Philips GoGEAR SA4ARA 04, User Manual

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Page 3: ...5 Sync audio books to the player 15 Install AudibleManager on the PC 15 Download audiobooks to the PC 15 Sync to the player 15 Find audiobooks on the player 16 Play audiobooks 16 Use bookmarks 16 Delete audiobooks from the player 16 6 Videos 17 Transfer videos to the player 17 Find videos on the player 17 Play videos 17 Select brightness 17 Delete videos from the player 17 7 Pictures 18 Add pictur...

Page 4: ...eate playlists in Philips Songbird 30 Create a playlist 30 Generate LikeMusic playlists 31 Save the play queue as a playlist 32 Manage media files in Philips Songbird 33 Edit metadata 33 Get album artwork 33 Remove media files from the library 34 Sync the player with Philips Songbird 34 Select auto or manual sync 34 Auto sync 35 Manual sync 35 14 Update the firmware through Philips Songbird 36 15 ...

Page 5: ... the product Batteries battery pack or batteries installed shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine fire or the like Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type About operating and storage temperatures Operate in a place where temperature is always between 0 and 45ºC 32 to 113ºF Store in a place where temperature is always bet...

Page 6: ... are used to identify and detect any failures or problems you as a user may experience while using the device The data stored for example will be the duration of playback in music mode duration of playback in turner mode how many times battery low was encountered etc The data stored do not reveal the content or media used on the device or the source of downloads The data stored on the device are r...

Page 7: ...THER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITHTHE SOFTWARE ORTHE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS INTHE SOFTWARE Recycling the product Your product is designed and manufactured with high quality materials and components which can be recycled and reused When you see the crossed out wheel bin symbol attached to a product it means the product is cover...

Page 8: ...ate collection of batteries The correct disposal of batteries helps prevent potentially negative consequences on the environment and human health Notice for the European Union This product complies with the radio interference requirements of the European Union ...

Page 9: ...e The images serve as reference only Philips reserves the right to change color design without notice PC software loaded on the player ARIAZ comes with the following PC software Philips Songbird helps you update the firmware of the player and manage your media library on a PC and the player To getPhilips Songbirdonline On your PC go to www philips com Songbird or www philips com support Files load...

Page 10: ...and hold Increase decrease the volume quickly on the play screen Press Skip to the next previous file Press and hold Fast forward or rewind within current file h USB connector for power charging and data transfer i RESET Press the hole by using the tip of a ball pen when the screen does not respond to the pressing of keys j Press Back one level Press and hold Return to the Home screen Home screen ...

Page 11: ...en to music in a safe way When you listen to music through the earphones the sound pressure on your ears is estimated based on the electrical characteristics of the player and earphones Then the estimate is compared against the reference levels of sound pressure As a result icons of different colors can be displayed to indicate status of sound pressure and the levels of risks to hearing damage Lev...

Page 12: ...10 EN To continue to increase the volume select Yes To exit select No You return to the previous volume level ...

Page 13: ...tery is low The player saves all settings and switches off within 60 seconds Note Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings The charging animation stops and the icon is displayed when the charging process is completed To conserve battery power and increase the play time do the following on ARIAZ Set the backlight...

Page 14: ...by metadata or ID3 tag under different collections All songs Artists Album art Albums or Genres All songs Songs are sorted by song title in alphabetical order Artists Songs are sorted by artist in alphabetical order Under each artist songs are sorted by album in alphabetical order Album art Thumbnails of album art are listed for albums in alphabetical order Albums Songs are sorted by album in alph...

Page 15: ...ayer Alive Argentina All ofYour Life ive rgentina l o of fY Yo our L Life e A 1 On the play screen press and select Play mode 2 In Play music from select All songs Press Select play options On the play screen press to select play options such as play mode sound settings and sleep timer see Settings on page 25 Playlists On the players you can find the following playlists playlists that you transfer...

