Thomson Lyra Personal Jukebox User’s Guide PDP2800
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started Things to consider before you get started... .............................................. 4 Computer System Requirements ..................................................... 4 Warning ............................................................................................ 4 Caution .............................................................................................. 4 Caution While Driving .........................................................
Table of Contents Chapter 2: Thomson Lyra Jukebox Menus and Features Using the Play Modes ................................................................................. 34 How to access the play modes ....................................................... 35 Repeat A-B .................................................................................................. 35 Adjusting DSP Settings ..............................................................................
Chapter 1 Getting Started Chapter Overview: • Things to consider before you get started • What’s where — what you want to know and where to go • Parts checklist • Overview of Thomson Lyra Jukebox buttons • Basic operation (how to play music on your Thomson Lyra Jukebox) • Setup details • How to use MusicMatch to transfer files to your Thomson Lyra Jukebox Illustrations contained within this publication are for representation only and subject to change.
Getting Started Things to consider before you get started... Computer System Requirements • Pentium 233MHz or higher (Pentium II 300 MHz or higher recommended) • Windows® 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP • Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher • Internet access • 4 MB free hard disk space for the software plus 1 MB for every minute of CD quality music you store on your hard drive.
Getting Started What you want to know Go to page ... Parts checklist — everything that was in the Thomson Lyra box 6 Buttons — 7 where they are and what they do 1 2 Operation — the details 3 10 If the information on the printed QuickStart guide wasn’t enough, this section gives you a little more detail about the basics of sorting and playing music on your Thomson Lyra Jukebox.
Getting Started Unpack the box and check your parts Your Thomson Lyra 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 Thomson Lyra Jukebox.
Getting Started Overview of buttons and the display The following pages explain what each button does — some of the buttons have more than one function depending upon whether you’re playing music or not. 1 5 2 3 4 6 1 Volume up – Increases the volume level. 2 SELECT– When using the Thomson Lyra Jukebox menu, selects a highlighted item. When you’re creating a User Playlist and you’ve highlighted a title, SELECT tags a song to be included in a User Playlist.
Getting Started 7 8 9 SORT BY Artist Album Title Genre User Playlists Audio Files HELP MORE 10 soft key 2 soft key 1 soft key 4 soft key 3 11 12 7 Left arrow button – When you’re playing music, press and release to skip back to the previous song (to scan backwards in the song that’s playing, press and hold). When you’re using the Thomson Lyra Jukebox menu, moves highlight left. 8 Up arrow button – When using the Thomson Lyra Jukebox menu, moves the highlight up.
Getting Started DC IN POWER CHARGE dc in RESET reset power charge Back view POWER indicator – Lights when the Thomson Lyra Jukebox is on (receiving power from the DC IN jack). CHARGE indicator – Lights when the battery is charging, and when the Thomson Lyra Jukebox is powered on and receiving power from the DC IN jack. Flashes when there is an error. DC IN jack – Plug in the AC power adapter here.
Getting Started Basic Operation The information in this section presumes you’ve successfully transferred files to your Thomson 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 22. If you want more detailed information about the Thomson Lyra Jukebox’s features, go to page 34.
Getting Started USER PLAYLIST 1 My favorite song Simon and Caroline The Two of Us Classic Rock 00:00:42 0001/0012 128K FLAT BACK DSP INFO A-B Playback operation • To scan backwards in the track that’s playing, press and hold • To scan forwards in the track that’s playing, press and hold • To go to the next track, press and release • To go to the previous track, press and release • To stop playback, press location.
Getting Started Operation: Step-by-Step Examples 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/Personal Jukebox profiler application (go to page 22 for detailed instructions).
Getting Started SORT BY Artist Album Title Genre User Playlists Audio Files HELP MORE Sort by Artist 1. Note: You can also highlight items on the screen by pressing the soft keys when they have arrows above them. In this example soft key 1 would move the highlight down and soft key 2 would move the highlight up. Soft key 1 Soft key 2 ARTIST Aerosmith America Animals Anna Belle Another Group Assume the worst R-Z MAIN I-Q Soft key 1 Highlight Artist (press the up or down arrow button). 2.
