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Ver. 3.0 supported
Toshiba Mobile Audio Player
Series
Owner’s Manual
The illustration above shows the
image of the MEGF60, MEGF40.
© TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2005
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Product Name: MOBILE AUDIO PLAYER Tested To Comply With FCC Standards Model Number(s): MEGF60, MEGF40, MEGF20, MEGF10 FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not install
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Safety Precautions Safety icons This manual contains safety instructions that must be observed in order to avoid potential hazards that could result in personal injuries, damage to your equipment, or loss of data. These safety cautions have been classified according to the seriousness of the risk, and the icons highlight these instructions as follows: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury. Indicates a potentially hazardous
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Precautions for Use Should you notice any abnormality such as odor, smoke or overheating, turn off the power and disconnect the AC adapter. Continuing to use the product may result in fire, electric shock or burn, possibly resulting in serious injury. If water or other foreign object should enter the equipment, turn off the power and disconnect the AC adapter. Continuing to use the product may result in fire or electric shock, possibly resulting in serious injury. If you have dropped the p
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Do not operate the product while walking, driving a car, or riding a motorcycle. You may fall or cause a traffic accident, possibly resulting in serious injury. You cannot hear sounds from the surrounding environment, which may lead to an unexpected accident, possibly resulting in serious injury. Be careful not to let a small child play with the plastic bag used to wrap the product. The child may place the bag over his/her head or swallow it, resulting in suffocation. Should you notice lea
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Do not place the product in a hot place. Placing the product under direct sunlight, in a closed car, near a stove, etc., may result in heat generation or fire, possibly resulting in serious injury. The product may also break possibly resulting in serious injury. Do not subject the display surface to impact. Doing so may result in a damaged display, broken glass or leaking fluid possibly resulting in serious injury. If fluid should enter your eye or adhere to your body or clothes, immediate
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Occasionally disconnect the power plug and clean it if dirt or dust has adhered to the prongs or the mount surface of the prongs. The insulation of the power plug may decrease, resulting in fire possibly resulting in serious injury. Do not cover the AC adapter with a cushion or place it near a heater or on a carpet when the adapter is conducting current. Doing so may result in fire, possibly resulting in serious injury. Do not subject the AC adapter’s power cable to any of the following: -S
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Table Of Contents Safety Precautions.................................................................................................3 Table Of Contents..................................................................................................8 Welcome..............................................................................................................11 Important Information on Use ..............................................................................13 AC Adapter .......
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Managing tracks ..................................................................................... 80 The recycle bin and deleting tracks .....................................................................80 Viewing Track Information ...................................................................................83 Viewing an audio library with gigabeat room™....................................................85 Refreshing the Audio library................................................
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Error messages and troubleshooting................................................. 143 Possible Error Messages (Main Unit) ................................................................143 Possible Error Messages (gigabeat room).........................................................144 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................145 Frequently Asked Questions.................................................................
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Welcome Trademarks -The gigabeat is a registered trademark of Toshiba Corporation. Plus Touch, gigabeat room, and RipRec are trademarks of Toshiba Corporation. -Microsoft, Windows and Windows Media are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. -WOW, SRS and (●) symbol are trademarks of SRS Labs, Inc. WOW technology is incor- porated under license from SRS Labs, Inc. ® -Music recognition technology and related data are pr
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Copyrights -The unauthorized recording, use, distribution, or revision of television programs, video- tapes, DVDs and other materials, is prohibited under the Copyright Laws of the United States and other countries, and may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability. -You must obtain any required permission from copyright owners to download or use copyrighted content. Toshiba cannot and does not grant such permission. Recorded Tracks Tracks that have been damaged or erased due to a problem
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Important Information on Use Handling the Product Do not subject the product to strong impact, as it may damage the product or destroy the recorded data. It may also cause other failures and malfunctions. Do not apply unnecessary force to the product’s display surface, as it may damage the display. Placing the product in a bag along with hard objects may damage the product in the event of contact with those objects. Do not spray insecticide or apply other volatile chemicals on or around th
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When using a chemical cleaning cloth, follow the instructions for the cleaning cloth you’re using. Music CD -Use a disc that has the mark on the disc label surface. When discs that fall outside of the CD standard are used, stable playback and optimum sound quality cannot be guaranteed. Upgrades of the Software -Upgrades of the software may become available to enhance use after the product has been shipped. Internal Hard Disk This product has a built-in hard disk. If the disk is subjected to
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Precautions Concerning the Built-in Hard Disk -Do not format the built-in hard disk. If the disk were to be formatted, the firmware (which is the software that gigabeat uses to operate) would be deleted and the product would no longer be able to function. If you need to reformat the hard disk, be sure to use the supplied “gigabeat format” not to delete system data stored in the hard disk. “(Using gigabeat format to reformat)” (>p.149) # -If the hard disk has been formatted, restoration of t
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AC Adapter When using the AC adapter, carefully read and observe the information in “Safety Precautions” (>p.3) as well as the following instructions. Refer to “Specifications” (>p.151) for the type of the supplied AC adapter. Be sure to use the supplied AC adapter. The use of another adapter may result in damage, heat generation or fire, possibly resulting in serious injury. Do not use the AC adapter with any equipment other than this product. Do not allow other metal to touch the plug of th
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How to enjoy the gigabeat Playing music tracks and displaying images with the gigabeat a Charging the gigabeat b Transferring music/images to the gigabeat 1 1 Install gigabeat room. Install gigabeat room. 3 3 Connect. Connect. 2 2 Prepare m Prepare music usic or image data. or image data. 4 4 T Tr ransf ansfer m er music or images to the usic or images to the gigabeat with gigabeat room. gigabeat with gigabeat room. c Playing music/viewing images 17
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◆ Transfer Using gigabeat room The RipRec function transfers music from a CD directly onto the gigabeat. USB CRADLE gigabeat room Music CD Tracks (MP3, WMA, WAV) USB cable PC OR ◆ Transfer Using Windows Media Player 10 USB CRADLE Music CD Windows Media Player 10 Tracks (MP3, WMA, WAV, copy-protected WMA) USB cable PC 18
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◆ Transfer Using Napster USB CRADLE Napster Tracks downloaded from Napster Tracks (MP3, WMA) USB cable PC When using When using When using Windows Media gigabeat room Napster Player 10 Transfer of protected Yes* Yes Yes WMA files Transfer of nonprotected Yes Yes Yes WMA files Transfer of image files Yes No No Album cover photograph Yes No No settings Functions of RipRec button and Sync button Yes No No on the USB CRADLE USB connection USB 2.0 USB 1.1 USB 1.1 Yes: Available No: Not avai
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Parts diagram Main Unit a AC adapter jack a b HOLD switch b Slide this switch in the direction of the arrow to lock the gigabeat and prevent c inadvertent button operations. c Headphone jack d POWER button Turns Power on and off (Hold d for 2 seconds) and also return to the MAIN MENU when in e playback mode. f e MENU button Displays the (sub) MENU screen. To return to the MAIN MENU press POWER briefly. g f VOL. (+) /VOL. (–) button Increases and decreases the volume. g A button h User a
