Philips SA3MUS16 - Manual

10 EN Software loaded on the player MUSE comes with the following software: • Philips Songbird (helps you update the firmware of the player, and manage your media librar y on a PC and the player). Files loaded on the player The following files are loaded on MUSE : User manual • Frequently asked questi...

11 English EN Battery level indication The display indicates the approximate levels of the bat ter y status as follows: 10 0% 75% 50% 25% 0% A flashing batter y screen indicates » that the batter y is low. The player saves all settings and switches off within 60 seconds. Note Rechargeable bat teries ...

12 EN Note The installation requires you to agree to the • license ter ms.Af ter the installation, the PC connec tion • changes to the MTP mode. Switch the player on or off Press and hold / until the MUSE is switched on or off. Automatic standby and shut-down The player has an automatic standby and ...

13 English EN Home screen Menu Mode To Music play audio files Video watch videos Pictures view pictures FM radio tune in to the FM radio;record from the FM radio Music suggestions four songs from the music librar y Rhapsody* channels listen to channel lists that you download and transfer through the ...

14 EN Switch between the Home screen and play screen On the Home screen, During the play of music, video,or radio, Tap the ar twork nex t to • , , or ; If necessar y, tap • to switch between the two pages. On the play screen, Press • . Tip In • , tap a thumbnail to show the pic ture that you play re...

15 English EN Select the safe volume level Select the safe volume when you listen to music through the by-packed earphones. 1 Make sure that you have plugged the earphones into the player. 2 On the music play screen, press or . » If you have switched on the SafeSound function, the SafeSound screen i...

16 EN To install Philips Songbird later, 1 On the player, make sure that you have selected the following options: In • > [PC connection preference] , select [MSC] ; In • > [CD installer] , select [Enable] . 2 On the PC , select My Computer ( Windows XP / Windows 20 0 0) / Computer ( Windows Vi...

19 English EN Search in Philips Songbird Philips Songbird is structured as follows: a Player pane: Click the but tons to play media files in the media librar y of Philips Songbird . b Source selector pane: Click to select a source of contents; Click / to show or hide the subsources.• Library: media l...

21 English EN 2 To add the songs to a playlist: Right click on the songs, and select • Add to Playlist ; Select a playlist; • The songs are added to the » playlist. To create a playlist, select • New Playlist . A new playlist is created for the » songs. Under » Playlists , name the playlist as neede...

22 EN 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; Alternatively, In • Library > Music , right click on a song and select Run LikeMusic with . A » LikeMusic playlist is displayed i...

23 English EN 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 ; To add songs to the end, right click • on the options and select Queue Last . Play a playlist 1 To play the entire playlist, right click on the playlist and selec...

25 English EN Sync the player with Philips Songbird Through Philips Songbird , you can sync music, video, or photos from a PC to the player. If the player is in the MTP mode, the sync process allows media files to be conver ted to the formats playable on the player (see ‘PC connection preference’ on ...

27 English EN Sync photos to the player 1 Select the player under Devices . 2 On the pop-up window, click the Photos tab. 3 Select a folder of photos on the PC: Click the checkbox nex t to • Sync Photos From ; Click the drop-down list to select a • file folder. 4 Click Sync . Photos in the folder are...

29 English EN 1 Tap to select librar y views: [Artists] and [Albums] , [Artists] , [Albums] , or [Songs] . The music librar y is sor ted by the » song information in alphabetical order. 2 In a column, swipe your finger up/ down to browse through the list of options. SuperScroll In a list of options t...

30 EN Browse by artwork Ar twork , or album ar t (the picture of CD/ album cover), is sometimes available for music downloads. Through some media management sof tware, you can inser t ar twork for albums/ songs. 1 Tap to select the ar twork view. The ar twork is sor ted by album name » in alphabetic...

31 English EN Play music 1 In the music librar y, browse to find music. 2 To star t play, tap an ar tist, album, song, or ar twork . The play screen is displayed. » To play from a song within current album, 1 On the play screen, tap the ar twork . The song list is displayed. » The play icon is next t...

32 EN Select play options To skip songs on the play screen, Swipe lef t / right on the screen. • To search within current song on the play screen, Tap on the progress bar to select a • play position. On the play screen, tap icons to select play options: If necessar y, tap • and select [Standard] ; T...

33 English EN Rate songs Assign rating to the songs. The player can generate a playlist that are sor ted by your rating (see ‘Browse by playlist’ on page 31). To assign rating to songs, On the play screen, tap the rating star • once or more: (not rated) (rating 1) (rating 2) (rating 3) (rating 4) (r...

34 EN Delete songs You can delete songs in the following ways: Delete songs by ar tist; • Delete songs by album; • Delete selected songs. • To delete an artist, album, or song, 1 Tap to select librar y views. The music librar y is sor ted by the » song information in alphabetical order. 2 Tap and se...

35 English EN Browse by artwork Ar twork , or album ar t, is the video/ album cover. 1 Tap to browse through the librar y by ar twork . The ar twork is sor ted by title in » alphabetical order. 2 Drag the slider to scroll through the ar twork . The initial letter of current item is » displayed on th...

36 EN To search within current video on the play screen, Tap on the progress bar to select a • play position. To switch between the play screen and library screen, Press • to go to the Home screen; The ar twork of current video is » displayed next to . To return to the play screen, tap the • ar twor...

37 English EN Browse by artwork Ar twork , or album ar t, is the album cover. 1 Tap to browse through the librar y by ar twork . The ar twork is sor ted by album name » in alphabetical order. 2 Drag the slider to scroll through the ar twork . The initial letter of current item is » displayed on the ...

