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| Brand: Toshiba
Category: CE
List Price: $309.99
Buy Used: $120.00
You Save: $189.99 (61%)
Used (4) from $120.00
Rating:  127 reviews
Sales Rank: 9992
Color: Champagne
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Clothing Size: 40 GB
Size: 40 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 3.5 x 9 x 9.2
Digital audio player
MPN: MEGF40S
Model: MEGF40S
UPC: 022265980415
EAN: 0022265980415
ASIN: B0007U0INM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 127
 Colossal Waste Of Time November 8, 2007
Jay Qureshi (Clearlake Park, CA, USA)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Did someone say file management? Race through and install ALL of your image files and convert them into a form that you can do nothing with. Take your totally useable .mp3 files and turn them into unusable and unmangageable .sat files. Next, make trying to move these files off and on to the gigabeat to avoid duplicates impossible. Trying to prepare this unit for sale on Amazon, I found no reference to returning to original factory settings at hand. Using Windows XP sp2 to format the drive was a mistake. I hadn't found this out until I sold the unit and was looking for any missing documentation. It was no use anyway, The unit would bring back things that you've deleted. The Gigabeat room software would tell you that something is there when unplugged it isn't. There isn't any Toshiba factory support. The 1.1 USB is hell-of-slow especially with 2 Gigabytes worth of 700K files. This unit is generally hostile towards non-commercial music such as my 78s collection on .mp3, my recorded gigs of David Kafinetti (from spinal tap) with bird sounds, train sounds and people I find the need to record. This thing does not do well with those. Why do you people always want to see a "Genre". Sansa was like that also. What on earth is up with you people? I will not have my musical tastes pigeonholed. Thank you not. Towards the end, it stopped working altogether with the 2.0 USB, Always switched my 1024x768 SVGA to low-res VGA, and slowed all other processes to a crawl while losing track of itself. A complete and utter failure at filling MY need to put my favorite old 78 records into a form that I can listen to often. Don't waste your time on this one as it most assuredly will.
 good player for the money July 27, 2007
Lian Schmidt (Bandon, Oregon)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wanted a nicely priced mp3 player to hook up to the stereo for my business. I have been very happy with the Toshiba Gigabeat. The buttons are easy to maneuver, which is important because different staff use it. When I want to update the playlist I play during business hours, I just bring it home, connect it to my rather slow and dated computer, select the files I want to transfer to the Gigabeat, and then wait awhile. Once I figured out the best way to transfer files via Windows Media Player, transferring files became a snap. I bought a cable to hook up to my stereo receiver, so simple for a non-techie like myself.
If you just need this for music, this is a good capacity mp3 player for the price. I've never had problems with it freezing or malfunctioning. The buttons sometimes seem to either not respond or are very "touchy", but usually they are easy to maneuver. The 40GB capacity is more than ample for my needs, but there are larger capacity models as well. I bought a silicone case for it which is nice because it gets bumped around a lot at work. I also have an FM transmitter in the car which works great with it when we take a rare vacation.
Nope July 9, 2007
Leslie (Pennsylvania)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought the 60GB version of this MP3 player multiple years ago. and i never use it. why? the interfacing is ridiculous. you cannot easily make playlists on the fly. it is frustrating to get to the music you want to, and half the time i end up settling for some band in the A's or B's, because getting to the L's or T's is such a pain. Another huge annoyance is that artists names such as "the Pietasters" all show up under the T's. I would just turn it into a large equivalent of the Ipod Shuffle (and just have 4 or 5 star songs on it), if getting the Gigabeat to work properly with the computer weren't such a pain.
Previous to this MP3 player i had a 40GB Creative that i used obsessively. I miss it terribly.
Good Mp3 player, still not an Ipod Killer.. June 27, 2007
Jose Salas (Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
the device is good, great building and long battery, plus the space 40 GB
CONS:
- The menu is not very practical, difficult to learn and slow
- It encrypts the song so if you have music on the player and take it to your office PC wont play the music there, very tricky
- the device it self is thick
PROS:
-40 GB, the price and battery life is too good and you can hack the software with some firmware updates, that will void you warranty but will fix a lot of issues, plus more apps and options. ( I havent try just for the records)
1 Stars as is, 5 stars with a little tweaking June 18, 2007
Blackbeard (Edinburgh, Scotland)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
STORAGE:
This is one of two primary reasons to purchase this product; you simply cannot get the same storage for the same price anywhere.
COLOUR SCREEN:
This would be the other reason to buy this product. The screen size is amazing for a unit of this overall size.
FIRMARE:
To get the most out of the excellent hardware, you will have to ditch the Tobishia firmware, which is the source of everything wrong with this product. If you don't mind using the cumbersome Gigabeat Room software, having your mp3s encrypted, having no organisation of photos, and having no ability to view video on this fantastic screen, then you shouldn't have a problem. If this would frustrate you--and you are even a little computer savy--then replace the Tobishia firmware with a certain FREE open source firmware (simply google search) and this product will leap into full utilisation of the fantastic hardware.
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