Philips SA4ARA 04 manual

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1 EN Contents 1 Important safety information 3 General maintenance 3 Recycling the product 5 2 Y our new pla yer 7 What's in the box 7 PC software loaded on the play er 7 Files loaded on the play er 7 Over view 8 Controls 8 Home screen 8 Lock/unlock the keys 9 Screen on/off 9 SafeSound 9 Adjust the volume 9 3 Get started 11 Charge power 11 Swi[...]

2 EN 12 Settings 25 Play mode 25 Sound settings 25 SafeSound 25 Sleep timer 25 Display settings 25 Backlight timer 26 Screensav er 26 Slideshow settings 26 Language 26 PC connection preference 26 Information 26 Format device 27 Factor y settings 27 CD installer 27 13 Sync with PC media librar y thr ough Philips Songbird 28 Install Philips Songbird [...]

3 EN 1 Impor tant safety information General maintenance The translation of this document is for reference only . In the event of an y inconsistency between the English version and the tr anslated ver sion, the English version shall prevail. Caution • T o a void damage or malfunction: • Use only pow er supplies listed in the user manual. • Do[...]

4 EN The making of unauthorized copies of copy- protected material, including computer programs, les, broadcasts and sound recordings, may be an infr ingement of copyrights and constitute a cr iminal offense. This equipment should not be used for such purposes. The Windows Media and the Windo ws logo are registered trademar ks of Microsoft Corpo[...]

5 EN in contract, strict liability , or tor t (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software , even if advised of the possibility of such damage XP A T XML Parser Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000 Thai Open Source Software Center Ltd P er mission is hereby granted, free of charge , to any person obtaining a copy[...]

6 EN Please inform your self about the local r ules on separate collection of batter ies. The cor rect disposal of batteries helps prevent potentially negative consequences on the en vironment and human health. Notice for the Eur opean Union This product complies with the radio interference requirements of the European Union.[...]

7 EN 2 Y our ne w pla y er What's in the box Make sure that y ou have receiv ed the following items: Play er Earphones USB cable Quick star t guide Safety and W ar ranty sheet Philips GoGear audio player Quick start guide Safe ty and Warr anty Before using yo ur set: Check out details inside this booklet Note • The images ser ve as reference[...]

8 EN Ov er view Contr ols a • Press and hold: Switch the play er on or off • Press: Select options, or star t/pause/ resume play b Speaker c Displa y d / • Press: Show options menu • Press and hold: Lock/unlock all buttons e • 3.5-mm headphone connector f MIC • Microphone g / / / • Na vigation buttons jabc d e f g h i / • on the lis[...]

9 EN • From the Home screen, you can access functional menus by pressing the na vigation buttons / / / and . • T o go back to to previous screens, press repeatedly; or , press and hold to retur n to the Home screen. Switch between the Home scr een and play screen On the Home screen, During music play or radio play , • Press and select [Now pl[...]

10 EN • T o continue to increase the volume, select [Y es] . • T o exit, select [No] . » Y ou retur n to the previous volume level.[...]

11 EN 3 Get star ted Charge pow er ARIAZ has a built-in batter y that can be charged through the USB por t of a computer . Connect ARIAZ to a PC by using the USB cable. Note • When you connect ARIAZ to a computer , you are briey prompted to select: [Charge & transfer] or [Charge & pla y] . If no option is selected, [Charge & transf[...]

12 EN 4 Music T ransfer m usic to the pla y er Y ou can tr ansfer your PC media librar y to ARIAZ in the following wa ys: • Sync through Philips Songbird (see 'Sync with PC media librar y through Philips Songbird' on page 28); With the media management software , you can access online m usic stores, create playlists, or edit your media [...]

13 EN Pla y music Y ou can star t play from a song, or play an entire album or ar tist. T o start play fr om a song, 1 Select a song. 2 Press to star t play . » Play star ts from current song. On the pla y screen, • Press to pause and resume play . • T o go to the previous screen, press . » The play screen returns a few seconds later . » On [...]