38 EN View pictures To zoom in or out , 1 Tap on to show the zoom control bar. 2 Drag on the bar to zoom in/ out the picture. 3 In an enlarged picture, swipe to pan through the picture. To rotate the picture, Tap • to rotate the picture clock wise by 90 degrees. Play pictures 1 In , tap to play a se...

39 English EN Select play options On the play screen, tap icons to select play options: / Tap to switch to the librar y or play screen. / Tap to star t /pause/resume slideshow play. / Tap to skip pictures. Select slideshow settings On the librar y or play screen, tap • and select [Slideshow settings...

40 EN Manual tune Use Manual tune to search for a frequency. 1 From the Home screen, go to . The last played station star ts to » play. 2 On the radio play screen, search for a frequency: Swipe lef t / right on the frequency • bar. 3 To switch on/ off the radio, tap . 10 FM radio Note Plug in the su...

41 English EN Store preset stations On MUSE , you can store up to 20 preset stations. 1 Tune in to a radio station. 2 On the radio play screen, press and select [Save to preset] . The list of presets is displayed. » 3 Tap a location to save the station. Confirm as prompted. Current station is saved t...

43 English EN Find audiobooks on the player In , audiobook files are organized by book information. You can browse the audiobook librar y by book information or ar twork. Browse by book information With columns, the audiobook librar y allows you to browse information about books quickly, including th...

44 EN Play audiobooks 1 In the audiobook librar y, browse to find an audiobook . 2 Tap the book . Current book star ts to play. » The play screen is displayed. » To play from a chapter within current book, 1 On the play screen, tap the ar twork of the book . The list of chapters is displayed. » The p...

45 English EN Delete audiobooks 1 Tap to select the librar y view. 2 Tap and select [Delete Audiobook] . 3 Tap the checkbox to select options. 4 Confirm as prompted. Selected items are deleted. » Alternatively, On the play screen, press • > [Delete Audiobook] . Current audiobook is deleted » from ...

46 EN When the following screen is • displayed, click Continue . 3 Save the program to the computer. When the following screen is • displayed, click Save . 12 BBC iPlayer (available in the UK only) With BBC iPlayer, you can now catch up on your favorite BBC programs from the past seven days on MUSE ...

47 English EN Sync to the player 1 Launch Windows Media Player 11 on your PC . 2 Connect the player to the PC . Wait until the player is recognized by Windows Media Player 11 . On the player, make sure that you • have selected [MTP] in > [PC connection preference] . 3 Sync the T V/ radio programs...

48 EN Record from the FM radio Record radio programs when you listen to the FM radio. 1 Tune in to a radio station. 2 On the radio play screen, tap to switch to the recording screen. 3 Do the following to star t, pause, or stop recording. / Tap to star t, pause, or resume recording.Tap to stop recor...

49 English EN Delete recordings 1 On the list of recordings, Tap • and select [Delete] . 2 Tap the checkbox to select options. 3 Confirm as prompted. Selected items are deleted. » Alternatively, 1 Play a recording. 2 On the play screen, tap and select [Delete] . Play recordings 1 From the Home screen...

50 EN Read text files 1 Tap to select the librar y view. The text files are displayed. » 2 Swipe your finger up/ down to browse through the list of options. Tap an option to star t play. 3 Swipe your finger right / lef t to turn over pages. To increase or decrease the font size, On the play screen, tap ...

51 English EN To add a bookmark, Tap • at the corner of the page. Current page is folded at the » corner. To remove the bookmark , drag your • finger on the corner. To go to the bookmarked portion, On the play screen, tap • and select [Go to bookmark] . Select an option. Delete text files 1 Tap to sel...

52 EN Recordings : for voice or *FM recordings that you make on the player. Note *The feature of FM r adio recording is available • with some ver sions only. See the onscreen menu of the player to find out which features are available to you. Manage files on the player To delete folders/ files from the...

53 English EN Date and time In [Date and time] , select date/ time display options. [Set date] To set the date, swipe up/down to select an option. [Set date format] Select in what sequence the year, month, and date are displayed. [Set time] To set the time, swipe up/down to select a digit. [Set time...

54 EN Format device Format the player. You remove all the data that are stored on the player. Select • [Format device] , and then, select [ Yes] as prompted. Factory settings In [Factory settings] , restore the player to factor y settings. Files transferred to the player are retained. SafeSound With...

55 English EN SafeSound settings To select theSafeSoundsettings on the SafeSound screen, Tap • . To monitor the sound pressure, During music play, check the color of the icon to monitor status of sound pressure. Accordingly, have a break or change the volume level when you listen to music in the vol...

56 EN 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 star t the program installation on the PC . Tip • Af ter...

57 English EN 4 Click MUSE in the Player pane. Then, select Tools > Check for updated firmware in the pop-up window. » Philips Songbird checks for updates and installs new firmware from the Internet, if available. 5 Follow the onscreen instructions. Downloading and installation of » firmware update ...

58 EN 18 Repair the player through Philips Songbird If MUSE is not working properly or the display freezes, you can reset it without losing data: To reset MUSE? Inser t a pen tip or other object into the • reset hole located at the base of MUSE . Hold until the player shuts down. If you fail to rese...

59 English EN Video playback Suppor ted formats:MPEG4 (in .avi and .mp4)RMVBWMV Picture display Suppor ted formats:JPEGBMPPNGGIF Storage media Built-in memor y capacity²:SA3MUS08 8GB NAND FlashSA3MUS16 16GB NAND FlashSA3MUS32 32GB NAND Flash Display Touch-sensitive color LCD 480 x 320 pixels (HVGA) ...