Clear Mind Focus Manual de usuario

The Focus Unit is a hand held portable device that uses synchronized pulsating lights

and sounds to train the brain to perform in an optimized manner. The brain exhibits

neuroplasticity through repetition. Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to form and

reorganize its synaptic connections.

The protocols offered in the focus unit are used to teach the brain a healthier

pattern. Over time, the sessions will entrain the brain to maintain more

optimized brain wave patterns. Entrainment and Disentrainment works through

repetition. The result of repeated training will allow a “stuck” brainwave pattern

or frequency to be lessened or eliminated.

With repeated use of the appropriate Focus Protocol the focus unit

Can improve cognitive weakness

Can increase brain capacity

Reduce brain hemispheric deficits

Reduce Pain and increase mobility

Can help to calm the overactive brain and energize the underactive brain

Help the brain to find the optimal range of frequency

Can improve memory, focus, attention, alertness and provide better mood

regulation

Use of a protocol should be at least 3 times a week and, if possible, do a session

every day. In order to entrain the brain, stay with a protocol for at least 20 ses-

sions so the brain is not confused by trying to train it to do multiple things. A dou-

ble session could be done in a day, allowing 4 hours between sessions to allow

the brain to rest.

Protocols 1 to 23 are determined by performing a brain map in the office. The

patient can use the focus unit at home with the correct protocol for 2 to 3 months

before getting re-mapped by the practitioner. Alternatively, a neurofeedback

session or two each week could be done in the office with use of the focus unit at

home to speed up the training.

Note the Focus unit does NOT provide neurofeedback. Neurofeedback allows the

brain to control the light and sound input to the brain. The Focus unit uses en-

trainment and binaural beats only. Neurofeedback provides faster improvement

to the brain. The focus unit allows training to happen in the patient’s home and

can be used daily. The focus protocols, like sleep are very effective to use at

home. They are very empowering for the patient to do the protocol for them-

selves at the time selected by them.

When using the Bi-hemispheric glasses on the eyes, it is more effective to keep

the eyes open. The eye is designed with half of each retina wired to one side of

the brain – the left side of each eye is wired to the right side of the brain and vice

versa. The lights of the glasses are designed with separation so the left side lights

stimulate the right side of the brain, etc. The light is diffused with the eyelids

closed so the separation of the lights in the glasses will not be specific to the side

of the brain. The individual selections of the focus unit rely on the delivering the

specific frequencies to the desired side of the brain. Thus, it is more effective to

keep the eyes open while using the Bi-hemispheric glasses.

The light and sound levels should be set to a comfortable level. More sound and

light is NOT better and can cause the learning to be impaired.

For a person with ADHD that is having trouble reading, have the person read with

the Bi-hemispheric lights on, using the selections recommended for ADHD. This

should improve their ability to read, and with repeated sessions, the person

should be able to read better without the glasses.

The headphones are labeled right and left. Be sure to put the right labeled headphone

on the right ear. The headphones use a binaural beat stimulation to influence the

brain frequencies. Putting a particular frequency tone in one ear and a slightly different

tone in the other will cause the brain to experience a third tone which is the difference

in frequency of the two tones. Thus, putting a 200 Hz tone in one ear and a 210 Hz

tone in the other ear would cause one to perceive a 10 Hz "beat" tone which is in the

Alpha brain range.

Use while seated or lying down. Be sure that you or anyone else who will use the Clear

Mind Focus ™ unit are not subject to any form of epilepsy or visual photosensitivity.

The Focus unit uses 3 different types of protocols to affect the brain. It us-

es Entrainment, Disentrainment, an Bi-hemisphere.

An Entrainment protocol will use the same frequencies on both the left and

right side to entrain a specific frequency in the brain. These protocols are

most of the protocols that have a symptom name to them with an excep-

tion of a few that will be listed in the Disentrainment section below.

A Disentrainment protocol replaces the passive inhibit we have in feedback

with an active challenge to the brain. No demand is placed on the client

to either engage or to perform. Both systems depended on detecting tran-

sient adverse EEG activity and then applying the disruptive stimulus. These

protocols are Balance 1, Balance 2, and the 4 Bright protocols.

A Bi-Hemisphere protocol is designed to stimulate each hemisphere of the

brain separately. These protocols are the ones that are numbered 1-23 and

work in conjunction with a qEEG brain map that is done in a physicians of-

fice. There are 4 other Bi-Hemisphere protocols which are L18R10,

L10R18, L18ROFF, R18LOFF, Attention, and Concussion.

Special note: The glasses that were used with the original version of the

Focus unit cannot be used with the newer unit.

QuickStart instructions

1. Charge the Focus unit with the included mini-USB power

adaptor, this should take several hours or less.

2. Connect your photic glasses.

3. Connect supplied headphones or your own earbuds.

4. Press and hold the Power button for 2 seconds to turn Focus unit on.

5. Navigate using the Control Pad to “Sessions” icon and push the Select

button.

6. Navigate folders and sessions that you wish to play using Control Pad

Up, Down and Select.

7. Push Control Pad Select button to start playing the session.

8. Adjust earbud/headphone volume and photic glass brightness level to

your comfort level.

