Chapter 1: Before You Begin
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Chapter 1
Transferring Files to Your Lyra Recorder
Important:
Secure music download fi les must be transferred to your Lyra player through Windows Media Player 10 (Windows Media Player 10 is
only available to Windows XP users.) or the application recommended by the online music download service. Please visit the online
music download service’s website where you purchased your content from for more details on transferring secure music to your player.
Some wma fi les may be Digital Rights Management protected. You must acquire licenses for DRM protected fi les before they can be
played on the player. For more information, go to
www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/drm
.
The Lyra Recorder doesn’t support copy-protected content if you are using Windows 2000.
For more information on Windows Media Player 10, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10
.
You can transfer fi les to your Lyra Recorder via Windows Explorer.
If your Lyra Recorder isn’t already connected to your computer, connect the Lyra Recorder to the computer using the provided USB cable as illustrated on
page 14.
Note: Do not disconnect the USB cable during music download. Doing so may corrupt system fi les or the fi les being downloaded.
In the Windows Explorer, when the device is opened, the “Data” and “Media” views will be displayed for the device.
The Data View is used to manage data content on the device, such as text fi les. The Media View is used to manage media content supported by the device
for playback, such as mp3 and wma.
You can copy fi les to / delete fi les from the device through Windows Explorer, but you cannot open or edit the fi les directly from the device. If you want to
edit the fi les, you will need to copy the fi les from the device to another location (drive) in the system.
Transferring Files via Windows Media Player 10 (Windows XP only)
Important: In order to transfer protected fi les using Windows XP to your Lyra Recorder, you must set the USB Protocol setting to MTP
in the Setup menu before connecting your Lyra. See page 23. Also, see page 55 for more information on USB protocols
.
If you want to take your music collection with you, you can easily synchronize items in your library to your portable device. The Sync feature in
Windows Media Player 10 allows you to synchronize fi les in categories and playlists in your library to your portable device. For complete details, see
the Synchronizing content to devices topic in the Windows Media Player 10 help documentation or visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/
windowsmedia/mp10
.
