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    SA3RGA02 SA3RGA04 SA3RGA08 Register your pr oduct and get support at www .philips.com/w elcome EN User manual[...]

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    3 English EN English EN Contents 1 Important safety information 5 General maintenance 5 Recycling the product and the built-in batter y 7 2 Y our new pla y er 9 What’ s in the box 9 Software loaded on the play er 9 Files loaded on the play er 9 3 Get started 10 Charge power 10 Switch the play er on or off 10 Automatic standby and shut-do wn 10 4 [...]

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    4 EN Need help? Please visit www .philips.com/w elcome where you can access a full set of suppor ting materials such as the user manual, the latest software updates, and answers to frequently asked questions. EN 10 Settings 34 Play mode 34 Sound settings 34 Sleep timer 34 Display settings 35 Theme 35 Backlight timer 35 Language 35 Information 35 Fo[...]

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    5 English EN Repla cement par ts/a ccesso ries: Vi si t w w w.p hi lip s .co m/su pp or t to or d er replacement par t s/ac cessories . Hearing Safety Listen at a moderate volume: Using headphones at a high volume can impair your hearing. This product can produce sounds in decibel ranges that may cause hear ing loss for a normal per son, even f or [...]

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    6 EN owner of the w or k. Such instr uction may state that no fur ther copies shall be made . Video streams may include cop y protection technology that prohibits fur ther copying. For such situations the recording function will not work and you will be notified with a message . Data logging Philips is committed to improving the quality of your pr[...]

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    7 English EN ARE DISCLAIMED . IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUND A TION OR CONTRIBUT ORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT , INDIRECT , INCIDENT AL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY , OR CONSEQUENTIAL D AMA GES (INCLUDING, BUT NO T LIMITED T O , PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, D A T A, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HO WEVER C AUSED AND ON ANY T[...]

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    8 EN Philips RA GA Notice for the USA 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 reasonab le protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment gener ates, uses, and can radiate r adi[...]

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    9 English EN Softwar e loaded on the pla y er RA GA comes with the following software: • Philips Songbird ( he lps yo u up da te t he fir mwa r e of th e playe r , a nd ma na ge you r me di a lib r a r y on a P C an d th e pl ayer). Files loaded on the pla yer The following files are loaded on RA GA : User manual • Frequently as ked questions[...]

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    10 EN B at t er y l eve l ind ic at ion W he n th e ba t te r y is l ow, the • low ba t t er y sc r ee n is di sp layed repeatedly. W he n th e cha r g ing p r oces s is • com pl et e , is displayed. Note Re cha r g ea bl e ba t t e r ie s hav e a li mi te d n um be r • of cha r ge c yc le s . B at te r y l ife a n d nu mb er of cha r ge c yc[...]

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    11 English EN a / pr es s a nd ho ld : s wi t ch on /of f the pl ay er press: lock /unlock all but tons b pr es s: ba ck on e leve l pr es s a nd ho ld : r et ur n to th e Home screen c press: select options, or star t / pause/resume pla y d display e show options menu f 3. 5 mm headphone connector g / on t he li st o f op tio ns: press: skip to th[...]

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    12 EN Scr een on/off T o save po wer , the screen switches off automatically after the pre-defined time duration if no ne w ac t io n is t a ken o n • RA G A ; and a va lu e is se l ec t ed i n • > [Display set ti ngs] > [Backlight timer ] . T o exit the power -saving mode Pr es s any key. • Na vigate fr om the Home screen Fr om t he H[...]

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    13 English EN Inst all Philips Songbird for t he first time W he n you co nn ec t RA G A to a PC fo r t he fir st time, a pop-up window appear s: 1 Sel ec t you r la ng ua ge a nd cou nt r y. 2 Foll ow th e on -s cr e en i ns t r u c t io ns to complete the installation . Note Th e i ns t a ll at io n r eq u ir e s you t o ag r ee t o th e • li[...]

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    14 EN T o set i T u ne s med ia fo lde r 1 On Philips Songbird , go to T ools > Options... 2 Select Media Importer , a nd t he n t he iT unes Importer tab . 3 V er i f y yo ur l ib r a r y l oc at io n a nd op ti ons . 4 Cli ck th e Import Librar y but ton next to th e li br a r y lo ca ti on . The software impor ts the iT unes » librar y into [...]

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    15 English EN Import media files Im por t med ia fi le s fro m ot he r fold er s In Philips Songbird , go to • File > Import Media to se le c t fold e r s o n th e PC . Media files are added under » Librar y . or , go t o • File > Impor t a playlist to se le c t p lay lis t s on t he P C . Media files are added under » Pla ylists . [...]

