Philips SA9200/17 GoGear Super-Slim 2 GB Flash MP3 Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: Philips
Category: CE
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $59.95
You Save: $140.04 (70%)
New (1) Used (1) Refurbished (3) from $38.26
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 5634
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Native Resolution: 1.7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.4 x 1.6
MPN: SA9200/17
Model: SA9200/17
UPC: 609585112087
EAN: 0609585112087
ASIN: B000H1ZYMQ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Chic personal MP3 player with sensory touchpad and 1.7-inch color LCD display | | • | 2 GB built-in flash memory stores up to 1,000 songs or 560 JPEG photos | | • | Support for MP3 and WMA formats; works with PlaysForSure music services | | • | 5-band equalizer and 9 preset EQ settings; SRS WOW bass enhancement | | • | Measures 1.81 x 3.45 x 0.35 inches (W x H x D); 1-year warranty |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Chic, dependable, and ultra-intuitive, the GoGear SA9200 MP3 player lets you enjoy the world of digital music anywhere, anytime. The compact device measures a mere 1.81 by 3.45 by 0.35 inches (W x H x D), making it small enough to fit in a pocket or purse with ease. Yet its 2 GB of built-in flash memory stores up to 1,000 songs, so you can listen to all your favorite MP3 or WMA tracks while working out or commuting. And thanks to the 1.7-inch color LCD screen--which offers a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels--you can also share up to 560 JPEG photos with friends in slide-show format, complete with a custom soundtrack in the background. The GoGear SA9200 is a breeze to control thanks to the sensory touchpad, which lets you navigate through hundreds of songs easily and smoothly--or one at a time--in just a few seconds. The scroll key senses your finger movements on the touchpad and adjusts the speed to your navigation through the menus or tracks accordingly. An enlarged alphabetical letter, meanwhile, helps you keep track of your position in the menu while scrolling for songs and artists. As a result, you know exactly when to release your finger from the touchpad. The device even lets you control playback and browse at the same time--a rarity among many MP3 players. Another handy feature is the unit's PlaysForSure compatibility, which guarantees a wide choice of online music stores and synchronizes your collection easily with Windows Media Player. And audio-centric listeners will dig the GoGear SA9200's variety of equalizer settings--you can choose from classic, dance, electronica, hip-hop, lounge, pop, R&B, rock, spoken word, or custom--and the SRS WOW bass enhancement. Other details include a soft fabric pouch, a USB 2.0 interface (cable included), and support for ID3 tagging. The GoGear SA9200, which runs for up to 14 hours per charge of its lithium-polymer battery, is backed by a one-year warranty. What's in the Box
GoGear SA9200 MP3 player, headphones, soft fabric pouch, USB cable, software CD- ROM, quick-start guide, user's manual.
Product Description
Chic, dependable and ultra-intuitive. The 2GB GoGear SA9200 lets you effortlessly enjoy your world of MP3 and WMA music and view photos, thanks to Sensory Touchpad Superscroll. PlaysForSure ensures your GoGear works with your Windows XP and Vista PC. Intuitive control with backlit touch sensitive keys Enjoy playback control and browsing - at the same time Sensory Touchpad SuperScroll for fast music navigation - Navigate through hundreds of songs easily and smoothly - or one at a time - in just a few seconds. The scroll key senses your finger movements on the touchpad and will adjust the speed to your navigation through the menus or tracks accordingly. An enlarged alphabetical letter helps you keep track of your position in the menu while scrolling for songs and artists so you know exactly when to release your finger from the touchpad 1.7 color screen for easy navigation and photo viewing Offers PlaysForSure reliability and compatibility for swift easy downloads from a variety of MP3 and WMA sources - Widest choice of on-line music stores Synchronize your collection easily with Windows Media Player 5-Band Equalizer for tone control USB 2.0 Connectivity Works with all miniplug compatible earphones or headphones Product dimensions (WxDxH) - 3.45 x 1.81 0.35
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 MP3 January 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good product. I think it's a much better buy than the IPod, because these competeing products do a lot to make up for the fact that they aren't mac. It is strong built, more capacity for the price, really easy to use. Perfect for anyone who wants an MP3 and not just an "IPod".
 Shuts Off January 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this player almost a year ago. I used it mainly for gym use. About a month or two ago, I noticed it just shutting off for no reason. I then relized that everytime I tapped the top of the mp3 player, its shut off. It has gotten so bad that I cant even use it at the gym unless I move VERY SLOWLY! so it doesnt aggrivate it and shuts off...VERY FRUSTRATING! Customer service said they would replace it, but going through UPS and sending it to them and THEN taking 4-6 weeks?..I think I may just go with the smallest I-pod for the gym next time. I am thinking if I wasnt using it for gym use, that it may have lasted longer...
