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Important Information Warning • Do not play your headset at a high volume. Hearing experts warn against extended high-volume play. • If you experience a ringing in your ears, reduce volume or discontinue use. • You should use extreme caution or temporarily discontinue use in potentially hazardous situations. Even if your headset is an open-air type designed to let you hear outside sounds, don’t turn up the volume so high that you are unable to hear what is around you.
Important Information Care of MultiMediaCards • Do not touch the golden electrodes. Use a soft dry cloth to clean any dirt. • Do not bend MultiMediaCards. • Do not operate or store MultiMediaCards in places with frequent static electricity or electrical noise (e.g. speaker, TV set). Recorded data may be damaged. • It is normal for MultiMediaCards to get warm after being used for a long time. • Always put it in storage case after removing from the unit.
Important Safety Information IMPORTANT NOTE: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this player to rain or moisture. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN This symbol indicates “dangerous voltage” inside the product that presents a risk of elecrtric shock or personal injury. ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR This symbol indicates important instructions accompanying the product. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER (OR BACK).
Table of Content Important Information 10. Use MusicMatch Jukebox To Play Radio On Your PC . . . . . . . . . . .14 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . .1 11. Organize The Music Library . . . .16 What’s So Special About This MP3 Player? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 12. Create a Playlist For Playing Or Downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Computer System Requirements . . . .1 13. Edit Tags For Your Songs . . . . . .19 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Table of Content 22. Create An Auto-Playlist . . . . . . .32 Programming Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 23. Searching For Tracks . . . . . . . . . .32 Editing Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 24. Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Key Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 25. Transfer The Audio Files To Thomson Lyra Pocket Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 File Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 26.
Before You Begin What’s so special about this MP3 player? EN This player is meant to play MP3 files encoded on a memory card or recorded in the built-in flash memory. To do so, you need the use of a Windows computer with USB connection, USB cable (included) and a music management software (MusicMatch Jukebox recommended). CDs Compression and transfer and/or Playback MusicMatch Jukebox pocket digital player sto y p r pla ew fw d USB cable Compressed music internet sites www.thomson-lyra.com, www.
Getting Started 1. Insert the included software CD into your CD-ROM drive. Use the software setup program on the included CD to install the USB drivers, Music Management software, and User’s guide and documentation. A. Turn on your computer and insert the software CD. Thomson Lyra Pocket Software Setup program will automatically run. Note: If the setup screen does not appear, double click My Computer, double click your CD-ROM drive icon, and double click setup.exe.
Getting Started EN 2. Install the USB drivers. A. Click the Install Universal Serial Bus Drivers button and follow the on-screen instructions to install the drivers. B. Restart your computer (if prompted). 3. Connect Thomson Lyra Pocket player to computer A. Make sure you have installed the USB drivers and that your computer has been restarted (if necessary). C. Windows will automatically install the drivers for the external drive after you connect it. B.
Getting Started 4. Install the music management software. MusicMatch Jukebox and RealJukebox software are included on Thomson Lyra Pocket software CD. We recommend MusicMatch Jukebox for ease of use and functionality. Both software programs operate as players on your PC, compress CDs to MP3 format, download files from the Internet, and transfer the files to your Thomson Lyra Pocket player. Download MP3 files to the player with the MusicMatch Jukebox software and RealJukebox software.
Getting Started EN 5. Install the MusicMatch Jukebox™ software. Helpful Hint It is recommended to uninstall any previous installations of the MusicMatch Jukebox software before preceding with the Getting Started process. After the uninstall process has been completed, it is also recommended to delete the C:\Program Files\MusicMatch folder from Windows as well where C:\Program Files is the path where the software was installed. A. Display the Select Music Software screen as described in Step 4. B.
Getting Started 5. Install the MusicMatch Jukebox™ software. (continued) D. Click Yes to accept or No to decline after you have read the license agreement. You must click Yes to continue. F. Click Next to display Personalize Net Music screen. E. When the next screen appears, enter your Name, E-mail address, Postal code, Country, Year of Birth, and sex (Male or Female). G. Read the screen and decide if you would like to enable the PERSONALIZE NET MUSIC feature. Select Yes or No.
Getting Started EN 5. Install the MusicMatch Jukebox™ software. (continued) H. Click Next to display Installation Options dialog. Select the installation option you wish to use. Express Setup is recommended. Click Next to continue. If necessary, close the main setup screen. I. After the installation is complete, click Finish to complete setup. You may need to restart your web browser. Reboot your computer if any other software was installed specifically USB drivers. 6.
Getting Started 6. Set MusicMatch Jukebox basic preferences. (continued) A. Start the MusicMatch Jukebox software. Note: If the Thomson PDP2211 theme does not appear, select the Change Theme menu item from the View item listed under the Options menu. Select the Thomson PDP2211 item from the list and click OK to change to the proper theme. B. The Search for Music screen appears asking if you want the program to search for existing compatible music files.
