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Philips GoGear SA2840 4Gb MP3 Player

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Technical Details

  • Enjoy MP3 and WMA playback
  • Make voice recordings
  • Fast downloads from your PC via USB 2.0*
  • Up to 20 hours' music playback
  • Simply drag and drop your songs - no software needed
  • Plug and play data storage
  • Equalizer for optimised sound to suit your music style
  • Folder view to find songs in a simple, fast way
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Product details

  • Boxed-product Weight: 454 g
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  • Item model number: SA2840
  • ASIN: B00170KWUU
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 8 Jun 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,881 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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Manufacturer's Description
Philips Full SoundDigital music - anytime with FullSound for superb audio quality
 Featuring Philips patented FullSound technology, the Philips GoGear digital audio player SA2840 brings the best possible audio quality to your music. Enjoy your MP3 and WMA music with this fun-sized audio player on the go. 2Gb version SA2820 also available.

What is it?
Philips’ patented FullSound technology is based on an audio post-processing algorithm. It combines Philips’ renowned expertise in music reproduction with the power of the latest generation Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The result is enhanced sound that carries the rich details, impact and emotion that would otherwise remain unnoticed in MP3 music.

Why do I need it?
Rediscover your MP3 music in enriched and enlivened sound that will touch your soul and move your feet. With FullSound, the extensive sonic details of your music are fully revealed, while ensuring perfect clarity and balance.

Benefits of FullSound:
Fuller bass with greater depth and impact
Restored sense of spaciousness that is lacking in compressed audio
Enhanced sound precision and detail

How does it work?
FullSound’s Digital Signal Processor analyzes the music signal and dynamically enhances its frequency spectrum and definition. It reprocesses the signal, performing over 10 million operations per second before delivering perfectly enriched sound to your earphones or speaker. What you will hear is fuller bass with more depth and impact, a boost in clarity of voices and instruments, as well as energized, true-to-life sound. With FullSound, you can enjoy rich and immersive sound from eve! n the smallest sound system.

Interface and navigation
Find that tune in seconds! SuperScroll provides fast and precise navigation to your favourite songs. You can choose to move through your playlist one song at a time or just press and hold down a little longer to SuperScroll swiftly to your desired track.
Audio
Enjoying your GoGear device is simple with PlaysForSure which ensures compatibility with Windows Media Player and Windows XP. Using Windows Media player you can easily manage music on your GoGear digital audio player and auto-synchronize your PC music collection.
Dimensions
Check out Philips’ range of sleek flash audio devices for all your entertainment on the go. Not only are they convenient and attractive but they are also slim and lightweight to easily fit in your pocket. SA2840 dimensions (WxDxH): 41 x 41 x 15.
MP3 accessories
Philips offers a variety of optional accessories to add further versatility to your GoGear experience. From an extensive range of headphones to docking solutions and from portable speakers to carry cases.
Power
Up to 20 hours audio or 4 hours video play time on internal battery. Rechargeable via USB, batteries included.



Box Contents
  • CD-ROM (GOGEAR PLAYER)
  • USB cable for SA40xx
  • Black Neckstrap for general SA
  • 2008 Good, low-cost headphones 

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    48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Small and perfectly formed, 10 Oct 2008
    By R. J. Young "ry211" (uk) - See all my reviews
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    This is a great little mp3 player:

    - appears as a drive in Windows, drag and drop your music, no need to install anything

    - radio works well

    - three line display puts the ipod shuffle to shame; it's quick to boot and you can find the music you want to listen to in a snap.

    - the sound quality is excellent, far better than I was expecting (included headphones are, as exepected, rubbish).

    It's pretty small, well built and comes with a neckstrap; I bought this for running with, no need to buy an extra arm band with this player.

    The included firmware is now solid - previously it was sold with poor buggy software. A new version is available for download (v.5) though to be honest I found the update procedure to be difficult and haven't noticed any benefits with the update.

    If you're after a small cheap mp3 player in the 'shuttle' class I'd highly recommend this. The only real downside I can think of is lack of iTunes support.
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    24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
    5.0 out of 5 stars SO FAR SO GOOD, 2 Jul 2008
    By S. J. Chapman (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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    I've had it for about a month and so far very pleased with it.

    Lots of functionality for such a small item. Very easy to use. As well as the play/menu/volume buttons on the side the whole front panel forms a forward back up down control for menu and track navigation.

    Its really easy to drag and drop files on to it, just plug into any PC (I have used it with xp and vista) and its recognised as a storage device, no need to load the software that comes with it. The player recognises the mp3s artist/title info but you can also set up a directory structure if you want. You can then navigate tracks using either their Artist/Title tags or using your directory structure, very useful if you have files without tags.

    Build quality seems pretty good for a small plastic unit, so hopefully controls will stand up to repeated use.It looks good, nice mirrored effect on the front. (though this will scratch if I keep putting it in my pocket with keys and change!).

    Battery life is very long, I haven't kept proper track of it so I don't know if it is as high as the claimed 20 hrs but it certainly lasts a few days at an hour or two a day, and charges quickly through the usb.
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    16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great looking, small, reasonable sound, average features, 18 Jul 2008
    By S. J. Manser (Surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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    - Obviously the supplied headphones are low quality, so using this with my £50 Shure ones instead
    - Sound quality better than average
    - The unit is smaller than a custard-cream, I like that
    - Expertly made, shiny front
    - No radio, although mentioned in book
    - Fast forward very good compared to others
    - Rechargeable through USB
    - Drag and drop your music via USB, no need for iLunacy or SonicStank :)

    BEFORE FIRMWARE UPDATE (v2.04):
    - Annoyingly does not resume playing at exactly the same point after pausing for a couple of minutes, like my old Sony Bean did
    - Takes a minute to turn on

    AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE (v3.00):
    - If re-used within a few minutes it resumes at correct point
    - and takes only 11 seconds to start playing
    - If left for longer it doesn't resume and you have to go through the menu and choose Resume Last, which starts at the *beginning* of the track you were on, not at the point where you paused it. Weird and annoying, especially if you are playing a long track, like a mix.

    Overall I like it but just a bit annoyed about the resume. The update utility and firmware can be downloaded from www.support.philips.com/support, and its very easy to do. Don't dip it in your tea!
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