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Important Information
Important Information
Warning
Care of Memory Cards (Not Included)
• Do not play your headset at a high volume. Hearing experts warn against extended
high-volume play.
• Do not touch the golden electrodes. Use a soft dry cloth to clean any dirt.
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• Do not bend memory card.
• 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.
• Do not operate or store memory card in places with frequent static electricity or
electrical noise (e.g. speaker, TV set). Recorded data may be damaged.
• It is normal for memory card to get warm after being used for a long time.
• Always put it in storage case after removing from the unit.
• Do not store memory card near fire, places with high temperature/ humidity or in
direct sunlight.
Caution While Driving: Use of headphones while operating an automo-
bile or moving vehicle is not recommended and is unlawful in some states
and areas. Be careful and attentive on the road. Stop operation of the
unit if you find it disruptive or distracting while driving.
• We recommend that you make a copy of your recorded contents into another media
(e.g. floppy disc, tape) as back-up.
Power supply
• Battery power: AAA (LR03) x 2.
Precautions for the Unit
• Do not use the unit immediately after transportation from a cold place to a warm
place; condensation problem may result.
Battery Precautions
• When storing the unit , be sure to remove the batteries because they may leak and
damage the unit.
• Avoid shock to the unit especially during recording. Recorded data may be damaged.
• Do not store the unit near fire, places with high temperature or in direct sunlight.
• Do not operate or store unit in places with frequent static electricity or electrical
noise (e.g. speaker, TV set).
• Clean the unit with a soft cloth or a damp chamois leather. Never use solvents.
• The unit must only be opened by qualified personnel.
• Batteries may leak electrolyte if inserted incorrectly, if disposed of in fire, or if an
attempt is made to charge a battery not intended to be recharged.
• Never mix new batteries with old ones. Do not mix battery types.
• Discard leaky batteries immediately. Leaking batteries may cause skin burns or other
personal injury.
• Do not charge batteries which are not intended to be recharged.
• Dispose of batteries, according to federal, state and local regulations.
Warning: Use of this product is for your personal use only. Copying CDs
or downloading music files for sale or other business purposes is a viola-
tion of copyright law. It is also a violation of copyright law to download
files without permission of the copyright owner.
The descriptions and characteristics given in this document are given as a general indication and not as a guarantee. In
order to provide the highest quality product possible, we reserve the right to make any improvement or modification
without prior notice. The English version serves as the final reference on all product and operational details should any
discrepancies arise in other languages
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Table of Content
Important Safety Information
Important Information
Skip / Search (Scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Adjust volume Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Advanced Operation . . . . . . . . .7
DSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Play Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Programming Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Editing Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
File Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . .9
IMPORTANT NOTE: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this
player to rain or moisture.
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Important Safety Information
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . .1
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
This symbol indicates “dangerous voltage”
1. Unpacking the player and
accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
inside the product that presents a risk of
electric shock or personal injury.
2. What’s so special about this MP3
player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
ATTENTION
3. Insert batteries into the player . . .2
This symbol indicates important
RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE
NE PAS ENLEVER
instructions accompanying the product.
4. Inserting a Memory Card
(optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
5. Using Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . .3
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER
(OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS ARE INSIDE. REFER SERVICING
TO THE QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
6. Connecting the Player to your
Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
General Controls . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
General Operation . . . . . . . . .6
Playback / Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Stop Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Key Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
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 55110130 ) et votre appareil respectent
la législation en vigueur.
A pleine puissance, l’écoute prolongée du baladeur peut
endommager l’oreille de l’utilisateur.
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Before You Begin
Before you Begin
1. Unpack the player and accessories
3. Insert batteries into the
player
4. Inserting a MultiMedia
Card / SD Card (Optional)
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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.
A. To insert batteries, open the
battery compartment door.
The player has built-in flash memory
(64MB for PDP2424 / 128MB for
PDP2428). To extend the playtime, you
can use the optional Memory Card slot.
1. The Player
2. Batteries
3. Software CD
4. Headphones
5. Connection Cable
6. Carry Case
A. Insert a Memory Card into the card
slot when the player is off as the
diagram shows:
Push the
compart-
ment door
downward
and lift it up
B. To remove card, push the Memory
Card to eject.
