Philips ACT400/17 User manual

mp3-cd player

psa[cd12

Portable Sport Audio by Philips

product manual

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quick start –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3

controls –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 4–5

general information

maintenance ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6

environmental information –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 6

mp3 music files –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 7–8

firmware upgrade –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 9

power supply

batteries ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 10

mains adapter ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 11

headphones ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 11

basic functions

playing a disc ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 12

pause –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 13

volume and sound –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 14

selecting and searching on all discs –––––––––––––––––––– 15

selecting on mp3-cds ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 16

features

playing tracks repeatedly or in random order – mode –––––– 17

storing the last position played – resume ––––––––––––––– 18

locking all buttons – hold –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 18

esp and powersaving –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 19

beep –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 19

accessories

remote control AY 3773 ––––––––––––––––––––––––– 20–21

handstrap AY 3286 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 21

clip magnets –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 22

troubleshooting –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 23–24

contents

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hold/resume/off

this set complies with the radio interference requirements of the european

community.

quick start

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front view

1display

2−−

adjusts the volume (down)

3++

adjusts the volume (up)

skips backward and searches

backward

skips forward and searches forward

mp3-cd only: selects the previous

album or skips backward

mp3-cd only: selects the next album

or skips forward

adjusts eq (bass and treble)

82;

switches the set on, starts playback

and interrupts playback

stops playback and switches the set

off

rear view

1DC

to connect the external power supply

3.5 mm line out to connect

the headphones

the remote control

this set to the audio input

of your stereo equipment

3hold/resume/off

hold locks all buttons

resume stores the last position played

off switches resume and hold off

4esp

electronic skip protection prevents

music interruptions caused by shocks

5eq

selects the bass and treble adjustment

6mode

selects playback options such as

shufﬂe and repeat

opens the cd lid

8battery compartment

controls

caution

use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than herein may

result in hazardous radiation exposure or other unsafe operation.

the model and serial numbers are located inside the cd door.

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controls

front view

rear view

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maintenance

do not touch the lens Aof the set.

do not expose the set, batteries or discs to

humidity, rain, sand or excessive heat (caused by

heating equipment or direct sunlight).

the lens may cloud over when the set is suddenly

moved from cold to warm surroundings. playing is

not possible then. leave the set in a warm environment until the moisture evaporates.

active mobile phones in the vicinity of this set may cause malfunctions.

avoid dropping the set as this may cause damage.

clean the set with a soft, dry cloth. do not use any cleaning agents as they may have

a corrosive effect.

to clean a disc, wipe it in a straight line from the center towards the edge using a

soft, lint-free cloth. cleaning agents may damage the disc.

environmental information

all redundant packing material has been omitted. we have done our utmost to make

the packaging easily separable into three mono materials: PET, PS, PE.

your set consists of materials which can be recycled if disassembled by a specialized

company. please observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of packing

materials, drained batteries and old equipment.

general information

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mp3 music ﬁles

the music compression technology mp3 (mpeg audio layer 3) reduces the digital data

of an audio cd signiﬁcantly while maintaining cd-like sound quality. with mp3 you

can record up to 10 hours of cd-like music on a single 12cm cd-rom.

how to get music ﬁles

either download legal music ﬁles from the internet to your computer hard disc or

create them from your own audio cds. for this, insert an audio cd into your

computer´s cd-rom drive and convert the music using an appropriate encoder

software. to achieve a good sound quality, a bit rate of 128 kbps or higher is

recommended for mp3 music ﬁles.

how to organize music ﬁles

in order to easily handle the large number of music ﬁles on a cd-rom,

you can organize them in folders (“albums”).

the tracks of an album will be played in alphabetical order. if you want

to arrange them in a certain order, let the ﬁle names start with numbers.

for example:

001-ONEWORLD.MP3

002-FIRESTARTER.MP3

003-DEEP.MP3

the albums will be arranged in alphabetical order. If albums are located in an album,

they will be played after this album. albums without mp3 ﬁles will be skipped.

if there are mp3 ﬁles which you did not put into an album, you will ﬁnd them in the

album VVaarriioouusswith album number 00. various is the ﬁrst album that will be played.

when playing a disc with cd audio tracks and mp3 ﬁles, the cd audio tracks will be

played ﬁrst.

general information

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how to make a cd-rom with mp3 ﬁles

use your computer´s cd burner to record (“burn”) the music ﬁles from your hard disc

to a cd-rom. use either ISO 9660 disc format or UDF. some cd burner software like

e. g. “DirectCD”support the UDF format.

make sure that the ﬁle names of the mp3 ﬁles end with .mp3.

supported formats

this set supports:

disc format: ISO 9660, joliet, multisession, UDF,

enhanced music cd, mixed mode cd

mp3 bit rate: 32–320 kbps and variable bit rate

total number of music ﬁles and albums: around 350

(with a typical ﬁle name length of 20 characters)

note: the number of music ﬁles that can be played depends on the length of

the ﬁle names. with short ﬁle names more ﬁles will be supported.

all trademarks used are owned by their respective owners.

general information

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ﬁrmware upgrade

occasionally, philips releases new software (“ﬁrmware”) for your set.

1connect the mains adapter to DC on the set and to the wall socket (see “mains

adapter”).

2keep mode pressed for 3 seconds.

the type of your set and the current version of the ﬁrmware are displayed. Upgrade?

is displayed.

3press 9.

4visit the homepage http://www.nike-philips.com. check if there is a ﬁrmware ﬁle for

your set and if the ﬁrmware version is higher than the current version of your set.

download the ﬁle and burn it on a cd-rom.

5insert the cd-rom into the set and keep mode pressed for 3 seconds.

Upgrade? is displayed.

6press 2;.

Upgrading is displayed and upgrading starts. this may take some minutes. after

upgrading is ﬁnished,Upgrade complete is scrolled.

Wrong upgrade file is scrolled: your set already has the latest ﬁrmware or the

downloaded ﬁle does not correspond to your set.

Upgrade file defect is scrolled: the upgrade ﬁle has been damaged during the

download or when burning the cd-rom. download the ﬁle again, burn a new cd-rom

and try again.

No upgrade file is scrolled: no upgrade ﬁle was found on the inserted cd-rom.

note: if upgrading is interrupted accidentally, repeat step 6 until upgrading

is completed successfully.

general information

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batteries (supplied or optionally available)

inserting batteries

open the battery compartment and insert 2 alkaline

batteries of type AA (LR6, UM3).

do not use old and new or different types of

batteries in combination.

indication of empty batteries

replace the batteries or connect the

mains adapter as soon as Ablinks and

Replace batteries is scrolled.

remove batteries if they are empty or if the set will

not be used for a long time.

batteries contain chemical substances,

so they should be disposed of properly.

average playing time of batteries under normal conditions:

alkaline

batteries

esp on 10 hours

esp and powersaving on:

audio disc 15 hours

mp3-cd 24 hours

note: to switch on powersaving, press esp repeatedly during

playback until ESP is shown (see “esp and powersaving”).

power supply

Replace batte

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