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Import recordings from MUSE 16 Contents Contents Browse your media library 16 Organize and manage your Songbird library 16 1 Important safety information 3 Let Songbird manage your media 16 General maintenance 3 Remove media files from the Recycling the product and the built-in Songbird media library 17 battery 6 Delete media 17 Let Songbird watch a folder 17 Fetch album artwork 17 2 Your new MUSE 8 Playlists 17 What’s in the box 8 Create a playlist 18 Add titles
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10 Pictures 27 Add pictures to MUSE 27 Overview of the picture controls 27 Browse picture albums 27 View pictures 27 Advanced picture display 28 View pictures on your TV 28 Delete the currently displayed picture 28 Delete one or more pictures 28 11 Radio 29 Listen to FM radio 29 Auto-tune radio station presets 29 Manually tune a radio station 29 12 Recordings 30 Record audio/voices 30 Listen to recordings 30 Upload your recordings to a computer 30 Delete the cur
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Hearing Safety 1 Important safety information Listen at a moderate volume: Using headphones at a high volume can impair General maintenance your hearing. This product can produce sounds in decibel ranges that may cause hearing loss for The translation of this document is for a normal person, even for exposure less than reference only. a minute. The higher decibel ranges are offered In the event of any inconsistency between the for those that may have already experienced English version
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Modifications owner of the work. Such instruction may Modifications not authorized by the state that no further copies shall be made. manufacturer may void user’s authority to Video streams may include copy protection operate the product. technology that prohibits further copying. For such situations the recording function will not Copyright information work and you will be notified with a message. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective companies or Data lo
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or profits; or business interruption) however Recycling the product and the caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including built-in battery negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of Your product is designed and manufactured the possibility of such damage with high quality materials and components, which can be recycled and reused. XPAT XML Parser Never dispose of your product with o
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• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Notice for Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. The set complies with the FCC-Rules, Part-15 and with 21 CFR 1040.10. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received,
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2 Your new MUSE Use MUSE to • play music • view pictures • watch videos • listen to FM radio • make recordings • read texts What’s in the box Check that you have received the following items: Player Earphones USB cable Quick start guide Philips GoGear audio player Quick start guide Note • The images serve as reference only. Philips reserves the right to change color/design without notice. 8 EN
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3 Getting started Lock the touch controls You can lock the touch controls of MUSE: Overview of the controls and 1 Press to lock the touch controls. » The screen turns off. connections » All touch controls are locked (the volume controls still function). 2 To turn the screen back on, press one of these buttons: • • 3 Use your finger to swipe the vertical locking bar on the screen to unlock the touch controls. » All touch controls are unlocked. press and hold: turn MUSE a Limit the volume
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Organize the home menu Overview of the home menu On the home menu, the four main features are at the top and extra features are at Main Mode To the bottom. By swapping the locations of features corresponding icons, you can re-organize the Music play digital audio tracks home menu for ease of use. Video play videos Pictures view pictures FM radio listen to FM radio Extra Mode To features Recordings create or listen to recordings Audible listen to audiobooks Text read text files Folder view f
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Install Philips Songbir d f or the first Connect and charge time MUSE has a built-in battery that can be charged When you connect MUSE to the PC for the through the USB port of a computer (USB first time, a pop-up window appears: cable included). 1 Select Install Philips Songbird. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to Note complete the installation. • When you connect MUSE to a computer, you are briefly prompted to select: Note • [Charge & transfer] or [Charge & play]. • MUSE automaticall
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Install the Philips Songbird software Battery level indication again (after the first installation) The display indicates the approximate levels of the battery status as follows: Important! The Philips Songbird software installer is preloaded to MUSE. 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% To free memory capacity for your media content on MUSE, the installer file is » A flashing battery screen indicates automatically deleted during the first that the battery is low. The player installation process. saves
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4 Update MUSE MUSE is controlled by an internal program called firmware. Newer versions of the firmware may have been released after you have purchased MUSE. The software program called Philips Songbird can use your computer to check for firmware updates that are available on the Internet. Install Philips Songbird on your computer (see chapter Install software) and follow the instructions to update (see chapter Manually v erify / update the firmwar e). Note • Your music files are not aff
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5 Turn MUSE on and off 1 Press and hold the button for longer than 2 seconds to toggle between on and off. Automatic shut-down MUSE has an automatic shut-down feature that can save battery power. After 10 minutes in idle mode (no music plays, no button is pressed), MUSE turns off. 1 Press and hold for longer than 2 seconds to turn MUSE on again. Tip • The default setting is 10 minutes as this is the maximum possible power-saving mode. You can change this mode in the settings. 14 EN
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Impor t media files fr om a dir ector y 6 Philips Songbird The following steps show how you can import media (music and video) files that are stored MUSE comes with the Philips Songbird elsewhere on your computer or computer software. network: The Philips Songbird software helps you to: 1 On the computer, launch the Songbird • purchase new media (music and videos) program. online 2 On the Songbird toolbar, click File, then • create a media library select Import Media.... • manage your me
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Export media to iTunes Browse your media library 1 On the computer, launch the Songbird The Songbird media library is structured as program. follows: 2 Select Tools > Options.... 3 On the Songbird toolbar, select the Media Importer tab, then iTunes Import/ Export. a 4 Verify your library location and options. b 5 Select Export Library. d » The software exports the library from Songbird to iTunes. c Get content from online sources a Player Pane (this is where the MUSE is You can purchase con
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Remo v e media files fr om the Songbir d Let Songbird watch a folder media library You can let Songbird • monitor the contents of a folder, and 1 In the Songbird library, right click on a • add or remove the media from your media file, then select Remove. library to match the folder contents. 2 In the prompt window, click Remove to 1 On the computer, launch the Songbird confirm that you want to remove the file. program. » The selected file is removed from the library and from all pla
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Create a playlist Change the look of the 1 On the computer, launch the Songbird Songbird library program. 2 Choose from these options to create a You can change the design and color scheme new playlist: of the Songbird library. We call this “changing • On the Songbird toolbar, select File feathers”. New feathers are installed and > New Playlist. managed like add-ons. • Right-click on the left hand sidebar, and then choose New Playlist. Find new feathers • Click the + symbol at the bottom
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Repair MUSE (restore factory settings) Philips Songbird has a repair feature that you can use to restore MUSE to the factory settings. Before you proceed, back up your files that are stored on MUSE if possible. Caution • The following procedure erases all your files that are stored on MUSE, and restores the factory settings. 1 Install Philips Songbird on your computer (see chapter Install software), and then launch the program. 2 In the Philips Songbird menu bar (at the top), click on t
