Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F20S 20 GB Digital Audio Player Silver

Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F20S 20 GB Digital Audio Player Silver

Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F20S 20 GB Digital Audio Player Silver

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Images and music combine in this easy-to-use portable digital audio player. Toshiba's snazzy, silver Gigabeat MEG-F20S packs a 1.8-inch Toshiba hard drive capable of holding 20 GB of digital media: MP3 and WMA compressed audio and even uncompressed, full-resolution WAV files. That's about 5,000 songs (more than 300 complete albums) at 128 kbps MP3, 10,000 songs at 64 kbps WMA, and a still-impressive 550 or so songs (or 38 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 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, a software CD-ROM (Gigabeat Room management software, CD RipRec, Napster To Go), a user's manual, and warranty information.

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, Headphones, software CD-ROM with Napster to Go and gigabeat room software Dimensions - 2.48 x 0.62 x 4.17 Approximate weight (body only) - 5.64 oz Silver
Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F20S 20 GB Digital Audio Player Silver
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Alpha protoype foisted off as real product, with surly inept tech support
  • Sweet
  • An excellent and affordable device
  • very impressive mp3 player!
  • very pleased
 Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F20S 20 GB Digital Audio Player Silver

Manufacturer: Toshiba
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:
  • 20 GB Toshiba hard drive (5,000 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 0.63 inches (W x H x D)

ASIN: B0007U0IGO

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, Headphones, software CD-ROM with Napster to Go and gigabeat room software Dimensions - 2.48 x 0.62 x 4.17 Approximate weight (body only) - 5.64 oz Silver

Amazon.com Product Description

Images and music combine in this easy-to-use portable digital audio player. Toshiba's snazzy, silver Gigabeat MEG-F20S packs a 1.8-inch Toshiba hard drive capable of holding 20 GB of digital media: MP3 and WMA compressed audio and even uncompressed, full-resolution WAV files. That's about 5,000 songs (more than 300 complete albums) at 128 kbps MP3, 10,000 songs at 64 kbps WMA, and a still-impressive 550 or so songs (or 38 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 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, a software CD-ROM (Gigabeat Room management software, CD RipRec, Napster To Go), a user's manual, and warranty information.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Alpha protoype foisted off as real product, with surly inept tech support.......2006-12-09

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 the time painstakingly 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.

5 out of 5 stars Sweet.......2006-10-21

Toshiba has created a great line of Mp3 players starting with this one. I've had mine for over a year and i have dropped it multible times, left in humid areas, and left it in 100 degree heat and it survived. It's screen is tough and scratch resistant. The unit goes plenty loud, and holds alot for its size, but there is some small things i did not like about it. Starting with the menus. The menus are basic, and dont have many features, and if you use LimeWire, The artist has to be spelled exactly the same for every song or it starts a new group. It is case sensitive. and also the earbuds that are supplies are extremly uncomfortable. This model also does not have FM radio.
Overall, if you dont care about video, or radio, this is a great unit. its small compact and you can carry it wherever you go

5 out of 5 stars An excellent and affordable device.......2006-09-26

So far, I haven't had any problems with any of the electronics I've bought. The Toshiba Gigabeat is no exception. I bought this product during the summer of 05 and it hasn't given me any problems yet. Just by looking at the design of the box, I knew the quality of the product was going to be excellent. Although inputting MP3 into the device and working with the controls took some time of getting used to, it actually worked better than expected. At the moment, the controls are very comfortable, and inputting MP3s are easy. Also, what I like about the MP3 player is its durability. I've actually dropped this device three times exactly, and although it has numerous scratches and dents, it is still playing flawlessly without any skips or errors. The casing itself feels much more durable than the IPod video's. Also, I like the photo feature of the product as I can input pictures of my family and friends into the device and view it in my leisure. Also, the photo feature allows the user to have album covers show up on the screen when playing their favorite cd. Now, although it doesn't have video viewing capabilities, it is still an excellent MP3 player, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is considering on buying an MP3 player. It's also cheaper than most players today.

4 out of 5 stars very impressive mp3 player!.......2006-06-17

There isn't too much that hasn't been said already, but here's my take on the Gigabeat...

software- don't be scared of the Gigaroom. I figured it out in a few minutes, and I haven't had any problems with it. In fact, I've found it to be simple and deceptively clever.

build- VERY sturdy. I've dropped mine twice onto the cement sidewalk, nearly had a heart attack both times, and there's not even a scratch to show for it.

headphones- owwww, very painful after a length of time. My $10 Target ones sound better and are more comfortable. (and less bizzare looking- there's a reason they don't show the earbuds in the picture.)

appearance- better than I was expecting. It's a lot smaller that it looks in the picture, and the aluminum-brushed part isn't as ugly either, but a lot more subtle. And you can change the layout on the screen so it doesn't look as busy. I took off the ugly ball thing and made the album art bigger. (If you don't have any album art, a little music note shows up.) The screen is beautiful, and I've had a lot of fun putting my own digital pictures on it as wallpaper (works best if you crop the pictures to 240x320 first.)

battery life- amazing- I get 18-20 hours on a three-hour charge.

sound- 95% of my songs sound crystal clear without any extra effort. A few sound a little muffled, but it could be the song, not the player. I tend to keep it on SRS WOW 1, but if you play around with the equalizer settings, you'll find that some songs sound best on other presets (the other ones I use a lot are vocal 1, rock 1, and loudness, as weird as that is.) You can also make your own preset with however much bass and treble you want.

*It will make some muffled grinding-type noises, because it is a hard drive player, don't be scared. (I hear your muttering, it did that before I dropped it.) Just take your time if you want to skip thorugh a bunch of songs.

**Don't worry if you shake it and hear rattling. A lot of people stress about that, but it's only the exterior switches moving around. :-)

I've only had my Gigabeat for two months, so I don't know how it holds up over long periods of time, but so far, so good! I love it and so does everyone that I show it to! A great buy, considering how much it holds for the price.

5 out of 5 stars very pleased.......2006-03-18

This has met all my expectations. It loads the music very easily and I can create playlists in any manner I want. I am not all that interested in downloading music, mostly loading it with my cds. My only complaint is that reading the names of some of the playlists on the screen can be a bit slow if the name is long. It scrolls by, but moves slowly. But overall I am very pleased with it. I keep expecting the hard drive to fill up, but it just keeps taking on more and more.

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