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Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F60S 60 GB Digital Audio Player Dark Grey

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Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F60S 60 GB Digital Audio Player Dark Grey


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List Price:
$399.99
Sales Rank: 29764
Toshiba

Avg. Customer Review: 3 Star
Media: Electronics
Size: 60 GB
Color: Dark Grey
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Product Features
Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F60S 60 GB Digital Audio Player Dark Grey
  • 60 GB Toshiba hard drive (15,000 MP3s); 2.2-inch QVGA LCD (240 x 320); JPEG photo/album cover viewer with slideshow capability
  • Plays MP3, WMA, and WAV files; compatible with Windows Plays for Sure and Napster To Go
  • Up to 16-hour battery life, USB charging option; 28 equalizer settings and SRS WOW simulated surround sound
  • Supplied Gigabeat Room software helps you manage music and images; docking cradle fosters 1-button CD ripping and file transfer
  • Measures just 2.5 x 4.1 x 0.75 inches (W x H x D)


Product Review
Product Description

The first thing you'll notice on every gigabeat is the big, bright, crystal clear 2.2-inch LCD screen. It's there so you can experience the visual as well as the audio. Gigabeat lets you download album covers and set them as your background image, or create slideshows using your digital still pictures from your PC. 240x320 resolution and over 65,000 colors mean that you'll get all of those images as clear, sharp and crisp as they appear on your PC screen. Gigabeat is flexible, but easy. The PlusTouch sensor control lets you scroll through all of the easy to understand menu systems using only a soft touch or pass with your fingertip. Microsoft's Windows "Plays for Sure" certified, simply connect your Gigabeat to your PC to operate with any "Play for Sure" download site or management software. Easily rip your favorite CDs to your Gigabeat with the touch of a button thanks to the new and unique CD RipRec feature. 2.2-inch QVGA LCD screen PlusTouch -Touch Sensitive control Flexible Download Compatibility Options CD RipRec feature for ripping of entire CD by the push of one button SRS wow surround 28 Equalizer Settings Multiple Language Support USB 2.0 and 1.1 capable USB charging capable Built-in lithium ion battery PC operating environment - Windows 2000/XP, Pentium 300MHz or above (1GHz recommended), 128MB RAM, 100MB free HD space, USB port, CD-ROM drive, Internet Explorer 5.01 or later, Windows Media Player 9 or later Windows Plays for Sure and Napster to Go Compatible Accessories included - AC adapter, power supply, cradle, USB cable, wired remote control, headphones, software CD-ROM Dimensions - 2.48 x 0.74 x 4.17 Approximate weight (body only) - 5.99 oz Brushed Aluminum
Amazon.com Product Description

Images and music combine in this easy-to-use portable digital audio player. Toshiba's snazzy, dark-grey Gigabeat MEG-F60S packs a 1.8-inch Toshiba hard drive capable of holding an incredible 60 GB of digital media: MP3 and WMA compressed audio and even uncompressed, full-resolution WAV files. That's about 15,000 songs (more than 1,000 complete albums) at 128 kbps MP3, a crazy 30,000 songs at 64 kbps WMA, and a still-impressive 1,700 songs or 114 hours of CD-resolution WAV files.

A major feature of the player is its bright, crystal-clear, 2.2-inch LCD with 240 x 320 resolution and the ability to render over 65,000 colors. It's there so you can experience the visual as well as the aural component of your entertainment. The Gigabeat lets you download and view album covers, search for your favorite tracks by scrolling through those album covers, or even set a favorite album cover as your background image. You can download any digital still picture from your PC and create custom slideshows, too--and set them to music.

Gigabeat may be versatile, but it's also easy to operate. Its PlusTouch sensor control lets you scroll through its intuitive menus using only a soft touch or pass of your fingertip.

The PC-only Gigabeat is "Plays for Sure"-certified by Microsoft, which means that it will operate with any "Plays for Sure" download site or management software when connected to your PC. Gigabeat is automatically recognized by Windows Media Player 10, so there's no need to install new drivers of any kind. Toshiba has also partnered with Napster to provide Napster's "Napster To Go" software, giving you the option of using Napster To Go, Windows Media Player, and/or the supplied Gigabeat Room management software (Gigabeat Room is required for transfer of photo images).

So what about your CD collection? After all, you'll likely be able to stash the entire thing in here, one way or another. Thanks to a unique feature called CD RipRec, all you have to do is place a CD in your PC and press the CD RipRec button while the Gigabeat is docked in its cradle. CD RipRec will launch the software and transfer compressed audio to your Gigabeat quickly and with no further effort on your part. Using a USB 2.0 connection (cable supplied), CD RipRec can transfer the contents of an entire CD to the Gigabeat in as little as 5 minutes.

If Gigabeat's battery life (up to 16 hours) isn't enough to satisfy your entertainment needs, fret not. Rather than carrying your AC adapter everywhere, simply connect the Gigabeat to any PC with a USB cable and the battery will charge itself again.

Other features include headphones with an integrated wired remote control, a choice of 10- or 60-second intro scan to help you find a desired song, multilingual support (Japanese, English, French, Chinese, Spanish, and German), and 28 user selectable equalizer settings, and SRS WOW, which simulates surround sound from any two speakers (including headphones).

What's in the Box
Digital music player, an AC power adapter, a power-supply, a docking cradle, a USB cable, headphones with integrated remote control, a software CD-ROM (Gigabeat Room management software, CD RipRec, Napster To Go), a user's manual, and warranty information.




