Contents Welcome ............1 About your new player ..................1 Accessories ........................1 Optional accessories ....................2 Register your product .....................2 More information .......................2 Connect and Charge ........3 Battery level indication ....................3 Install ..............3 Transfer ............4 Enjoy ..............4 Powering on and off ....................4 Reset ..........................4 Using your GoGear player ......
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Safety and Maintenance ....... 43 Notice for the USA ........45 Notice for Canada ........45 Notice for the European Union ....45 Technical data ..........46...
For Europe and other regions: For US: CD-ROM with Windows Media Player, Easy start CD 1 and 2 with Windows Media Philips Device Manager, Philips Device Plug- Player, Philips Device Manager, Philips in, User Manual, Tutorials and Frequently Device Plug-in, User Manual, Tutorials and...
Optional accessories The following accessories are not included with your player, but can be bought separately. You can find them www.philips.com/GoGearshop (Europe) or www.store.philips.com (US). Docking cradle Dock and connect the player to your stereo system for music sharing GoGear control case...
Insert the CD supplied with your product into the CD ROM drive of your PC. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation of Windows Media Player (including necessary plug-ins) and Philips Device Manager. IMPORTANT! For US: There are two CDs and both are required for installation.
To power on, press and hold button for 3 seconds until the player resumes to its last state or the POWER PHILIPS screen appears. To power off, press and hold button for 3 seconds until the player shuts down. POWER NOTE! Your player automatically powers off if there is no operation nor music played for 10 minutes.
Using your GoGear player Overview of controls and connections Recording Microphone Headphone plug Hold Volume up/down keys Power Menu Playlist View Back/Fast Rewind Select/ Fast Forward Play/Pause key Press this (about 3 seconds) Power on / off OWER Lock all touch control keys HOLD Play / Pause songs Back / Fast rewind...
Main menu The following are available from the main menu of your player: Menu Play your digital music tracks USIC View pictures ICTURES Listen to radio ADIO Create or listen to recordings ECORDINGS Customise the settings of your player ETTINGS Press and hold to return to the main menu.
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Fast swipe up or down List will scroll quickly like a wheel (Fly wheel) and then slow down gradually Swipe Tap in the middle To stop list from spinning SuperScroll Superscroll enables you to find your favorite songs quickly. When scrolling quickly through a list of songs, artists, albums or genres, a Superscroll letter (the first alphabet of the song, artist, album or genre) will be displayed in highlight to give you information about where you are in the list.
Organise and synchronise pictures and music with Windows Media Player This chapter describes the basic operations and steps that you need to follow to successfully transfer music and pictures to your player. For more information, please refer to Windows Media Player Help on your computer. Music Add songs to Windows Media Player Library Songs that are already on your computer...
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Click Add to Library on the bottom left of the screen. You can choose to add files from folder, URL, by searching your computer, etc. Ripping songs from a CD If you want to transfer music from a CD to your player, you need to create a digital copy of the music on your PC first.
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Select the music tracks you would like to rip and click Rip Music on the top menu bar. The songs are now converted into digital copies and added to Windows Media Player library. Buying songs online If you want to buy music online, you need to select a music store. Click the little triangle on the top right of the screen and select Browse all Online Stores.
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Select Sync tab and click Sync settings or Setup Sync. Synchronisation settings dialog box will be displayed. Select Synchronise device automatically check box. Select the check boxes that correspond to the playlists you want to synchronise. Click OK.
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Connect the player to your computer using the supplied USB cable. Select Sync tab. In the pull down menu on the right pane, select Philips or Philips GoGear as the destination. If they are not in the list, click F5 to refresh and try again.
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Select Library tab to access media library. Click to highlight the song you want to copy. Right click on the song and select Add to > Sync List.
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Or drag and drop the song into the Sync List on the right pane. 10. Click Start Sync button at the bottom of the screen to start synchronisation. The progress will be displayed just above the Start Sync button. We recommend that you always use Windows Media Player to transfer music to your player.
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Windows Media Player Playlist Creating a Playlist Start Windows Media Player. Select Library tab. Click to highlight a track. Right click on the track and select Add to > Additional Playlist... In the Add to Playlist dialog box, select an existing playlist or click New to add a new playlist. The track you have selected will be added to the playlist.
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Add pictures to Windows Media Player Library Start Windows Media Player. Select Library tab to access media library. Click Add to Library on the bottom left corner of the screen. Choose Add Folder..Select the folder in which you have kept your pictures and press OK.
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Connect the player to your computer. Start Windows Media Player. Select Sync tab. In the pull-down menu on the right pane, select Philips or Philips GoGear as the destination. If they are not in the list, click F5 to refresh and try again.
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Select Library tab to access media library. Click All Pictures on the left pane to display the list of pictures. Click to highlight a picture you want to copy to your player.
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Right click on the item and select Add to > Sync List. 10. Or drag and drop the picture into the Sync List on the right pane. 11. Click Start Sync button at the bottom of the screen to start synchronisation. The progress will be displayed just above the Start Sync button.
