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
Digital ljudspelare
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We hope you enjoy your product
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Since it is possible for you to upgrade your product,
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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.
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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:
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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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