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    www .philips.com/w elcome GoGEAR SA4RGA02 SA4RGA04 SA4RGA08 User man ual Register your pr oduct and get support at[...]

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    3 EN Contents 1 Important safety information 5 General maintenance 5 Recycling the product 6 2 Y our ne w pla y er 8 What's in the box 8 PC software loaded on the pla yer 8 Files loaded on the play er 8 Over view 9 Controls 9 Home screen 9 Lock/unlock the keys 10 Screen on/off 10 3 Get started 11 Charge power 11 Switch the play er on or off 11[...]

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    4 EN 10 Sync with PC music library through Philips Songbir d 23 Install Philips Songbird 23   Set the watch folder 23    Get contents from online sources 25 Search online 25 Create playlists [...]

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    5 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 version, the English version shall prevail. Caution  T o av oid damage or malfunction:  Do not expose the product to excessive heat caused by heati[...]

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    6 EN   manufacturer may v oid user's authority to operate the product. Cop yright information All other brands and product names are trademar ks of their respective companies or organizations. Unauthorize[...]

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    7 EN Never dispose of y our product with other household waste . Please inform your self about the local r ules on the separate collection of electrical and electronic products. The correct disposal of your old product helps prev ent potentially negative consequences on the environment and human health. W arning  Removal of the built-in batter y[...]

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    8 EN 2 Y our ne w pla y er What's in the box Make sure that y ou hav e received the f ollowing items: Play er Earphones USB cable Quick star t guide Safety and W arr anty sheet Philips GoGear audio player Quick start guide Safe ty and Wa rr anty Before using your set: Check out details inside this booklet Note  The images ser ve as referenc[...]

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    9 EN Ov er vie w Contr ols a  Press and hold: Switch the player on or off  Press: Select options, or star t/pause/ resume play b Displa y c /  Press: Show options menu  Press and hold: Lock/unlock all buttons d  3.5-mm headphone connector       e /  on the list of options: Press: Skip to t[...]

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    10 EN Na vigate fr om the Home screen  From the Home screen, y ou can access functional menus by pressing the na vigation buttons / and .  T o go back to previous screens, press repeatedly; or , press and hold to return to the Home screen. Switch between the Home scr een and pla y screen  On the Home screen, press and select [Now [...]

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    11 EN 3 Get star ted Charge pow er RA GA has a built-in batter y that can be charged through the USB socket of a computer . Connect RA GA to a PC by using the USB cable. Note  When you connect RA GA to a computer , you are   [Charge & transfer] or [Charge & [...]

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    12 EN 4 Music T ransf er music to the pla yer Y ou can tr ansfer m usic from your PC media librar y to RA GA in the follo wing ways:  Sync through Philips Songbird (see 'Sync with PC music librar y through Philips Songbird' on page 23); With the media management software , you can access online m usic stores, create playlists, or ed[...]

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    13 EN  Press and hold / to star t Superscroll . » On the screen, y ou can see the initials of current options. Pla y m usic Y ou can star t play from a song, or play an entire album or ar tist. T o star t pla y fr om a song, 1 Select a song. 2 Press to star t play . » Play star ts from cur rent song. T o play the entir e album or artist, 1 [...]

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    14 EN 2 On the list of songs or pla y screen,  press and select [Add to pla ylist] . 3 Select a pla ylist-on-the-go . Press . » Y ou save current song to the playlist. T o add selected songs, 1 On the list of songs,  press and select [Add songs to pla ylist] . » Checkbox es are display ed next to each song. 2 Select songs: a Press / a[...]

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    15 EN 5 Audiobooks Go to > [Audiobooks] to play books in audio formats that you ha ve do wnloaded from www .audib le.com. Sync audio books to the pla y er From www .audib le.com, do wnload 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 [...]