14 EN » Y ou remove current song from the selected playlist. Remov e all the songs in a pla ylist 1 Select [Pla ylists] > [Clear playlist] . 2 Select a playlist-on-the-go . Press . » Y ou remove all the songs from the playlist. Delete songs fr om the pla yer T o delete a song, 1 Select or play a song. 2 On the list of songs or play screen, •[...]

15 EN 5 Audiobooks Go to > [Audiobooks] to play books in audio formats that you ha ve do wnloaded from www .audible.com . Sync audio books to the pla y er From www .audible.com, download and install the AudibleManager software on your PC . Through the software , you can • do wnload audiobooks from www . audible.com to your PC librar y of audio[...]

16 EN T o check the audio books transferr ed to the pla yer , See the play er pane on AudibleManager . • If necessar y , click Refresh Device . Find audiobooks on the pla y er In > [Audiobooks] , audiobook les are organized by book title or author . [Books] • Books are sor ted b y book title in alphabetical order . [Authors] • Books are[...]

17 EN 6 Videos T ransfer videos to the pla yer T ransfer videos from your PC media librar y to the play er . Find videos on the pla y er Findvideosbylename • Go to . » Videos are listed by le name in alphabetical order . Findvideosbylefolder • Go to . » Videos are organized by le folder as on the PC . Pla y[...]

18 EN 7 Pictur es Add pictur es to the pla yer 1 Connect ARIAZ to a computer . 2 On the PC , under My Computer or Computer , • select ARIAZ , and create le folder s. 3 On the PC , drag and drop les to the le folder s on ARIAZ . • Alternatively , dr ag and drop le folder s from the PC to ARIAZ . Find pictur es on the pla y er Find[...]

19 EN » Current picture is deleted from the play er .[...]

20 EN 8 FM radio Note • Plug in the supplied earphones when you tune in to radio stations. The earphones double as antenna. For better reception, mov e the ear phone cable in different directions. T une in to radio stations Auto tune The r st time you go to , star t Auto tune to search for stations as prompted. Up to 30 stations are stored as [...]

21 EN 9 Recor dings Mak e recor dings With ARIAZ , you can record: • voices or audio through the built-in microphone; or • radio progr ams when the r adio plays on the play er . Record audio/v oices 1 In , select [Star t voice r ecording] . » Recording screen appear s. 2 Ensure that the microphone is close to the sound source to be recorded. 3[...]

22 EN Upload y our recor dings 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 > V oice or FM . 3 Drag and drop the recording les to a location on the PC .[...]

23 EN 10 T ext r eader Y ou can read text les (.txt les) on the player . Addtextlestothepla yer 1 Connect ARIAZ to a computer . 2 On the PC , under My Computer or Computer , • select ARIAZ , and create le folder s. 3 On the PC , drag and drop les to the le folder s on the ARIAZ . • Alternatively , dr ag and drop[...]

24 EN 11 Folder vie w Go to to view and play media les from the media librar y on the player . Music : for music les that you sync to the pla yer through Philips Songbird ; Video : for video les that you sync to the pla yer through Philips Songbird ; Pla ylists : for pla ylists that you sync to the pla yer , and the playlists-on-the-go tha[...]

25 EN 12 Settings In , select your options for the pla yer . 1 Press / to select an option. 2 Press to conr m. Pla y mode In [Pla y mode] , select play modes f or music pla y: [Pla y music from…] switches to a collection the same as that of current song [Repeat] [Repeat 1] repeats current song. [Repeat all] repeats all songs in current folder [...]

26 EN Backlight timer The screen enter s the idle mode , if no new action is taken on the play er . After the pre- dened time duration, the idle screen is switched off automatically . T o sa ve batter y pow er , select a low value f or the time dur ation. T o set the time duration 1 From the Home screen, select > [Displa y settings] > [Bac[...]

