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1 Important safety information General maintenance Recycling the product and the built-in battery 2 Your new player What’s in the box Software loaded on the player Files loaded on the player 3 Get started Charge power Switch the player on or off Automatic standby and shut-down 4 Overview Controls Home screen Navigate from the Home screen Select a theme Lock/unlock the keys Screen on/off 5 Sync with PC media library Install Philips Songbird Collect media files from the PC Set the watch folder Import media
10 Settings Play mode Sound settings Sleep timer Display settings Theme Backlight timer Language Information Format device Factory settings CD installer 34 34 34 34 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 36 11 Update the firmware through Philips Songbird 37 12 Repair the player through Philips Songbird 38 13 Technical data System requirements 39 39 Need help? Please visit www.philips.
Replacement parts/accessories: Visit www.philips.com/support to order replacement parts/accessories. English 1 Important safety information Hearing Safety General maintenance The translation of this document is for reference only. In the event of any inconsistency between the English version and the translated version, the English version shall prevail. Caution • To avoid damage or malfunction: • Do not expose the product to excessive heat caused by heating equipment or direct sunlight.
Modifications Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void user’s authority to operate the product. Copyright information All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective companies or organizations. Unauthorized duplication of any recordings whether downloaded from the Internet or made from audio CDs is a violation of copyright laws and international treaties.
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Philips RAGA Notice for the USA 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. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
On RAGA, you can do the following: • Play music; • Listen to audiobooks; • Tune in to the FM radio (available with some versions). Software loaded on the player English 2 Your new player RAGA comes with the following software: • Philips Songbird (helps you update the firmware of the player, and manage your media library on a PC and the player).
3 Get started Charge power RAGA has a built-in battery that can be charged through the USB port of a computer. As shown, connect the RAGA to a PC by using the USB cable. Battery level indication • When the battery is low, the low battery screen is displayed repeatedly. • When the charging process is complete, is displayed. Note • Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings.
Controls a / b c d e f g / / h RESET i press and hold: switch on/off the player press: lock/unlock all buttons press: back one level press and hold: return to the Home screen press: select options, or start/ pause/resume play display show options menu 3.
Navigate from the Home screen Screen on/off • From the Home screen, you can access functional menus by pressing the navigation buttons / and . • To go back to previous screens, press repeatedly; or, press and hold to return to the Home screen. Switch between the Home screen and play screen • On the Home screen, press and select [Now playing] or[Last played]; • On the play screen, press and hold . Select a theme To select a theme for the display, • On the Home screen, press select [Theme].
With Philips Songbird, you can do the following: • Manage your media collections on a PC; • Sync RAGA with your PC media library; • Register RAGA on www.philips.com/ welcome; • Update the firmware of RAGA (see ‘Update the firmware through Philips Songbird’ on page 37); • Repair the RAGA (see ‘Repair the player through Philips Songbird’ on page 38).
Collect media files from the PC To set iTunes media folder Set the watch folder Create a central folder You may wish to have all media files automatically added to your library when you copy them to a folder. Creating a central folder is recommended. In Philips Songbird, set the central folder as the watch folder. Each time you launch Philips Songbird,songs are added to/ removed from Philips Songbird as they are on the central folder.
Import media files Import media files from other folders In Philips Songbird, • go to File > Import Media to select folders on the PC. » 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. Get contents from online sources 1 2 Select Tools > Options. In Options, select Media Importer. Then, select the Watch Folders tab. 3 In Watch Folders, tick the check box as shown.
Search online 1 Select an online service: • Select an option under Services; • Alternatively, in the search box, click the down arrow to select an online service. Play online Note • Before you play music from Rhapsody, subscribe to the service and log in to your account. On the Rhapsody webpage, • To play the entire playlist, click Play All; • To play a song, select the song and click next to it. » You enter the webpage of the online source. 2 Search for your media file.
Philips Songbird is structured as follows: 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 In the list view, media files are listed by metadata. a Player pane: Click the buttons to play media files in the media library of Philips Songbird.
Filter pane view In the filter pane view, media files can be filtered by three metadata tags. Create playlists in Philips Songbird With a playlist, you can manage and sync your songs as needed. Create a playlist Select songs that you want to play. Add the songs to a playlist. To select a filter pane, 1 Right click on the bar of metadata tags. » A list of metadata tags appears. 2 Click on the tag that you want to show on the metadata bar.
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 needed. Alternatively, Create a playlist. Add selected songs to the playlist. 1 Under Playlists, click to create a playlist. » A new playlist is created. 2 3 Name the new playlist as desired.
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, Select the maximum number of songs in the playlist • As shown, select a number in the drop-down list. Save the LikeMusicplaylist • As shown, click Save as playlist in the LikeMusic page. » The LikeMusic playlist is saved under Playlists.
Play a playlist 1 2 To play the entire playlist, right click on the playlist and select Play. • To start play from a song, double click on the song. To select play options, click buttons on the player pane. Manage media files in Philips Songbird English 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.
Get album artwork Remove media files from the library Artwork is sometimes available for music downloads. With Philips Songbird, you can insert artwork for songs. After you sync the songs to some players, you can browse the media library by artwork. 1 2 • On Philips Songbird, select Tools > Get Artwork. » Artwork is fetched for all titles in the library. • Right click on selected titles, and select Get Artwork. » Artwork is fetched for all selected titles. Right click on a media file. Select Remove.
1 2 Select auto or manual sync English Sync the player with Philips Songbird The first time you connect the player to Philips Songbird, select auto sync as prompted. The player sync with Philips Songbird automatically. If you didn’t select auto sync, you switch on the manual sync. To select auto or manual sync, On the PC, launch Philips Songbird. Connect the player to the PC by using a USB cable. » On Philips Songbird, the player is displayed when it is recognized by the PC.
