Philips GoGear PSS231 manual

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    Philips GoGear ShoqBox User man ual PSS231 PSS231_eng_cover.qxd 13/1/06 17:39 Page 1[...]

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    Need help? Please visit www.philips.com/support where you can access to a full set of supporting materials such as user manual, flash tutorial, the latest software upgrades and answers to frequently asked questions. Or call our Customer Care Helpline, 0906 1010 017 (£0.15/min) where our professional support team will be pleased to assist you in so[...]

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    Country Helpdesk Tariff / min Keep ready Europe Belgium 070 253 010 € 0.17 La date d’achat la référence et le numéro de série du produit Denmark 3525 8761 Local tariff Forbrugeren’s indkøbsdato, type/model-og serienummer Germany 0180 5 007 532 € 0,12 Das Kaufdatum. Modellnummer und Serial nummer Spain 902 888 785 € 0,15 Fecha de comp[...]

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    4 WELCOME 4 About your new play er 5 Accessor ies 5 Optional accessor ies 6 Registr ation 6 More information 7 Getting star ted 7 Over view of controls and connections 9 Basic first steps 9 Char ging 10 Installing software 11 Connecting your ShoqBox to the PC via the USB por t 11 T ransfer ring music 11 P owering on / off 12 Selecting a music track[...]

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    17 Manual synchronization 20 Creating a playlist 20 T ransfer ring a playlist 21 Managing your tracks and playlists 23 Shaqbox main r oot menu 24 Shoqbox basic operations 25 Playing music on ShoqBo x 26 ShoqBox display icons 26 Batter y lev el indications 27 Customizing settings 30 Detailed operations 30 Music mode 32 Line-in mode 33 ShoqBox time a[...]

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    39 Updating your pla yer 40 T o manually check whether y our firmware is up to date 41 T r ouble shooting 41 There is no Music on my play er after tr ansfer 41 My ShoqBox play er is frozen 41 T o repair your ShoqBo x using Philips Device Manager 42 My play er is full and I have less songs on m y player than I expected 44 Safety and maintenance 44 G[...]

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    W elcome About y our ne w pla y er With your newly purchased ShoqBo x, you can enjo y the following: • Music playback of MP3 and WMA digital audio tr acks from the built-in memor y • Line-in mode to play y our favorite external audio sources, like music from y our laptop or other digital audio play er • FM radio with presets • Alarm functio[...]

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    Optional accessories These accessories are not included with your player b ut can be bought separ ately . The following accessories are not included with your ShoqBo x, but can be bought separately . Y ou can find them at www .philips.com/GoGearshop (Europe) or www .store.philips.com (US). Accessories The following accessories are included with you[...]

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    Registration Since it is possible for y ou to upgr ade your product, we recommend that y ou register your product on www .philips.com/register so we can inform you as soon as new free upgrades become availab le . Mor e information Please visit www .philips.com/suppor t or www .usasuppor t.philips.com (for U.S. residents) Enter your product model nu[...]

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    Getting star ted Ov er vie w of contr ols and connections 7 USB RESET LINE IN 5V DC USB RESET LINE IN 5V DC[...]

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    8 1 Navigation 3 Scroll up / Previous / Fast rewind 4 Scroll down / Next / Fast forward 1 Back to previous level 2 Go to next level 2 V olume controls + Increase volume - Decrease volume 3 Bass boost DBB Enable or disable Dynamic Bass Boost to enhance bass tones 4 MENU 5 POWER / PLA Y / 2; Press and hold for 2 seconds to po wer on / off ShoqBox, P [...]

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    Basic first steps 9 Charging 1 Connect the supplied multi-voltage adaptor/charger to your ShoqBox b y plugging it into the 5V DC connector at the back of your product under the ShoqBo x back cov er and then plug the other end into a standard mains power outlet. 2 The batter y will be fully charged in 4 hour s when char ging it for the first time an[...]

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    Installing software What you need before software installation: - PC with Windows® XP (SP1 or above) - Internet connection with Microsoft Inter net Explorer 6.0 or higher - CD-ROM drive - USB por t - 500 MB hard disk space recommended Important! Always install the software from the CD ev en if you may ha ve Windows Media Player . Any additional ut[...]

