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Important Safety Information Be sure to read all the safety information before you begin to use this product. Sound Pressure Control Les articles de loi L44.5 et 44.6 du code de la santé publique, modifiés par l’article 2 de la loi du 28 Mai 1996 imposent une puissance acoustique maximale de 100 décibels. Le casque livré ( code 55108920 ) et [...]

Intr oduction Y our THOMSON Lyra personal digital player is designed to give you hours of listening pleasure. T o get the most out of your new purchase, we suggest that you take a few minutes right now to read through this instruction manual. If you have any questions or problems, consult the T roubleshooting Guide or visit www .Thomson-Lyra.com fo[...]

Create a Playlist for Playing or downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Create an Auto-Playlist . . . . . . . . .30 Searching for T racks . . . . . . . . . . .30 Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 T ransfer the Audio Files to the CompactFlash Card . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Install the THOMSON L yra User’s Guide and Documen[...]

Important Information The THOMSON L yra player works with your computer to let you play your favorite music from files recorded on removable CompactFlash cards. The player plays files encoded with the popular MP3, Windows Media TM Audio and RealNetworks** G2 audio formats and may allow for future upgrades of some alternative audio compression forma[...]

Important Information Computer System Requirements Minimum • Pentium 166 MHz or faster • 32MB RAM • Windows* 98 ,Windows Me or Windows 2000 (Parallel Port also available for Windows 95) • 45 MB free hard disk space plus 1 MB for every minute of CD quality music you store on your hard drive • CD-ROM Drive • USB Port • Full Duplex Sound[...]

Getting Started When you unpack your new player , be sure you have removed all the accessories and information papers. The items shown below are packed with your player . ON + - + - CompactFlash Multi-Media Player with Removable Belt Clip "AA" Duracell Ultra Batteries CompactFlash Removable Memory Card Software CD Audio Line Cable T o Con[...]

Getting Started Use the software setup program on the included CD to install the CompactFlash drivers, Music Management software, and User’ s guide and documentation. 2. Insert the included software CD into your CD-ROM drive. A. T urn on your computer and insert the software CD. The THOMSON L yra Software Setup program will automatically run. Not[...]

Getting Started 4. Connect the CompactFlash external drive. The external drive allows you to transfer MP3, Windows Media TM audio, or G2 files to the CompactFlash card. The drivers for this drive must be installed first so Windows can find them when you connect the external drive. A. Make sure you have installed the USB drivers and that your comput[...]

Getting Started 5. Install the music management software. ( continued ) A. Insert the THOMSON L yra software disc into your CD-ROM drive. Follow the directions under Step 2 to display the Select Components screen. B. Click the Install the Music Management Software icon to display the Select Music Software screen. C. Select the software you want to [...]

Getting Started 6. Install the MusicMatch Jukebox™ software. A. Display the Select Music Software screen as described in Step 5. Make sure MusicMatch Jukebox is highlighted and click Install . QUICKST ART screen will appear after installation has started. Click on Install MusicMatch Jukebox 5.1 . Click Yes to accept or No to decline after you hav[...]

Getting Started Install the MusicMatch Jukebox™ software. ( continued ) C. Click Next to display Installation Options dialog. Select the installation option you wish to use. Express Setup is recommended. Click Next to continue. D. After the installation is complete, click Finish to complete setup. If necessary , close the main setup screen. Y ou [...]

Getting Started Set MusicMatch Jukebox basic preferences. ( continued ) A. Start the MusicMatch Jukebox software. B. The Search for Music screen appears asking if you want the program to search for existing compatible music files. Click OK , to have the files found appear in the Music Library . C. Display the Settings menu by choosing Settings unde[...]

Getting Started 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. MP3 and Windows Media formats are supported by MusicMatch Jukebox for the THOMSON L yra player . • MP3 audio is MPEG L[...]

Getting Started Set MusicMatch Jukebox basic preferences. ( continued ) • Windows Media TM audio is a compression format created by Microsoft. This audio format incorporates digital rights man- agement. • WA V audio is unencoded music that is not compressed. This format has the best quality sound but requires the largest file size, as much as 6[...]

Getting Started Learn the MusicMatch Jukebox basic controls. Current Selection Display Area PLA Y Button (Press to start playback. PREV and NEXT Buttons (Use to select the next or previous song in the playlist.) STOP Button VOLUME Control Displays the Music Library Window Displays the Recorder Window Displays the T rack Info Window Displays the Mus[...]