Auto sync • If you have selected auto sync, auto sync starts automatically when you connect the player to a PC; • Alternatively, select the player under Devices, and click Sync. To select auto sync settings, Manual sync To manually transfer selected playlists, 1 2 Select playlists. 1 On the Content pane, right click on a selected media file. 2 Select Add to Device > RAGA. » Selected files are transferred to RAGA. Drag and drop the playlists to RAGA.
Find music by playlist English 6 Music In > [Playlists], find the playlist that you transfer from the PC media library. Find music on the player After you sync the player with your PC media library, find the music on the player. Find music by song information In , songs are sorted by metadata or ID3 tag under different collections: [All songs], [Artists], [Albums], or [Genres]. [All songs] • Songs are sorted by song title in alphabetical order.
Play music You can start play from a song, or play an entire album or artist. To start play from a song, 1 2 Select a song. Play from the same collection During the song play, you can switch to a collection the same as that of current song. 1 On the play screen, press [Play mode]. 2 In [Play music from…], select [… this artist], [… this album], or [… this genre]. Press . » You start to play current artist, album, or genre. Press to start play. » Play starts from current song.
Remove songs from a playlist-on-the-go To add current song, Remove current song from a playlist 1 2 Select or play a song. 1 On the list of songs or play screen, • press and select [Add to playlist]. On the play screen, press from Playlist]. 2 Select a playlist-on-the-go. Press . » You remove current song from the selected playlist. 3 Select a playlist-on-the-go. Press . » You save current song to the playlist.
7 Audiobooks 3 Go to > [Audiobooks] to play books in audio formats that you have downloaded from www.audible.com. Install the software on your PC: • On the setup screen, select Philips GoGear (selected models) from the drop-down list of listening devices; Sync audio books to the player From www.audible.com, download and install the AudibleManager software on your PC. Through the software, you can • download audiobooks from www. audible.
1 2 Launch AudibleManager on your PC. 3 On AudibleManager, click Add to Device. • The first time you connect the player to AudibleManager, activate the player as prompted. English Sync to the player Connect the player to the PC. Wait till the player is recognized by AudibleManager. To check the audio books transferred to the player, See the player pane on AudibleManager. • If necessary, click Refresh Device.
Play audiobooks 1 2 Select a book. 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 last]. On the play screen, • Press to pause and resume play. • To go to the previous screen, press . » The play screen returns a few seconds later. To skip titles or sections during play, 1 On the play screen, press > [Navigation mode]. Select [Titles] or [Section]. 2 On the play screen, press / .
Manual tune Use Manual tune to search for a frequency or station. 1 From the Home screen, go to > [Manual tune]. » The last played station starts to play. 2 On the play screen, press and hold or . » You tune in to the next station from current frequency. Note • Plug in the supplied earphones when you tune in to radio stations. The earphones double as antenna. For better reception, move the earphone cable in different directions. • Tune in to radio stations For fine tuning, press repeatedly.
Store preset stations On RAGA, you can store up to 30 preset stations. 1 2 Tune in to a radio station. 3 Press or to select a location in the list of presets. Press . » Current station is saved to the location. On the play screen, press preset]. > [Save to To change the locations of preset stations, 1 In [Presets], select a station in the list of presets. 2 To change the number of the preset, press to select the option. 3 Press or .
English 9 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; Playlists: for playlists that you sync to the player, and the playlists-on-the-go that you create on the player; Recordings: for *FM radio recordings that you make on the player; Service: for the audiobooks that you sync to the player through AudibleManager.
10 Settings Sound settings In , select your options for the player. In [Sound settings], select your option for sound settings: 1 2 Press / to select an option. Press to confirm. Play mode In [Play mode], select play modes for music play: [Repeat] [Repeat 1] repeats current song. [Repeat all] repeats all songs in current folder. [Shuffle] plays all songs in current folder in random order. If both [Repeat all] and [Shuffle]are activated, • All songs in current folder are repeated in random order.
Information Theme In [Information], learn the following information about the player: In [Display settings] > [Theme], select the theme for the display. Backlight timer The screen enters the idle mode, if no new action is taken on RAGA. After the pre-defined time duration, the idle screen is switched off automatically.To save battery power, select a low value for the time duration. To set the time duration • In [Display settings] > [Backlight timer], select a time duration.
CD installer 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. Tip • After you repair the player, the CD-ROM partition and Philips Songbird installer are removed from the player (see ‘Repair the player through Philips Songbird’ on page 38). More space is available on the player.
4 Click RAGA 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 on-screen instructions. » Downloading and installation of firmware update start automatically. English 11 Update the firmware through Philips Songbird RAGA is controlled by an internal program called firmware. Newer versions of the firmware may have been released after you have purchased RAGA.
12 Repair the player through Philips Songbird If RAGA is not working properly or the display freezes, you can reset it without losing data: To reset RAGA? • Insert a pen tip or other object into the reset hole located at the base of RAGA. Hold until the player shuts down. If you fail to reset the player, repair the player throughPhilips Songbird: 1 2 On your PC, launch Philips Songbird. In Philips Songbird, • select Tools > Repair my Philips Device; • select RAGA in the pop-up list.
Power Power supply: 220 mAh Li-ion polymer internal rechargeable battery Play time¹ - Audio (.mp3): up to 22 hours - Radio: up to 8 hours Software Philips Songbird: to update firmware and transfer music Connectivity Headphone 3.5 mm USB 2.0 High speed Sound Channel separation: 45 dB Frequency Response: 20 - 18,000 Hz Output power: 2 x 2.4 mW Signal to noise ratio: > 84 dB Audio playback Supported formats: MP3: MP3 bit rates: 8 - 320 kps and VBR MP3 sample rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.050, 32, 44.
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