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Posted on May 12, 2009

Sansa e260 wont turn on indefinately.

I was listening to my sansa e260 on my dock and my elbow made light contact and it turned off somehow.Now it wont turn on , not even in its "safe" mode what with the lock on and rec button pressed, the blue light wont even turn on. Its totally broken, wont even turn on if i put my usb in it. HELP PLEASE!!!!A




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  • Steve Brown
    Steve Brown May 11, 2010

    when your elbow touched it, did it snap and put a static charge in the device?
    If so you may have fried your device.
    here is what I would try.
    remove the battery and let the device sit for an hour.
    reinstall the battery and see if it comes on. the sansa device should
    have a removable battery.
    Also, I would suggest not playing it on a dock, sometimes the docks will fry your main board without warning.


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Did you try the lock on, rec button and the on button as you plugged it into the usb?

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  • Posted on Oct 23, 2006

SOURCE: how do i delete pics from my sandisc sansa e260.

what you need to do is this. i cant help you if you have a mac but i can help you if you have a pc. for pcs, you need to plug in your player.once its connected, double click "my computer".in it, the player should have registered and their should be an icon that says "sandisk sansa e260" ( or something like that, i couldnt exsactly tell you considering my player is completely busted at the moment.)then you should see a bunch of files.the files will include album art,songs,and folders for videos or pictures.in the pictures folder you can access your pictures,and right click on the files you wish to delte, and simply just...hit delete.

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  • Posted on Jan 02, 2007

SOURCE: Sansa e260 says connected but device not recognized

I agree with the above suggestion. Try setting the USB Mode under "Settings" on "MSC" on the Sansa. My computer would not recognize the e260 when the mode was set to "MTP"; works fine on "MSC".

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Anonymous

  • Posted on Jan 01, 2008

SOURCE: Frozen sansa e260

you should just leave the power button pressed for 10-15 sec.and it should turn off

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  • Posted on May 24, 2008

SOURCE: Sansa e260 How to delete songs ?

This MIGHT fix the problem: Make sure that Windows Explorer is set to show hidden files and folders. In Windows XP, click TOOLS, FOLDER OPTIONS, VIEW and make sure you have selected "Show hidden files and folders".

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  • Posted on Jul 06, 2008

SOURCE: Cannot get my computer to recognize my sansa e260 player

I've changed my Sansa USB modes both ways and they still dont work. I dont understand why. This has happened to me before, and its really annoying.

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