To getPhilips Songbird, • On your PC, download Philips Songbird from philips.com/ Songbird or t. Files loaded on the player The following files are loaded on SOUNDDOT: • User manual Overview Controls cadegfb Note • The images ser ve as reference only. Philips reser ves the a right to change color/design without notice. • Press and hold: Switch the player on or off • Press: Pause/ resume play • Press twice during play: Switch the random play on or off EN 7 b / • Press: Decrease or increase the volume • Press and hold: Skip to the previous or next song c USB connector for power charging and data transfer d Clip e RESET • Press the hole by using the tip of a ball pen when the player does not respond to the pressing of keys f LED indicator g • 3.5 mm-headphone connector LED indicator and audio feedback With the LED indicator and/ or audio feedback, you can know the status of the player. BEEP 8 EN 3 Get started Charge power SOUNDDOT has a built-in batter y that can be charged through the USB socket of a computer. • Rotate the USB connector to connect SOUNDDOT to a PC . » During power charging, the indicator changes its color to denote the batter y level. » When the batter y is full, the green indicator lights up. Tip • When the batter y level is lower than 15%, the red indicator flashes and two beeps sound. • Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles. Batter y life and number of charge cycles var y by use and settings. Switch the player on or off • Press and hold until the green or red indicator lights up. » Power on:The green indicator lights up. Music play star ts. » Power off:The red indicator lights up. One beep sounds. Automatic standby and shut-down The player has an automatic standby and shutdown feature that can save batter y power. After five minutes in idle mode (no play, no button is pressed), the player switches off. EN 9 4 Play music Transfer music to the player You can transfer music from your PC media librar y to SOUNDDOT in the following ways: • Drag and drop music files in Windows Explorer ; • Sync through Philips Songbird (see 'Sync with PC music librar y through Philips Songbird' on page 11). To drag and drop music files in Windows Explorer, 1 Connect SOUNDDOT to a PC. 2 On the PC, under My Computer or Computer, • drag and drop music files from the PC to SOUNDDOT. Play music 1 Make sure that you have switched on the player (see 'Switch the player on or off' on page 9). » The green indicator lights up. Music play star ts. » During music play, the green indicator flashes at inter vals. 2 Press to pause or resume play. Search for a song • Press and hold / to skip to the previous or next song. » One beep sounds. Change the volume level • Press / . » During music play, you hear the change of volume level. Switch the random play on or off 1 During music play, press twice. » You hear two beeps. The green indicator flashes twice at inter vals. » Songs play in random. 2 To switch off the random play, press twice again. » You hear one beep.The green indicator flashes once at inter vals. » Songs play in sequence. 10 EN 5 Sync with PCmusic library through Philips Songbird With Philips Songbird, you can do the following: • Manage your music collection on a PC; • Sync SOUNDDOT with your PC music librar y; • Register SOUNDDOT on philips.com/welcome; • Update the firmware of SOUNDDOT (see 'Update the firmware through Philips Songbird' on page 15); • Repair SOUNDDOT (see 'Repair the player through Philips Songbird' on page 16). Install Philips Songbird on your PC Download Philips Songbirdto your PC 1 Connect your PC to the Internet. 2 From philips.com/Songbird or philips.com/suppor t, download Philips Songbird. Install Philips Songbirdon your PC 1 Double-click the downloaded .exe file of Philips Songbird. » A pop-up screen is displayed. 2 Select your language and countr y. 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. Note • The installation requires you to agree to the license terms. Collect music files from the PC Set the watch folder Create a central folder You can have all music files automatically added to your librar y 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. On the PC, create a central folder to save all music files, for example, D:\Songbird media. First-time launch The first time you launch Philips Songbird on a PC, do the following as prompted to impor t existing media files into Philips Songbird: • Select the iTunes media folder to impor t an existing iTunes librar y; • Select the central folder to search and impor t the existing music files. » The central folder is set as the watch folder of Philips Songbird. EN 11 Set iTunes media folder Set the watch folder 1 On Philips Songbird, go to Tools > Optio...