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    16 EN Pla y online Note B efo r e you p lay m us ic f r om • Rhapso dy , su bs cr i be t o th e se r v ice a nd l og i n to yo ur acc ount . On t he Rhapsody webpag e, T o pl ay th e e nt ir e pl ayl is t , cl ick • Play All ; T o pl ay a so ng , se le c t t he s ong a nd c lic k • ne x t to i t . Add to Philips Songbir d T o t r a ns fer s o[...]

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    17 English EN d In for mat io n pa ne: F ro m t he I nt er net sources, Ma sh T ape can c ollec t info r ma t ion av a ila bl e ab ou t t he m ed ia fi le be ing p layed . e Ar t work p an e: D r ag t he u p a r r ow to sh ow th e pa ne . Sear ch by metadata In t he m e dia l ib r a r y of Philips Songbird , me dia fil es a r e sor te d by me t a[...]

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    18 EN Cr eate pla ylists in Philips Songbird With a playlist, you can manage and sync your songs as needed. Create a pla ylist Se le c t s ong s t hat yo u wa nt t o play. Add t he so ngs t o a pl ayl is t . 1 In Librar y > Music , se le c t s ong s . T o se le c t m ul t ip le so ng s , ho ld do wn • the Ctrl b u t to n w he n you cl ick s on[...]

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    19 English EN Generate Lik eMusic pla ylists Ba s ed o n th e LikeMu sic ana ly s is , a pl ay lis t ca n be ge n er ate d fr o m a se ed s ong . LikeMusic a nal y ze s so ngs i n you r li br a r y an d , ba se d on t he ir m us ic ch ar ac t er is t ic s , cr ea te s re la ti on sh ips b et wee n t he m . Th es e relationships help LikeM usic to c[...]

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    20 EN Select the ma ximum number of songs in the playlist A s sh own , s el ec t a n um b er i n th e • dr op-do wn l i st. S ave the L ike M us icp lay lis t A s show n , clic k • Sa ve as pla ylis t in th e LikeMusic page . The » Lik eMusic playlist is sav ed under Pla ylists . Sa ve the pla y queue as a pla ylist Cre at e a pl ay que ue Dr [...]

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    21 English EN Manage media files in Philips Songbird Edit metadata By editing file information ( metadat a or ID3 ta g), yo u ca n have m ed ia fi les s or te d au to ma ti ca ll y by so ng ti t le , a r t is t , alb um , a nd other inf or mation. Af te r you s y nc t he m ed ia fil es t o th e pl ayer , you c an b row se t he m ed ia li br ar [...]

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    22 EN Remov e media files from the library 1 Rig ht cl ick o n a me di a file . S el ec t Rem ove . 2 Confirm as prompted. The selected file is remov ed from » the librar y and from all playlists. (By default, the file is only “removed”, not “deleted”. The file still exists in its original location on the computer or computer network[...]

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    23 English EN Select auto or manual sync Th e fir s t t im e you con ne c t t he p laye r to Philips Songbird , sel ec t a u to s y nc a s pr om pt ed . T he p laye r sy n c wi t h Philips Songb ird automatica lly . If yo u did n’ t se le c t a u to s yn c, yo u s wi t ch on th e ma nu al s y nc . T o sel ec t au to or m an ua l sy nc , 1 Sel ec[...]

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    24 EN Manual sync T o manually transfer selected pla ylist s, 1 Se le c t pl ay lis ts . 2 Dr a g an d dr o p th e pl ayl is ts t o RA G A . T o manually transfer selected media files, 1 On th e Co nte nt p an e , r ig ht cli ck on a selected media file. 2 Select Add to D evice > RA G A . Selected files are transfer red to » RA GA . Tip T o [...]

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    25 English EN Find music by pla ylist In > [Playlists] , find t he p lay lis t tha t you tr ans fe r fr o m th e P C me dia l ib r a r y . Find music by file f older In , fi nd m us ic by fi le fol de r . T o or ga ni ze mu sic fi le s by file f old er , 1 Connect RA G A to a PC . 2 On th e P C , u nd e r My Computer or Computer , select ?[...]

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    26 EN Pla y fr om the same collection Du r i ng th e so ng p lay, you can s w i tc h to a coll ec ti on t he s am e a s t hat of cu r r e nt s ong . 1 On th e pl ay scr e e n, p r es s and se le c t [Play mode] . 2 In [Play music from… ] , se le c t [… t h i s ar tist] , [ … this album ] , or [… t h i s g e n r e ] . Press . Y ou star t to [...]

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    27 English EN Remov e songs from a pla ylist-on-the-go Rem ove cur ren t song f rom a p layl is t 1 On th e pl ay scr e e n, p r es s > [R emove from Pla ylist] . 2 Select a pla ylis t-on-the- go. Press . Y ou remove current song from the » selected playlist. Rem ove all t he so ng s in a pl ayl is t 1 In th e li s t of pl ayl is t s , p r es s[...]