Getting Started 01 02 08 09 10 Highlight the desired song. ANOTHER RECORD A Song for You Be Yourself Assume the Worst Do Your Best Another Song BACK PG Soft key 1 PG INFO Soft key 3 Soft key 2 Soft key 4 • To play the song, press button). • To go to the previous menu, press soft key 1 (BACK). • To scroll down the list 5 songs at a time, press soft key 2 (PG down). • To scroll up the list 5 songs at a time, press soft key 3 (PG up).
Getting Started 01 02 03 04 05 HAPPY MUSIC II A Song For You Do Your Best Be Yourself Integrity Song Freedom BACK PG PG 3. To see the songs for the album highlighted, press SELECT (the songs on that album appear). The SELECT button may be used alternately to select and de-select titles that you want to save in the programmable playlist. INFO 4. Highlight the song you want to play. • To play the song, press button). • To go to the previous menu, press soft key 1 (BACK).
Getting Started TITLE A Song For You Anytime You Want t... Be Yourself Details of Today Do Your Best BACK PG PG INFO To see the titles from R - Z, press soft key 4. • To return to the SORT BY menu, press soft key 1 (labeled MAIN). • To get more info about the song, press soft key 4 (INFO). Note: The information provided in the INFO screen depends upon the ID tags that have been set up for the song.
Getting Started DISCO Cool Caroline’s... Disco King Simon Disco Madness Band Disco Queen Disco Sanity Gold Disco Band MAIN I-Q R-Z ARTST 3. To see a list of artists for the genre you’ve highlighted, press SELECT (a list of artists for that genre appears). To jump to the complete Artist listing, press soft key 4 (ARTST). 4. To see the songs for the artist that you’ve highlighted within this genre, press SELECT (the songs appear in alphabetical order).
Getting Started SORT BY Artistt Album Title Genre User Playlists Audio Files HELP MORE Sort by User Playlists 1. Highlight User Playlists (press the up or down arrow button, or soft key 1 or soft key 2). 2. Press SELECT (a list of User Playlists you’ve created and stored on your Thomson Lyra Jukebox appears on the screen). Soft key 1 Soft key 2 USER PLAYLISTS Playlist1.m3u Playlist2.m3u Playlist3.m3u Playlist4.m3u Playlist5.
Getting Started PLAYLIST1.M3U All About Yout Ego Waltz Global Gone Mad Losing Faith Lucky Me Audio BACK PG MOVE • Delete a song from the playlist by DEL (delete) — soft key 3 — (a screen appears asking you to confirm that you want to delete this item). • Rearrange the order of the songs in the playlist by pressing soft key 4 (MOVE) — go to instructions below for more information. DONE Soft key 1 Soft key 3 Soft key 4 Soft key 2 How to rearrange the order of the songs 1. PLAYLIST1.
Getting Started • To get more info about the song, press soft key 4 (INFO). Note: The information provided in the INFO screen depends upon the ID3 tags that have been set up for the song. SORT BY Album Title Genre User Playlists Audio Files All Files HELP MORE Sort by All Files Since your Thomson Lyra Jukebox has a hard drive with 10 Gigabytes of storage space, it can be used to store and transport files . To see all of the files that are stored on your Thomson Lyra Jukebox: 1.
Getting Started LCD Screen During Playback PLAYLIST 1 1 2 My favorite song 3 Simon and Caroline 4 The Two of Us 5 Classic Rock 00:00:42 8 6 0005/0012 128K FLAT 9 7 BACK DSP INFO AB 10 11 This picture illustrates what you’ll see on your Thomson Lyra Jukebox LCD screen when you’re playing music. LCD Screen during Playback 1 Playlist name, or path of file 2 Song title or file name – Based on ID3 tag information, if it is available.