27 EN [Model:] full product name Check the full product name when updating rmware from the suppor t website. [Firmware version:] current r mware ver sion Check the rmware ver sion when updating rmware from the suppor t website. [Support site:] web site that pro vides suppor t for the play er [Disk space] [Free space:] space availab le [[...]

28 EN 13 Sync with PC media librar y thr ough Philips Songbir d With Philips Songbird , you can do the follo wing: • Manage y our music collection on a PC; • Sync ARIAZ with y our PC music librar y; • Register ARIAZ on www .philips.com/ welcome; • Update the rmware of ARIAZ (see 'Update the rmware through Philips Songbird' o[...]

29 EN 1 On Philips Songbird , go to T ools > Options... 2 Select Media Importer , and then the iT unes Impor ter tab. 3 V erify your librar y location and options. 4 Click the Import Librar y button next to the librar y location. » The software impor ts the iT unes librar y into Philips Songbird . Set the watch folder In Philips Songbird , set [...]

30 EN • or , go to File > Impor t a pla ylist to select playlists on the PC . » Media les are added under Pla ylists . Get contents fr om online sour ces Y ou can access and purchase content from online sources. Find the available online ser vices under Ser vices on the source selector pane. Note • Before you do wnload or purchase conten[...]

31 EN 1 In Librar y > Music , select songs. • T o select multiple songs, hold down the Ctrl button when y ou click songs. 2 T o add the songs to a playlist: • Right click on the songs, and select Add to Pla ylist ; • Select a pla ylist; » The songs are added to the playlist. • T o create a playlist, select New Pla ylist . » A new playl[...]

32 EN Select a seed song Make sure that the seed song has completed the Lik eMusic analysis. • In Library > Music , double click the blue Lik eMusic icon of the song; Alternatively , • In Library > Music , right click on a song and select Run Lik eMusic with . » A Lik eMusic playlist is displa yed in the Lik eMusic page . Set the maximum[...]

33 EN 2 Under Pla ylists , name the playlist as needed. Add songs to the top or end of the pla y queue • T o add songs to the top, right click on the options and select Queue Next ; • T o add songs to the end, r ight click on the options and select Queue Last . ManagemedialesinPhilips Songbird Edit metadata By editing le in[...]

34 EN Remov emedialesfromthelibrary 1 Right click on a media le . Select Remove . 2 Conrm as prompted. » The selected le is remov ed from the librar y and from all playlists. (By default, the le is only "remo ved", not "deleted". The le still exists in its original location on the computer or co[...]

35 EN 1 Select the play er under Devices . 2 Select Manual or Auto . 3 T o conr m the option, click Apply . Auto sync • If y ou have selected auto sync, auto sync star ts automatically when y ou connect the play er to a PC; • Alternatively , select the player under Devices , and click Sync . T o select auto sync settings, 1 Select the play e[...]

36 EN 14 Update the firmwar e thr ough Philips Songbir d ARIAZ is controlled by an internal progr am called rmware . Newer v er sions of the rmware may hav e been released after you hav e purchased ARIAZ . Through Philips Songbird , you can check for and install rmware updates for ARIAZ over the Internet. Tip • Y our music les are not[...]

37 EN 15 Repair the pla y er thr ough Philips Songbir d If ARIAZ is not working proper ly or the displa y freezes, you can reset it without losing data: T o reset ARIAZ? • Inser t a pen tip or other object into the reset hole located at the base of ARIAZ . Hold until the play er shuts down. If you fail to r eset the play er , repair the pla yer t[...]

38 EN 16 T echnical data Powe r • P ow er supply: 520 mAh Li-ion polymer internal rechar geable batter y • Pla y time¹ Music: up to 25 hour s ( Saf eSound on); up to 13 hour s ( FullSound on, SafeSound on); up to 12 hour s ( FullSound on); up to 25 hour s ( FullSound off) Video (WMV): up to 5 hour s FM radio: up to 15 hour s PC Software • Ph[...]

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