THOMSON Thomson Lyra PDP2810 manuale d’uso

L yra Micr o Jukebox User’ s Guide PDP2810[...]

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6 Befor e Y ou Begin L R rev fwd stop play on off Unpacking Y our Unit Y our Lyra Micro Jukebox came with everything you need to make music portable — all of the items shown below should have been packed in the box with your Lyra Micro Jukebox. L yra Micro Jukebox Music Management CD Contains the L yra Micro Jukebox Applications & MusicMatch [...]

Befor e Y ou Begin 7 Things to consider befor e you get started... Computer System Requir ements • Pentium 233MHz or higher (Pentium II 300 MHz or higher recommended) Macintosh iMac G3 or higher •W indows ® 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP Mac OS X V ersion 10.1.5 or higher • Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher • Internet access •4 MB free hard disk sp[...]

8 Befor e Y ou Begin Back up your data As with any device that has a hard drive or rotating magnetic media, you should back up the drive regularly. RCA and Thomson are not responsible for lost data. Important Battery Information • The battery used in this device may present a risk of fire or chemical burn if mis- treated. Do not separately rechar[...]

9 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup The Music Management CD that came with your Lyra Micro Jukebox contains all of the necessary software components you need to make your Lyra Micro Jukebox work properly. These components do the following: • install USB driver for Windows 98SE/Me users (Refer to pg 10) • enable you to transfer files from your co[...]

10 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup 3. Select your Lyra model ( PDP2810 (Lyra Micro Jukebox)) on the startup screen and click Install to access installation programs corresponding to your Lyra device. 4. Click on the software component you want to install. See next Section for details. Installing Softwar e Components Install the USB Driver and Syst[...]

11 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup 1. Click Install System Application to install applications that will help you better manage your Lyra Micro Jukebox. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions to install all necessary files. 3. Click Finish to complete installation and return to the startup screen. (Refer to page 19 for further system application det[...]

12 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup 2. The W elcome Screen appears, click Next to continue and show the License Agreement. 3. After you’ve read the license agreement, click Y es to accept (to continue, you must click Ye s ), or No to decline. If you click Ye s , the User Registration Infor mation screen appears. 4. Enter your name, e-mail address[...]

13 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup 7. After installation is complete, click Finish. 8. If necessary, close the main setup screen. 9. Some computers might require you to restart your computer . If this is necessary, a dialog box will appear on the computer screen. Note: As with any device that has a hard drive, you must back up the drive. RCA and T[...]

14 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup Install Additional Services Click on Install ID3man by Auditude, Get 100 Fr ee mp3 Tracks fr om eMusic or Try Rhapsody Music services for additional digital music services provided by our partners. 2. Start the MusicMatch Jukebox software (click on the MusicMatch icon in your system tray or on your desktop). 3. T[...]

15 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup COMPUTER USB PORT LINE OUT LYRA PERSONAL JUKEBOX (TOP VIEW) DC IN 5V L YRA MICRO JUKEBOX Connecting L yra Micr o Jukebox to the Computer Connect the Lyra Micro Jukebox to your computer with the mini USB cable provided. Battery charging will commence as soon as the screen below appears. Turn on the unit by pressin[...]

16 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup 2. From the menu area, select Files/Send to Portable Device to display the Portable Device Manager screen. Under the Attached Portable Devices item, select L yra Micro Audio Player . 3. Select the playlist item and drag it to the L yra Personal Audio Player . The songs in the playlist will now be automatically tr[...]

17 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup Create Pr e-defined Playlists and T ransferring them to the Jukebox Pre-defined playlists are created on your PC using MusicMatch Jukebox. Refer to the MusicMatch Jukebox User Manual for details. Use W indows Explorer to transfer pre- defined playlists to your Lyra Micro Jukebox. If your Lyra Micro Jukebox isn’[...]

18 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup From the System T ray, left click on the icon and select Unplug or eject hardwar e . The Unplug or Eject Hardwar e screen appears. Select the drive corre- sponding to your Lyra Micro player and click Stop . The Stop a Hardwar e device screen appears. Select the device to be stopped again for confirmation and clic[...]

19 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup System T ray Applications Pr ofile New files that are transferred to your Lyra Micro Jukebox using Windows Explore (drag and drop) will not appear in the Navigation Menus until you profile the contents. If MusicMatch Jukebox was used to transfer files, profiling will be done automatically. 1. Connect your Lyra Mi[...]

20 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup Updating System File Y ou can upgrade your L yra Micro Jukebox or repair system files on your device if it becomes damaged by downloading the latest firmware from http://www.thomson-lyra.com. After you have downloaded the latest firmware, follow the steps below to update your system files. 1. Connect your Lyra Mi[...]