Page 16: ...gs from the playlist Delete songs from the player To delete a song 1 Select or play a song 2 On the list of songs or play screen press and select Delete 3 Select Yes Current song is deleted from the player To delete an artist or album 1 Select an artist or album 2 On the list of artists or albums press and select Delete 3 Select Yes Current artist or album is deleted from the player ...

Page 17: ...ips GoGear selected models from the drop down list of listening devices Follow onscreen instructions to complete the installation Download audiobooks to the PC 1 Connect your PC to the Internet 2 Launch AudibleManager on your PC 3 On AudibleManager click the My Library Online button to connect to www audible com 4 Select and download audio books Log in to your account with www audible com Download...

Page 18: ...yback speed Select an option To skip titles or sections during play 1 On the play screen press Navigation mode Select Titles or Section 2 On the play screen press Use bookmarks On an audiobook you can add up to 10 bookmarks to the play time Start play from the bookmarked play time as needed To add a bookmark 1 On the play screen press and select Bookmarks Add bookmark 2 Select a location Current p...

Page 19: ...deo 2 Press to start play The video plays in the landscape view On the play screen Press to pause and resume play To select a video file on the play screen Repeatedly press To rewind or fast forward within current video On the play screen press and hold Select brightness 1 On the play screen press and select Brightness 2 Press to select an option 3 Press Delete videos from the player 1 Select or p...

Page 20: ...d in the landscape view On the play screen Press to rotate the picture Press to select a picture Start a slideshow When you view pictures in full screen press to start a slideshow Pictures play one by one Select play options On the play screen press to select play options Brightness Select the brightness of the screen Backlight timer Select a value After the selected time duration the screen switc...

Page 21: ...19 EN Current picture is deleted from the player ...

Page 22: ...d select Auto tune Manual tune To search for a frequency or station 1 On the play screen press and select Manual tune 2 Press and hold or You tune in to the next station from current frequency For fine tuning press or repeatedly Listen through the speaker You can listen to the radio through the speaker or earphones To play through the speaker or earphones 1 On the play screen press and select Chan...

Page 23: ... 3 Press to toggle between pause and record Press to stop 4 Select Yes to save the recording Recordings are saved to Recordings library FM radio recordings Filename format FMRECXXX MP3 where XXX is the recording number that is generated automatically Note The feature of FM radio recording is available with some versions only Refer to the onscreen menu of the player to find out which features are a...

Page 24: ...ecordings to a computer 1 Connect ARIAZ to a computer 2 On the PC under My Computer or Computer select ARIAZ in ARIAZ select recordings in Recordings Voice or FM 3 Drag and drop the recording files to a location on the PC ...

Page 25: ... Home screen select A list of text files is displayed The text files are sorted by file folder in alphabetical order Find text files by file folder In select file folders and files as you organize them on the PC Read text files 1 Select a text file 2 Press to start play 3 On the play screen Press or to turn over pages Press or to scroll up or down To increase or decrease the font size On the play ...

Page 26: ... player and the playlists on the go that you create on the player SERVICE for the audiobooks that you sync to the player through AudibleManager Recordings for voice or FM recordings that you make on the player To find files transferred in Windows Explorer Locate the files as you have organized in Windows Explorer on the PC Note The feature of FM radio recording is available with some versions only...

Page 27: ...witch onSafeSound In SafeSound select On Auto safe volume If you select a volume level higher than the safe one Auto safe volume can have the volume level gradually adjusted to the safe one In SafeSound settings select Auto safe volume On Volume limit To set a volume limit for yourself select SafeSound settings Volume limit Press to set the volume limit Press to confirm Sleep timer Switch on the s...

Page 28: ...over of current song or last played song if available Screen off switches off the screen Demo mode shows major features of the player To exit the screensaver Press any key Slideshow settings Time per slide selects play time for each slide Repeat plays all slides repeatedly if activated Shuffle plays all slides in random order if activated Language You can change the language selection in Language ...

Page 29: ...orted types of video files Format device Format the player You remove all the data that are stored on the player Select Format device and then select Yes as prompted Factory settings In Factory settings restore the player to factory settings Files transferred to the player are retained CD installer If you have selected MSC in PC connection preference the CD installer options are displayed In CD in...