Getting Started EN 6. Set MusicMatch Jukebox basic preferences. (continued) D. Click the Recorder tab to display the Recorder settings. E. Select the recording Quality level. CD Quality MP3 (128Kbps) is the recommended quality level. The MP3 format is supported by MusicMatch Jukebox for the Thomson Lyra Pocket player. • MP3 audio is MPEG Layer-3 Audio available at various encoding bit rates. The highest bit rate has the best quality sound, but uses the most disk space.
Getting Started 6. Set MusicMatch Jukebox basic preferences. (continued) • WAV audio is unencoded music that is not compressed. This format has the best quality sound but requires the largest file size, as much as 650MB per CD. WAV audio files are much larger than MP3 audio files. Note: Custom Quality settings are for advanced users only. F. Select a CD Recording Mode. 1. Check Digital and Error Correction for the best results. Error checking and correction will be performed while you are recording.
Getting Started EN 7. Learn the MusicMatch Jukebox basic controls. Listed below are the basic functions of the main controls for the program. Current Selection Display Area Menus Options, Register, Sites and Help Playlist Controls Docks and Undocks Playlist Window PLAY Button (Press to start playback.) OPEN, SAVE, CLEAR, and CD-R PAUSE Button (Press to pause playback.) PREV and NEXT Buttons (Use to select the next or previous song in the playlist.
Getting Started 8. Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your Thomson Lyra Pocket player. A. Insert a CD into your CD-ROM drive. If you are connected to the Internet, MusicMatch Jukebox will retrieve information about the CD in the CD-ROM drive. If you are on a LAN system and the titling feature does not work, contact your administrator. Make sure the Enable CDDB CD lookup service is selected on the CDDB Preferences page if you are able to make a connection to the Internet.
Getting Started EN 8. Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your Thomson Lyra Pocket player. (continued) C. Press the REC button if the Recorder window is not open. Press REFRESH if the songs are not listed. RECORD Button Stop Button Cancel Button Eject CD ALL Button NONE Button REFRESH Button CD Info Display Area Song Selection Area D. Select the tracks you want to record. • To start recording, click Record. • To stop recording the current track, click Stop.
Getting Started 9. Download music from the Internet. A. Click the MUSIC GUIDE button to connect to the MUSICMATCH MUSIC GUIDE download site. If you have not established an Internet connection, MusicMatch Jukebox will attempt but fail to connect. Music you download from the MUSIC GUIDE window will automatically be placed in the Music Library. Note: You can also select Show Music Match Guide from View in the Options menu to display this window. You can download files using your regular browser.
Getting Started EN 10. Use MusicMatch Jukebox to play Radio on your PC. (continued) B. Click on STATION SELECTOR to open the following window. C. Click once on a station to display it. Click twice on the station (or click PLAY) to play music from the station. The station you select appears in the Playlist. D. To connect to the station’s website, click the GO TO STATION’S WEBSITE button on the bottom of the Net Radio Window.
Getting Started 11. Organize the Music Library. You can choose how to view your music library. You can select as many as seven categories to display at one time. A. Click the Music Library button from the Main window to display the Music Library window. Note: you can also select Show Music Library from View in the Options menu. Sort/View Button ADD Button DELETE Button TAG Button FIND Button Music Library Window B. Setup the Music Library for your preferences.
Getting Started EN 11. Organize the Music Library. (continued) C. The Music Library now displays your selections. To sort by categories click on the folder icon (sort/view button) in the Music Library window. to Select how you want to view your songs. D. To add a track from your Music Library to your playlist, either double click it or drag and drop it. 12. Create a playlist for playing or downloading.
Getting Started 12. Create a playlist for playing or downloading. (continued) ADD Button DELETE Button TAG Button FIND Button AUTO DJ Button Sort/View Button Music Library Window A. To manually add tracks to the playlist, double click the track or drag and drop the track from the Music Library into the playlist display. To play a track before adding it to the playlist, click next to the desired track in the Music Library window.
Getting Started EN 13. Edit Tags for Your Songs You can edit or delete the tags for the tracks in your Music Library. If you delete the track’s tag, all of the information about the track will be deleted. A. Highlight the track in the Music Library and click the Tag button to display the Tag Song File window. Note: Right click on the highlighted track to display a menu. Select Edit Track Tag to display the Tag Song File window. B.
Getting Started 14. Transfer the audio files to Thomson Lyra Pocket player. Use MusicMatch Jukebox to transfer music files to the MultiMediaCard or built in (internal) flash memory on Thomson Lyra Pocket player. Important Note Removing the MultiMediaCard and unplugging the USB connection before the data is completely written may cause loss of data or damage to the contents of the MultiMediaCard and internal flash memory. MultiMediaCard EJECT A.
