Philips GoGear SA6045 (4GB)

Manufacturer: Philips Consumer Electronics Part number: SA6045/37

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Bottom Line:: The Philips GoGear SA6545 is a feature-filled MP3 player that will suit those looking for good video playback over a compact form factor.

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Philips GoGear SA6045 (4GB)

price range: $71.03 - $135.99

The Philips GoGear SA6545 is a feature-filled MP3 player that will suit those looking for good video playback over a compact form factor.

The good: The Philips GoGear SA6000 offers a user-friendly design, an ample screen, and dedicated volume controls. It includes desirable features such as an FM tuner and photo and video support. The player is compatible with subscription services, and it has a lot of bass.

The bad: The control pad on the GoGear SA6000 feels cheaply built, and there's no album-art support. The unit is large for a flash player, and some music comes across flat while some bass-heavy tracks are slightly distorted.

The bottom line: The Philips GoGear SA6545 is a feature-filled MP3 player that will suit those looking for good video playback over a compact form factor.

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Philips offers a plentiful array of MP3 players, with several that look plenty compelling. However, it's taken us most of the year to get our hands on a review unit, and we're not quite sure why since the model the company finally decided to send is quite good. The GoGear SA6045, which belongs to the SA6000 series, is a feature-packed player with a nice screen and a user-friendly interface. It has its quirks, but it's still a decent option for those looking for an easy-to-use MP3 player with video playback.

As MP3 players go, the GoGear 6045 is neither cheap nor terribly compact, but it's not expensive and huge, either. The 4GB player goes for about $140 (by contrast, the 4GB Creative Zen V Plus is $110) and measures 3.6x2.1x0.5 inches. The relatively large size has at least one benefit: it allows for an ample 2.2-inch screen. To the right of the screen, you get a five-way control pad, which consists of four directional buttons surrounding a central play/pause/power key. The buttons have a bit of a cheap feel to them in that they wiggle around in the base, but overall, the player has a nice, weighty feel. Above the control pad, you'll find a menu button, and on the top edge, there's a dedicated volume rocker--we always like that.

There are a few more physical characteristics of note. The bottom side of the GoGear 6045 houses a 3.5mm headphone jack, a standard mini USB port, a reset hole, and a hold switch. The right spine features a built-in mic for voice recordings and a rather useful playlist button, which adds the currently playing track to an on-the-go playlist. The player also supports playlists transferred from WMA jukeboxes such as Rhapsody and Windows Media Player (WMP). You can play back MP3 and WMA files (including subscription tracks), and these are handily arranged in the Creative interface structure for easy navigation.

In addition to digital music playback, the GoGear SA6045 offers an FM radio with an autoscan function and 10 preset slots. The player also supports JPEG photos and slide shows, which you can view while listening to music. Sadly, though, there is no album art display on the device, which we think is a waste of the lovely screen. You do get support for WMV videos, which can be automatically converted through Windows Media Player. Despite some noticeable pixilation, photos and videos look quite good when played back on the device. Unfortunately, the placement of the headphone jack makes it pretty much impossible to prop the player up for viewing, but for short clips (when you don't mind holding it up), it works out nicely.

Taking everything into account, the GoGear SA6045 is a decent performer overall, though we wouldn't call the sound quality excellent. Most songs--especially selections from Duran Duran and Kanye West--sounded very good in testing, with a nice, tight bass kick and rich, warm mids. The high end came across clearly as well. However, some Tears for Fears tracks sounded a bit flat while a few bass-heavy Ludacris songs suffered from low-end distortion. Considering both good and bad experiences came from the same two genres--new wave and dance rap--it's impossible to narrow down the best genres. Suffice it to say, it was more good than bad. The rated battery life of 16 hours for audio and 4 hours for video is also passable.

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4 stars

not what I expected from a Philips

by bearwalker on July 28, 2008

Pros: looks & feels like quality

Cons: 5-minute boot/update every on/off cycle. Low volume output - playing in the aux jack of my truck required nearly max volume to listen at a normal volume.

Summary: I sent mine back. The $85 price at Staples was what sold me, but not a good value compared to the ease & volume of my daughter's $19 disney ...

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Summary: I sent mine back. The $85 price at Staples was what sold me, but not a good value compared to the ease & volume of my daughter's $19 disney princess player.

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7 stars

Very poor volume quality

by inkzenith on June 5, 2008

Pros: Has a radio and microphone

Cons: Poor volume

Summary: I love most of Philips products and have a collection of Mp3 palyers but the volume has been very poor on three of the models that I recently purchased. I ...

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Summary: I love most of Philips products and have a collection of Mp3 palyers but the volume has been very poor on three of the models that I recently purchased. I was so dissapointed with one that I took it back to the shop for a refund.

If anyone from Philips is reading this, if you wanna beat Ipods, you gotta do something about the volume in your Mp3 players. It's really bad! I always tried to stay away from Ipods but relented and the volume is great on them. Yours should be too. Let the buyer be responsible for his own ears and deafness

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8 stars

good, but not great

by 713spike618 on May 10, 2008

Pros: video player and photo viewer

Cons: video doesnt look that good

Summary: this mp3 is very nice but not the greatest that ive seen .if you want to go with a GOOD player i suggest that you get the samsung t10.i ...

