Philips SA261, SA261-17B, SA260, SA255 User Manual

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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

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.

PRESS TO RELEASE

LR03/AAA /UM4

Overview of controls and connections

1 LINE-IN LINE-IN jack

2 USB cable connector

3 HOLD OFF To disable key press

4 LCD display dynamically displays menu, options and track information

5 3 / 4 Scroll; SuperScroll; Skip to previous / next

5 / 6 Rewind / Fast forward; Up / Down to 1 level

2; Power on / off and Play / Pause; confirms a menu setting

6 Volume + / - Volume control

7 p Headphones jack

8 SETTING Settings menu

9 REC Start or Stop Voice / FM Radio*** / Line-in recording

0 A - B / DBB A-B Repeat

DBB (Enable or disable Dynamic Bass Boost to enhance bass tones);

! Battery door Open to insert batter y

@ Card slot Insert your mini SD card here for memory expansion (max. = 1 GB)

Gently push on card to remove

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

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.

TIP 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.

TIP

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.

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:

Play / Pause music Press 2; during playback

Go to next track Press 4

Go to previous track Press 3

Forward search Press and hold 6

Backward search Press and hold 5

Volume control Volume + / -

Enable / Disable DBB Press and hold A - B / DBB

Basic Operation Controls to press On screen indication

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

TIP

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.

TIP

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

TIP

- 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.

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.

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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.

TIP 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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