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This is a pair of spectacles that allow you to watch videos by simply wearing it. Something real Cool when you don it. Especially, if you are a travel freak and love to watch movies on a hand held device.

It basically works with any device with a RCA composite output. It is not as amazing as you would probably imagine it to be. What you see when you put on this would be as if you are in a cinema, however with a square screen and you are seated all the way to the end. It would not be better than watching movies off a normal TV but it is a lot better then trying to hold a portable device in one hand and squinting at a small screen with your hand shaking if you are commuting. What's impressive about this goggles is that the corners actually allow you to see the outside world, thus not cutting you off from the real world. So if you still can be aware of what's happening around you.

It comes with earphones that block out the sound which are of decent quality, however, I believe you should enjoy using your own favorite earphones. One of the problems of using the earphones from the device is that while taking off the goggles, you will tend to jack off the earphones that are still stuck on to your ear.

Now for a few cons about this device.

1) The cable clutter is quite a handful, If you go with composite connections. It would get quite cumbersome and packing it up takes some effort. Unless you are using a ipod or small device that can be hooked up using a single connection.

2) Users wearing specs will have problems as despite viewing it in such a close range, the image is still blurry and depends on how bad your eye sight is. However, if you do not wish to purchase the special spectacle bridge from the developers, one simple way out is to tie 2 cable ties on the viewer frame just in front of the ear plugs. Do not fully tighten the cable tie, just enough to hold your specs. Slide the legs of your specs into the cable tie and push the cable tie upwards to lock it in place, as the viewer's legs are thicker as it is nearer to the lens. Then wear the viewer with your specs as the main frame, You will be able to watch it this way. But I suggest you don't do this outside as it does look real stupid . :P


However, you can always purchase Myvu lens Clip on to enhance viewing pleasure. The lenses come in a 3 piece pack that consists of degrees with one with around 200 degrees range and one with 400 degrees range. The 3rd one is a zero template which you can bring to a spectacle shop for a custom made lens that you can clip on to the viewer.

How to clip this myvu lens? I had some time figuring out this too. First, you will need to put the frame of the lens at the mid section of the viewer right at the nose support area, which can be swapped out with the other sizes included in the package.

Once you put the frame of the lens in the gap at the mid section of the nose section, push the 2 ends of the lens legs which is in the shape of a hook to the bottom part of the viewer. Now the lens is secure.

If on putting the myvu on, your eyes actually can touch the lens, you will need to swap the nose support with another smaller size included in the myvu package. There's 3 sizes to swap with.


3) You cannot charge and watch at the same time, unless you are providing only the low charge current, which means connecting the viewer to a extension like a usb hub which does not provide enough power to being a charge, However , it is able to maintain the viewer to watch an entire movie. [ ODD :S ]

4) The device itself comes without any battery indicator, You have no idea how much battery is left. And charging is a huge mystery to how much is being charged. The user manual does not even have this stated.

Here's the details.
Blue blinking light - Power on but no source is detected [ Will switch off in a while ]
Magenta Blinking - No video source and the battery is very low
Blue stable light - Power on and video is being transmitted
Orange blinking - Low charge/Low battery life/ or charging in progress
Blue light - Battery is fully charge.

How long does it take to charge?
2 hours if you charge using a wall usb socket.
3 hours if you charge off a usb using a computer.

Note that if you pull out the usb while it is charging, it will recharge for another few hours even though it is full.
The odd part about this package is that is does not come with a wall adapter for usb charging, but just a usb cable. I guess you have to buy a usb charger from a handphone that uses a usb socket, like HTC phones.

As this device uses a rechargable battery concept, I suggest uses, discharge it off, if you intent to store it to prevent damage to the battery, It would be terrible, if the battery becomes weak due to memory effect and how are you going to watch a movie if it does not even last 1 hour?.

Simply , hook up to a simple output device, ( portable DVD players, or even.. your TV set ).

Most TV's now, have a video output at the rear. Simply, hook up the yellow jack to the rear output of your TV and leave it along side your TV set just for your MyVU glasses, Then hook it up as you would do to any portable device, and turn it on to drain itself while you carry on watching your TV. If you want, you can even watch your TV through the MyVu glasses. Then take it off anytime and leave it to drain off itself.

If you feel that there's interference, in the image of your glasses, turn and twist the composite cables to get a clearer image, or change a new set of cables.