How to use Mind machine Navigator
About Navigator
Open glasses. Gives true physiological stimulation of both fields of vision. Has six RGB (red, green, blue) LEDs (light emitting diode) for each eye.
Each of complementary couple of light-emitting diodes can be programmed on the own frequency and color. Colors can also automatically change * (under the casual law) that creates additional entertaining component.
With this sign ‘*’ are marked singular features of Navigator. The compilation of useful options in Navigator has no analogs in the world.
There is a function filling of the period with other color * (instead of emptiness). That feature along with entertainment color effects allows to influence various brain zones more in a complex. Color can also automatically change * (under the casual law).
You can choose (when programming and before start a session) four types(forms)* of signal:
a) ‘rectangle’ with various on-off time ratio (duty circle) – gives the most interesting visual patterns during session, provides fast brain rhythm entrainment effect, but due to providing of high harmonics, is less effective for relaxation and not effective absolutely for theta- and delta- stimulations;
b) ‘bell’ *, with various duty circle – provides the most physiologic influence, has much less highest harmonicas in a range, provides brain wave synchronization quickly enough;
c) ‘asymmetric sine’* (first half of period). The maximum is shifted to the beginning of the period – to provide more exact and soft influence but decrease of highest harmonics. It is suitable for a relaxation much better and is quite effective for a theta- and the delta- sessions. It works rather fast in respect of frequency synchronization;
d) ‘sine’ (first half of period). It provides the most exact and soft influence in respect of brain wave frequency synchronization with light flashings and sound patterns. It is ideal for relaxation, theta- and delta- stimulations, but demands some extra time for entrainment;
Various options on installation of phases, both between lines of LEDs*, and between the right and left channels are provided.
Slow amplitude modulation (less then 1Hz)* are applied to brightness and loudness. Frequencies of this modulation are very specific to various functional shapes of a brain.
Open glasses, on the one hand, allow to easily manipulate with the console, with another, – give the opportunity to train, read and draw.
The third interesting possibility of our glasses – machine variant of EMDR – Eye Movement Direct Reprocessing.
Sound
It is synchronized with light and presented by six * independent generators of a signal and the generator of pink noise that allows to realize binaural and monoural beats, amplitude and phase modulation of various form of signals: a rectangle (the fashionable term – isochronous tone), a bell *, an asymmetric sine *, a sine;
Various options of phases installation, both between lines of LEDs, and between the right and left channels are provided. Slow amplitude volume modulation.* There is an option to choice a signal form for carrier generation between a sine and an asymmetric sine * which, on the one hand, has interesting timbre characteristics, with another, – provides more exact values (with less harmonics) for the amplitude modulation of carrier especially with a rectangle and a bell.
Console
Has buttons which pressing is felt even without sound signal. A linear audioentrance for an external signal.
Has two pair of jacks for glasses and earphones for simultaneous connection of two people.
Simultaneous connection of two people to one session gives the interesting chance of the best mutual understanding for spouses and lovers.
There is a compartment for two Li-pol (lithium – polymeric) accumulators, a card slot for MicroSD *, an entrance for mini USB, the monochrome display 128х64 pixels, built in piezospeaker (for tonal signals of timer and alarm clock) and the microphone (for dictaphone).
There are numerous useful and facilitate of using settings and presets. For example, presets for comfortable maximum of brightness and loudness; inverting of the right and left channels (both for light, and for a sound) – for left-handed persons*.
Built-in audioplayer / dictophone
Playback of MP3 and WAV files (including 48000/16);
Modes:
a) Standard – playback in earphones of audiofile or folder* with audiofiles chosen from the library located on a flash card;
b) Synchrostart*. This mode allows to start playing at the same time a session and the MP3 audiofile. Time of audio playback is controlled by a session. Smooth reduction of audiofile loudness after the end of a session is provided if time of its playback exceeds session time;
Together with a session in this mode it can be chosen not only one audiofile, but the folder with audiofiles which will be playback one after another till the end of a session. If session is longer than the audiofile (or all files in the folder), then the file or the folder continue to be playback cyclically. It is made especially for short files with affirmation (aformation).
c) An audiostrobe – playback of the WAV files from library (or from the external device) having an audiostrobe signal at a frequency of 19200 Hz. The decoder provides a wide choice according to color schemes of playback *.
The strobe signal can be used as general – transferred to the left and right canals on all lines of LEDs (the traditional scheme) or the option “Chord” * when light-emitting diodes of a middle line flicker with a base frequency, but frequencies of top and bottom lines correlate to base frequency as chords. They change in a casual order in a number of values: 1:2(2:1), 5:3(3:5), 8:5(5:8), 3:2(2:3), 4:3(3:4), 5:4(4:5), 6:5(5:6), 9:8(8:9), 13:8(8:13), 15:8(8:15).
d) Lighting Rhythm * this mode is used in order to turn easily and simple any of your MP3 audiofile (music, the audioprogram for behavior modification, an affirmations (aformations), a training material, etc., etc. in an effective light-sound session). Feature of the mode is that the color scheme for a light stimulation depends on a frequency range of the playback file and reminds work of “light show”.
To red color there correspond the lower frequencies of an audio range, green – averages, blue – high. In each line of LEDs for the choice of color are used different values of frequencies. Level of brightness of light-emitting diodes in small limits changes depending on volume of sound in audiochannels.
For this mode three parameters one can choose (or set): range of frequencies for a light stimulation, the range of frequencies for audio stimulation and the mode (drawing) of frequency changing for a light stimulation. Stimulation lasts exactly as long as audiofile.
e) Dictaphone*. At the choice of the corresponding menu item monophonic record from the built-in microphone in the WAV format is carried out (sampling frequency – 8 kHz, bit depth – 16 bits). Names automatically are assigned to the created files on the basis of date and an order of record. Files can be playback in any mode of an audio-player.
Alarm clock/timer/calendar
Alarm clock *
Standard alarm clock with the choice of time and days of the week. It playbacks a melody by the built-in piezospeaker and simultaneously the alarm light-emitting diode begins to blink.
Timer *
Single operation through the set time, or cyclic, through the set interval is provided. At operation of the timer the signal from the built-in piezospeaker sounds and simultaneously the alarm light-emitting diode blinks, this timer can work in the background, including at reproduction of sessions or audiofiles.
The separate two modes of the timer are also provided: for start of a session through certain time, or for playback of the audiofile. Names of a session and an audifayl are chosen during setup of the timer.
Thus, the timer can be used as a motivator, a signaling device about need to take medicine, for lucid dreams and self-hypnosis during a dream.
Calendar
Allows to set and determine time and date.