Getting Started Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your THOMSON L yra 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 E[...]

Getting Started Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your THOMSON L yra player . (continued) C. Press the REC button if the Recorder window is not open. Press REFRESH if the songs are not listed. D. Select the tracks you want to record. • T o start recording, click RECORD . • T o stop recording the current track, click stop. • T o cancel t[...]

Getting Started Use MusicMatch Jukebox to play Radio on your PC. A. Click the Radio button to open the Radio window . Note : Y ou can also select Show MusicMatch Radio from View in the Options menu to dis- play this window . B. Click on ST A TION SELECTOR to open the following window . Click the button in the upper left cor- ner to toggle between F[...]

Getting Started Organize the Music Library . Y ou can choose how to view your music library . Y ou 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 S how Music Library from View in the Options menu. B. Setup the Musi[...]

Getting Started Create a playlist for playing or downloading. T o create a playlist, you can drag and drop files from your Music Library or you can open an existing playlist. ADD Button DELETE Button TA G Button FIND Button AUTO DJ Button Sort/View Button Music Library Window A. T o manually add tracks to the playlist, double click the track or dra[...]

Getting Started Create a Playlist for playing or downloading. ( continued ) E. T o remove a single track from the playlist, click on the track to highlight it, and then press Delete on the keyboard. F . Click Play to play the songs from the playlist. Y ou can also double click the song in the playlist to begin playing. Edit T ags for Y our Songs Y [...]

Getting Started T ransfer the audio files to the CompactFlash Card. Use MusicMatch Jukebox to transfer music files to the CompactFlash card for the THOMSON L yra player . Make sure the external drive is installed properly and the CompactFlash card is inserted. A. Choose Options , Send to Device, Download Playlist to L yra to display the Download T [...]

Getting Started T ransfer the audio files to the CompactFlash Card. (continued) F . After you have selected all of the music you want to record on the CompactFlash card, click the Download button on the bottom of the screen. File size and availability are listed in the status and window displays. Note: T ransfer all your MP3 or Windows Media audio [...]

Getting Started 7. Install the RealJukebox software. After you have installed the external drive and placed the THOMSON L yra software CD in the CD-ROM drive as described on pages 6-8 , follow these directions to install the RealJukebox software. A. Display the Select Music Software screen as described in Step 5. Make sure RealJukebox is highlighte[...]

Getting Started Set basic preferences. Detailed information, tutorials, and troubleshooting are available through the Help menu and the RealJukebox Internet site (accessed from the Help and Sites menus). Note : We recommend you familiarize yourself with the RealJukebox New User’ s Guide and complete the Online T utorial before using and recording[...]

Getting Started Set basic preferences. (continued) 2. Check Analog if your CD-ROM drive does not support digital audio extraction. E. With the Preferences menu displayed, click Audio Quality to display the Audio Quality menu. F . Select a recording Format and Q uality Level . 1. RealAudio is RealNetworks’ audio format. This format saves your musi[...]

Getting Started Learn the RealJukebox basic controls. Listed below are the basic functions of the main controls for the program. Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your THOMSON L yra 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 [...]

Getting Started Save CD tracks to play on your PC or THOMSON L yra player . (continued) RealJukebox is an internet enabled application and connects to the Internet to retrieve information about the CD in the CD ROM. Make sure the Automatic CD Lookup Information is selected in the Internet Settings Preferences . Choose Internet Setting from Preferen[...]

Getting Started Save CD tracks to play on your PC or THOMSON L yra player . (continued) B. Select the tracks you want to play or record. • T o start or stop playback, click play . • T o start or stop recording, click record. • T o pause playback, press pause. • T o stop playback and recording, press stop. C. After recording is complete, the[...]

Getting Started 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... to select the groupings, that you would like to use for your music (any combination of Artist, Album, or Genre ). Click OK . C. Click the Genre or Artist/A[...]

Getting Started Create an AutoPlaylist. A. Click the AutoPlaylist icon in the mode selection mode. Click New AutoPlaylist button on the right of the screen. B. Fill out the Create a New AutoPlaylist form to give specifications as to how songs will be organized in the the new Auto playlist. Click and highlight the the playlist you want to edit. Clic[...]