Great MP3 Player December 27, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was looking for a mp3 player to bring to my desk for work, listen to in the car and something I could use while I was on the treadmill at the gym. This mp3 player is perfect for my needs. I really didn't want to spend the money on an ipod, and I didn't need videos and other stuff. I just wanted music. The 2GB memory is more than enough for me, and it does what I need it to do, play my songs to keep me occupied during work, driving or running. The ear buds that came with it are uncomfortable to me. But that could be me, I'm not a fan of the ear buds, I'd rather have regular headphones. Windows media player is a bit cumbersome, and you have to be patient the first couple times you make a playlist to get used to it, but I've made 3 playlists I have over 170 songs on the player and I haven't had to go back and do it again unless I want more songs. It's a great mp3 player, and would recommend it for anyone who was looking for one.
 elegance and long battery life December 18, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am very satisfied with my purchase. I wanted something small, which would fit my pocket, at the same time something elegant and with long battery span. It is very easy to operate because of different sorting options (type of music, artist, album). This mp3 player meets all my requirements.
Almost awesome! December 14, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I ended up returning this mp3 player, but It wasn't all bad. I'll start off by talking about what I did like about it, before saying why I ended up returning it. I see it's now $70 on amazon, which is a good price (I paid $80).
Good things:
1) I'll start off by agreeing with some of the reviewer here that this is probably THE most elegant looking mp3 player on the market. The blue touch buttons that light up when you press them are a lot of fun. The screen art is simple but elegant too. Easy to read menus and nice scrolling song titles for those long song names.
2) The scroll bar down the center is also a beautiful idea. A lot of people say that they find the touch interface too sensitive (including my wife), but I had no trouble with it at all. After about 5 minutes of using it, I was flying through the menus. The scroll bar can be used to scroll one menu item at a time, or you can swipe it to scroll very quickly down a long list. This is a great alternative to the iPod's wheel thingy, and I found myself just scrolling up and down menus for the fun of it!
3) The sound quality sounded ok to me, but I don't have a set of $300 ear buds to check it with. With my nicer Sennheiser headphones, the bass sounded rich, the trebles clear. That's all I was really after.
Now onto the things I did not like about this mp3 player.
1) The first and main thing was the resume feature. If you turn off the player for less than about 30 mins, it will resume from where you left off. That is, if you're halfway though a song, it'll star playing from that point when you turn it back on. However, if it's off for any more time that that, it will go back to the main menu when you power back on. I have some long 1.5 hour mp3s, so having to fast forward back to the same point in a track is a real pain! That brings me onto another one of my problems with this player.
2) Fast forward (within a track) is very slow! It would take about 5 mins or more to get an hour into a track. It seemed to have big issues with this, I have no idea why. I did a few things to try to fix this problem, first I upgraded the firmware (the software that is installed on the mp3 player itself), and I called customer support. That was another reason I decided to return this player.
3) The website for downloading the firmware was TERRIBLE! It was very hard to navigate, and the instructions for the firmware were very cryptic. They also don't list what has actually changed in the firmware versions, but I gather the only things they upgrade are the Vista compatibility. When I called the support line about the resume problem, I actually called twice. The first time I got a fairly helpful girl, who said that one of their technicians had taken one home and found the same thing, so it's probably a "design feature" which is not on any lists to fix. The second time I got a very unhelpful guy who kept telling me about the power off feature (it turns itself off if inactive for 5 mins or so, which is fair enough), and had no idea what I meant by the resume feature. He even told me that I could send it in, but it probably wasn't worth it!
4) The player doesn't support songs with special characters such as "&". What?!?! I spent quite some time fixing this issue on my mp3s, but when I got to Roeyksopp, I refused to change their name just for the mp3 player.
5) This wasn't a problem for me, but if you don't organise your id3 tags (the tags such as track name, track number, artist etc), it will be hard to get the player to play albums in the correct order. I do organise mine, so it wasn't a problem until someone gave me some songs (legally, they were an internet mix) which were played in a random order.
So in summary: This mp3 player looks great! If you just want one for listening to regular music, not long tracks with funny names, it's great. The menus are easy to navigate, and well organised. Philips were so very nearly there with this, and hopefully in the future they'll get sorted with the problems I had. There aren't lots of flashy features, but I don't use the ones on my new mp3 player anyway (Samsung YP-T10 which I'm very happy with). I liked this player, but for my purposes, it just wasn't good enough.
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