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Summary: this mp3 is very nice but not the greatest that ive seen .if you want to go with a GOOD player i suggest that you get the samsung t10.i bought it a week ago and it is spectacular because it has BLUETOOTH and this one doesnt

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6 stars

Pretty good value

by ms.porcelain on January 31, 2008

Pros: Clean, clear design

Cons: Can be quite confusing to navigate...

Summary: I've just got this, but I have problems with my laptop recognizing the USB when it's plug in for charging and to sync.My laptop is running on ...

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Summary: I've just got this, but I have problems with my laptop recognizing the USB when it's plug in for charging and to sync.My laptop is running on Vista, which shouldnt be an issue...It does not appear on my desktop "safe to remove harddrive". It does not even show that the USB is plug in, but funnily it shows in MY COMPUTER that the player is detected and shows Philips player icon.
Anyone can help? Will it "hurt" my player in the long time, if I keep on remove the USB without the "safe to remove harddrive" prompt as long as player indicate its "ok to disconnect?" Also I can't possibly to keep on resetting each time my player jammed up.

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7 stars

very nice player, but low volume

by snakster66 on January 10, 2008

Pros: ease of use, solid feel

Cons: output volume not very good

Summary: I got this player recently through my Phillips rewards, so the price was right. This is my first mp3 player to speak of and overall I'm pretty pleased. It ...

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Summary: I got this player recently through my Phillips rewards, so the price was right. This is my first mp3 player to speak of and overall I'm pretty pleased. It is easy to use and load music. So far I have only been ripping CDs to play on it. I also like the radio tuner feature.

However, the volume level does not get very loud. I understand that you do not want to blow out your ears, but I should not have to set the volume to max in order to get something approximating a good listening level.

At the same time I purchased a Logitech Pure-fi Elite speaker/dock. I need to set both the mp3 player and the Elite to max volume to get a decent listening level. Not a party level, a decent, by myself, comfortable volume. Perhaps it is a by-product of ripped files vs. downloaded files; I really don't know (I'm new to all this). But it is really a shortcoming in my view.

In contrast, playing the radio on the Elite (Elite has a tuner), I can get it quite loud.

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8 stars

Great product, but terrible time syncing with WMP.

by LilithRayne-221143048896457962 on December 27, 2007

Pros: Excellent screen, great sound quality, good price.

Cons: Terrible time syncing with WMP, media converter is awfully slow.

Summary: The user manual says to use WMP to sync music and pictures. WMP 11 doesn't work well at all! It will load around 400 songs or so before it ...

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Summary: The user manual says to use WMP to sync music and pictures. WMP 11 doesn't work well at all! It will load around 400 songs or so before it stops completely without giving you any warning and/or reason. The user manual tells you to rollback to WMP 10 in case you have problems with WMP 11. I tried WMP 10 and have the exact same problem.

I ended up using RealPlayer to sync music to my player. It works perfectly. (Though I would have rather used WMP [my personal favorite] who cares what player you use as long as it gets the job done, right?) I use WMP to sync pictures to my player.

The media converter (used to convert and transfer videos to the player) is terribly slow to convert (took 12 hours and 31 seconds to convert 19 half hour episodes, roughly 1.32GB). It transfers quickly, though.

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9 stars

Surprised, 4 new Products from Philips with mouth watering prices

by bewins on June 17, 2007

Pros: 2.2'' LCD, Mic and FM recording, Full Video WMV playback, Play for sure, $120 WOW

Cons: A stand at back to hold the device

Summary: I am very pleased with the product both for the price and its features, Philips have really put lot of hard work this year, i am seeing 4 new Products ...

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Summary: I am very pleased with the product both for the price and its features, Philips have really put lot of hard work this year, i am seeing 4 new Products and the great thing is they are all with Audio + Video + some new features like unique album art navigation etc

With battery life expected about 20 hours and full motion videos, Play for sure for audio (all Rhapsody, Napster will play for sure), this particular player looks so good, i just love the design, color and finish, why would i ever buy others....i strongly Recommend this product and you guys need to atleast consider this before lookout for new players

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Specifications

Manufacturer: Philips Consumer Electronics
Part number: SA6045/37

General
Width 3.7 in
Depth 2.1 in
Height 0.5 in
Packaged quantity 1
Digital storage media type None
Digital Player / Recorder
Digital player supported digital audio standards WMA, WAV, ADPCM, MP3
Digital player response bandwidth 60 - 18000 Hz
Digital player sample rate 48 KHz=8 KHz=11 KHz=32 KHz=44.1 KHz=16 KHz=22 KHz=24 KHz
Digital player signal-to-noise ratio 85 dB
Digital Player total harmonic distortion 1.0 %
Digital player ID3 tags support Yes
Digital player additional features Variable bit-rate compatible, WMV playback
Battery
Rechargeable Battery Rechargeable
Battery Enclosure Type Internal
Included Qty 1
Technology Lithium polymer
Battery 1 x Lithium polymer Rechargeable Player batteryInternal
Capacity 800 mAh
Connections
Connector type 1 x Headphones Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x USB
Slot(s) provided None
Slot(s) Required None

Audio System
Sound output mode Stereo
Additional features Upgradeable firmware
Cable(s) / Peripheral(s)
Cable(s) included 1 x USB cable - External
Power
Power Supply / Device None

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