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    28 EN 3 Ins t a ll t he s of t wa r e on yo ur P C: On t he s et up s cr e en , s el ec t • Philips Go Ge ar (sel ec t ed mo de ls) fr om t he dr op -d ow n lis t of lis t en in g dev i ces; Follow onscreen ins tr uc tions to • complete the installation . Download audiobooks to the PC 1 Con ne c t you r P C to th e I nte r n et . 2 Lau nc h Aud[...]

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    29 English EN T o ch ec k th e audi o boo k s tr a nsf er red t o th e play er , Se e t he pl ayer p an e on Audible Manager . If n eces sa r y , cli ck • Re fre sh D ev ice . Find audiobooks on the pla yer In > [Audiobooks] , audiobook files are organized by book title or author . [Books] B ook s ar e s or t ed by b oo k ti t le i n • alph[...]

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    30 EN Pla y audiobooks 1 Sel ec t a boo k . 2 Press to s t a r t p lay. On the play screen, you can see » the book information and play status. T o resume the last pla yed book, In • [ Audiobook s ] , s el ec t [Resume last ] . On the pla y screen, Press • to pau se a nd r e su me p lay. T o go to t h e pr ev io us s cr ee n , pr e ss • . Th[...]

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    31 English EN Man ual tun e Use M a nu al tu n e to se ar ch fo r a fr e qu e nc y o r sta ti on . 1 Fro m th e Ho m e scr e en , go t o > [Manual tune] . The last play ed station star ts to play . » 2 On th e pl ay scr e e n, p r es s an d hol d or . Y ou tune in to the next station from » current frequency . For fi n e tun in g, p r es s ?[...]

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    32 EN Stor e preset stations On RA GA , you can store up to 30 preset stations. 1 T un e in to a r adi o s t a ti on . 2 On th e pl ay scr e e n, p r es s > [Save t o pres et ] . 3 Press or t o se le c t a lo ca ti on i n th e lis t of pr es et s . P r es s . Current station is saved to the » location. T o change the locations of preset station[...]

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    33 English EN 9 F older vie w Go to to view and play media files from the media librar y on the player . Music : for music files that y ou sync to the play er through Philips Songbird ; Pla ylists : for playlists that y ou sync to the play er , and the playlists-on-the-go that y ou create on the play er ; Recordings : for *FM r adio recordings th[...]

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    34 EN Sound settings In [Sound settings] , select your option f or sound settings: [FullSound] R es t or es t h e son ic d et a il s th at music c ompression loses ( for ex am pl e , M P3 , WM A). [Equalizer ] D efi ne s sou nd s et ti ngs a s desired. [V o l um e limit ] Se t s a ma x im um vo lu me le vel for t he d ev ice . I n t his w ay , yo [...]

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    35 English EN Information In [Information] , learn the following information about the play er : [Play er informa tion ] [Model: ] fu ll produc t name Check the full produc t name wh en u pd at in g fir mw a re f r om th e su ppo r t we bsi te . [Firmware ver s ion : ] cur r e nt fi r mwa r e ver sio n Check the firmware version wh en u pd at in[...]

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    36 EN CD installer In [CD installer] , select [Enable] to allow the play er to wor k as Philips Songbird drive. Double click on the drive to star t the progr am installation on the PC . Tip • Af te r you r e pa ir t h e pl aye r , t he C D - RO M pa r ti t io n a nd P hi li ps S on gb ir d i ns t a ll e r ar e r em ove d fr o m th e p laye r (see[...]

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    37 English EN 11 Update the firmwar e thr ough Philips Songbir d RA GA is controlled by an internal progr am called firmware . Newer ver sions of the firmware may hav e been released after you hav e purchased RA GA . Through Philips Songbird , you can check for and install firmware updates for RAGA o ver the Internet. Tip Y o ur m u si c fil es[...]

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    38 EN 12 Repair the pla yer thr ough Philips Songbir d If RA GA is not wor king proper ly or the display freezes, you can reset it without losing data: T o reset RA GA? In se r t a p en t ip o r ot he r ob je c t in to t he • r ese t ho le l oc at ed at t h e ba se of RA G A . Ho ld u nt il t he p laye r sh u t s dow n . If you fail to r eset the[...]

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    39 English EN 13 T echnical data Powe r Power su pp ly : 2 20 m A h Li - io n pol y me r inter nal r echar gea ble bat ter y Play t i me¹ - Aud io (.m p3): up to 2 2 hou r s - R adi o: up t o 8 hou r s Software Ph ili ps S ong bi r d: to u pd at e fir mwa r e an d transfer music Connectivity He ad ph on e 3. 5 mm US B 2 . 0 Hi gh s pe ed Soun d C[...]

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