Getting Started 14. Transfer the audio files to the Thomson Lyra Pocket player. EN (continued) C. Double click Internal device icon to view contents of the built-in flash memory or Double click the External device icon to view contents of the MultiMediaCard (if present) F. After you have selected all of the music you want to record on the selected device (Internal or External), click the Download button on the bottom of the screen. During transfer, the icon will flash.
Getting Started 14. Transfer the audio files to the Thomson Lyra Pocket player. (continued) G. Click Done when you are finished. H. Click Exit under File in the Options menu to close MusicMatch Jukebox. I. Disconnect the USB cable from Thomson Lyra Pocket player. Note: If using Windows 2000, must stop Thomson Lyra Pocket device first before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or damage to the device.
Getting Started EN 15. Install the RealJukebox software. After you have installed Thomson Lyra Pocket USB drivers and placed Thomson Lyra Pocket software CD in the CD-ROM drive as described previously, follow these directions to install the RealJukebox software. A. Display the Select Music Software screen as described in Step 4. Make sure RealJukebox is highlighted and click Install. B. Click Accept or Cancel after you read the license agreement. Note: You must Accept to continue. C.
Getting Started F. Read Information about RealJukebox window appears. Click Tell Me More for more information or click Next to continue. G. Setup Options screen. Select the setup option you wish to use. Express Setup is recommended. Click Next to continue. H. Confirm Express Setup screen. These screens will give a summary of the most common and default configuration settings. You can change the settings or click Finish. We suggest you click Finish and not change any of the settings at this time. I.
Getting Started EN 16. Set basic preferences. (continued) A. Start the RealJukebox software. C. Click Recording to display the Recording menu. B. Display the Preferences menu by choosing Preferences under the Tools menu. D. Select a recording method. 1. Check Digital and Use Error Correction for the best results. Error checking and correction will be performed while you are recording. Note: Choosing Use Error Correction will slow down your recording speed. 2.
Getting Started E. With the Preferences menu displayed, click Audio Quality to display the Audio Quality menu. 3. Wave Audio is unencoded music that is not compressed. This format has the best quality sound but requires the largest file size, as much as 650MB per CD. Wave Audio files are much larger than RealAudio and MP3 Audio files. G. Select a Secure Files setting 1. Secure Files On Files recorded with security on can only be played on the PC on which they were recorded. F.
Getting Started EN 17. Learn the RealJukebox basic controls. Listed below are the basic functions of the main controls for the program.
Getting Started 18. Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your Thomson Lyra Pocket player. A. Insert a CD into your CD ROM drive. If you have auto play/record enabled, the CD will automatically begin playing and recording. Note: If you do not want the CD to automatically start playing or recording, you can change the settings. Choose Preferences in the Tools menu, and set the options for your personal preference.
Getting Started EN The information from the Internet appears on your screen. If the information cannot be retrieved from the Internet, enter it manually. Important Note: If the information is not entered, titling and sorting information will not be available in the library. Press View Track Info for information on the artist of the track. B. Select the tracks you want to play or record. • To start or stop playback, click play. • To start or stop recording, click record. • To pause playback, press pause.
Getting Started You can also search the internet to download the music you want through the search mode. A. Click the Search icon on the mode selection row. B. Key in information on how you want the search to be done. 20. Organize the Playlist. A. All tracks can be grouped by Genre, Artist / Album, or all three. Choose Music Files from Preferences in the Tools menu. B. Click Change Sub-Folders...
Getting Started EN 21. Create a Playlist for playing or downloading. A. Click the Playlist icon in the mode selection row. Click New Playlist button on the right of the screen. B. Fill out the Create Playlist form to give specifications as to the name of the new playlist, which tracks to put into the playlist and the location where you want to put it. C. Press Add Tracks on the right hand side in Playlist mode. Click on the song(s) you want to add to the playlist so it is highligted.
Getting Started 22. Create an Auto-Playlist. A. Click the Auto-Playlist icon in the mode selection mode. Click New Auto-Playlist button on the right of the screen. Click and highlight the the playlist you want to edit. Click Edit Autoplaylist on the right side column to change preferences at any time. B. Fill out the Create a New Auto Playlist form to give specifications as to how songs will be organized in the the new Auto playlist. 23. Searching for Tracks A.
Getting Started EN 24. Radio A. Click on the Radio icon on the Mode Selection bar. A. Click My Stations to view stations that you have bookmarked in the past. B. Click on the Features page to search for stations according to Featured Genre B. To add a station to your My Station list, click on the button beside the station you want to store. or view Featured Stations. Click the Find Station page to search the internet for the type of station you like to find. C.
