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Contents Edit metadata Get album artwork Remove media files from the library 20 Sync the player with Philips Songbird 1 Important safety information Select auto or manual sync General maintenance Auto sync Recycling the product Manual sync 2 Your new ARIAZ 6 Music What's in the box Find music on the player...
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Start a slideshow 16 Repair the player through Philips Select play options Songbird Delete pictures from the player 17 Technical data 10 FM radio System requirements Tune in to radio stations Listen through the speaker Need help? Store preset stations Please visit www.philips.com/welcome 11 Recordings...
1 Important safety • Store in a place where temperature is always between -20 and 45ºC (-4 to information 113ºF). • Battery life may be shortened in low temperature conditions. Replacement parts/accessories: Visit www.philips.com/support to order General maintenance replacement parts/accessories. Hearing Safety The translation of this document is for reference only.
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programs, files, broadcasts and sound experience while using the device. The data recordings, may be an infringement of stored, for example, will be the duration of copyrights and constitute a criminal offense. playback in music mode, duration of playback This equipment should not be used for such in turner mode, how many times battery low purposes.
"Software"), to deal in the Software without Never dispose of your product with other restriction, including without limitation the rights household waste. Please inform yourself about to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, the local rules on the separate collection of sub-license, and/or sell copies of the Software, electrical and electronic products.
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Notice for the European Union This product complies with the radio interference requirements of the European Union. Please inform yourself about the local rules on separate collection of batteries. The correct disposal of batteries helps prevent potentially negative consequences on the environment and human health.
2 Your new Philips GoGear audio player Quick start guide ARIAZ On ARIAZ, you can do the following: Note • Play music; • Watch videos; • The images serve as reference only. Philips reserves the • View pictures; right to change color/design without notice. •...
3 Get started all settings and switches off within 60 seconds. Note • Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge Charge power cycles. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. • The charging animation stops and the icon is ARIAZ has a built-in battery that can be displayed when the charging process is completed.
4 Overview on the play screen: press: skip to the next/ previous option press and hold: search within Controls current file USB connector for power charging and data transfer RESET press the hole by using the tip of a ball pen when the screen does not respond to the pressing of keys press: increase/decrease the...
Navigate from the Home screen • • From the Home screen, you can access For the SafeSound options, see 'Sound settings' (see 'SafeSound' on page 37). functional menus by pressing the navigation • For video play, exit the play screen to select the safe buttons volume.
5 Sync with PC Note media library • The installation requires you to agree to the license terms. With Philips Songbird, you can do the following: If the pop-up window is not displayed • Manage your media collections on a automatically: On the player, make sure that you have •...
First-time launch In Philips Songbird, set the watch folder as The first time you launch Philips Songbird on follows: a PC, do the following as prompted to import existing media files into Philips Songbird: • Select the iTunes media folder to import an existing iTunes library;...
» Media files are added under Library. • or, go to File > Import a playlist to select playlists on the PC. » Media files are added under Playlists. » You enter the webpage of the online source. Get contents from online sources Search for your media file.
Add to Philips Songbird To transfer songs from Rhapsody to Philips Songbird, add the songs to a playlist in Philips Songbird (see 'Create playlists in Philips Songbird' on page 16). On the Rhapsody webpage, To add the entire playlist to Philips •...
e Artwork pane: Drag the up arrow to show the pane. Search by metadata In the media library of Philips Songbird, media files are sorted by metadata. To search for media files by metadata, click the icon to select the list or filter pane view. List view To select a filter pane, In the list view, media files are listed by...
Create a playlist Select songs that you want to play. Add the songs to a playlist. Under Playlists, click to create a playlist. » A new playlist is created. Name the new playlist as desired. Drag and drop media files to the playlist. •...
Select a seed song Make sure that the seed song has completed the LikeMusic analysis. • In Library > Music, double click the blue LikeMusic icon of the song; Select the maximum number of songs in the Alternatively, playlist • As shown, select a number in the drop-down list.
» The play queue is saved as a After you sync the media files to the player, you playlist under Playlists. can browse the media library by metadata. Under Playlists, name the playlist as needed. Add songs to the top or end of the play queue • To add songs to the top, right click on the options and select Queue Next;...
» Artwork is fetched for all titles in the Sync the player with Philips library. Songbird Right click on selected titles, and select Get • Artwork. » Artwork is fetched for all selected titles. Remove media files from the library On the PC, launch Philips Songbird. Connect the player to the PC by using a USB cable.
On the pop-up window, click the Music or Videos tab. Click to select an option. Manual sync To manually transfer selected playlists, Select the player under Devices. Select Manual or Auto. To confirm the option, click Apply. Auto sync • If you have selected auto sync, auto sync starts automatically when you connect the player to a PC;...