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12. A pop-up message will be displayed, notifying you of the synchronisation progress. 13. When the pop-up disappears, the transfer is completed and you can disconnect your player.
Detailed operation Music mode Your player is preloaded with some music tracks. You can transfer your digital music and picture collection from your computer to your player using Windows Media Player. More information on music transfer can be found on page 8. Finding your music From the main menu, select MUSIC to enter music mode.
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Controls During music playback, you can do the following: Do this Play / Pause music Press § Go to next track Press Go to previous track Press § Forward search Press and hold Backward search Press and hold Access options menu Press MENU Return to browsing...
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Sound settings You can set your player to play music tracks with different EQ (equalizers) settings. From the main menu, select Settings > Sound Settings. Use the to scroll through the list of options: SRS WOW, Rock, Funk, Techno, VERTICAL TOUCH STRIP HipHop, Classical, Jazz, Spoken Word, Custom, or Off.
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Alternatively, you can add songs, albums, artists and genres to Playlist on the go from the music library. Press PLAYLIST A message [item name] added to playlist on the go will be displayed. Playback of playlist on the go Select Music > Playlists > Playlist on the go. Select your playlist and press 2;.
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Select Remove to delete the song from Playlist on the go. A message [song name] has been removed from playlist will be displayed. NOTE! The song is removed from the playlist only, it will not be deleted from the player. Most played You can playback your top 100 most played songs by selecting this playlist.
Rating your tracks You can rate a track with 1 to 5 stars. If you want to rate the track currently playing, press and select Rate. Then rate the track from 1 star to 5 MENU stars. You can also rate a song that is not currently playing. Select the song from the music library.
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Finding pictures on your player Pictures on your player are organised in albums which are similar to the way they are organised in Windows Media Player. When you select Pictures from the main menu you will see a list of all picture albums. Select the picture album you wish to view.
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Slideshow A slideshow will display all pictures inside an album in full view. It will automatically go to the next picture at a specified interval. Background music can be played from a specified playlist during a slideshow. Start a slideshow From the main menu, select Pictures.
Radio* Connect the headphone The headphone serves as a radio antenna. Make sure it is properly connected to ensure optimal reception. Select your FM region From the main menu, select Settings > Radio settings. Region Frequency range Tuning steps Europe 87.5 –...
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Playing a preset radio station From the main menu, select Radio to enter radio mode. § Press to browse your preset stations. For quick access to a certain preset station, press , select Select preset and select your desired station MENU from the list.
Recordings You can make voice or radio* recordings using your player. Making MIC recordings From the main menu, select Recordings. Select Start MIC recording to start a voice recording. Your player will display the following recording screen. Press to stop and save the voice recording. The player will display the saving progress.
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Making FM recordings While listening to the radio, press MENU Choose Start FM recording. Press to stop and save the FM recording. Your FM recording will be saved on your player as a PCM file (.wav extension). You can find this file under Recordings >...
Upload your recordings to the computer Connect your player to your computer. Your player will be identified as Philips GoGear in Windows Explorer. Go to Media > Recordings. You will find FM recordings and Voice recordings folders. Drag and drop your files to any desired location on your computer.
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The following settings are available: Settings Options Description Language English, French, Italian, Choose the language for display German, Spanish, Dutch, on screen Swedish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese Play mode Shuffle All On / Off Choose shuffle On to play selected tracks at random Repeat No Repeat / Repeat...
Music library Reset play count Reset play count for “My most settings played” playlist to zero Radio settings Europe / Americas / Asia Choose the region in which you operate the FM Demo mode Start Start demo mode (press power for 4 seconds to exit this mode) Factory settings Restore Factory settings...
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Click Repair. The repair process will start. IMPORTANT! All your contents will be erased from your player. Therefore, please back up your files before repairing. After repair, simply synchronise your player again to transfer music to your player. Click Yes to proceed.
Is Philips Device Plug-in installed on your computer? Immediately after you have transferred your pictures in Windows Media Player, you should see a Philips screen pop-up. If it does not appear, then the Plug-in is probably missing. To check whether this Plug-in is available on your computer, go to Control Panel >...
You may have disconnected your device too soon after the picture transfer in Windows Media Player was finished. Always wait for the Philips pop-up message to show and disappear before you disconnect your device. Are your pictures in JPEG format? Pictures in other formats cannot be transferred to your player.
- Active mobile phones in the vicinity may cause interference. - Backup your files. Please ensure that you retain the original files you have downloaded to your device. Philips is not responsible for any loss of data if the product becomes damaged or not readable / legible.
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The data stored on the device are retrieved and used ONLY if the user returns the device to the Philips service centre and ONLY to simplify error detection and prevention.
Notice for the USA Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
The resulting “GB” capacity displayed by the OS will be smaller because of using this base-2 defiinition for “Gigabyte”. *** FM radio is only available for certain regions. It is not available for Europe. PHILIPS reserves the right to make design and specification changes for product improvement without prior notice.
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This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft subsidiary. Content providers are using the digital rights management technology for Windows Media contained in this device (“WM-DRM”) to protect the integrity of their content (“Secure Content”) so that their intellectual property, including copyright, in such content is not misappropriated.