Getting Started 25. Transfer the audio files to the Thomson Lyra Pocket player. Use RealJukebox to transfer music files to the MultiMediaCard or built in (internal) flash memory for the Thomson Lyra Pocket player. Important Note Removing the MultiMedia card or unplugging the USB cable before the data is completely written may cause loss of data or damage to the contents of the MultiMedia Card and internal flash memory. A.
Getting Started 25. Transfer the audio files to Thomson Lyra Pocket player EN (continued) C. Double click the Internal device icon to view contents of the built-in flash memory or Double click the External device icon to view contents of the MultiMediaCard (if present). F.
Getting Started 26. Install Thomson Lyra Pocket user’s guide and documentation. After you have installed the music Software and placed Thomson Lyra Pocket software CD in the CD ROM drive as described on section 1, follow these directions to install Thomson Lyra Pocket User’s Guide and documentation. A. Display the Select Components screen. D Select the location for the program icons and click Next. B. Click the Install Thomson Lyra Pocket User’s Guide and documentation button.
Before You Begin EN 1. Insert batteries into the player A. To insert batteries, lift open the battery compartment door. C. Close the door to the battery compartment B. Insert 2 “AAA”(LR03) batteries with polarities corresponding to indications on the compartment. (Refer to “More information” on page 45 for battery precautions.) Note: Refer to the power level indicator on display for battery level. Replace with new batteries when the indicator is empty.
Before You Begin 2. Inserting a MultiMediaCard 3. Using Headphones (Optional) Insert phone jack into The player has built-in flash memory. To extend the playtime, you can use the optional MultiMediaCard slot. PHONES on the side of player for listening. VOLUME A. Insert a MultiMediaCard into the card slot when the player is off as the diagram shows: PHONES PHONES EJECT B. To remove card, slide EJECT in the direction of the arrow.
General Controls DSP 1 10 pocket digital player sto y p r pla ew fw d 8 11 2 4 3 12 phones unlock lock memory car 7 max volume min 9 6 mode EN 5 13 14 EJECT 1. Display 2. stop - Stop playback and turn unit off . 3. rew - Skip back to last track. Press and hold to search backward within the same track. 4. fwd - Skip to next track. Press and hold to search forward within saved tracks. 5. play - Turn unit on, start playback and pause. 6. DSP - Select among DSP modes.
Display DSP modes Program mode Battery level indicator Key locked Total number of track / Current track number during playback Multimedia card inserted FLAT BASS POP ROCK JAZZ TRACK P k ALL Volume level bar USB cable connected Encoded bit rate Repeat mode Random mode Total playing time on card / Elapsed time during playback 40
Operation General operation • Press play to turn the unit on. Total number of tracks and playing time show on display. Playback then starts automatically from the first track. • In stop mode, press play to start playback of selected track. Current track number, elapsed playback time and encoded bit rate show on display. • Press play during playback to pause playing and press play again to resume playback.
Operation DSP DSP FLAT mode BASS POP ROCK JAZZ TRACK • Press repeatedly to select among the DSP modes: FLAT > BASS > POP > ROCK > JAZZ Play modes • Press MODE repeatedly during playback for the following playback modes: Off (Normal playback) > Repeat All > Shuffle > Shuffle and Repeat All > Program > Program and Repeat All. ALL ALL P P P JAZZ ROCK P k ALL ALL Programming Tracks mode 1. Press and hold mode for 2 seconds in stop mode to enter program mode.
Operation Editing program EN 1. In stop mode, press and hold mode to enter programming mode. mode BASS FLAT POP ROCK JAZZ TRACK P 2. Press mode to select the programmed track to be deleted. 3. Press and hold DSP for about 3 seconds to delete unwanted track from your program list. ‘ - - ‘ shows to indicate track deleted from the program. DSP BASS FLAT POP ROCK JAZZ TRACK P 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to delete additional tracks from the program. 5.
Troubleshooting Tips Thomson Lyra Pocket player does not turn on when PLAY button pressed. • Batteries may be inserted incorrectly. (Refer to page 37 for details) • Batteries may be empty. (Refer to page 37 for details) • LOCK button may be activated. (Refer to page 43 for details) Skipping tracks or bad sound quality? • Repeat, random or program function may be activated. (Refer to page 42 for details) • There may be strong magnetic fields (e.g. too close to TV) near the unit. • Low Battery level.
Lyra Helpline More help is available on www.thomson-lyra.com and phone numbers of the Lyra helpline per countries are listed below. EN HELPLINE Votre Contact THOMSON: 0 810 810 891, de le 16.10.2000 (pour la France, prix d'un appel local) Ihr Kontakt zu THOMSON: 0180 1000 390, ab 16.10.2000.
