Top 20 Philips GoGear SA178 MP3 Player Questions & Answers

Hi,You didn't explain you problem, hope you are looking for a user manual, you can download it from here.hope this helps, thanks for using fixya!

Here is all you need and can be downloaded from the Philips website:

http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpindex.pl?scy=RU&slg=ENG&sct=MP3_PLAYERS_SU&cat=MP3_AND_MEDIA_PLAYERS_CA&session=20110822063748_93.189.114.198&grp=SOUND_AND_VISION_GR&ctn=SA177/00&mid=Link_Software&hlt=Link_Software

Thanks.
gylacz

Hi jungelsbrian...

We can only guide you to where you can download the firmware /drivers for yourself for FREE.
Go to the following webpage and download your firmware/drivers.
Please take time to rate me thumbs up

http://www.usa.philips.com/c/mp3-media-player/gogear-vibe-4gb-sa1vbe04k_17/prd/en/;jsessionid=85EA7E2EE2B973F6DEDFAD1B8803392E.app101-drp3?t=support

Hi jesueben,

The firmware of your GoGear may be corrupted.

1. Make sure that your computer is online and connecting to the Internet. Launch the Firmware Manager at Start->Programs->Philips Firmware Manager on your PC
2. Connect your GoGear to the computer while pressing & holding the key until the Firmware Manager recognize the GoGear and a dialogue box pop up in recover mode.
3. Click Start to confirm and start recovering the unit to its factory setting
   IMPORTANT: All music & content of your GoGear Player will be erased once the factory setting is restored.
4. Follow all screen instructions and click Finish at the end to complete the recovery.
5. The Firmware manager will close automatically once the success message is displayed. Close all opened application and then safely remove your GoGear by clicking on the EJECT HARDWARE icon in your task tray bar. When prompted, "The USB Mass Storage Device can now be safely removed from the system", click OK and unplug your micro jukebox.
   

If you have any additional questions or issues, Consumer Care can be reached at 1-888-744-5477. You can also find more information and resources on this product @ http://ow.ly/5R4ZK.

Hope this helps!

Hi begimaria,

From page 12 of the User Manual (available @ http://ow.ly/5RIdC, as well as FAQ's and software):

1. Press MENU for settings options.
2. Press + to scroll up or - to scroll down for your option. Press )K for next or J( for previous levels.
3. Press 2 to confirm your selection
4. Press MENU or J( to exit the existing settings screens.

Below is a listing of the available settings options. If you have any additional questions, a Consumer Care agent can assist by calling 1-888-744-5477.

Hope this helps! If so, let me know by rating this solution so that I may help others more effectively.

Playmodes Off / Repeat 1 / Repeat all / Shuffle / Shuffle repeat / Repeat

folder / Shuffle folder

Equalizer Rock / Funk / Jazz / Classic / Hip Hop / Dance / Custom / Off

Delete

Power Save On / Off

Scroll status Normal / Slow / Fast

Screen saver

Display Clock vertical / Clock horizontal / Animation

Time 60 sec / 30 sec / 10 sec / Off

Time out 3 minutes / 5 minutes / 10 minutes / 30 minutes / Off

Sleep timer 15 minutes / 30 minutes / 45 minutes / 60 minutes / Off

Resume On / Off

Set day and time Day and Time screens

Language English / French / German / Spanish / Italian / Dutch / Portuguese

Swedish / Polish

Information FW version / Memory available

Factory settings Restore Factory settings

Setting Options

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- Options for each setting are shown on the device display.
- Available settings vary with selected mode.

I'm sorry for the difficulties you're experiencing in operating the Player. Please click hear to get the manual and also useful instructions about the unit.

Please let me know if you require any further assistance or clarification.
Thanks for understanding.

You need to reset the player as it is possible that the GO Gear has hung up. Also please check if the files that are int he player are the converted files and are not corupt so as to hang up the player.
Look for the reset pin-hole to press into for reset.