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    Connecting your ShoqBo x to the PC via the USB por t Open the connections cov er at the back of your ShoqBox. Connect the included adapter to your ShoqBo x and to the main power supply . Connect the smaller end of your USB cab le to your ShoqBox and the bigger end to y our computer's USB por t. Y our ShoqBox will be recogniz ed by your compute[...]

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    Select a music track to pla y Use the navigation k eys on the left of the display to select a song for playback. Play a song by pressing 2; . Press the same key to pause the music. As with most digital audio play er s, there is no stop key . Look at the demo mode to see ke y features The demo mode can be star ted from an y mode by pressing MENU ke [...]

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    Organize and transfer m usic with Windows Media Pla y er 10 Note: Windows XP oper ating system is required for Windows Media Player 10. This chapter describes the basic oper ations and steps that you need to follow to successfull y transfer music to your ShoqBo x. For more information, please refer to Windows Media Player Help on y our computer . A[...]

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    2 Select Librar y tab to access media librar y . 3 Click Add to Librar y on the bottom left of the screen. 4 Y ou can choose to add files from f older , URL, by searching your computer , etc . 14[...]

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    Ripping songs fr om a CD If you want to transfer music from a CD to y our player , y ou need to create a digital copy of the music on y our PC fir st. This is called ripping. 1 Star t Windows Media Play er . 2 Inser t the Audio CD . 3 Select Rip tab to display a list of music tracks on your CD . 4 If your computer is connected to the Internet, the [...]

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    16 Synchr onizing content to your de vice When you connect y our player to y our computer for the first time , Windows Media Pla yer star ts the Device Setup Wizard. Y ou can choose to synchronize your play er with the librar y automatically or manually . Automatic synchronization: Ever y time you connect your pla yer to your computer and star t Wi[...]

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    Manual synchr onization 1 Star t Windows Media Play er . 2 Connect the play er to your computer using the supplied USB cable. 3 Select Sync tab. 4 In the pull down menu on the right pane, select Philips or Philips ShoqBox as the destination. ShoqBox 17[...]

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    5 If they are not in the list, click F5 to refresh and tr y again. 6 Select Librar y tab to access media librar y . 7 Click to highlight the song you want to cop y . 8 Right click on the song and select Add to > Sync List. 18[...]

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    9 Or drag and drop the song into the Sync List on the r ight pane . 0 Click Star t Sync button at the bottom of the screen to star t synchronization. The progress will be display ed just above the Star t Sync button. 19 TIP W e recommend that you always use Windows Media Play er to tr ansfer m usic to your play er . However , if you prefer to use W[...]

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    Cr eating a pla ylist 1 Star t Windows Media Play er . 2 Select Librar y tab to access media librar y . 3 Click to highlight a track. 4 Right click on the track and select Add to > Additional Playlist... 5 In the Add to Playlist dialog box, select an existing playlist or click New to add a new playlist. 6 The track you hav e selected will be add[...]

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    2 Click Sync settings or Setup Sync, select Synchronize device automatically check box and select the playlists to be synchronized with the pla yer . Managing your tracks and pla ylists Delete T r acks and Playlists from Windows Media Player librar y 1 Click to highlight an item. 2 Right click and select Delete to delete the item. Delete playlists [...]

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    Edit T r ack Information via Windows Media Play er 1 Select Librar y tab. 2 Highlight the track you want to edit, right click and select Edit. 3 Edit on the text box directly . Search for T r acks via Windows Media Pla yer 1 Select Librar y tab. 2 T ype a search str ing in the search field. 3 Click Search to star t searching. 4 A list of tracks con[...]

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    ShoqBo x main r oot menu When your ShoqBo x powers up, you will see the main root menu, it contains the following items: Music to play y our digital music tracks Line-in to use the ShoqBox speakers to listen to music from any external source such as your laptop or other digital audio pla yer Alarm to enter the alarm function For more information on[...]

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    ShoqBo x basic operations 24 Basic Operation Controls to pr ess Switch ShoqBox on / off Press and hold 2; Select Music / Radio / Line-in Press VIEW to highlight and select Enter/ exit the menu displa y Press MENU Scrolling and br owsing 3 , 4 , 1 , 2 for up, down, left, r ight Go to different le vels of menu Press 2 for next and 1 for previous Pla [...]