Getting Started Radio A. Click on the Radio icon on the Mode Selection bar . B. Click on the Features page to search for stations according to Featured Genre or view Featured Stations. Click the Find Station page to search the internet for the type of station you like to find. A. Click My Stations to view stations that you have bookmarked in the pa[...]

Getting Started T ransfer the audio files to the CompactFlash card. Use RealJukebox to transfer music files to the CompactFlash card so you can take the music with you anywhere. A. Make sure the external drive is installed properly and the CompactFlash card is inserted. Note : If you remove and reinsert the card, press F5 to refresh the Organizer d[...]

Getting Started T ransfer the audio files to the CompactFlash card. (continued) E. After you have selected all of the music you want to record on the flash card, double click the Flash Card icon. File size and availability are listed in the status and window displays. Notes : The card operates like a floppy drive. The same drag and drop or copy met[...]

Getting Started 8. Install the THOMSON L yra user ’ s guide and documentation. After you have installed the external drive and placed the THOMSON L yra software CD in the CD ROM drive as described on pages 6-8 , follow these directions to install the THOMSON L yra User’s Guide and documentation. A. Display the Select Components screen. Click th[...]

Getting Started 10. Insert the Duracell Ultra batteries into the player . Battery Compartment Door (Insert two Duracell Ultra "AA" batteries.) Before you can use the player , you must insert two Duracell Ultra batteries. A. Slide the battery compartment door in the direction of the arrow and lift up. B. Insert the batteries into the batte[...]

(A.) Check to make sure the unit is turned off. (B) Insert the card top first into the player with the front of the card facing the front of the player as shown . Make sure the card is inserted fully into the player . Caution: Do not force the car d into the player as this may cause damage to the card and/or player . Note: T o remove the card from [...]

Player Featur es Controls ON 1 5 6 7 15 2 3 4 8 9 Comp actFlash memory card OPEN EJECT 12 13 14 10 37 11 Rear EN[...]

Player Featur es Controls (continued) 4. LIGHT Button Press to turn light on and off in the LCD panel. (Light turns off automatically after approximately 7 seconds for every press) 5. PLA Y / P AUSE Button • At player Off mode: Press once to turn on player , press again to start playback in digital music mode or turn radio on. OR Press and hold t[...]

Player Featur es 7. SKIP / FWD / TUNE Button • Player Playing: Press once momentarily to skip to the next track. Press and hold to search forward within saved tracks. • Player Stopped: Press to move the cursor forward to an item. • Player with Equalizer Displayed: Press to cycle through the five frequency bands of the equalizer . Y ou can adj[...]

Player Featur es Remote control 1. V olume Control 2. Stop / Off Button 3. Play / Pause / On Button 4. Skip / fwd Button 5. Lock Button ON 1 2 3 4 5 Connecting the Remote Control • Plug the remote into the headphone jack on top of the player . Note: When using the remote control to operate the player , it is best to lock buttons on the main unit [...]

Player Featur es Playing a CompactFlash Card CompactFlash ON LCD Display Headphones Jack ( ) 1. Make sure batteries are installed in the player . 2. Insert the headphone cable plug into the headphone jack ( ) on top of the player . Please refer to GETTING ST ARTED NO.12 (pg 36) for further instructions 3. Insert the card encoded with MP3, Windows M[...]

Player Featur es Playing a CompactFlash Card (continued) The name of the song, artist, album, playback mode selected, DSP mode selected, number of the track playing, and the elapsed playing time of the track appear . Note: The V olume bar , data rate and battery indicators may also appear . Search / Select T rack in STOP Mode T o play a different t[...]

Player Featur es Playback Features ON Pause Feature During Digital Music playback, you can pause the player and mute the volume. • Press PLA Y during playback to pause the player . P AUSE will flash on the display . Note : If the player is left in pause for approximately one minute, it will turn off automatically . Press PLA Y to activate the aut[...]

Player Featur es Playback Features Skip and Search Featur es Skip Feature When the file list is displayed, SKIP/FWD and SKIP/REW . or the SELECT/VOLUME control allows you to select which track to play using the file list. • Press SKIP/FWD to move the cursor down the list. • Press SKIP/REW to move up the list. Note: If you search beyond the last[...]

