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    SA4VBE04 SA4VBE08 SA4VBE16 www .philips.com/w elcome GoGEAR www .philips.com/w elcome 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 8 2 Y our new pla yer 9 What's in the box 9 PC software loaded on the play er 9 Files loaded on the play er 9 Over view 10 Controls 10 Home screen 10 Lock/unlock the keys 11 Screen on/off 11 SafeSound 11 3 Get started 12 Charge power 12 Switch the play e[...]

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    4 EN 11 Settings 25 Play mode 25 Sound settings 25 SafeSound 25 Sleep timer 26 Display settings 26 Backlight timer 26 Screensav er 26 Slideshow settings 26 Language 26 PC connection preference 27 Information 27 Format device 27 Factor y settings 27 CD installer 27 12 Sync with PC music library through Philips Songbir d 28 Install Philips Songbird 2[...]

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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 ver sion, the English version shall prevail. Caution  T o av oid damage or malfunction:  Do not expose the product to excessiv e heat caused by hea[...]

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    6 EN Do not use headphones while operating a motorized vehicle, cycling, skateboarding, etc .; it           areas.     [...]

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    7 EN b Monke y's Audio sour ce can be included in GPL and open sour ce software, although Monk ey's Audio itself will not be subjected to external licensing       restrictions. c Code changes and impro vements m ust be contributed back to the Monk ey[...]

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    8 EN OF MERCHANT ABILITY , FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT . IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, D AMA GES OR O THER LIABILITY , WHETHER IN AN A CTION OF CONTRA CT , T OR T OR O THER WISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTW ARE OR THE USE OR O THER DEALINGS IN THE SOFT[...]

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    9 EN 2 Y our ne w pla y er What's in the box Make sure that y ou hav e received the following items: Play er Earphones USB cable Quick star t guide Safety and W ar r anty sheet Ph ips GoGear a dio p ay r Quick start guide Safe ty and Wa rranty Be o e u i g our set Che k o t det i s nsde th s book et Note  The images ser ve as reference only[...]

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    10 EN Ov er view Contr ols a  Press and hold: Switch the pla yer on or off  Press: Select options, or star t/pause/ resume play b Displa y c /  Press: Sho w options menu  Press and hold: Lock/unlock all b uttons d  3.5 mm headphone connector e /  on the list of options: Press: Skip to the previous/next option Press and hold: Sho w[...]

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    11 EN  From the Home screen, you 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 play screen On the Home screen, During music play or radio play ,  Press ;  Alternatively , pre[...]

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    12 EN 3 Get star ted Charge pow er VIBE has a built in batter y that can be char ged through the USB socket of a computer . Connect VIBE to a PC by using the USB cab le . Note  When you connect VIBE        prompted to select: [Charge & transfer] or [Charge & pla y] .[...]

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    13 EN 4 Music T ransfer m usic to the pla y er Y ou can tr ansfer music from y our PC media librar y to VIBE in the following ways:  Sync through Philips Songbird (see 'Sync with PC music librar y through Philips Songbird' on page 28); With the media management software , you can access online m usic stores, create playlists, or edit y[...]

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    14 EN  Press and hold / to star t Superscroll . » On the screen, y ou can see the initials of current options. 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. T o pla y the entire album or artist, 1 Select [...]

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    15 EN T o add an album or artist, 1 Select an album or ar tist. 2 On the list of albums or ar tists,  press and select [Add to pla ylist] . 3 Select a playlist on the go . Press . » Y ou save the alb um or ar tist to the playlist. Remov e songs from a pla ylist-on-the- go Remov e curr ent song from a pla ylist 1 On the play screen, press > [[...]

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    16 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  download audiobooks from www . audible.com to your PC librar y of audio b[...]

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    17 EN T o check the audio books transferr ed to the pla yer , See the play er pane on AudibleManager .  If necessar y , click Refr esh Device . Find audiobooks on the pla y er In > [Audiobooks]     organized by book title or author . [Books]  Books are sor ted by book title in alphabetical[...]

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    18 EN 6 Videos T ransfer videos to the pla y er Y ou can tr ansfer videos to the play er in two ways:  T r ansfer through Philips Media Conv er ter ; With the video conv er ter software ,          type that is suppor ted on the play er ,  [...]

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    19 EN 3 In Philips Media Conv er ter , add videos from your PC librar y:  Click . » The video is added to the list of                     click . 4 In Philips M[...]

