GoGear Digital Audio Player
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Digital Audio Player
Lecteur audio numérique | Digitaler Audio-Player | Reproductor de audio digital
Digitale audiospeler | Lettore audio digitale | Leitor Áudio Digital
Digital ljudspelare
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We hope you enjoy your product
Please visit www.philips.com/support and enter your product name to view:
- FAQ, Frequently Asked Questions
- Latest user manuals
- Latest PC software downloads
- Firmware upgrade files
Since it is possible for you to upgrade your product,
we recommend that you register your product on
www.philips.com/register
so we can inform you as soon as new free upgrades become available.
The model and production numbers can be found inside the battery compartment.
About your new product
With your newly purchased product, you can enjoy the following:
- MP3 and WMA playback (see MUSIC MODE section)
- FM radio*** (see RADIO MODE section)
- Recording: FM***, direct line-in and voice (see MAKING RECORDINGS section)
***FM radio is only available to some regional versions. FM radio is currently not available in Europe.
Included accessories
Headphones Audio cable USB cable
Armband or Neck-strap (availability subject to region)
CDROM with user manual, drivers, FAQ, music management softwares
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About Batteries
You can use the following batteries with your device:
- normal batteries type LR03, UM4 or AAA (preferably Philips); or
- alkaline batteries type LR03, UM4 or AAA (preferably Philips); or
- rechargeable batteries type LR03, UM4 or AAA (preferably Philips)
Note: Remove batteries if they are empty or if the player is not going to be used for a long time.
Inserting batteries
Open the battery compar tment. Insert batteries with correct polarity.
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Powering on / off
Power on: Press and hold 2; for 1 second.
➔ PHILIPS splash screen appears briefly
Power off: Press and hold 2; again for 1 second or more.
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Your device automatically powers down if there is no operation and no music played for
60 seconds. Last playback status / screen will be resumed at next powering on.
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Indication of power level
You can see the approximate power level of your batteries on the display.
Battery full
Battery two-thirds full
Battery half full
Battery low
Battery empty
Note: Rechargeable batteries shows lower voltage levels when compared to alkaline ones.
Batteries contain chemical substances, so they should be disposed of properly.
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When the batteries are nearly empty, the battery low screen blinks and
the beep tone sounds once.
When you hear a double beep, your device will power down in less than 60 seconds.
Your device will save all settings and un-finished recordings before it powers down.
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Music mode
We have put some music tracks on your device so that you can jump start your music experience.
You can also transfer your digital music collection from your computer to your device through the
included music management software.
(see GETTING DIGITAL MUSIC ON YOUR DEVICE for more information)
IMPORTANT!
Music files transferred through Windows Explorer (by drag and drop) to your device
will only be recognized as data files - they will neither appear nor play in the MUSIC
library of your device.
Searching for your desired music
1 From the root menu, select MUSIC to enter the music mode. As you enter the music mode,
you can search from the following display options:
Music Playlists Alphabetically
listed playlists
Tracks listed in
play order
Artists Alphabetically
listed artists
Alphabetically
listed tracks
All tracks Alphabetically
listed tracks
2 Press 3 to scroll up or 4 to scroll down for your option.
Press 6 for next or 5 for previous levels.
3 Press 2; to play your selection.
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You can also press and hold 3 or 4 key to SuperScroll.
An enlarged head letter will show as the tracks scroll quickly.
Stop pressing when you have arrived at your desired head letter.
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Note: Chinese, Japanese and Korean information will be sorted according to their unicode value.
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Playback
The 2;, 3, 4, 5, 6 keys are multi-functional. They work according to how you press them:
press or press and hold. During music playback, you can do the following:
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Advanced features in playback
A-B REPEAT
To repeat or loop a sequence in a track:
1 Press A - B / DBB at your chosen starting point;
➔ appears on the screen.
2 Press A - B / DBB again at your chosen end point;
➔ appears on the screen, and the repeat sequence begins.
3 Press A - B / DBB again to exit the sequence.
BOOKMARKS
The bookmark feature (available in both the MUSIC and RECORDINGS libraries) lets you mark a
point that you can go to quickly. You can store up to 10 bookmarks on your device.
Setting up a bookmark
1 Press SETTING when playback reaches a point that you want to mark.
Select "BOOKMARK > Set bookmark".
Note: When the 10 available bookmark positions are used up, your device will go back to the first
position. You will be prompted to overwrite existing bookmark positions. Press 2; to
confirm. Press 5 to cancel.
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You can also pre-set your [>]key shortcut as BOOKMARK for one-touch bookmark setting.
See [>]key shortcut for more information.
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PLAY MODES
You can set your device to play music tracks randomly (Shuffle ) and / or repeatedly (repeat ).
Changing play modes
1 Press SETTING. Select Play modes.
2 Use scroll controls to select the following options. Press 2; to confirm your selection.
Press 2; to deslect a checked option.
Shuffle On Off
Repeat Off On
Shuffle and repeat On On
Normal Off Off
Play mode Shuffle Repeat On screen indication
Playing a bookmark
1 Press SETTING and select "BOOKMARK > Bookmark list
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You know your track has a bookmark as you navigate.
