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Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to Philips! To fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register your product www.philips.com/welcome Digital audio player SA2810 SA2811 SA2820 SA2821 SA2840 SA2841 SA2880 SA2881...
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Contents Important safety information Your new player What’s in the box Register your product Getting started Overview of controls and connections Main menu Install Connect and charge 3.4.1 Use the supplied USB cable 3.4.2 Battery level indication Transfer 3.5.1 Disconnect your player safely Enjoy 3.6.1 Turn on and off...
• Active mobile phones in the vicinity may cause interference. • Back up 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.
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. The data stored shall...
Disposal of your old product Your product is designed and manufactured with high quality materials and components, which can be recycled and reused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product, it means the product is covered by the European Directive 2002/96/EC. Please be informed about the local separate collection system for electrical and electronic products.
• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Notice for the European Union This product complies with the radio interference requirements of the European Union. Philips SA2810 SA2811 SA2815 SA2816 SA2820 SA2821 SA2825 SA2826 SA2840...
With your newly purchased player, you can: • play MP3 and WMA • record with built-in microphone 2.1 What’s in the box The following accessories are included with your player: Player Headphones Philips GoGear audio video player SA2815 SA2825 SA2845 SA2885 Quick start guide Install...
3 Getting started 3.1 Overview of controls and connections Headphone jack B y / 2; On / Off Play/Record / Pause Confirm selection Back one level (hold to return to root menu) D - VOL + Increases/decreases volume (hold to increase/decrease fast) E MIC Microphone slider...
• USB port 1 Insert the CD supplied with your product into the CD ROM drive of your PC. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation of Philips Device Manager. 3 If the installation program does not start automatically, browse the CD contents with Windows Explorer and double click on the file ending with .exe.
3.4 Connect and charge When you connect the player to the PC, it automatically charges. 3.4.1 Use the supplied USB cable 1 Before you use the player for the first time, charge it for at least 5 hours. > The battery has a 100% charge after 4 hours and an 80% charge after 2 hours.
3.6.1 Turn on and off y/2; To turn on, press until the display shows the Philips logo. To turn off, press and hold Tip If the player is idle and no button is pressed for 10 minutes, it switches off automatically.
4 Detail operation 4.1 Music mode Your player supports MP3 and WMA formats. 4.1.1 Control The player offers the following music mode options: Goal Play / Pause music Skip to next audio file Return to previous audio file Fast forward Fast rewind Return to browsing menu Increase volume...
4.1.2 Find your music 1 From the main menu, select The player offers the following menu options: All songs Alphabetically listed tracks Artists Alphabetically listed artists Albums Alphabetically listed albums 2 Press to scroll through the list. 3 Press to select or press 4 Press to play.
4.2 Recordings You can record audio with the player. The section Overview of controls and connections shows you the location of the microphone. 1 Long press from all screens except Radio > The player records and shows the recording display. 2 Press to pause.
4.3 Settings You can set preferences in your player to suit your needs. 1 Press and select 2 Press to select an option. 3 Press to go to next level or 4 Press to confirm your selection. 5 Press to exit the Settings menu In the Settings menu, the following options are available: Settings Play mode...
4.3.1 Equalizer custom settings You can customize the equalizer settings: 1 Long press and select or 4, then 2 Press or 4, then 3 Press or 4, then 4 Press 5 Press to select equalizer band: B = bass, L = low, M = mid, H = high, T = treble 6 Press to adjust level.
Philips Digital Audio Player > SA28XX > Philips SA28XX Device Manager. 4 Click Update. > Philips SA28XX Device Manager checks for updates and installs new firmware, if it is available on the Internet. 5 When the display shows Update completed, click OK.
6 Technical data Power • Power supply 270mAh Li-ion internal rechargeable battery Display • White backlight OLED, 128 x 64 pixels Sound • Channel separation: 40dB • Equalizer setting: Off / FullSound / Rock / Funk / Hip Hop / Jazz / Classical / Techno / Custom •...
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Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. 1MB = 1 million bytes; available storage capacity will be less. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; available storage capacity will be less. Full memory capacity may not be available as some memory will be reserved for the player.
Note The existing contents on your player will not be erased. 2 If nothing happens, recharge the battery for at least 4 hours and try to power on or reset again. If this does not work, you might have to repair your player with Philips Device Manager.
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Some songs do not show up or playback on the player. • This player does not support copyright protected (DRM) WMA tracks bought from on- line music stores, only unprotected WMA files can be played back on this player. The song is in a format that is not supported by the player.
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PHILIPS reserves the right to make design and specification changes for product improvement without prior notice.
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Disposal of your old product and the integrated battery All our products are designed and manufactured with high quality materials and components, which can be recycled and reused. The crossed-out wheel bin symbol on a product means that the product is subject to the European Directive 2002/96/EC.
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