Music on the go (Philips GoGear SA1100 512 MB)

Member Name: superstar1212

Product:	Philips GoGear SA1100 512 MB
Date:	17/05/07 (361 review reads)
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Advantages: Stylish, Small and Cheap

Disadvantages: Uncomfortable earphones

My review is based on my opinions and thoughts as a learner of technology which I hope will help other people similar to myself.


I have wanted an ipod or mp3 player for a while but have never understood what they do and how they work. Two weeks ago after a long informative chat with my sixteen year old niece I decided to take the plunge into the new technology of music.

I wanted a product that I could download my favourite songs onto so when I am out and about I can listen to them. I didn’t want a complicated product with lots of buttons, features and functions which would cost me an arm and leg.

The Philips Go Gear SA1100 is ideal for me it is small, compact and reasonably priced. I chose the pink one but it also comes in silver. It is cheap to use too as it only requires one AAA battery and it will last at least 8 hrs.

I brought mine from Argos priced at £29.99 catalogue number 513/3178 pink 513/3161 silver

It looks very trendy in the pink and looks like a lipstick case due to its size: (H)8.3, (W)2.9, (D)2.3cm

It holds 128 music tracks which were very easy to download. I used bearshare to find my music if is free to download from and the quality is great. You can use MP3, WMA, WAV formats. Once you have downloaded the song (s) you want you simply plug in you mp3 player into your USB port and drag them to the mp3 player folder located in My Computer. Honestly it is very simple!

Once the music is on your mp3 player you can listen to it straight away with the earphones supplied. I did not like the earphones because they hurt my ears so I used my nice jelly one instead.

~~Functions~~


Equalizer - There are four preset settings Rock, Pop, Jazz and Classic. To be honest there is not much difference between them.


Playback Modes - Shuffle, All tracks repeat and one track repeat. There is also a flash memory so it will start back to where you finished.

Voice Recorder - With the built in microphone you can record voices, I recorded my children singing and playing and the recording lasted over ten minutes the quality is quite good.


LCD screen - LCD screen shows which track is playing, volume level and menu options.

~~Extras~~

You can by speakers to add to the mp3 player so if you are outside gardening or having a party you and your friends can listen to your music.

I have brought a in car accessory kit so I can plug my mp3 into my cassette player in my old banger of a car, the music then plays through your car speakers. Unlike in car cd players your mp3 player will not jump, or skip parts of the tracks. Just clear quality music for you journeys.


~~Summary~~


This little mp3 player is excellent and does what it says on the box. There are cheaper mp3 players that do the same job but they are a lot larger and are not as attractive as this one. I would recommend it to others.

Summary: Excellent cheap little mp3 player

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