Philips PSA242-37B, PSA235, PSA232, PSA242, PSA232-17B User Manual

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Digital Audio Player

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We hope you enjoy your product.

Please visit www.philips.com/support to view:

- FAQ, Frequently Asked Questions

- Latest user manuals

- Latest PC software downloads

- Firmware upgrade files and Device Manager

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)

- Workout progress tracking

***FM radio is only available to some regional versions. FM radio is currenlty not available in Europe.

Included accessories

Headphones USB cable

1 x AAA Armband

CDROM with user manual, drivers, FAQ, music management softwares

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

Use an appropriately-sized coin to twist anti-clockwise to unlock the back cover.

Insert a new batter y with correct polarity. (See printed label in battery compartment.)

Match the latches on the cover with the slots on your device. Twist clockwise gently to replace the back cover.

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You can also twist open the cover without using a coin. Grip on the rubber par t of the back cover. Without moving your gripping point, gently twist anti-clockwise to open.

Powering on / off

Power on: Press and hold 2;.

➔ PHILIPS splash screen appears briefly

Power off: Press and hold 2; again.

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Your device automatically powers down if there is no operation and no music played for 10 minutes. Last playback status / screen will be resumed at next powering on.

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. Your device will save all settings and un-finished tracking before it powers down.

Front of device

1 Talking stopwatch Activates voice feedback telling you "elapsed time"

2 Stopwatch Press to start, pause, or reset

3 Previous Rewinds / Up 1 level / Skip to previous

4 Display Dynamically displays menu, options and track information

5 VOL - / Move down Navigate down / volume down in playscreeen

6 VIEW To switch between root menu, library and now playing screens

7 Next Fast forward / Down to 1 level / Skip to next

8 Lock key Disables / enables key lock and ShockLock

9 2; Power on / off and Play / Pause

0 VOL + / Move up Navigate up / volume up in playscreeen

Back of device

1 Battery

2 Card slot Mini SD Insert your mini SD* card here for memor y expansion

3 USB jack

4 Back cover Insert a coin here to twist open / close back cover;

connects to arm band

5 p Audio jack

*SD card is not by-packed.

Root menu

When your device powers up, you will see the ROOT MENU.

Music enter to play your digital music tracks

Radio*** enter to listen to your radio presets

Sport enter to view your workout summar y

Settings enter to customize settings for your device

***FM radio is only available in some regional versions. FM radio is currenlty not available in Europe..

Navigation

Your device has an intuitive menu navigation system to guide you through various settings and operations. Use 3, 4, 1, 2 to browse through menus. Press 2 to confirm your selection.

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Select Shuffle All to play all your device music in a random way.

Smart Hide is a function to hide some library information.With Smart Hide, you can scroll faster to the right content by hiding albums and artists which contain songs that are fewer than a specified number.

Smart Hide 1 will hide all ar tists and albums that has only 1 track in the library. Smart Hide 2 will hide all ar tists and albums that has only 2 or fewer tracks in the librar y. Smart Hide 3 will hide all ar tists and albums that has only 3 or fewer tracks in the librar y. Smart Hide 4 will hide all ar tists and albums that has only 4 or fewer tracks in the librar y.

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! We recommend that you the Sync function in Windows Media Player 10 to transfer music to your player.

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:

Playlists Playlists

All songs Shuffle All

Artists Alphabetically

Genres Alphabetically

Albums Alphabetically

Note: If your music is missing any ID3 tag information, then your may find empty fields or an indication

stating "No artist found" or "No album found" or "No genres found".

2 Press 3 to scroll up or 4 to scroll down for your option.

Press 2 for next or 1 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.

collections

Alphabetically listed tracks

listed artists

listed genres

listed albums

Tracks listed in play order

Alphabetically listed albums

Alphabetically listed artists

Tracks listed in album order

Alphabetically listed albums

Tracks listed in album order

Playback

The keys: 2; , 0, 5, 3, 7 (see drawing on page 4) are multi-funtional. They work according to how you press them: press or press and hold. During music playback, you can do the following:

Basic Operation Controls to press

Pause music Press 2; during playback

Go to next track Press 7

Go to previous track Press 3

Forward search Press and hold 7

Backward search Press and hold 3

Volume control 0 / 5

Customizing playback

Changing play modes

1 From the root menu, select Settings.

2 Use scroll controls to select the following options. Press 2; to confirm your selection.

Press 2; to deselect a checked option.

Play mode Shuffle Repeat

Shuffle On Off

Repeat Off On

Shuffle and repeat On On

Normal Off Off

Changing Bass Enhancement

1 From the root menu, select Settings > DBB.

2 Use scroll controls to select On or Off.

Changing equalizers

1 From the root menu, select Settings > EQ.

2 Use scroll controls to select Rock, RnB, Electronica, Hip Hop, Classical, Jazz.

Getting digital music onto your device

Before you can transfer your MP3 and/or WMA collection to your device using Windows Media Playe, you need to have both Windows Media Player and Philips Device Manager installed on your PC 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 .exe from the root directory of the CD.

2 Select your language and follow screen instructions to complete installation of Philips

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 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 / Sync 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 / PHILIPS device.

6 Click the Start Sync button.

Music files may be transferred using Windows Explorer (by drag and drop) to your device only if they are saved in the following folder: "media"

If your Windows Media Player is open when you connect your device, your device

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may not be recognized.

To transfer music files to the mini-SD card, you must format the mini-SD card the frist time it is inserted to the device, and keep using it with the device. Otherwise, files transferred cannot be recognized in Windows Media Player or Windows Explorer.

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