2. What’s so special about this MP3 player?
This player is meant to play MP3 audio 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 port , connection cable
(included) and a music management software (MusicMatch Jukebox).
B. Insert 2 “AAA”(LR03) batteries with
polarities corresponding to indications
on the compartment.
C. Close the door to the battery
compartment
CDs
Optional:
MemoryCard
(not included)
Compression and transfer
Playback
Note: Refer to the power level indicator
on display for battery level.
Replace with new batteries when the
indicator is empty.
MusicMatch
Jukebox
and/or
Connection cable
MP3 music
built-in flash
memory
Caution: Do not remove Memory
Card during playback or when
power is on. It may stop unit from
playing immediately.
Compressed music internet sites
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Before You Begin
General Controls
5. Using Headphones
6. Connecting the Player to
your Computer
Insert phone jack into PHONES on the side
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of player for listening.
1. Lift the rubber cover on the player.
PHONES
2. Insert the smaller end of the connection
cable into the socket tightly.
3. Insert the opposite end of the connect-
ing cable to the
USB socket on the
back of the com-
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puter.
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Note: Have a Blast- Just Not in Your
Eardrums. Make sure you turn down
the volume on the unit before you put
on headphones. Increase the volume
to the desired level
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only after head-
phones are in
place.
1. PLAY - Turn unit on, start playback
and pause.
2. STOP - Stop playback and turn unit
off .
3. Skip backward- Skip back to last
track. Press and hold to search back-
ward within the same track.
4. Skip forward - Skip to next track.
Press and hold to search forward with-
in saved tracks.
6. VOLUME - Adjust sound volume.
7. PHONES - headphones jack.
8. MEMORY CARD - Slot for inserting
external memory card. (MMC / SD)
9. DSP - Select among DSP modes.
(Flat, Bass,Pop, Rock,Jazz)
10. LOCK - To lock keys to avoid
accidental key activation.
11. USB - Connects USB cable.
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5. MODE - Select among repeat all,
random , random repeat, program and
repeat program modes. (For more on
programming mode, please refer to
page 7)
Note: Refer to the Software
Instruction manual for procedures in
setting up USB drivers and
transferring files to the player.
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Display
General Operation
Playback / Pause
Skip / Search (Scan)
Total number of track / Current
track number during playback
• Press PLAY to turn the unit on.
Playback then starts automatically from
the first track.
• In stop mode, press Skip backward or
Skip forward to select desired tracks.
• During playback, press Skip forward
once to skip to next track starting. Press
and hold for quick forward scan of play-
ing track.
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• In stop mode, press PLAY to start play-
back 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.
Key locked
Memory card
• Press Skip backward once to return to
previous track start. Press and hold for
quick backward scan of playing track.
inserted
Note: If the elapsed time of the playing
track is less than 0:04, pressing Skip
backward once will return to previous
track.
If the elapsed time of the playing track
is greater than 0:04, pressing Skip
backward once will return to the begin-
ning of the current track.
Stop Playback
• During playback, press STOP to stop
playback with total number of tracks
shown on display.
Play modes
DSP modes
• Press STOP again to turn unit off. (The
unit will also turn itself off automatically
after about 1 minute if there is no key
activation. )
Adjust Volume Level
• Press VOL + or VOL - to adjust sound
volume. Refer to the volume bar on dis-
play for sound level.
Encoded bit rate
Battery level
indicator
Key Lock
To avoid accidental key activation, slide
the LOCK key to ON position to lock
Volume level bar
Connection cable
keys. Lock icon
can be seen on dis-
play. Slide to OFF position to unlock keys.
connected
Individual track time / Elapsed time during playback
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General Operation
Advanced Operation
Editing program
Overwriting Programmed Tracks
1. In stop mode, press and hold MODE
to enter program mode.
DSP
Programming Tracks
File Download
• Press repeatedly to select among the
DSP modes:
When the unit is connected to the com-
1. Press and hold MODE for 2 seconds in
stop mode to enter program mode. You
will see ‘P’ icon lit representing program
mode, flashing ‘ - -’ for track selection
and ‘P01’ for program list position.