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• To select multiple files at the same time, hold down the Ctrl button when you click on selections.
6 Music On the PC, under My Computer or Computer, • select ARIAZ, and create file folders. On the PC, drag and drop music files to Find music on the player the file folders on the ARIAZ. • Alternatively, drag and drop file folders After you sync the player with your PC media from the PC to ARIAZ.
Select play options On the play screen, press to select play options, such as play mode, sound settings, and sleep timer (see 'Settings' on page 37). Playlists On the players, you can find the following playlists: • playlists that you transfer from the PC media library;...
Select a playlist-on-the-go. Press » You remove all the songs from the playlist. Delete songs from the player To delete a song, Select or play a song. On the list of songs or play screen, and select [Delete]. • press Select [Yes].
7 Audiobooks Launch AudibleManager on your PC. On AudibleManager, click the My Library Online button to connect to www.audible. com. > [Audiobooks] to play books in Go to Select and download audio books: audio formats that you have downloaded from •...
Press to start play. » On the play screen, you can see the book information and play status. To resume the last played book, In [Audiobooks], select [Resume • [book name]]. On the play screen, • Press to pause and resume play. •...
8 Videos • On the play screen, press and hold Select brightness Add videos to the player On the play screen, press and select You can add videos to the player in two ways: [Brightness]. • through Philips Songbird (see 'Sync Press to select an option.
9 Pictures View pictures • Select a picture. Press to view the picture in full screen. » The picture is displayed in the Add pictures to the player landscape view. On the play screen, • Press to rotate the picture. Connect ARIAZ to a computer.
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» Current picture is deleted from the player.
10 FM radio Manual tune To search for a frequency or station, • On the play screen, press and hold Note » You tune in to the next station from current frequency. • Plug in the supplied earphones when you tune in to •...
11 Recordings Press to toggle between pause and record. Press to stop. Select [Yes] to save the recording. » Recordings are saved to > [Recordings library] > [FM radio recordings]. (Filename format: Make recordings FMRECXXX.MP3, where XXX is the recording number that is generated With ARIAZ, you can record: automatically.) •...
Upload your recordings to a computer Connect ARIAZ to a computer. On the PC, under My Computer or Computer, select ARIAZ; • in ARIAZ, select recordings in • Recordings > Voice or FM. Drag and drop the recording files to a location on the PC.
12 Text reader Read text files Select a text file. You can read text files (.txt files) on the player. Press to start play. On the play screen, Add text files to the player • Press to turn over pages; • Press to scroll up or down. To increase or decrease the font size, Connect ARIAZ to a computer.
13 Folder view Go to to view and play media files from the media library on the player. Music: for music files that you sync to the player through Philips Songbird; Video: for video files that you sync to the player through Philips Songbird;...
14 Settings SafeSound With the by-packed earphones, SafeSound allows you to listen to music in a safe way. In , select your options for the player. When you listen to music through the earphones, the sound pressure on your Press to select an option.
If you select a volume level higher than the safe Display settings one, [Auto safe volume] can have the volume level gradually adjusted to the safe one. [Brightness] Adjusts the brightness of the In [SafeSound settings], select [Auto • screen. safe volume] >...
[Demo shows major features of the player. Information mode] In [Information], learn the following information To exit the screensaver about the player: • Press any key. [Player information] [Model:] full product name Slideshow settings Check the full product name when updating firmware from the [Time per selects play time for each slide.
CD installer If you have selected [MSC] in > [PC connection preference], the [CD installer] options are displayed. In [CD installer], select [Enable] to allow the player to work as Philips Songbird drive. Double click on the drive to start the program installation on the PC.
15 Update the Click ARIAZ in the Player pane. Then, select Tools > Check for updated firmware firmware in the pop-up window. » Philips Songbird checks for updates through Philips and installs new firmware from the Internet, if available. Songbird ARIAZ is controlled by an internal program called firmware.
16 Repair the player through Philips Songbird If ARIAZ is not working properly or the display freezes, you can reset it without losing data: To reset ARIAZ? • Insert a pen tip or other object into the reset hole located at the base of ARIAZ. Hold until the player shuts down.
Power Storage media Power supply: 520 mAh Li-ion polymer Built-in memory capacity²: internal rechargeable battery SA3ARA04 4GB NAND Flash Play time¹ SA3ARA08 8GB NAND Flash - music: up to 30 hours (SafeSound on); up to SA3ARA16 16GB NAND Flash 15 hours (FullSound on, SafeSound on); up SA3ARA32 32GB NAND Flash to 15 hours (FullSound on);...