The top right corner of the highlighter is "folded". Press 6
to display all bookmarks set within the highlighted track.
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EQUALIZERS
You can set your device to play music tracks with different EQ (equalizers).
Changing equalizers
1 Press SETTING. Select Equalizers.
2 Use scroll controls to select Rock / Pop / Jazz / Classic / Custom / Off.
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You can also pre-set your [>]key shortcut as EQ for one-touch equalizers setting.
See [>]key shortcut for more information.
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Custom EQ
The Equalizer custom setting provides 5 adjustable bands: Bass, Low, Mid, High and Treble.
1 Press SETTING. Select Equalizers > Custom.
2 Press 6 or 5 to select your band.
➔ Selected band flashes.
3 Press 3 once or more to increase the band setting.
Press 4 once or more to reduce the band setting.
4 Press 2; to save.
➔ The newly saved custom eq can be immediately heard if you are playing music
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- Press and hold 5 to exit the Custom EQ screen without saving new settings.
- The Custom EQ screen times out when there is more than 5 seconds of inactivity.
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Getting digital music onto your device
Before you can play your MP3 or WMA collection on your device using Windows Media Player, you
need to have both Windows Media Player and Device Manager installed as follows:
Install Philips Device Manager and Windows Media Player
1 Insert the supplied CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive.
If the CD does not autorun, please click the mp3.exe from the root directory of the CD.
2 Select your language and follow screen instructions to complete installation of Philips
Device Manager and Windows Media Player.
Connect your device to the computer
1 Connect your device to your computer using the supplied USB
cable. A USB connection animation will be shown as soon as your
device is connected.
2 You can organize files and transfer music to your device during
USB connection.
Organize and transfer your music using Windows Media Player 9 / 10
1 Launch Windows Media Player from Windows desktop or Start menu.
2 To transfer files from your computer to your device, click Copy to CD or Device (WMP 9) or
Sync (WMP 10) tab.
3 In the Items to Copy pane, in the drop-down list, click the playlist, categor y, or other item that
you want to copy.
4 Clear the check boxes next to any files you do not want to copy.
5 In the Items on Device pane, in the drop-down list, click the device that you want to copy files
to. i.e. Philips GoGear*.
6 Click the Copy (WMP 9) or Start Sync (WMP 10) button.
*Windows Media Player 9 *Windows Media Player 10
IMPORTANT!
Music transferred to removable disk other than Philips GoGear cannot be played on
your device.
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Getting digital music onto your device
Safely disconnect your device
Exit any active application working with your player. Safely remove your device by clicking from
your task tray.
Simply disconnect your device after file transfer completes.
IMPORTANT!
Music files transferred through Windows Explorer (by drag and drop) to your device
will only be recognized as data files - they will neither appear nor play in the MUSIC
library of your device.
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You can refer to the Help > Copying files to your portable device for WMP 9 or Help >
Synchronizing content to devices for WMP 10 for further details on music transfer.
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Radio mode
Select your FM region***
1 From the root menu, select RADIO to enter the radio mode.
2 Press SETTING. Select "Select FM region" > Asia / Europe / USA.
***FM radio is only available to some regional versions. FM radio is currently not available in Europe.
Asia 87.5 - 108 MHz 0.05 MHz
Europe 87.5 - 108 MHz 0.05 MHz
USA 87.5 - 108 MHz 0.1 MHz
Region Frequency range Tuning steps
Auto tune
1 From the root menu, select RADIO to enter the radio mode.
2 Press SETTING. Select Autotune. Press 6 to confirm.
Playing a radio station
1 From the root menu, select RADIO to enter the radio mode.
2 Press 3 to scroll up or 4 to scroll down for your preset.
Manual tune
1 From the radio play screen, press 6 to enter the manual tune screen.
2 Press 5 or 6 to tune step by step.
➔ The frequency bar indicates the change in frequency. You will hear a hissing sound /
the tuned station as you manual tune.
3 Press and hold 5 to search for the last available station or press and hold 6 to search for the
next available station.
➔ The frequency bar quickly increases / decreases in frequency.
4 Press 2; to confirm your preset.
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If you do not want to store a manual tuned preset, do not press any key.
The manual tuning screen will time out without saving.
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Making recordings
When your device is not connected to the computer, you can make voice, radio or line-in recordings.
Preparing to make recordings
1 Press SETTING. Select Recordings and press 6 for a list of available settings.
2 You can adjust the following settings before making any recordings.
Record quality Low, Medium, High
Auto volume control On, Off
Silence detection On, Off
Setting Available options (default settings in bold)
Auto volume control (only applicable to voice recording): device will fix the volume level when
making voice recording
Silence detection (only applicable to LINE-IN recording): device will create new track when it detects
a silence period
Making voice recording
1 Make sure you are not in the radio mode.
2 Press REC to star t voice recording.
➔ Device shows the recording state.
3 Press REC again to stop voice recording.
➔ Device shows the saving state. Your voice recording will
be saved on your device
(filename = recordings > mic >MIC xxx.wav; xxx = track number).
4 Press 2; to preview your new recording when prompted.
If you do not want to preview, do not press any key. The preview
prompt will time out.
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