 then it's a v1 player and you can install Rockbox on it. If it starts with 03 then it's a v2 player and you're stuck with the wav format, as Rockbox is not yet available for v2 c250 players.

Connect your sansa to the computer via usb. (assuming you have windows) Now go to "My Computer". If your sansa is in automatic mode, it should show up as "sansa c205". Double Click on that. Now double click on "internal memory". (If you don't have that, just skip it) Now double click on "recordings". Double click "Voice". Now a list of your recordings show up. Simply delete the ones you don't want, such as "001" and "002".

Hope this helps!

There is a Record button on the side of the player - here is a link to the full user manual:
http://www.sandisk.com/Assets/File/Downloads/user-guides/c200-ug-eng.pdf

-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Reset it first by holding in the power button for 10-15 seconds. If that fails:
Connect the device to the PC in MSC Mode
View/c200: Turn on then press and hold the rewind button while plugging to the PC
-Tha Mp3 Doctor

Turn on your mp3 player and take out the battery while it's turned on. It worked when I did that and I hope it helps you as well.

You can open the device thru My Computer.

My Computer>Device Name (c250)>RECORD Folder





Best of Luck.

Try the latest firmware upgrade from the Sansa website