Getting Started Setup Information – the details Install software in your computer The Music Management CD that came with your Thomson Lyra Jukebox contains all of the necessary software components you need to make your Thomson Lyra Jukebox work properly.
Getting Started Note: This book only discusses the MusicMatch features that directly apply to your Thomson Lyra Jukebox. For additional information about MusicMatch Jukebox features such as MusicMatch radio MX, creating Music CDs, Music Library features, go to: 5. Click the software components you’re going to install (a list follows): • The System Profiler Application component must be installed in order for the Thomson Lyra Jukebox to function properly.
Getting Started 12. Enter your name, e-mail address, postal code, country, year of birth, and sex (male or female). Note: You must enter an e-mail address to proceed. If you don’t have an e-mail address, enter yourname@home.com 13. Click Next (the Personalize Music Recommendation screen appears). Read the screen to determine if you want to use this feature or not — you can always change the setting later. Select Yes or No. 14. Click Next (the Installation Options dialog screen appears).
Getting Started 3. Select the Profile Lyra MP3/Personal Jukebox Device menu from the icon (the Lyra Jukebox profiler application icon that’s in your PC’s system tray, at the bottom right of your computer screen). The Lyra MP3/Personal Jukebox Profiler Application appears. 4. The application will profile and sort all supported audio files so you can sort them and play them properly. Press Done to dismiss the application when profiling is finished.
Getting Started 3. The first time you launch MusicMatch, a Getting Started screen appears providing information about MusicMatch and the software. 4. Detailed information, Getting Started tips, and troubleshooting are available through the Help menu and the MusicMatch internet site (accessed from the Help and Site menus). We recommend you familiarize yourself with the MusicMatch Welcome Tips and view the On-line FAQs before using and recording files.
Getting Started Select the Recording Quality level – CD Quality MP3 (128Kbps) is recommended • 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. • 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.
Getting Started Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your Thomson Lyra Jukebox 1. 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. Note: If you are on a LAN system and the titling feature does not work, contact your administrator. 2. If you’re able to connect to the internet, make sure the Enable CDDB CD lookup service is selected on the CDDB Preferences page.
Getting Started Main player area Playlist area MUSIC GUIDE tab (window) ADD button Music Library window Download music from the Internet 1. Make sure you’re connected to the internet. 2. Click MUSIC GUIDE to connect to the MusicMatch download site. Note: You can also select Show MusicMatch Guide from View in the Options menu to display this window. If you have not established an Internet connection, MusicMatch Jukebox will attempt but fail to connect.
Getting Started Creating Personalized Playlists To create a playlist, you can drag and drop files from your Music Library or you can open an existing playlist. 1. To manually add tracks to the playlist, double click on the track or drag and drop the track from the Music Library into the playlist display (the song automatically starts playing if no other song is playing). To preview a track before adding it to the playlist, click to the left of the desired track in the Music Library window.
Getting Started Transfer audio files to your Thomson Lyra Jukebox Once you’ve created the current playlist that contains all of the songs you want to transfer to your Thomson Lyra Jukebox, follow the steps below: 1. If your Thomson Lyra Jukebox isn’t already connected to your computer, use the miniUSB cable that came with your Thomson Lyra Jukebox to connect the Thomson Lyra Jukebox to the computer. Go to page 24 for instructions. 2.
Getting Started This is the Portable Device Memory area Files to Download area Progress indicator 4. Refresh button Delete button Device connected to your computer’s USB port (in this example, your Thomson Lyra Jukebox) Files stored on your Thomson Lyra Jukebox’s hard drive Download button After you have selected all of the music you want to transfer to your Thomson Lyra Jukebox, click the Download button on the bottom of the screen.
Chapter 2 Features & Menus Chapter Overview: • Play modes (Repeat, A-B Repeat, Shuffle, etc.) • Adjusting DSP settings (flat, rock, jazz, etc.