While running a session with either of the eyes closed glasses you

can change the color of the glasses by pressing the down button.

See the next page for the color selection guide.

All the protocols that are generated from a brain map are located in

the session folder named “Brain Map”.

All of the rest of the protocols that are symptom bases are located

in the folder named “Symptom”

Eyes Closed Color Selection

1. Red/Green/Blue

2. Red

3. Red/Green

4. Green

5. Green/Blue

6. Blue

7. Red/Blue

8. Red/Green

9. Red/Blue

10.Green/Blue

11.Slow ramp (fade) random color

12.Medium ramp (fade) random color

13.Fast ramp (fade) random color

14.Slow jump (no fade) random color

15.Medium jump (no fade) random color

16.Fast jump (no fade) random color

HOW TO...

How to reset your Clear Mind Focus

To reset all settings to factory defaults, turn the unit on while holding the audio and

light “- “buttons, then press the center ring when text appears on screen.

How to increase maximum volume level

Clear Mind Focus ships with the maximum volume set to EU standards to prevent hear-

ing damage. If you are not in Europe, want to use larger headphones, etc. you can

increase this in Settings/Audio/Max. Volume, use the up and down keys then press

the center ring to set. Once done, the maximum volume level is indicated on the vol-

ume meter by a red line.

Transfer files to your Clear Mind Focus:

If you have an SD card slot in your computer, the fastest way to transfer files is to re-

move the micro-SD card from the console, put it into the SD card adapter, and copy

directly into the folder of your choice. You can also create your own folders on the

card. Alternately, you can connect via USB (select USB on the main menu and press

the middle button; the Clear Mind Focus will appear on your Mac or PC as an external

drive). Just drag and drop files into the appropriate folder. Note that files will transfer

more slowly using the USB connection.

File formats and conversion

Clear Mind Focus currently supports only MP3 and WAV file formats.

PLAYING SESSIONS

From Memory Card

Use the Up/Down buttons to select [Sessions] and press the central Select button. No-

tice that there are several folders below “SD Card”. Use the Up/Down buttons to select

a folder and press the Select button to view the tracks within, then scroll down to find

the session you wish to play. Press the Select button to start the session after the ten

second countdown timer appears, again to start immediately. During the session,

pressing the Select button once will pause the session, keeping your place, while press-

ing it again resumes the session. Pressing the Right button during a session will cause it

to fast-forward. Once your session has ended, or while the session is paused, use the

Left button to navigate back to the main menu.

Press or press-and-hold the buttons on the left and right sides of the Clear Mind Focus

to adjust volume and brightness. The bars on the top of the display indicate the current

volume and brightness levels.

From a Computer (USB Sound Device)

Connect the USB cable from the Clear Mind Focus mini-USB port to a USB socket on

your computer. Select USB Audio, and press the middle button. You can now play

tracks from iTunes, Windows Media Player etc. through the Clear Mind Focus. A small

USB icon will appear in the USB Audio bar at the top of the screen. In some operating

systems you may need to select the Clear Mind Focus as the default audio device and/

or respond to a message regarding the SD card.

From a PC, iPod or MP3 player (Audio Device)

Connect the stereo patch cable to the Audio In (AUX) socket and to the audio device

headphone jack. Select Line In and press the middle button, then ‘play’ on your audio

device.

TROUBLESHOOTING AND SUPPORT

First, try turning the Clear Mind Focus off (press the on/off button for several seconds),

unplugging the USB cable and then turn it on again. Problems are often due to dis-

charged batteries or cables connected to the wrong sockets. In the event of any prob-

lems, please check all your connections and, if necessary, place your Clear Mind Focus

on charge for at least an hour and then try again.

To reset all settings to factory defaults, turn the unit on while holding the audio and

light “-“buttons, then press the center ring when text appears on screen.

SETTINGS

You generally won’t need to visit this menu very often, instead using it to tweak various

parameters. When you select or change something, be sure to press the Select button

to save them. The options are:

Language

Use this menu to select which language is used for the various Clear Mind Focus menus.

This does not affect session names, which are in English.

General

Show File Extensions turns on or off the display of filename extensions.

Play Countdown changes the default Play countdown.

Button Backlight changes the color of the LEDs under the Control Pad.

Power Management

Use this to select display ‘Display Backlight’ (1-7, 6 is the default), ‘Display off

timeout’ (default is ‘never’), and ‘Device off timeout’ (default is ‘Never off’, but consider

setting it to a shorter period if there is a chance you might fall asleep, etc.)

Visuals

Adjust the maximum brightness of each LED color, both left and right. Default is 100%

for all LEDs.

Audio

Adjust left/right balance, Line-in Level, AUX/INT Mix Vol and Volume Max.

The Volume Max is pre-set to a safe hearing level. This value is the highest volume that

will be displayed on the volume indicator.

Service

This screen provides technical details about your Clear Mind Focus - you may be asked

to provide some of these details if you require support.

Where to find your Clear Mind Focus serial number

In the Settings section, select Service. Your serial number follows the letters SN.

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