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MES60VK Gigabeat - Dead

Bought a refurbished 60gb Toshiba gigabeat. Was working just fine until one day it no longer turned on for no apparent reason. Before you say battery dead... nope. Connected to a/c power. Yep, power cord works tried it on another item. Yep, power outlet works several items connected on it and working. All the obvious possibility are working. The gigabeat just wont turn on. Any ideas what it may be?

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    I have the same problem :|

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There is a switch on the bottom left side of the dock connector of the player. Flick the switch to the right and it should work. The switch is the battery cutoff switch. It is there so it will charge only. I have no idea why Toshiba though this was a good idea, but they put it there.

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