21 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup 2. Right click on the Lyra icon in the System tray (bottom right hand corner of the computer screen and select L yraSync. 3. The L yraSync Options screen appears. L yraSync Files and folders can be synchronized between your PC and your Lyra Micro Jukebox. 1. Connect your Lyra Micro Jukebox to the computer using t[...]

22 Getting Started: Softwar e Setup 4. Click Insert to select the paths of files and folders to synchronize between your PC and the Device. Click OK . 5. Select the desired LyraSync direction. • PC overwrites Device • Device overwrites PC • Synchronize PC and Device 6. Click Synchr onize to start.[...]

L yra Micro jukebox 23 Overview of General Contr ols 1. STOP - Stop playback / press and hold to turn unit off . 2. Skip backward - Skip back to last track. Press and hold to search backward within the same track. 3. Skip forward - Skip to next track. Press and hold to search forward within the same tracks. 4. PLA Y/P AUSE - Press and hold to tur n[...]

24 L yra Micro jukebox 1. Song title. 2. The lock icon is displayed when the key lock function is activated. This can be activated by pressing and holding the Lock button until the lock icon is displayed. To unlock, press and hold again until the lock icon is tur ned off. 3. The battery indicator shows battery level. - Battery full - Battery empty [...]

L yra Micro jukebox 25 Basic Operation The information in this section presumes you’ve successfully transferred files to your Lyra Jukebox, and you’re ready to play some music. If you need specific set-up information (downloading music, transferring files, installing software), go to page 15. If you want more detailed information about the Lyra[...]

26 L yra Micro jukebox • Once the item that you want to play is on the screen, press Play/Pause to begin playback. This item can be an artist, an album, a playlist, or a song. Press again to pause playback. The unit will automatically power off after remaining in pause mode for more than the Power Save interval (Length of this Power Save interval[...]

L yra Micro jukebox 27 • If you want to add the entire album, press and hold the ENTER button to bring up the Smart T agging Menu, scroll the ENTER button to highlight “T ag group”, then press the ENTER button again to confirm. •T o add song to the Favourite List , press and hold the ENTER button to bring up the Smart T agging Menu, scroll [...]

28 L yra Micro jukebox Step-by-Step Example The following example illustrates (with more detail than the previous information) how you find the song you want to play. 1. These instructions presume you’ve already done the following: • Installed the MusicMatch Jukebox software and the Lyra mp3/Micro Jukebox profiler application (go to page 9 for [...]

L yra Micro jukebox 29 4. Connect the clip phones to your Lyra Micro Jukebox (insert the end of the clip phones connector into the phones jack on the side of the Lyra). How to Use Y our Clip Phones (The e.clipz) The right ear clip phone is labeled R while the left ear clip phone is labeled L. a. Pull the ear hook away from the ear pad slightly. Y o[...]

30 L yra Micro jukebox Navigation Menu The following example illustrates steps to select and play songs in the Artist/Album category. 1. Highlight Artist/Album (press the ENTER button). 2. Press the Enter button (the Artist menu appears with the artists stored on your Lyra Jukebox listed in alphabetical order). •T o scroll up and down the Artist [...]

L yra Micro jukebox 31 Highlight the desired song. •T o play the song, press the Play/Pause button. •T o go to the previous menu, press the MENU button. • The song information (Artist name, Album name, Title, Genre & Y ear) will show on the display during playback. •T o end playback, press the Stop button. Note: The infor mation pr ovid[...]

32 L yra Micro jukebox Additional Featur es L yra Micro Jukebox has five System Playlist selections: Pr ogram play , Favourites list and User playlist. Note : Visit http://ww.thomson-lyra.com for updates on these featur es. Pr ogram Play Y ou can play all the tagged items in the sequence of tagging. 1. In navigation mode, move the cursor to highlig[...]

L yra Micro jukebox 33 1. In navigation mode, move the cursor to highlight the item to be selected. •T o scroll up and down the display, scroll the ENTER buttom. •T o enter the highlighted folder , press the Enter button. • If you want to add the entire album, press and hold the ENTER button to bring up the Smart T agging Menu, scroll the ENT[...]

34 L yra Micro jukebox Favourite List During playback, you can select and place songs you like into the Favourite playlist. 1. • T o add song to the Favourite List , press and hold the ENTER button to bring up the Smart T agging Menu, scroll the ENTER button to highlight “Save to User Playlist”, then press the ENTER button again to confirm. 2[...]

L yra Micro jukebox 35 V iew Playlists 1. Scroll the ENTER button to highlight Playlists on the TOP MENU screen. 2. Press the ENTER button to show all the predefined system playlists. 3. Scroll the ENTER button to select the desired playlist to be viewed. 4. Press the ENTER button to view tagged items in the selected playlist. Note: All items added[...]