Player Featur es MODE Menu Y ou can use the MODE menu to select several playback features ( REPEA T 1, REPEA T ALL, SHUFFLE, REPEA T ALL SHUFFLE, PROGRAM, and REPEA T ALL PROGRAM ). These are described on the next two pages. ON Repeat and Shuffle Featur es 1. Place the player in the stop mode, and press MODE to display the MODE menu. 2. Press SKIP/[...]

Player Featur es MODE Menu (continued) Press SKIP/FWD ,SKIP/REW or turn the SELECT/VOLUME up or down to move the cursor to the first track you want in your program. Press SELECT/VOLUME in to select a track. A program mark appears in front of the selected track. Note: T o remove a track from the program, move the cursor to the track and press in the[...]

Player Featur es DSP (Digital Signal Processor) Menu Y ou can use the DSP menu to select several DSP modes ( FLA T , BASS BOOST , ROCK, POP , JAZZ ) or adjust the equalizer ( EQ ). ON DSP Modes 1. Place the player in the stop mode, and press DSP to display the DSP menu. Y ou can select FLA T , BASS BOOST , ROCK, POP , JAZZ, or use the equalizer ( E[...]

Player Featur es Radio Mode ON RADIO Mode 1. Press the PLA Y to turn on the player 2. Selection Menu for Digital Audio and FM Radio appears on the LCD display 3. Press SKIP/REW or SKIP/FWD to select by highlighting the Radio icon. 4. Press PLA Y to confirm selection. PLA Y Button SKIP/FWD Button SKIP/REW Button STOP•OFF Button DSP Button Multi Fu[...]

Player Featur es Memory Recall • Press MODE / RECALL to browse the 15 channel memory locations. • T urn the multi function scroll or press SKIP/FWD or SKIP/REW to tune to a preset channel. NOTE : Recall will automatically exit if no buttons are pressed for 10 seconds. OR Press ENTER / PLA Y to exit recall mode sooner Preset Memory (cont’d) 3.[...]

Included Accessories CompactFlash™ Memory Cards Attach Belt Clip Here CompactFlash ON LCD Display Inserting a Card Insert the card with the top first and the front of the card facing the front of the player as shown . Make sure the card is inserted firmly . Do not force the car d into the player as this may cause damage to the card and/or player [...]

Specifications Player Size: (H) 10.44 x (W) 6.35 x (D) 1.91 centimeters Weight: 90.72 grams without batteries or memory card Solid state memory Batteries: 2 Duracell Ultra Batteries "AA" Signal-to-noise ratio: > 70 db (MP3 mode) 55db (radio mode) Slot: 1 external CompactFlash slot: supports T ype I or T ype II CompactFlash cards. Conne[...]

T r oubleshooting Guide T rouble Checks and Adjustments No power to external drive Player does not operate CompactFlash card will not play or you cannot insert it all the way into the player Player repeats same track or all tracks Player plays tracks in ran- dom order Player plays audio with DSP sound Player pauses during play Long delay between so[...]

L yra Helpline More help is available on www .thomson-lyra.com and phone numbers of the Lyra helpline per countries are listed below . 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. (für Deutschland, Kosten zum Ortstarif) You can contact THOM[...]

54 Index A Accessories included 5, 50 Auto resume feature 43 B Batteries indicator 35 inserting 35 safety precautions 35 Belt clip 39, 50 Belt clip, attaching 50 Browse button 32 B. skip button 38 C Card slot 39 Car kit 39 Caution while driving 3 Cautions 3, 36, 42 CompactFlash card insert in player 36, 50 play 41 remove 36,50 slot 36 types 50 usin[...]

Index M Memory Recall 49 MODE button 38, 45 MODE menu 45, 46 MP3 audio 12 Multi function scroll 39 Music management software 7, 8 MusicMatch Jukebox 14 basic controls 14 basic preferences 10 CD-R button 19 CLEAR button 19 CompactFlash card 21 create a playlist 19 digital rights management option 13 Download button 22 Download music 16 download musi[...]

R Radio mode 48 RealJukebox basic controls 26 CompactFlash card 32 continuous play button 26 create an autoplaylist 30 create a playlist 29 download music from the Internet 28 eject button 26 email address 23 install 8, 23 THOMSON L yra CD Music window 32 next button 26 organize your playlist 29 pause button 26 play button 26 previous button 26 pro[...]

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