Philips SA4VBE08 manual

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1 EN Contents 1 Important safety information 3 General maintenance 3 En vironmental information 6 Recycling the product and the built-in batter y 6 2 Y our new pla yer 8 What's in the box 8 PC software loaded on the pla y er 8 Files loaded on the play er 8 Over view 9 Controls 9 Home screen 9 Lock/unlock the keys 10 SafeSound 10 3 Get started [...]

2 EN Language 25 PC connection preference 25 Information 25 Format device 26 Factor y settings 26 CD installer 26 12 Sync with PC music library through Philips Songbir d 27 Install Philips Songbird 27 &ROOHFWP XVLFÀOHVIURPWKH3&  Set the watch folder 27 ,PSRU WPHGLDÀOHV  Get contents from online sourc[...]

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 avoid damage or malfunction:  Do not expose the product to excessiv e heat caused by heat[...]

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5 EN UHTXLU HPHQWVRURWKHUYLUDOVRXUFH restrictions. c Code changes and impro vements m ust be contributed back to the Monk ey's Audio project fr ee from r estrictions or ro yalties, unless ex empted by expr ess written consent of the author . d Any sour ce code , ideas, or libraries used must be plainly ackno wledged in the softw[...]

6 EN AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMA GES OR O THER LIABILITY , WHETHER IN AN A CTION OF CONTRA CT , T OR T OR O THERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTW ARE OR THE USE OR O THER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTW ARE. Envir onmental information All unnecessar y packaging has been omitted. W e ha ve tr ied to make[...]

7 EN Notice for Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.[...]

8 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 Warranty Before using your set: Check out details inside this booklet Note  The images ser ve as reference o[...]

9 EN Ov er view 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 the previous/next option Press a[...]

10 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 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 ;  Altern[...]

11 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 y ou connect VIBE WRDFRPSXWHU  RXDUHEULHÁ prompted to select: [Charge & transfer] or [Charge & pla y] .  VIBE automaticall y ap[...]

12 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 27); With the media management software , you can access online m usic stores, create playlists, or edi[...]

13 EN  Press and hold / to star t Superscroll . » On the screen, you can see the initials of current options. Pla y music Y ou can star t play from a song, or pla y an entire album or ar tist. T o start play fr om a song, 1 Select a song. 2 Press to star t play . » Pla y star ts from current song. T o pla y the entire album or artist, 1 Sel[...]

14 EN 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 > [Remov e from Pla ylist] . 2 Select a playlist-on-the-go. Press . » Y ou remov e cur rent song from the selected playlist. Remov e all the songs in a pla ylist 1 Go to a playlist-on-the-go. 2 In the list of options, press and sel[...]

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  download audiobooks from www . audible.com to your PC librar y of audi[...]

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 Refr esh Device . Find audiobooks on the pla y er In > [Audiobooks]  DXGLRERRNÀOHVDUH organized by book title or author . [Books]  Books are sor ted by book title in alphabetical order . [Autho[...]

17 EN 6 Rhapsody Go to to play the Rha psody channel lists that you ha ve downloaded and transferred through the Rhapsody software. Note  The Rha psody ser vice is available in cer tain countr ies. T ransfer fr om Rhapsody to the pla y er 1 Go to www . rhapsody .com to get the Rhapsody software. 2 Connect the player to a PC with the Rhapsody sof[...]

18 EN 7 Videos T ransfer videos to the pla yer Y ou can tr ansfer videos to the play er in two ways:  T ransfer through Philips Media Conv er ter ; With the video conv er ter software , RXFDQFRQ YHU WYLGHRVWRWKHÀOH type that is suppor ted on the player , DQGWUDQVIHUWKHFRQYHU WHGÀOHVWRWKH play er . [...]

19 EN )LQGYLGHRVEÀOHIROGHU  Go to . » 9LGHRVDUHRUJDQL]HGEÀOHI ROGHU as on the PC . Pla y videos 1 Select a video. 2 Press to star t play . » The video pla ys in the landscape view . On the pla y screen,  Press to pause and resume pla y . 7 RVHOHFWDYLGHRÀOHRQWKHSOD VFUHHQ ?[...]

20 EN 8 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  DQGFUHDWHÀOHIROGHU V 3 2QWKH3&  GU DJDQGGURSÀOHVWRWKHÀOH folder s on the VIBE .  $OWHUQDWLYHO  GUDJDQGGURSÀOHIROGHU V f[...]

21 EN 9 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 7KHÀU VWWLPHRXWXQHLQWRWKHUDGLR VWDU W Auto tune to search for stations. 1 From [...]

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[...]