MP3 players can only play music files in mp3 file format. You need to convert your CDs to mp3 music files onto yourcomputer or download them from the Internet and then copy them to your MP3player.
You can do this using Windows Media player and Rip the CDs - Media Player willcreate a MP3 music file for each music track.
Click on this link for instruction on converting music files to mp3 file format:- http://www.fixya.com/support/r5798418-creating_transferring_mp3_music_files

Hello,
you can find the firmware here:

http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpindex.pl?slg=hu&scy=hu&ctn=SA178/02

I wish the best.
Bye, gylacz

SA178/07:
http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/s/sa178_07/sa178_07_dfu_aen.pdf

SA178/17:
http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/s/sa178_17/sa178_17_dfu_aen.pdf

SA178/37:
http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/s/sa178_37/sa178_37_dfu_aen.pdf

Please get the driver here : www.driverskit.com/MP3/Philips.html
www.support.philips.com/support/html/index_us_en.html
www.opendrivers.com/.../philips-free-driver-download.html

Please go to this link. Enter the exact product number of your GoGear. The site will show you all software that you can download associated with that particular model.

Please remember to leave a vote for the solution. Link shown below. Many thanks.

http://www.support.philips.com/support/downloads.jsp?userLanguage=en&userCountry=us

From the main menu, select "FM radio" to enter
radio mode.
The earphones cable acts as FM antenna.
You can download the full manual via this link:

http://www.retrevo.com/support/Philips-SA2RGA04-MP3-Players-manual/id/23657dj288/t/2/

I hope I could help.
gylacz

This device is only capable of playing MP3 and WMA files. Make sure that the files are in a format that the system can recognize. If that doesn't work, use the software for the device to make sure the firmware is up to date, and not corrupted, and reload the files. Hope this helps!

1. With Win7, most of the drivers come with / through OS itself.

visit this page for more details on how to update the drivers.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isnt-working-properly

2. Also, what I see from the site is that musicmatch jukebox is useful to put songs in there.

3. By default, the windows media player recognises the device you plug in automatically (Try changing the device access mode of your player to MTP and then plug it in)

4. Your player can automatically recognise the songs (so, you can plug it in USB storage mode also and try syncing with the windows media player 12 - click the sync tab on the window)

5. You may need the latest firmware for your device (CAUTION: update it only after reading the manual carefully, otherwise it may get unusable)

Here are some links for the softwares (from the philips site)
1. CD contents: http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/s/sa178_17/sa178_17_cdi_aen.zip
2. Musicmatch juke box (may be obsolete): http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/s/sa178_17/sa178_17_mjs_aen.exe
3. Frimware upgrade:
3.1 Readme:http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/s/sa178_17/sa178_17_fur_aen.htm
3.2 firmware: http://download.p4c.philips.com/files/s/sa178_17/sa178_17_fus_aen.zip

:)

Good Luck

Please go to this link. Enter the exact product number of your GoGear. The site will show you all software that you can download associated with that model.

Please remember to leave a vote for the solution. Link is below. Many thanks.

http://www.support.philips.com/support/downloads.jsp?userLanguage=en&userCountry=us

HI. You will need to preform a reformatting procedure to correct this occurrence. Follow the procedure below to achieve positive results.

A. Connect your device to your PC.
B. On your PC desktop, double-click My computer.
C. Highlight your device in the pop-up window, right-click, and then select Format.
If you don't see the Format option, then double-click on your player in the pop-up window. Highlight the Internal Storage icon, right-click, and then select Format. Click Yes when you see the warning message. It will start formatting the device.

Warning: This procedure will delete all information that is currently stored on the affected device. This is a necessary evil to correct the error.

You can simply drag-and-drop pictures to your MP3 players, however you won't be able to display on the provided LCD since this is only an mp3 player. If you want to view pictures you need to connect it to the computer.

Hi,
You can download from below website
http://www.retrevo.com/support/Philips-SA178-MP3-Players-manual/id/287ag508/t/2/
Thank You

Hi,
1-if you are asking for the pdf manual for this product go to http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpindex.pl?ctn=SA178/17&slg=en&scy=US to download it.

2-if you are asking about how to read a pdf file, then the answer is that you will have to download a pdf file viewer from here http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/

plz do approve this answer if your problem is solved :)