Page 30: ...ows XP Windows 2000 Computer WindowsVista Windows 7 The Philips Songbird drive is displayed 3 To start installation double click the Philips Songbird drive Note The installation requires you to agree to the license terms Collect media files from the PC Set the watch folder Create a central folder You can have all music files automatically added to your library when you copy them to a folder Creati...

Page 31: ... set the watch folder as follows 1 Select Tools Options 2 In Options select Media Importer Then select the Watch Folders tab 3 In Watch Folders tick the check box as shown 4 Click Browse and select the central folder e g D Songbird media as the watch folder In Philips Songbird media files are added or removed as they are in the central music folder Import media files Import media files from other ...

Page 32: ...e online service and log in to your account Some of the services are available in certain countries Search online 1 Select an online service Select an option under Services Alternatively in the search box click the down arrow to select an online service You enter the Web page of the online source 2 Search for your media file If necessary use the search box to enter a keyword Create playlists in Ph...

Page 33: ...e new playlist as desired 3 Drag and drop media files to the playlist Tip To drag and drop multiple files at the same time hold down the Ctrl button when you click on selections Generate LikeMusic playlists Based on the LikeMusic analysis a playlist can be generated from a seed song LikeMusic analyzes songs in your library and based on their music characteristics creates relationships between them...

Page 34: ...sic playlist is displayed in the LikeMusic page Set the maximum number of songs Select a number in the drop down list Save the LikeMusic playlist Click Save as playlist in the LikeMusic page The LikeMusic playlist is saved under Playlists Save the play queue as a playlist Create a play queue Drag and drop songs or playlists to the Play Queue pane Save the play queue as a playlist 1 Click Save The ...

Page 35: ...ter you sync the media files to the player you can browse the media library by metadata 1 In Library Music or Videos select a media file 2 Right click on the file to select View Metadata A metadata table appears for you to edit the information Get album artwork Artwork is sometimes available for music downloads With Philips Songbird you can insert artwork for songs After you sync the songs to some...

Page 36: ... selections To select multiple consecutive files hold down the Shift button when you click on the first and last selections Sync the player with Philips Songbird 1 On the PC launch Philips Songbird 2 Connect the player to the PC by using a USB cable On Philips Songbird the player is displayed when it is recognized by the PC Select auto or manual sync The first time you connect the player to Philip...

Page 37: ...s 1 Select the player under Devices 2 On the pop up window click the Music or Videos tab 3 Click to select an option Manual sync To manually transfer selected playlists 1 Select playlists 2 Drag and drop the playlists to ARIAZ To manually transfer selected media files 1 On the Content pane right click on a selected media file 2 Select Add to Device ARIAZ Selected files are transferred to ARIAZ Tip...

Page 38: ...net 2 As shown connect the ARIAZ to the PC by using a USB cable 3 On the PC launch Philips Songbird If necessary click Start Programs Philips Philips Songbird 4 Click ARIAZ in the Player pane Then select Tools Check for updated firmware in the pop up window Philips Songbird checks for updates and installs new firmware from the Internet if available 5 Follow the on screen instructions Downloading a...

Page 39: ...r repair the player throughPhilips Songbird 1 On your PC launch Philips Songbird 2 In Philips Songbird select Tools Repair my Philips Device select ARIAZ in the pop up list 3 Connect the player to the PC Make sure that you follow the onscreen instructions on how to connect the player to the PC 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the repair Tip After you repair the player the CD ROM part...

Page 40: ...p4 WMV Picture display Supported formats JPEG BMP Storage media Built in memory capacity SA4ARA04 4GB NAND Flash SA4ARA08 8GB NAND Flash SA4ARA16 16GB NAND Flash SA4ARA32 32GB NAND Flash Media transfer Songbird sync Windows Explorer drag and drop Display Color LCD 320 x 240 pixels Note Specifications are subject to change without notice Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles...

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