Philips GoGear Digital Audio Player User manual

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Digital Audio Player

Lecteur audio numérique | Digitaler Audio-Player | Reproductor de audio digital

Digitale audiospeler | Lettore audio digitale | Leitor Áudio Digital

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We hope you enjoy your product

Please visit www.philips.com/support and enter your product name to view:

- FAQ, Frequently Asked Questions

- Latest user manuals

- Latest PC software downloads

- Firmware upgrade files

Since it is possible for you to upgrade your product,

we recommend that you register your product on

www.philips.com/register

so we can inform you as soon as new free upgrades become available.

The model and production numbers can be found inside the battery compartment.

About your new product

With your newly purchased product, you can enjoy the following:

- MP3 and WMA playback (see MUSIC MODE section)

- FM radio*** (see RADIO MODE section)

- Recording: FM***, direct line-in and voice (see MAKING RECORDINGS section)

***FM radio is only available to some regional versions. FM radio is currently not available in Europe.

Included accessories

Headphones Audio cable USB cable

Armband or Neck-strap (availability subject to region)

CDROM with user manual, drivers, FAQ, music management softwares

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About Batteries

You can use the following batteries with your device:

- normal batteries type LR03, UM4 or AAA (preferably Philips); or

- alkaline batteries type LR03, UM4 or AAA (preferably Philips); or

- rechargeable batteries type LR03, UM4 or AAA (preferably Philips)

Note: Remove batteries if they are empty or if the player is not going to be used for a long time.

Inser ting batteries

Open the battery compartment. Insert batteries with correct polarity.

Powering on / off

Power on: Press and hold 2; for 1 second.

➔ PHILIPS splash screen appears briefly

Power off: Press and hold 2; again for 1 second or more.

TIP

Your device automatically powers down if there is no operation and no music played for

60 seconds. Last playback status / screen will be resumed at next powering on.

✔

Indication of power level

You can see the approximate power level of your batteries on the display.

Battery full

Battery two-thirds full

Battery half full

Battery low

Battery empty

Note: Rechargeable batteries shows lower voltage levels when compared to alkaline ones.

Batteries contain chemical substances, so they should be disposed of properly.

TIP

When the batteries are nearly empty, the battery low screen blinks and

the beep tone sounds once.

When you hear a double beep, your device will power down in less than 60 seconds.

Your device will save all settings and un-finished recordings before it powers down.

✔

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Music mode

We have put some music tracks on your device so that you can jump start your music experience.

You can also transfer your digital music collection from your computer to your device through the

included music management software.

(see GETTING DIGITAL MUSIC ON YOUR DEVICE for more information)

IMPORTANT!

Music files transferred through Windows Explorer (by drag and drop) to your device

will only be recognized as data files - they will neither appear nor play in the MUSIC

library of your device.

Searching for your desired music

1From the root menu, select MUSIC to enter the music mode. As you enter the music mode,

you can search from the following display options:

Music Playlists Alphabetically

listed playlists

Tracks listed in

play order

Artists Alphabetically

listed artists

Alphabetically

listed tracks

All tracks Alphabetically

listed tracks

2Press 3to scroll up or 4to scroll down for your option.

Press 6for next or 5for previous levels.

3Press 2; to play your selection.

TIP

You can also press and hold 3or 4key to SuperScroll.

An enlarged head letter will show as the tracks scroll quickly.

Stop pressing when you have arrived at your desired head letter.

✔

Note: Chinese, Japanese and Korean information will be sorted according to their unicode value.

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Playback

The 2;,3,4,5,6keys are multi-functional. They work according to how you press them:

press or press and hold. During music playback, you can do the following:

Advanced features in playback

A-B REPEAT

To repeat or loop a sequence in a track:

1Press A - B / DBB at your chosen starting point;

➔appears on the screen.

2Press A - B / DBB again at your chosen end point;

➔ appears on the screen, and the repeat sequence begins.

3Press A - B / DBB again to exit the sequence.

BOOKMARKS

The bookmark feature (available in both the MUSIC and RECORDINGS libraries) lets you mark a

point that you can go to quickly. You can store up to 10 bookmarks on your device.

Setting up a bookmark

1Press SETTING when playback reaches a point that you want to mark.

Select "BOOKMARK > Set bookmark".

Note: When the 10 available bookmark positions are used up, your device will go back to the first

position. You will be prompted to overwrite existing bookmark positions. Press 2; to

confirm. Press 5to cancel.

TIP

You can also pre-set your [>]key shor tcut as BOOKMARK for one-touch bookmark setting.

See [>]key shor tcut for more information.

✔

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PLAY MODES

You can set your device to play music tracks randomly (Shuffle ) and / or repeatedly (repeat ).

Changing play modes

1Press SETTING. Select Play modes.

2Use scroll controls to select the following options. Press 2; to confirm your selection.

Press 2; to deslect a checked option.

Shuffle On Off

Repeat Off On

Shuffle and repeat On On

Normal Off Off

Play mode Shuffle Repeat On screen indication

Playing a bookmark

1Press SETTING and select "BOOKMARK > Bookmark list

TIP

You know your track has a bookmark as you navigate.

The top right corner of the highlighter is "folded". Press 6

to display all bookmarks set within the highlighted track.

✔

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EQUALIZERS

You can set your device to play music tracks with different EQ (equalizers).

Changing equalizers

1Press SETTING. Select Equalizers.

2Use scroll controls to select Rock / Pop / Jazz / Classic / Custom / Off.

TIP

You can also pre-set your [>]key shor tcut as EQ for one-touch equalizers setting.

See [>]key shor tcut for more information.

✔

Custom EQ

The Equalizer custom setting provides 5 adjustable bands: Bass, Low, Mid, High and Treble.

1Press SETTING. Select Equalizers > Custom.

2Press 6or 5to select your band.

➔ Selected band flashes.

3Press 3once or more to increase the band setting.

Press 4once or more to reduce the band setting.

4Press 2; to save.

➔ The newly saved custom eq can be immediately heard if you are playing music

TIP

- Press and hold 5to exit the Custom EQ screen without saving new settings.

- The Custom EQ screen times out when there is more than 5 seconds of inactivity.

✔

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