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    Pla ying music on ShoqBo x From the root menu, press 2 to enter the music selection options. Y ou can search your ShoqBo x music librar y via the follo wing options, see screen example When you f ind a song you wish to play , ensure it is highlighted and press 2; . 25[...]

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    ShoqBo x displa y icons Batter y le vel indications Low battery warning : appear s when batter y po wer is ver y low . Please use the 5V adapter to recharge/ oper ate your ShoqBox, otherwise ShoqBox enter s the power shutdo wn mode within a minute. Battery one-third full Battery two-thirds full Battery full appear s when charging batter y appear s [...]

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    Customizing settings 1 Press MENU for menu options. Press 3 to scroll up or 4 to scroll down f or your option. Press 2 for next or 1 for previous lev els of menu. 2 Press 2 to confirm your selection b y checking . 3 Press MENU or 1 to exit the menu display . Options for each setting are shown on ShoqBo x's display . Bold means default setting.[...]

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    Equalizer Rock HipHop Jazz Dance Funk Off Settings Display Backlight 5 sec 10 sec 30 sec Off Contrast Level 6 - 1 Screen sav er Off 30 sec 1 min 2 mins Auto Shutdown 30 sec 2 mins 5 mins 10 mins Clock Time and Da y Day / Hour / Min ute 12 / 24 hour 12-hour 24-hour 28 Mode Lev el 1 Lev el 2 Lev el 3 Lev el 4[...]

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    Language English Fran ç ais Italiano Deutsch Espa ñ ol P or tugu ê s Neder lands Svenska Information Restore factor y settings No Ye s Demo mode Y es No 29 Mode Lev el 1 Lev el 2 Lev el 3 Lev el 4[...]

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    Detailed operations Music mode Y our device is preloaded with some music tracks. Y ou can also tr ansfer y our digital music collection from your computer to y our device through Windows Media Play er 10. More information about music transfer can be found in the abov e sections of the manual. Once you ha ve downloaded MP3/ WMA tr acks from your com[...]

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    6 From this screen, you can click 2 to see more infor mation about the song, including the next song scheduled for playback. Music mode settings It is possible to change the play screen default to sho w number of tracks in the selection instead of the next track title . Go to MENU - PLA YSCREEN INFO - Sho w next tr ack (default) or MENU - PLA YSCRE[...]

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    Line-in mode Y ou can use your ShoqBo x to act as a powerful mini speak er : 1 Connect the included audio cable between Line In on ShoqBo x to the Line out / p connection on your auxiliar y equipment. 2 . On ShoqBox, press view and select line-in to enter the Line in mode . 3 . Oper ate the controls on your auxiliar y equipment to playback. 4 Adjus[...]

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    33 ShoqBo x time and date The time is display ed using the 12-hour and 24-hour clock. 12-hour clock is the default option. Y ou will need to set both the clock time and date before y ou can use the alar m options. 1 In any mode, enter the menu: Settings > Clock > Day and Time > .... 2 Highlight the menu option you want to adjust. 3 Press 3[...]

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    1. T o activate the alarm, enter Alarm from the root menu screen. 2. Select ON or OFF 3. If y ou select ON , you will be brought to the Alar m main settings screen. In the screen below , the Alar m is set for 10:00. 34[...]

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    Setting Alarm Time - for users with 12 hour / AM PM settings >>> Y ou need to select the alarm hour , minute and AM / PM separately . Setting Alarm Time - for users with 24 hour settings >> Y ou need to set the alarm hour and minute separately . Setting Alarm Repeat > 35 Time Set Alar m time Screen example is 10:00 Repeat Set Alar[...]

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    Y ou can set the Repeat settings of your Alarm according to the table below: The alarm will sound for 2 minutes in your selected alarm source mode and then enter the "Auto snooze" mode. The "Auto snooze" alar m remains active and repeats the call at 10-minute inter vals, until you choose to cancel the alarm. After one hour , the[...]

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    37 Screen 1 Screen 2 Screen 3 Screen 4 >>> Screen 5 >[...]