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puter,
will be displayed on the
FLAT > BASS > POP > ROCK > JAZZ
screen.
During transfer, the icon will flash.
When the transfer is complete, the icon
will remain lit. Do not unplug the USB
cable when the icon is flashing.
2. Press MODE to select the pro-
grammed track you want to overwrite.
Play modes
2. Press Skip backward or Skip for-
ward to select a track. Selected track
number will flash.
• Press MODE repeatedly during play-
back to switch among the following
playback modes:
3. Press Skip backward or Skip for-
ward to select the new track you want
to store.
NOTE:
Normal playback > Repeat All >
Random > Random repeat > Program
> Repeat program > Normal play-
back
See Software Instruction Manual for
instructions to install USB driver , music
management software and to transfer
tracks to player and/or memory card.
Note: The player will enter Intro Play
mode and play the beginning of each
track as you scroll through tracks for
programming .
4. Press MODE to confirm selection.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to overwrite
additional programmed tracks.
3. Press MODE to confirm selection.
Note: Program
gram will only appears if there are
programmed tracks.
and Repeat pro-
Deleting Programmed Tracks
1. In stop mode, press and hold MODE
to enter program mode.
4. Press MODE again to skip to the next
programming position.
5. Repeat steps 2-4 for further selections.
Maximum 20 selections can be made.
2. Press MODE to select the pro-
grammed track to be deleted.
6. Press STOP to exit programming
mode or unit returns to stop mode auto-
matically after 30 seconds if there is no
key activation.
3. Press and hold DSP for about 3 sec-
onds to delete unwanted track from
your program list, ‘ - - ‘ will show on dis-
play to indicate successful deletion.
See section on “Play Modes” to playback
programmed tracks.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to delete addi-
tional tracks from the program list.
5. To cancel editing program, press
STOP once , or unit will return to stop
mode automatically after 30 seconds if
there is no key activation.
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Troubleshooting Tips
Lyra Helpline
The player does not turn on when PLAY button pressed.
• Batteries may be inserted incorrectly.
• Batteries may be empty.
helpline per countries are listed below.
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Skipping tracks or bad sound quality?
• Repeat, random or program function may be activated.
• There may be strong magnetic fields (e.g. too close to TV) near the unit.
• Low Battery level. Replace with new ones.
HELPLINE
Votre Contact THOMSON: 0 810 810 891, de le 16.10.2000
(pour la France, prix d'un appel local)
Cannot perform playback?
• LOCK function may be activated.
• There may be no MP3 tracks in the card or internal memory.
• Memory Card may be damaged.
Ihr Kontakt zu THOMSON: 0180 1000 390, ab 16.10.2000.
(für Deutschland, Kosten zum Ortstarif)
Cannot play tracks on the player?
• Track encoded bit rate may not be between 32 to 320 kbps for MP3 or between
48kbps to 128kbps for Windows Media Audio.
Note: For better result, we recommend a constant encoded bit rate from 32 to
320kbps for MP3 and 48kbps to 128kbps for Windows Media audio.
Nevertheless, your unit may play tracks encoded in variable bit rate (VBR).
You can contact THOMSON by dialling: 0845 601 3093, from16 October 2000
(For Great-Britain, all calls will be charged at local rate)
Para contactar con THOMSON marque: 901 900 410, a partir del 16.10.2000
(las llamadas serán cargadas al precio de la tarifa local)
Il vostro contatto THOMSON: 8488 10 168, dal 16.10.2000
(tariffa chiamata urbana)
USB display does not appear when connected to computer.
• Check connection between your unit and the computer. (Refer to Software
Instruction Manual)
• Check if USB drivers are properly installed (Refer to Software Instruction Manual)
The player does not respond to key operations?
• Turn the player off by removing the batteries. Reinsert the batteries properly and
turn the player on again to resume normal operations.
Why is the CARD icon keep flashing on display?
• Check if the memory card inserted is in correct format.
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