Philips GoGear HDD1830 MP3 Player - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Read the warning about this device and Windows Media Player 11 at www.usasupport.philips.com

You will need to reformat the GoGear in Windows Media Player, but do a firmware upgrade first - open the Philips Device Manager and click on the Update tab. Then click the update button. After the firmware upgrade is done, open windows Media Player.
REFORMAT FOR WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER - Erases Everything: Connect your GoGear to the computer and open Windows Media Player. Click on the Sync tab. Pull down the drop down menu underneath the Sync tab by moving your cursor over the Sync tab and left clicking on the little black arrow underneath the Sync tab. Highlight "Philips Go Gear SAXXX" (wording may vary slightly), and then select "Format." - this should erase everything, and make your player properly read in Windows Media Player.
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You will need to first load the program for down loadding to the ipod. usually the cd comes along with the device, if not try and get the free download from the philips site. the compression required for the mp3 is required for downloading. I hope you could get this helpful

http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/cpindex.pl?ctn=SA1948/37&hlt=Link_UserManuals&mid=Link_UserManuals&scy=US&slg=AEN

Please get driver here :
www.opendrivers.com/.../cameras-and-mp3-player-philips-free-driver-download.html
www.support.philips.com/support/html/index_us_en.html
www.brothersoft.com/downloads/philips-mp3.html

Regards, Jay

DRM is so that an MP3 cannot be copied. It is Digital Rights Management, basically so that you can only use it with systems, like your player, that make sure it isn't stolen. It is used very little these days since Apple took DRM off of iTunes files, but it is quite annoying and is just that, copy protection.

my philips turns on for a while until i turn it off but then when i try to turn it back on later it will stay a black screen...or it will turn it's self off...full battery...not locked...idfk what is wrong with it....

some how one of the files that the go gear needs to start has been currupted... same thing happend with mine.i had to get a new one.

Windows Media Player 11 ruins this player. Uninstall Windows Media Player 11, and roll back to Windows Media Player 10. Then use version 10 to sync songs to your device.

The headphone socket in the GoGear is faulty. If you can hear sounds from both ear pieces when you wriggle the headphone plug in the GoGear, then the headphone socket in the GoGear is faulty. This fault can be easily fixed by removing the circuit board in the GoGear and resoldering the headphone socket to the circuit. You need a very fine tipped temperature soldering iron to do this job.

download the driver programs from the cd on to your computer then you shald be able to drag and drop from one to the other and visa versa

trying to play my gigaware mp3 player 4 gb and it says drm license not available i need help

Hi catie0077...

Thats becausethe tunes that you download are probably Itunes, and Itunes has a DRM on all movies/music/music videos.
What that means is the music will only work when they are in Itunes or are on other Apple products,like Ipad,Ipod,etc.
You will need to convert those songs from ACC to MP3 or WMA before they will play on your MP3 player.
You can get a free file converter at the following webpage: http://formatoz.com/
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Hi Ayesha. Resetting the device should be able to fix minor problem with the unit. Since resetting the device had no effect, the problem you might encountering there is more of firmware problem. Try to reinstall/upgrade the firmware of your device. Philips has software that is called SONGBIRD. I think you have that one in the cd when you purchased the program You may download the progra,m by clicking here. Below is the procedure on how to perform the uprgade:Download and install the Phillips Songbird program. Launch the Phillips Songbird software. Connect the Phillips GoGear MP3 player to your computer using the supplied USB cable. Click the icon of your GoGear MP3 player on the left side of the Songbird interface. Click the "Tools" tab. Click the "Check for updated firmware" button. If a new update is available for your device, it will be downloaded and applied. Do not disconnect the GoGear MP3 player until the Songbird program tells you that the installation is complete.Hope this helps.. If you need further help, reach me via phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/elixirjose_00375ea24bd8141b

there have some virus in your mp3 player or ur data cable is not working properly

Hi kate8100
Try this method of removal

Deleting Files,Pictures,Videos,Audio Books, Apps,etc. from MP3 Player/Ipod
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BIG WARNING: DO NOT DELETE THE FILES NEEDED TO OPERATE YOUR MP3 PLAYER.
Hook up your mp3 player to your computer
Go to your desktop and double left click on "My Computer"
When it opens you will see listing that says "Devices with Removal Storage" your mp3 player should be listed there.
Right click on your mp3 player, and a window will open, right click on "Open" and now your files/songs should be visible.
Hold the left click down and drag it across all the files/songs that you do not want this will highlight the files/songs you do not want, release,right click and then click on "Delete"
Now you mp3 player should be clear of the files/songs you do not want.
ONE MORE BIG WARNING: BE CAREFUL AND DO NOT DELETE THE FILES NEEDED TO OPERATE YOUR MP3 PLAYER.
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To solve this problem, connect the player to your computer; backup your music/videos if you don't already have a backup - and FORMAT the player.

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Hi there. This is impossible as iTunes is a software produced by Apple for Apple products therefore iTunes will only be able to sync to Ipods, Iphones and Ipads and not to your Philips GoGear.

Please use the normal My Computer>Removable Device>respective folder such as music to transfer your files.

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This is due to the DRM (Digital Rights Management) of songs you have purchased through iTunes that are not iTunes+ (DRM Free Files). These Files show up in iTunes as AAC files and have the extension .m4p. These files will not play on any other type of player than an Apple iPod, or iPhone etc. They must first be converted to standard mp3 files. This can be achieved several ways:
1) Burn the songs to CD then re-import them as MP3 Files and copy those files to your device (time consuming)
or
2) Create an MP3 Version of the song within iTunes which is fast and easy:
step 1: Open iTunes -> Preferences
On the General Tab you will see "Import Settings" near the bottom of the window under "When You Insert a CD". Click the button "Import Settings"
Now change Import Using: to MP3 Encoder
Click OK. Click OK again to close the Preferences window.
step 2: Now back in iTunes you will see your music library. Highlight the song you want to play on your Philips MP3 player and click the right-mouse button to bring up the context menu.
You will see "Create MP3 Version" As an option on this menu.
step 3: Create MP3 Versions of the songs that will not play on your player
step 4: Copy the MP3 Version of the songs to your player. You can do this by highlighting the Newly Created MP3 Song and right-click "Show in Finder" or "Show File".

You need to plug your mp3 into the computer you downloaded your music from to sync it up. Go to that website and if you dont get a pop up asking if you want to sync your device. You should do this at least once a week.

Try this link:
http://www.p4c.philips.com/...