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    Setting Alarm Source - Buzzer Y ou can select Buzzer f or your Alar m. Use the navigation k eys to the left of the display to select buzzer b y following the example screens below . >> Alarm Auto Snooze When you alarm is activated, it will sound for 2 min utes. If you do not press a key during this minute, the ShoqBox will Auto Snooze . Durin[...]

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    Updating y our pla y er Y our play er is controlled by an internal software progr am called firmware . New ver sions of the firmware may be released after you ha ve purchased y our player . A software program called Philips Device Manager will monitor the firmware status of your play er and notify you if a new f ir mware is availab le . Y ou need a[...]

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    T o manuall y check whether your firmwar e is up to date 1 P ower y our player with the supplied A C/DC adapter . 2 Connect your pla yer to the computer . 3 Launch Philips Device Manager from Star t > Pr ograms > Philips De vice Manager . Alternatively , y ou can launch Philips Device Manager from the computer desktop by double clicking on th[...]

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    T r oubleshooting There is no Music on m y pla yer after transfer If you cannot f ind the songs that you transferred on your player , check the following: 1. Did your transfer with Windows Media Pla yer? Files transfer red via other means will only be recognized as data f iles - they will neither appear nor play in the music librar y of y our devic[...]

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    My pla yer is full and I ha ve less songs on m y play er than I expect Y our device has built-in memor y to store songs. Check your model number to see the actual memor y siz e . Y ou will be able to store more songs on y our device if you use WMA for matted songs in 64 kbps with variable bitr ate. 42[...]

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    43 Note : This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pur suant to par t 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate r adio frequency ener gy and, if not[...]

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    Safety and Maintenance General maintenance T o avoid damage or malfunction: - Do not expose to excessive heat caused by heating equipment or direct sunlight. - Do not drop your play er or allow objects to fall on your pla yer . - Do not allow your pla yer to be submer sed in water . Do not expose the ear phone socket or batter y compar tment to wat[...]

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    Hearing safety Listen at a moderate volume . Using headphones at high v olume can impair your hearing. W e recommend Philips headphones (sold separately) for this product. Important (only for models with by-pack ed headphones) : Philips guarantees compliance with the maximum sound power of its audio pla yer s as determined by relevant regulator y b[...]

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    Cop yright information - All other br and and product names are trademar ks of their respectiv e companies or organizations. - Unauthor ized duplication of any recordings do wnloaded from the inter net or made from audio CDs is a violation of copyright laws and international treaties. - The making of unauthor ized copies of cop y-protected mater ia[...]

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    In the event of revocation, Philips will attempt to make availab le software updates to restore some or all of your device's ability to transfer , store , access, copy , display and/or pla y Secure Content. Howev er , the ability to make such updates availab le does not rest solely with Philips. Philips does not guarantee that, after revocatio[...]

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    Disposal of y our old pr oduct Y our product is designed and manufactured with high quality materials and components, which can be recycled and reused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product, it means the product is cov ered by the European Directive 2002/96/EC . Please inform your self about the local separate collection[...]

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    T echnical data Picture / Displa y Display T ype: LCD Backlight: White superbr ight LED Line of text: 5 Resolution: 128 x 96 pixels Indication: Batter y status, time, alar m, DBB Language suppor t: English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Sw edish, Italian, P or tuguese, Chinese (simplif ied), Chinese (traditional), Japanese, Korean Sound Output po[...]

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    Storage Media Built-in memor y capacity: PSS231 - 1GB** (holds and plays up to 5 00 songs) Built-in memor y type: NAND Flash Connectivity DC in: 5 V , D=3.0 mm Headphone: 3.5 mm USB + : type B por t, 5P , USB 2.0 suppor ted Line in (Aux in): 3.5 mm Powe r Adaptor type: multi-v oltage (A C: 100-240 V , 50-60 HZ) Batter y type: built-in Li-ion rechar[...]

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    PHILIPS reser v es the r ight to make design and specification changes f or product improvement without prior notice . All rights reser ved. 51[...]

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    Specifications are subject to change without notice. T rademarks are the property of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . or their respective owners 2005 © Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reserved. www .philips.com Printed in China wk61 12[...]