36 L yra Micro jukebox Pr e-defined Playlists Pre-defined playlists are those playlists created on the PC and transferred to the Lyra Micro Jukebox. Refer to page 14 for details on creating Pre-defined Playlists and transferring them to your Lyra Micro Jukebox. Follow the steps under “View Playlists” to enter the Playlists menu. Playlists shown[...]

L yra Micro jukebox 37 Additional Menu Settings 1. Scroll the ENTER button to highlight Settings on the TOP MENU screen. 2. Press the Enter button to view the Settings Menu. Shuffle When Shuffle is On, songs are played in random order . If shuffle is activated, the songs in the folder where playback begins are played randomly. After all the songs h[...]

38 L yra Micro jukebox 3. Press the MENU button to return to the main menu. 4. Scroll the ENTER button to select the folder where you want Shuffle playback to begin. Press Play/Pause to begin playback. All songs/folders in the folder where playback begins will be played randomly. 5. T o de-select the Shuffle option, repeat steps 1 and 2 to select S[...]

L yra Micro jukebox 39 Repeat Three repeat options are available on the Lyra Micro Jukebox. • Repeat Off - No repeat option selected. • Repeat On - Plays songs in the current group/folder repeatedly. The repeat icon will show on the display. • Repeat One - Plays the current song repeatedly. The repeat one icon will show on the display. • Re[...]

40 L yra Micro jukebox Adjusting DSP Settings DSP Settings (Digital Signal Processor settings) adjust the various levels of the audio output for different types of songs. For example, the DSP setting for BASS makes the bass sounds more prominent. Y ou can also personalize the levels via the EQ menu item. The default DSP setting for your Lyra Micro [...]

L yra Micro jukebox 41 Personalizing DSP Output (EQ menu item) Graphic EQ: enables you to personalize audio output settings. 1. Scroll the ENTER button to highlight DSP on the Settings screen. 2. Press the Enter button to view the DSP Menu. 3. From the DSP Menu, scroll the ENTER button to select Graphic EQ . 4. Press the Enter button to show the Gr[...]

42 L yra Micro jukebox Audio Clips Y ou can quickly navigate the audio contents of a file when activating Audio Clips function (only in STOP mode). 1. Scroll the ENTER button to highlight Settings in the top menu. 2. Press ENTER to view options listed 3. Scroll the ENTER button to highlight AudioClips . 4. Scroll the ENTER button to select between [...]

L yra Micro jukebox 43 System Settings Y ou can personalize the display settings. 1. Scroll the ENTER button to highlight Settings in the top menu. 2. Press ENTER to view options listed 3. Scroll the ENTER button to highlight the setting ( Contrast, Backlight, PowerSave or Sleep timer ) you want to adjust. 4. Press the ENTER button to select among [...]

44 L yra Micro jukebox Pr ofiler The application will profile and sort supported audio files on your Lyra Micro Jukebox so you can sort and play them properly. Note: It is best to pr ofile your contents on your PC after each transfer of music files. Profiling on the unit will take longer and may use up battery power . Note: Appr oximately 500 songs[...]

L yra Micro jukebox 45 Portable Har d Drive Capability Since Lyra Micro Jukebox has a 1.5 -gigabyte hard drive, you can use it to transport files - any files, not just music files. Some possible uses for this feature are as follows: • Create back-ups/archive files. • Connect to other computers - at work, for example. •T ransport digital photo[...]

46 Additional Information Tips and T r oubleshooting Problem: Player repeats same tracks or all tracks. • Repeat play is turned on. Press the MENU button to change the play mode. Problem: Audio distorted at high volume. • Select another DSP setting. •T ur n down the volume. Problem: The audio tracks on my Lyra keep skipping or popping. •Y o[...]

47 Additional Information F AQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Question: What is mp3? mp3 is an abbreviation for MPEG-1, Layer 3 Audio (MPEG = Motion Picture Experts Group). This is a digital sound encoding and compression process that was developed by the Fraunhofer Institut fur Integrierte Schaltungen and Thomson. mp3 is an international standard an[...]

48 Additional Information Hard Disc • External Hard Disc Drive: When connected to a computer via USB, the Lyra Micro Jukebox is capable of storing any file type allowing the user a fast, convenient method of storing, retrieving, and transferring files. Including word processing files, presentations, spreadsheets and any other computer files. • [...]

49 Additional Information PC Hardwar e Requir ements – 233MHz or higher (Pentium II 300 MHz or higher recommended) – Windows® 98SE, Me, XP or 2000 – Internet Explorer 4.0 or better with Inter net access – 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended) – Free hard disk space (4 MB for the software plus 1 MB for every minute of CD quality audio that will b[...]

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