Features & Menus Using the Play Modes Once you have music transferred to your Thomson Lyra Jukebox you can use the MODE button to access different play modes that are used in other audio equipment: Shuffle, Repeat 1, Repeat, Repeat All, Repeat Shuffle. Note: The REPEAT A-B play mode can only be accessed when you’re playing music, go to page 35 for more information.
Features & Menus How to access the play modes During navigation mode (you’ve turned on your Thomson Lyra Jukebox, but you are using the menu system and not playing music) 1. Press the MODE button (the MODE SETTINGS menu appears). 2. Press the arrow down button (or soft key 2) or the arrow up button (soft key 3) until the play mode you want to use is highlighted. 3. Press BACK (soft key 1) to return to the previous screen and the mode selection will be updated to reflect the choice you made in step 2.
Features & Menus Adjusting DSP Settings DSP Settings (Digital Signal Processor settings) adjust the 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. You can also personalize the levels via the GRAPHIC EQ menu item. The default DSP setting for your Thomson Lyra Jukebox is FLAT. SORT BY Artist Album Title Genre User Playlists Audio Files HELP MORE 1. From the main menu, press MORE (soft key 4). 2.
Features & Menus SORT BY Artist Album Title Genre User Playlists Audio Files DSP SYS INFO HELP Personalizing DSP Output (GRAPHIC EQ menu item) 1. During navigation, press soft key 1 (DSP). 2. Press soft key 2 (arrow down) until GRAPHIC EQ is highlighted (the GRAPHIC EQ submenu appears automatically after GRAPHIC EQ has been highlighted for a second or two). 3. Press soft key 2 (down arrow) to decrease the level for the first equalizer band.
Features & Menus Setting LCD Preferences (SYSTEM SETTINGS menu) You can personalize the setting of your LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). SORT BY Artist Album Title Genre User Playlists Audio Files HELP MORE 1. From the SORT BY menu (the main menu), press soft key 4 (MORE). Four new menu items appear at the bottom of the LCD screen. 3. Highlight SYS (press soft key 2). The SYSTEM SETTINGS menu appears. 4.
Features & Menus SYSTEM SETTINGS Backlight Timeout 5s LCD Contrast 0 BACK • Backlight Timeout: you can adjust the amount of time that the backlight stays on by highlighting Backlight Timeout. Press (the right arrow button on your Thomson Lyra Jukebox) to increase the amount of time. Press (the left arrow button) to decrease the amount of time.
Features & Menus Playing Your Thomson Lyra Jukebox in your car stereo The cassette adapter lets you listen to the Thomson Lyra Jukebox in an automobile or RV safely without having to wear headphones. The car kit is included with your Thomson Lyra Jukebox. This accessory kit includes a car cord adapter (#54095) and a cassette adapter (#54097). The car cord adapter lets you power your Thomson Lyra from the cigarette lighter socket of a car, truck, or RV. It converts 12-volts to a 4.5-volt output. 1.
Features & Menus Playing Your Thomson Lyra Jukebox on your stereo system Your Thomson Lyra Jukebox came with a Line Out Cable that you can use to connect your Thomson Lyra Jukebox to your audio system. 1. Make sure your Thomson Lyra Jukebox is off. 2. Connect the black end of the cable to the LINE OUT jack on your Thomson Lyra Jukebox player. 3. Connect the red (audio left) and white (audio right) cables to the corresponding left and right audio jacks on your stereo system. 4.
Features & Menus Portable Hard Drive Capability Thus far, this User’s Guide has discussed your PDP 2800 Thomson Lyra Jukebox player’s music functions. However, this is the first Thomson Lyra model that has a hard drive (other models required a compact flash card). Since it has a 10-gigabyte hard drive, you can use it to transport files — any files, not just music files. Some possible uses for this feature follow: • Create back-ups/archive files • Connect to other computers — at work, for example.