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    20 EN 7 Pictur es Add pictur es to the pla yer 1 Connect VIBE to a computer . 2 On the PC , under My Computer or Computer ,  select VIBE       3             folder s on the VIBE .  ?[...]

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    21 EN 8 FM radio Note  Plug in the supplied earphones when you tune in to radio stations. The ear phones double as antenna. For better reception, mov e the earphone cable in different directions. T une in to radio stations Auto tune           ?[...]

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    22 EN Listen to the FM radio 1 Go to > [Presets] . 2 Press or to select a preset station. Press to star t play .  Press to select another preset station from [Presets] . Press to star t play .  On the play screen, press or to select a preset. T o adjust the volume,  On the play screen, press / . T o mute or unmute the radio pla y ,  [...]

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    23 EN 9 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 play 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 between pause and record. Press to st[...]

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    24 EN 10 F older view Go to         media librar y on the player . Music            through Philips Songbird ; Video    ?[...]

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    25 EN 11 Settings In , select your options f or the play er . 1 Press / to select an option. 2 Press    Pla y mode In [Pla y mode] , select play modes for m usic play: [Pla y music from…]  Switches to a collection the same as that of current song. [Repeat]  [Repeat 1] : Repeats current song.  [Repeat all] : Rep[...]

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    26 EN Sleep timer Switch on the sleep timer . The VIBE can switch off automatically after a cer tain time duration.  In [Sleep timer] > [Set sleep timer…] , select an option. Press . » After the selected time duration, the device is switched off automatically . After the sleep timer is switched on,  Select > [Sleep timer] ;  Alter[...]

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    27 EN PC connection pr efer ence In [PC connection pref erence] , select how the play er is connected to a PC . The play er allows the access by a PC through USB Mass Storage Class (MSC), or Media T r ansfer Protocol (MTP). [MSC] *allows the pla yer to also w or k as Philips Songbird drive. Click the Philips Songbird drive to star t the program ins[...]

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    28 EN 12 Sync with PC music librar y thr ough Philips Songbir d With Philips Songbird , you can do the follo wing:  Manage your m usic collection on a PC;  Sync VIBE with your PC m usic libr ar y;  Register VIBE on www .philips.com/ welcome;        ?[...]

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    29 EN First-time launch       Philips Songbir d on a PC , do the follo wing as prompted to impor t     Philips Songbird :  Select the iT unes media folder to impor t an existing iT unes librar y;  Select the central folde[...]

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    30 EN          In Philips Songbird ,  go to File > Import Media to select folder s on the PC . »      Librar y .  or , go to File > I[...]

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    31 EN 1 In Librar y > Music , select songs.  T o select multiple songs, hold do wn 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 playlist; » The songs are added to the playlist.  T o create a playlist, select New Playlist . » A new playli[...]

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

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    33 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.              T o add songs to the top, r ight click on the options and s[...]

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    34 EN  On Philips Songbird , select T ools > Get Artwork . » Ar twork is fetched for all titles in the librar y .  Right click on selected titles, and select Get Artwork . » Ar twork is fetched for all selected titles.         1  ?[...]

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    35 EN T o select auto or manual sync, 1 Select the play er under Devices . » A pop up screen is displa yed. 2 On the pop up screen, select Manual or Auto . 3        Apply . Auto sync  If you ha ve selected auto sync, auto sync star ts automatically when y ou connect the play e[...]

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    36 EN 13 Update the firmwar e thr ough Philips Songbir d VIBE is controlled by an internal progr am called            hav e been released after you hav e purchased VIBE . Through Philips Songbird , you can check for  ?[...]

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    37 EN 14 Repair the pla y er thr ough Philips Songbir d If VIBE is not working proper ly or the displa y freezes, you can reset it without losing data: T o reset VIBE?  Inser t a pen tip or other object into the reset hole located at the base of VIBE . Hold until the play er shuts down. If you fail to r eset the play er , repair the pla yer thro[...]

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    38 EN 15 T echnical data Powe r  P ower suppl y: 290 mAh Li ion polymer internal rechar geable batter y  Play time¹ Music (.mp3): up to 20 hours ( FullSound off); up to 12 hours ( FullSound on) Video (.mp4): up to 4 hours FM radio: up to 10 hour s Software      [...]

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    Specifications are subject to change without notice © 2012 K oninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reserved. SA4VBE 12 97 77 78 UM V1.0 wk1207.5[...]