Product Details
Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F60S 60 GB Digital Audio Player Dark Grey
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  • Publisher: Toshiba
  • Label: Toshiba
  • Studio: Toshiba
  • Average Customer Review: 3 Star based on 26 reviews
  • Sales Rank in Electronics: #29764


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Customer Reviews
Avg. Customer Review:3 Star

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Customer Rating: 1 Star
Summary: Alpha prototype offered as finished product, with surly condesceding support 2006-12-09
Comment: I will never buy any product from Toshiba ever again. I have two gigabeats (one for me one for s.o.), well now I have one because the other has completely ceased to function. I obviously bought them at the same time because no one would get a second once you've seen these. These are shoddy untested prototypes sold as working models, for example: if you ever let the battery charge run fully out, it forgets what time it is and has to have it reset, and the controls go haywire (in my case any time it needs recharging the button gets stuck on "up" so if I want to do anything at all other than turn the volume up really loud, like play a song for example, I have to put the gigabeat on 'hold' and use the remote to control it - if it can't be done on the remote it can't be done on my gigabeat. The gigabeat room software routinely crashes or freezes in mid transfer, and system monitor shows it using 99% of my CPU when it stalls so it's obviously a bug. To make matters worse Toshiba has made it nearly impossible to contact them in any way about your gigabeat, and when you do speak to someone they are hands down the worst tech support I have ever seen for any product anywhere, both in complete technical incompetence "you should probably reinstall windows if gigabeat room is crashing" to general condescending 'screw the customer' attitude.


6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Customer Rating: 5 Star
Summary: Best mp3 player I've had 2006-02-28
Comment: If you are looking to buy an mp3 player you have to first think about the precise reason for purchasing it. Do I want video? Do I want photo? Do I want an advanced filing system or bog standard folder within a folder filing?

The basics interface of the Gigabeat and song filing is top quality with an easy to use touch sensitive menu control. In essence the gigabeat is a fully equipped, well designed piece of kit. Unless of course you require video playback to satisfy your mp3 player needs, in which case i suggest you opt for the iPod video. However i suggest that is a last resort as gigabeats main failing is inherent in the iPod range as well; neither iPod nor Gigabeat allow you to upload files from the player onto a computer.

The main advantage of the Gigabeat is its superior sound quality, especially in the sound balance. I have previously owned an Iriver iHP-140, which had superior sound quality to anything of it's time. 'Beat beats it hands down (excuse the pun).

Best non-video player around, and for sheer superiority in sound and ergonomics make the right choice. Grab a 'Beat!


3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Customer Rating: 1 Star
Summary: B.I.G TONE 2006-02-17
Comment: Don't waste your time with Giga-craps I-Pukes with all that
messy software to load YOUR music or encryptions and stuff.
Let's face it, nothing is perfect, never has been, never will be.
You want an MP3 player with all the bels and whistles then the
player to get is the Cowen Iaudio X5L 30gb player...too many
features to list here but the X5L (notice the "L") has a tested
battery life of 35 hours, I tested mine and got 32 straight hours
of play from it, FM radio, voice & inline recording, pictures,
videos, all kinds of sound settings and best of all drag and drop
your music onto the player, no goofy software or slowed usb
rates. Check it out, if you find this is a bad player then
you're expecting perfection and like I said at the beginning...
"nothing is perfect, never has been, never will be"



7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Customer Rating: 1 Star
Summary: HORRIBLE 2006-02-15
Comment: Do not buy this item. I spent many hours loading music into it, which all then disappeared. Even though I had saved the music on my hard drive also, I could not load it back in. If you buy a Toshiba Gigabeat, BUYER BEWARE. This is a terrible unit~~!!!!!!


6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

Customer Rating: 1 Star
Summary: Gigabeat is lacking 2006-01-27
Comment: A previous person mentioned that it doesn't let you put your MP3 music on without going through hoops. This is true. Fortunately I don't have a lot of downloaded music. I put my downloaded music on a cd then ripped it again to the Gigabeat and it made a folder and lets me listen to it.

BUT ON TO MY STORY OF WHY I RATED IT ONLY - 1

I purchased my Gigabeat in November. I struggled to get the music on but finally found the right combination to get it to work. I had a great time listening to whatever I wanted for two months.

Then one day I decided to make a few play lists in the Gigabeat room. As I was choosing what songs I wanted in my play lists it stopped talking to the Gigabeat and then the software crashed. When I looked at my Gigabeat I noticed that it said ZERO for number of files. All my music was gone.

I attempted to put the music back on but no matter what I did the software would not talk to the Gigabeat. It crashed every time I attempted to click on the Gigabeat icon.

I called customer service (who acted like I was bothering them) and they suggested that I re-install the software. A couple days later (after finding the software) I re-installed the software. It did help. It would now let me click on the Gigabeat icon and not crash.

But low and behold the entire list of music showed it was still on the Gigabeat. It was still there the Gigabeat just wouldn't show it to me to play. So, I call customer service (again they acted like "why are you bothering me?") they suggested that I reformat the thing. After having to pull teeth to find out how to do that...it worked. I was able to put my music back on. But I had to do it one artist at a time. If I did more it would show it on there in the Gigabeat room but wouldn't show it to me to play. This took hours. I am afraid to use the Gigabeat room. I never could use Windows Media Player like it suggested either.

This thing plays wonderfully. I love the fact that I don't have to convert my files to another format. It's easy to use once it shows you your music. But you never know when it will fail on you. And I am really surprised by the attitude of their phone support.




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