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    16 EN T o check the audio books transferred to the pla y er , See the play er pane on AudibleManager .  If necessar y , click Refr esh De vice . Find audiobooks on the pla y er In > [Audiobooks]   organized by book title or author . [Books]  Books are sor ted by book titl[...]

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    17 EN 6 FM radio Note  Plug in the supplied earphones when you tune in to radio stations. The earphones double as antenna. For better reception, mo ve the earphone cable in diff erent directions. T une in to radio stations Auto tune   ?[...]

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    18 EN 2 T o change the number of the preset, press to select the option. 3 Press or . » Y ou change the location of cur rent station in the list of presets. » The locations of subsequent stations change accordingly . T o remov e curr ent preset station, 1 In [Pr esets] , select a station in the list of presets. 2 Press > [Clear pr eset] . Pres[...]

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    19 EN 7 Recor dings Go to > [FM Recording] to listen to the radio progr ams that you record from the FM radio. Record fr om the FM radio 1 T une in to a radio station. 2 On the pla y screen, select [Star t FM radio recor ding] to star t recording. » Y ou star t recording from the FM r adio . 3 Press to toggle betw een pause and record. Press to[...]

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    20 EN 8 F older vie w Go to  media librar y on the play er . Music       through Philips Songbird ; P[...]

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    21 EN 9 Settings In , select your options for the pla yer . 1 Press / to select an option. 2 Press  Pla y mode In [Pla y mode] , select play modes for music pla y: [Repeat]  [Repeat 1] : Repeats cur rent song.  [Repeat all] : Repeats all songs in current folder .   [On] : Pl[...]

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    22 EN T o exit the power -saving mode  Press an y key . Language In [Language] , select a language f or the pla y er . Information In [Information] , lear n the follo wing information about the play er : [Pla y er information]  [Model:] full product name Check the full product name when you ?[...]

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    23 EN 10 Sync with PC music 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 RA GA with y our PC music librar y;  Register RA GA on www .philips.com/ welcome;   [...]

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    24 EN First-time launch    Philips Songbird on a PC , do the following as prompted to impor t  Philips Songbird :  Select the iT unes media f older to impor t an existing iT unes libr ar y; ?[...]

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    25 EN   In Philips Songbird ,  go to File > Import Media to select folder s on the PC . »  Librar y [...]

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    26 EN 1 In Library > 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 . » [...]

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    27 EN Select a seed song Make sure that the seed song has completed the Lik eMusic analysis.  In Library > Music , doub le 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 [...]

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    28 EN Sa ve the pla y queue as a pla ylist 1 Click Sa ve . » The play queue is sa ved as a playlist under Pla ylists . 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, r ight click on the options and select Queue Next ;  T o add songs to the end, right click on [...]

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    29 EN 2  »   librar y and from all playlists. (By default,   [...]

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    30 EN T o select auto sync settings, 1 Select the pla y er under Devices . 2 On the pop-up screen, click the Music tab. 3 Click to select an option. Manual sync T o transfer selected pla ylists manually , 1 Select pla ylists. 2 Drag and drop the playlists to RA GA .  ?[...]

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    31 EN 11 Update the firmwar e thr ough Philips Songbir d RA GA is controlled by an internal program        hav e [...]

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    32 EN 12 Repair the pla y er thr ough Philips Songbir d If RA GA is not working proper ly or the display freezes, you can reset it without losing data: T o reset RA GA?  Inser t a pen tip or other object into the reset hole located at the base of RA GA . Hold until the play er shuts down. If you fail to r eset the pla y er , repair the pla y er [...]

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    33 EN 13 T echnical data Powe r  P o w er supply: 220 mAh Li-ion polymer internal rechar geable batter y  Pla y time¹ Audio (.mp3): up to 15 hours Radio: up to 10 hours Software       and transfer music Connectivity  [...]

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    Specifications are subject to change without notice © 2012 K oninklijk e Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reserved. SA4RGA_12_97_77_78_UM_V1.0 wk1206.2[...]