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Setup & How To Use

Once-Off Setup



Before using your TY-Man, please take a few minutes to customise your setup. To download a detailed user manual, click here.

Setup may be revisted at any time to tweak your settings.

Intial Power and Sound

  1. Connect your TY-Man unit to your computer using the USB cable provided.
  2. In 'My Computer', your TY-Man unit will appear as an external mass storage device
  3. Copy and paste your favourite music into the TY-Man drive
  4. After you have transferred your music, allow the TY-Man to charge untill the LED ceases blinking
  5. Safely eject your TY-Man from your computer
  6. If your TY-Man is off, please press and hold the Play button untill the light turns on, please allow a short moment for your music to begin playing


Volume Control

  • Press the increase/decrease buttons to adjust your volume as desired


Settings (Music Mode)

  1. Press and hold the mode button untill you hear 'Set up mode' - this will enable you to cycle through the settings: bass boost, shuffle music and heart rate report
  2. To cycle through the settings, press the mode button

Enabling/Disabling Bass Boost

  • To enable/disable Bass Boost, press the mode button untill you hear the voice prompt 'bass boost' and press the increase/decrease button to enable/disable

Enabling/Disabling Music Shuffling

  • To enable/disable Music Shuffling, press the mode button untill you hear the voice prompt 'shuffle' and press the increase/decrease button to enable/disable

Enabling/Disabling Heart Rate Reporting

  • To enable/disable Heart Rate Reporting, press the mode button untill you hear the voice prompt 'heart rate report' and press the increase/decrease button to enable/disable
  • This will only enable/disable Heart Rate Reporting in Music Mode

Exiting Music Mode Setup

  • To exit Music Mode setup, press the Play button


Settings (Receiver Mode)

Press the mode button once and follow the voice prompts to switch to 'Receiver mode'
Press and hold the mode button untill you hear 'Set up mode' - this will enable you to cycle through the settings: sub-channels, voice over and heart rate reporting.

  1. Change to Receiver Mode
  2. Press and hold the Mode button to initiate the setup function
  3. Press the Play button to cycle through the channel - (By default and for convinience this will automatically be set to channel 1)


Changing Sub-Channels for Coach/PMR Communication

Sub-channels are the channels through which coaches can directly communicate with athletes in isolation from the entire channel.

  • To change PMR Sub-Channels, press the mode button until you hear the voice prompt 'Sub-Channel xyz' and press the increase/decrease button to move between channels
  • This will set the sub-channel for coach communication in both Music mode and stand-alone Reciever Mode
  • Note: Some channels are disabled by the manufacturer in accordance with Australian radio communication regulations, whereby some channels are for emergency use only.
  • See your PMR/Coach Handset instructions for guidelines.


Enabling/Disabiling Voice Over

  • To enable/disable Coach/PMR Communication, press the mode button until your hear the voice prompt 'Voice over' and press the increase/decrease button to enable/disable
  • This will enable Coach Communication in both Music Mode and Receiver Mode


Enabling/Disabling Heart Rate Reporting

  • To enable/disable Heart Rate Reporting, press the mode button until you hear the voice prompt 'Heart Rate Reporting' and press the increase/decrease button to enable/disable
  • This will only enable/disable heart rate reporting in Reciever Mode

Exiting Receiver Mode Setup

  • To exit Reciever Mode setup, press the Play button.


How to use your TY-Man



Play Music


  • Press and hold the Play button for a few seconds and allow a short-moment for your TY-Man to automatically begin playing your favourite music


Change Songs

  • Press and hold the increase or decrease buttons to shift between songs up or down respectively.


Coach Communication (team/single user)

  • Ensure that your PMR/Coach handset is set to the same receiver channel as prompted in the Channel set up.
  • Utilise the PMR as usual to communicate to your TY-Man unit.


Coach Communication (isolating athlete)

  • Ensure that your PMR/Coach handset is set to the same reciever sub-channel as prompted in the Sub-Channel set up.
  • Utilise the PMR as usual to communicate to your TY-Man unit.


Loading Music



Downloading Music on to your TY-Man (Windows)

  1. Connect your TY-Man to your computer using the USB plug in cord
  2. Open My Computer
  3. Your TY-Man should appear as an external hard-drive, as if you have plugged in a FlashDrive
  4. Open the external hard-drive/flash-drive
  5. Copy and Paste your music into this flash-drive
  6. Safely remove your TY-Man/flash-drive


How to wear the TY-Man



Fitting and securing a TY-Man

  1. Place on the nape of the neck
  2. Wrap ear-hooks over and behind the top of the ear
  3. Insert grommets into the ears


Head band strap

Note: For use when swimming or doing very active sport, such as swimming, surfing or other extreme sports.

  • Use the head band supplied by attaching the elastic using the holes provided to either combination of catches located on the ear hooks.


Surfing and Extreme Sports

TY-Man recommends that the user also consider securing the TY-Man to clothing or other object to avoid loosing the unit during play, and for easy retrieval.



 


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