Chapter 3 Additional Information Chapter Overview: • Tips & Troubleshooting • FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) • Specifications & System Requirements • Index 43
Additional Information Tips and Troubleshooting Problem: Player repeats same tracks or all tracks. • Repeat play is turned on. Press the MODE button to change the play mode. Problem: Audio distorted at high volume. • In DSP mode, reduce the BASS gain. • Select another DSP setting. • Turn down the volume. Problem: The audio tracks on my Thomson Lyra keep skipping or popping. • You’ll need to re-record the audio track – make sure you close all other applications on your PC when you record.
Additional Information FAQ (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 multimedia. MP3 is an international standard and is well suited for the transfer of high quality audio files over telephone or ISDN lines, and over the internet.
Additional Information Hard Disc • External Hard Disc Drive: When connected to a computer via USB, the Thomson Lyra Hard Disc player 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. • Capacity: 10GB • Rotational Speed: 4200 RPM • Average Access Time: 12 MS • Connection: USB 1.
Additional Information PC Hardware Requirements – 233MHz or higher (Pentium II 300 MHz or higher recommended) – Windows® 98SE, Me, XP or 2000 – Internet Explorer 4.0 or better with Internet 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 be stored on the PC).
Additional Information Thomson Lyra Helpline More help is available on www.thomson-lyra.com and phone numbers of the Thomson Lyra helpline per countries are listed below. 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.
Additional Information Index A A-B Repeat 35 AC/DC adapter charger 6 Adapter AC/DC 6 car 6, 40 ADD button 29 Album menu 14 All Files menu 20 Analog setting 27 Arrow button 8 Arrow buttons left 11 right 11 Artist menu 13 Assistance 4, 26, 34, 44, 48 Audio Files menu 19 Audio problems 44 B Backlight Timeout, changing 39 Backup data 4 Bad file message 44 Basic operation 10 Bass 36 Battery, charging 12 Box, what's in the 6 Buttons down arrow 8 explanation 7 left arrow 8, 11 MODE 7, 11 play/pause 8 RESET 9 rig
Additional Information E J Eject hardware icon 12 Error messages 44 Flat 36 Jack DC IN 9 Headphones 9 LINE OUT 9 Jazz 36 G K Genre menu 16 Graphic EQ 36 GRAPHIC EQ menu 37 Key icon 9 F H Headphones 4, 6 Headphones jack 9 Help 26, 48 I Icon MusicMatch 25 Icons eject hardware 12 key 9 lock 9 play mode 34 playback 21 Thomson Lyra Jukebox profiler application 25 unplug 12 ID3 tags 15 Important information 2 Installing software 22 Instruction book 23 Instructions setup 22 step-by-step 12 Internet 29
Additional Information Album 14 All Files 20 Artist 13 Audio Files 19 DSP Settings 36 Genre 16 Graphic EQ 37 Profile Thomson Lyra MP3/Personal Jukebox Device 25 Sort By 10 System Settings 38 Title 15 Update Thomson Lyra MP3/Personal Jukebox System 25 User Playlists 18 Mini USB cable 6, 24 Missing file message 44 MODE button 7, 11 MP3 27 Music Guide 29 Music Library 29 Music Management CD 6 MusicMatch icon 25 MusicMatch Radio 29 Mute while Recording setting 27 O OFF/LOCK switch 9 Operation, playback 11 Opti
Additional Information by Title 15 by User Playlists 18 Sorting problems 44 Specifications accessories 47 hard disc 46 hardware 45 software 46 Step-by-step instructions 12 STOP button 8, 11 Storage space 20 Stuff packed with the player 6 System Profiler Application 23 System Settings menu 38 System tray 25 V Volume down button 7, 11 Volume level indicator 21 Volume up button 7, 11 W WAV audio 27 Windows Media 27 T Thomson helpline 48 Thomson Lyra logo 12 Title menu 15 Troubleshooting 44 U Unplug icon 12
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