To prevent electric shock, match the wide blade of the plug to a wide slot, and fully insert. NFORMATION For details on warranty registration or the Player, visit the Philips web site: www.rush.philips.com For questions about RealJukebox and its features, visit: www.real.com Record your Player’s model and serial numbers here.
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MPORTANT AFETY NSTRUCTIONS This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and safety standards. There are, however, some installation and operation precautions which you should be particularly aware of. 1. Read these instructions. Read all the safety and operating instructions before operating the appliance.
ENERAL RUSH is a solid-state, portable, digital audio player. It can: • play MP3 format files that you get from the Internet, and • play digitized and compressed CD tracks, tape tracks, audio books, newspapers, sound effects, etc., that are encoded into MP3 format using RealJukebox.
AINTENANCE • Do not expose the Player, batteries, or SmartMedia cards to strong magnetic fields, humidity, rain, sand, or excessive heat caused by heating equipment or direct sunlight. • Do not drop the Player or allow objects to fall on the Player. •...
OWER BEGIN Make sure your local volt- age matches the 4.5V voltage of the adapter. Remove the batteries from the Player. Connect the adapter to the Player's 4.5V DC jack and to an AC power outlet. Powered will appear briefly on the display (if there are no batteries in the Player).
ONTROLS – Press to turn off the Display – Shows the current activity of the Player and gives details about the current track Player or to stop playback. or file. Details are on page 24. BOOKMARK – Use to set bookmarks.
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ONTROLS General Inf General Info o Two AAA We have reduced the packag- ing to its minimum and made it easy to separate into two materials: cardboard (box) and polyethylene (bags). Your Player consists of materi- als which can be recycled if disassembled by a specialized company.
RUSH ONNECTING BEGIN Press NO to turn off the Player. Make sure the computer is off. If a printer cable is connected to the parallel port on your computer, disconnect the printer cable. Connect the supplied parallel cable to the computer's parallel port.
NSTALLING Install the RealJukebox software to manage your playlist on your PC. RealJukebox lets you: • Record CD tracks onto your PC or send the CD songs to RUSH for portable playback. • Index your songs according to artist, album, or genre.
ECORDING ORMATS RUSH plays files recorded in MP3, Wave Audio, or RealAudio format. Before recording, select a format and a Secure Files setting. BEGIN While installing RealJukebox (details are on page 12), select Encoding Options. The following formats will be available. Select your format.
Play the broadest range of digital music. Listen to music while you plug-ins and updates. Go record. to the on-line tutorial, Access the Philips SmartConnect web site. Put your CD collection on your PC. Record CDs at high speed. Create and save Playlists. Sort...
MART You can store up to an hour of music on the card, erasing and overwriting as much as you want. BEGIN Press NO to turn off the Player before inserting or removing the card. Insert a SmartMedia Card into CARD INSERT with the clipped cor- ner of the card aligned as shown on the Player.
Note • Use only the Philips blue SmartMedia cards for your Player. Do not use SmartMedia cards from a digital camera or computer. • After a SmartMedia card has been formatted for MP3 files, the card will not be recognized by your PC or digital camera.
UKEBOX The RealJukebox on-line tutorial is a helpful resource when you want more information on RealJukebox features. To get to this information, follow the steps below. Read the tutorial before using and recording files. BEGIN Use your Internet browser to go to: www.real.com At the www.real.com site, select RealJukebox.
RUSH Player. Double-click the RealJukebox symbol to select RealJukebox on your PC. Single click the plus symbol beside Portable Players/Storage to access Philips RUSH Flash Card details. To transfer an MP3 file to RUSH, click on the file...
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UKEBOX EATURES RGANIZING THE IBRARY You can organize the Master Library Create a playlist for playback on your computer into three groupings: Artist, Album or or to download to RUSH. Genre. Enter the Master Library from the Options menu: (Options) Preferences Music Library screen.
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UKEBOX EATURES OWNLOADING USIC FROM THE NTERNET BEGIN With access to the Internet on your PC, click get music in RealJukebox. RealJukebox will connect you to the Internet. Select your music and download it to your library and playlist. Follow the Emusic .
LAYING BEGIN Press YES to turn on the Player. Philips RUSH will appear on the display, then playback will begin. (If the Player is already on, press YES to start playback.) If no card is inserted, Insert Card will appear.
DJUSTING OLUME AND BEGIN Press and hold VOLUME to decrease or increase the volume. The volume bar will appear on the dis- play. Press and hold MODE/EQ for two seconds until you see one of the sound modes: Normal, Jazz, Rock, or Classic.
UTTING UTTONS ON HOLD prevents the Player’s buttons from operating accidentally. BEGIN Press the HOLD switch to the right as indicated to lock the but- tons. When HOLD is activated, will appear on the display and the buttons will not function. If you try to turn the Player on or off when HOLD is active, Hold Switch will appear on the display.
ISPLAY BEGIN Press the DISPLAY button repeatedly to see information about the items stored on the SmartMedia card. Press YES to have your chosen detail remain on the screen. Otherwise, the display will return to the first choice listed within four seconds. If you want to see the details under Option? •...
ELECTING RACKS BEGIN Press once or repeatedly until the desired track number appears on the display. To search within a track, press and hold . Watch the track time on the display; when the desired point is reached, release the button.
EPEATING AND BEGIN Press the MODE /EQ button briefly and repeatedly to select: REPEAT 1 – repeats current track; REPEAT ALL – repeats all tracks; or SHUFFLE – plays tracks in ran- dom order. Your selection will appear on the display in the bottom left corner.
OOKMARKS BOOKMARK allows you to start playback instantly at a selected point within a file/track. You can set up to 10 bookmarks. BEGIN When the desired point is reached during playback, press and hold BOOKMARK for more than two seconds. Mark Set appears on the display.
LEARING When clearing tracks, bookmarks, or the SmartMedia card, use DELETE only when you are absolutely sure you no longer want the existing contents! BEGIN During playback, press YES pause playback. Within 15 seconds, press DELETE repeatedly to see: Delete Track? Erase Card? or Clear Marks? If you no longer wish to delete the information, press NO .
ARRYING Disconnect the headphones before using the pouch. BEGIN Store your extra SmartMedia card(s) in the pocket. Insert the Player into the pouch with the display screen facing the plas- tic square. Insert the strap through the plastic square and pull the strap to adjust it securely.
MART If you have questions about RealJukebox, visit www.Real.com . For help with the RUSH Player, visit www.rush.philips.com, or call Philips at 1-800-531-0039. The display is blank or there is no sound. • Make sure the batteries are inserted correctly. Install new ones if necessary. Details are on pages seven and 10.
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• Use MP3 format. Details are on page 13. • The card may be damaged. Replace the card. • Use only Philips blue SmartMedia cards. Do not use cards from a digital camera or another MP3 player. RUSH skips or repeats files during playback.
WHERE IS EXCHANGE AVAILABLE? You may exchange the product in all countries where the prod- uct is officially distributed by Philips Consumer Electronics. In countries where Philips Consumer Electronics does not distrib- ute the product, the local Philips service organization will attempt to provide a replacement product (although there may be a delay if the appropriate product is not readily available).
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This warranty gives you specific legal rights.You may have other rights which vary from state/province to state/province. Philips Service Solutions Group, P.O. Box 2976, Longview,Texas 75606, (903) 242-4800 ARRANTY purpose. Philips is not liable under any circumstances for any...