23 EN 10 F older view Go to WRYLHZDQGSODPHGLDÀOHVIURPWKH media librar y on the player . Music  IRUPXVLFÀOHVWKDWRXVQFWRWKHSOD HU through Philips Songbird ; Video  IRUYLGHRÀOHVWKDWRXVQFWRWKHSOD HU through Philips Songbird ; Pla ylists : for pla ylis[...]

24 EN 11 Settings In , select your options f or the play er . 1 Press / to select an option. 2 Press WRFRQÀU P 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 cur rent song.  [Repeat all] : Re[...]

25 EN  Alternatively , on the m usic play screen, press > [Sleep timer] . » Y ou can see the time left before the play er is switched off. Displa y settings [Theme]  Selects the theme for the display . Screensa v er If you ha ve selected a screensav er , the screensav er appear s on the idle screen after the SUHGHÀQHGWLPHG[...]

26 EN [Firmware version:] FXUUHQWÀU PZDUHYHU VLRQ &KHFNWKHÀUPZDUHYHU VLRQ ZKHQXSGDWLQJÀUPZDUHIURPWKH suppor t website. [Support site:] web site that pro vides suppor t for the play er [Disk space] [Free space:] space availab le [T otal space:] memor y size [Songs] space that songs occupy [Pictures] space that[...]

27 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;  8SGDWHWKHÀUPZDUHRI 9,%( (see 8SGDWHWKHÀUPZDUHWKURXJK3K[...]

28 EN 7KHÀU VWWLPHRXODXQFK Philips Songbird on a PC , do the following as prompted to impor t H[LVWLQJPHGLDÀOHVLQWR Philips Songbird :  Select the iT unes media f older to impor t an existing iT unes librar y;  Select the central folder to search and LPSRU WWKHH[LVWLQJPXVLFÀOHV » The centra[...]

29 EN » 0HGLDÀOHVDUHDGGHGXQGHU Librar y .  or , go to File > Import a pla ylist to select playlists on the PC . » 0HGLDÀOHVDUHDGGHGXQGHU 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 sourc[...]

30 EN Add to Philips Songbir d T o tr ansfer songs from Rhapsody to Philips Songbird , add the songs to a playlist in Philips Songbird (see 'Create playlists in Philips Songbird' on page 30). On the Rhapsody webpage,  T o add the entire playlist to Philips Songbird , click Ad d All ;  T o add a song to Philips Songbird , selec[...]

31 EN 1 Under Playlists , click to create a pla ylist. » A new pla ylist is created. 2 Name the new playlist as desired. 3 'U DJDQGGURSPHGLDÀOHVWRWKHSODOLVW  Tip  7 RGU DJDQGGURSPXOWLSOHÀOHVDWWKHVDPHWLPH KROG down the Ctrl button when y ou click on selections. Generate Lik e[...]

32 EN  Select a number in the drop-down list. Sa ve the LikeMusic pla ylist  Click Sa ve as pla ylist in the LikeMusic page . » The Lik eMusic playlist is sa ved under Pla ylists . 6D YHWKHSOD TXHXHDVDSOD OLVW Create a pla y queue  Drag and drop songs or playlists to the Pla y Queue pane . Sa ve the pla y queu[...]

33 EN 1 In Librar y > Music  VHOHFWDPXVLFÀOH 2 5LJKWFOLFNRQWKHÀOHWRVHOHFW View Metadata . » A metadata tab le is displayed for y ou to edit the information. Note  7 RVRU WWKHPXVLFÀOHVIURP Rhapsody as needed, edit the metadata in the media librar y of Philips Songbird . The song info[...]

34 EN Sync the pla y er with Philips Songbird 1 On the PC , launch Philips Songbird . 2 Connect the player to the PC b y using the USB cable. » On Philips Songbir d , the play er is display ed when it is recognized by the PC . Select auto or manual sync 7KHÀU VWWLPHRXFRQQHFWWKHSOD HUWR Philips Songbird , select auto sync[...]

35 EN 1 Select the player under De vices . 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 playlists. 2 Dr ag and drop the playlists to VIBE . 7 RWUDQVIHUVHOHFWHGPHGLDÀOHVPDQXDOO  1 On the Content pane , right click on a VHOHFWHGPHGLD?[...]

36 EN 13 Update the firmwar e thr ough Philips Songbir d VIBE is controlled by an internal progr am called ÀUPZDUH  1HZHUY HU VLRQVRIWKHÀU PZDUHPD hav e been released after you hav e purchased VIBE . Through Philips Songbird , you can check for DQGLQVWDOOÀUPZDUHXSGDWHVIRU VIBE over the Internet. Tip  &l[...]

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[...]

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 hour s ( FullSound off); up to 12 hour s ( FullSound on) Video (.mp4): up to 4 hour s FM radio: up to 10 hour s Software  3KLOLSV6RQJELUG WRXSGDWHÀU PZDUH and transfer³ mus[...]

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