Philips ACT211 Frequently Asked Questions Manual page 3

How do I install my psa player?
For Windows98 SE/ Windows98 Gold/ ME/2000/XP users
1. Always install the software first before hooking up the player to your PC. Do this by inserting the installation CD
into the CD ROM drive. The installation menu will appear automatically.
2. On the installation menu, select your preferred language and product. The necessary applications will be installed
automatically on your PC.
3. On the installation menu select INSTALL MUSICMATCH 8.0 to start the installation of MUSICMATCH
JUKEBOX or INSTALL ONLY THE MUSICMATCH PLUG IN if you already have MUSICMATCH Jukebox
installed on your computer. Click YES on the screen to restart your computer when prompted, the software or plug
in is now installed.
4. Hook up your psa player to the computer via USB link using the supplied USB cable.
5. An application will launch and the unit will be recognized as a USB Mass Storage Class device and listed as
REMOVABLE DISK in Windows Explorer automatically. You may now launch MUSICMATCH JUKEBOX and
use the software to transfer your favorite music and enjoy them on your psa player.
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You may need to refresh Windows Explorer. Click on the View pull-down menu and select Refresh
In some cases during the installation of driver on Windows 98 SE, the Windows ADD NEW HARDWARE
WIZARD may pop up. Please follow the instruction below to complete the installation.
1. Click NEXT and follow the screen instructions to search for the best driver.
2. Select the option SPECIFY A LOCATION and click on BROWSE to choose the path where you have installed
the software. (The default location is c:\program file\nike\psa128max or psa256max\)
3. Press NEXT and follow the screen instructions to complete the installation.
If you are a Windows 98 user and have hooked up your psa player to your PC without first having the
driver installed, you may need to take the following steps to re-install the driver:
1. Unplug the player from your PC
2. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation menu will appear automatically.
3. Select your preferred language and your model number to install the necessary application.
4. Click INSTALL MUSICMATCH 8.0 to install the MUSICMATCH JUKEBOX or INSTALL ONLY THE
MUSICMATCH PLUG IN if you already have MUSICMATCH Jukebox in your computer.
5. Restart the PC when prompted.
6. Hook up the psa player to your PC via USB link using the supplied USB cable.
7. Go to My ComputerèControl PanelèSystemèHardwareèDevice Manager. Check to see if there is any
entry of your device shown with a yellow exclamation mark "!" beside it.
8. Select and right click the entry and click REMOVE to uninstall the improperly installed driver.
9. The entry with the exclamation mark should disappear; now click the REFRESH button.
10. The computer should detect for new hardware. Click NEXT to continue.
11. In the Add new hardware wizard, choose the option "Display a list of all drivers in a specific location, so
you can select the driver you want." And then click NEXT.
12. A list of devices is shown. Choose HARD DISK CONTROLERS and press NEXT.
13. A list of manufacturers and their devices are shown. Choose HARD DISK.
14. A dialog box prompts out and ask for the path of the manufacturer's installation disk. Type in
"C:\windows\inf\other" as the path and click NEXT.
15. Highlight the USB Mass Storage Device under Models and then click NEXT.
16. Click NEXT to continue and then click FINISH to complete the installation.
17. Finally, the drivers are installed, and in Device Manager it should show the correctly installed USB Mass Storage
Class drivers under HARD DISK CONTROLERS.
18. Unplug the player from your PC.
19. Launch Windows Explorer, and check if your psa player can be detected by the computer and listed as
REMOVABLE DRIVE. If not, unplug the player from your PC and repeat steps 1 – 18.
20. You may now download music into the psa player.
For Mac OS users
1. If you have not already installed the I-Tunes Version 2.0 or higher, please download the software from
http://www.apple.com before continue with the installation.
2. Insert the psa installation CD into your CD ROM drive.
are installed and the Computer is powered up before hooking up the player).
3. On the installation menu, select your preferred language and product. An application will run automatically to check
if you have a compatible OS. Click INSTALL THE I-TUNES PLUG IN and start the installation of the plug in for
I-tunes automatically.
4. Now hook up the psa player with your computer and you may find an UNTITLED disk icon on the desktop, then
you may now start the downloading of music into the psa player.
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(Always make sure that the software and plug in driver