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Important Safety Information Be sure to read all the safety information before you begin to use this product. IMPORTANT NOTE: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this player to rain or moisture. CAUTION This symbol indicates "dangerous voltage" inside the product that presents a risk of RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK electric shock or personal injury. DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION This symbol indicates important instruc- RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE tions accompanying the product. NE PAS OU
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Introduction EN Your THOMSON Lyra personal digital player is designed to give you hours of listening pleasure. To 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 Troubleshooting Guide or visit www.Thomson-Lyra.com for help and recent updates. Table of Contents Save CD Tracks to Play on Your Important Information . . . . .3 PC or THOMSON Lyra Player . . . . .15 War
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Table of Contents Create a Playlist for Playing or To Clear Program from Memory . .46 downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Line Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 Create an Auto-Playlist . . . . . . . . .30 DSP (Digital Signal Processor) Searching for Tracks . . . . . . . . . . .30 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 DSP Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Equalizer Feature . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Important Information EN The THOMSON Lyra player works with your computer to let you play your favorite music from files recorded on removable CompactFlash cards. The player plays files TM encoded with the popular MP3, Windows Media Audio and RealNetworks** G2 audio formats and may allow for future upgrades of some alternative audio compression formats. Because the player has no moving parts, the audio can be played back virtually anywhere without skipping. You can download MP3, Windows Media
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Important Information Computer System Requirements Minimum Optimum • Pentium 166 MHz or faster • Pentium II 300 MHz or higher • 32MB RAM • 64 MB RAM • Windows* 98 ,Windows Me or • Windows 98SE, Windows Me or Windows 2000 Windows 2000 (Parallel Port also available for Windows 95) • 45 MB free hard disk space plus 1 • 50 MB free hard disk space plus 1 MB for every minute of CD quality MB for every minute of CD quality music you store on your hard drive music you store on your hard drive •
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Getting Started EN 1. Unpack the player and accessories. 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 + - Multi-Media Player "AA" Duracell Ultra CompactFlash with Removable Belt Clip Batteries Removable Memory Card Audio Line Cable To Remote Control Software CD Connect To Your Hifi System External Drive for Headphones CompactFlash Card 5 CompactFlash
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Getting Started 2. Insert the included software CD into your CD-ROM drive. Use the software setup program on the included CD to install the CompactFlash drivers, Music Management software, and User’s guide and documentation. A. Turn on your computer and insert the software CD. The THOMSON Lyra 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. You can also click
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Getting Started EN 4. Connect the CompactFlash external drive. TM The external drive allows you to transfer MP3, Windows Media 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. Note: Actual items may differ in appearance. Attach to USB port of com- puter. (Symbol on plug typi- cally matches symbol on USB port.) Yellow LED C. Windows will automatically install A. Make sure you have ins
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Getting Started 5. Install the music management software. (continued) A. Insert the THOMSON Lyra C. Select the software you want to software disc into your CD-ROM install and click Install. drive. Follow the directions under Step 2 to display the Select • Select MusicMatch Jukebox Components screen. (Recommended) to install the MusicMatch Jukebox software. MusicMatch Jukebox is capable of TM MP3, WAV, and Windows Media audio format compression. Musical content is provided by EMusic.com*, th
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Getting Started EN 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. QUICKSTART screen will appear after installation has started. Click on Install MusicMatch Jukebox 5.1. Notes: Enter an Email address or yourname@home.com if you don’t have email. You must enter an email address to proceed. If you do not want to be informed of pro- gram updates or receive news and
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Getting Started Install the MusicMatch Jukebox™ software. (continued) C. Click Next to display Installation D. After the installation is complete, Options dialog. Select the click Finish to complete setup. installation option you wish to use. Express Setup is recommended. Click Next to continue. If necessary, close the main setup screen. You may need to restart your web browser. Reboot your computer if any other software was installed specifically USB compact flash drivers. Set MusicMa
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Getting Started EN Set MusicMatch Jukebox basic preferences. (continued) A. Start the MusicMatch Jukebox software. Note: You can access the Options menu at B. The Search for Music screen almost any time by pressing the right appears asking if you want the mouse button. 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 under the Options menu. 11
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Getting Started Set MusicMatch Jukebox basic preferences. (continued) D. Click the Recorder tab to display the Recorder settings. E. Select the recording Quality level. • MP3 audio is MPEG CD Quality MP3 (128Kbps) is the Layer-3 Audio available at various recommended quality level. encoding bit rate. The highest bit rate has the best quality sound, MP3 and Windows Media formats but uses the most disk space. are supported by MusicMatch Jukebox for the THOMSON Lyra p
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Getting Started EN Set MusicMatch Jukebox basic preferences. (continued) TM • Windows Media audio is a G. Select a default Recording compression format created by Source. If you have more than one Microsoft. This audio format recording source, select the source incorporates digital rights man- you record from the most. agement. H. Mute while Recording. This • WAV audio is unencoded music feature allows you to mute the audio that is not compressed. This while it is being recorded. Uncheck
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Getting Started Learn the MusicMatch Jukebox basic controls. Listed below are the basic functions of the main controls for the program. Menus Playlist Controls Docks and Undocks Options, Register, Playlist Window Sites and Help Current Selection Display Area PLAY Button (Press OPEN, SAVE, CLEAR, to start playback. and CD-R PAUSE Button (Press Playlist Window to pause playback) PREV and NEXT Buttons (Use to select the next or previous song in the playlist.) VOLUME STOP Button Control Displays
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Getting Started EN Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your THOMSON Lyra 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. Choose CDDB Preferences
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Getting Started Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your THOMSON Lyra player. (continued) C. Press the REC button if the Recorder window is not open. Press REFRESH if the songs are not listed. Stop Cancel Eject ALL NONE REFRESH Button CD Button Button Button Button RECORD Button CD Info Display Area Song Selection Area D. Select the tracks you want to • To eject the CD, click eject CD. record. • To select all songs, click All. • To start recording, click RECORD. • To deselect all song
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Getting Started EN Use MusicMatch Jukebox to play Radio on your PC. A. Click the Radio button to open the Radio window. Note: You can also select Show MusicMatch Radio from View in the Options menu to dis- play this window. • If you want to search for a certain B. Click on STATION SELECTOR to station, use the SEARCH feature on open the following window. the bottom of the window. C. Click once on a station to display it. Click twice on the station (or click PLAY) to play music from the sta
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Getting Started 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. ADD DELETE TAG FIND AUTO DJ Button Button Button Button Button Sort/View Button Music Library Window B. Setup the Music Library for your C. The Music Library now display
