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Personal Comments:
The Pal light and sound machine is a little known gem stocked full of features no other manufacturer has thought to incorporate. It is a little harder to understand how to use - at first - but after a little experimenting while reading (what has got to be the most comprehensive) owners manual, you will be able to access the complete spectrum of brainwaves we possess, and in several different ways. These mind machines are really geared towards the serious user, with serious results. They are a success in both the educational and medical fields, and are proving their worth enhancing athletic performances, for both the professional and weekend warriors. If you are serious about making a good thing better, the DAVID Pal light and sound system can help.
What the Manufacturer says:
Meet your latest PAL. That's what we've named our latest addition to the DAVID family, the DAVID PALTM (Portable And Lightweight). We're very excited about our latest creation with our newest and best preset sessions programmed into it and it's half the size of our other audio-visual entrainment models. It even has heart rate variability (HRV) to help you breathe as well as a meditator can.
The DAVID PALTM is an extremely portable audio-visual entrainment device. This is the one that will fit in your shirt or jacket pocket (approximate dimensions - 2.5 x 1 x 3.5 inches / 7 x 2.5 x 9cm ) and will allow you to experience audio-visual entrainment wherever you go. Perfect for people who are on the go.
SPECIAL FEATURE
One of the special and unique features of the DAVID PALTM is that it has charging capabilities. The DAVID PALTM can charge rechargeable batteries and even your alkaline batteries when you're not using the DAVID PALTM. You just simply set the ON/OFF/CHARGE switch to charge mode to recharge your batteries.
BRAINWAVE ENTRAINMENT
To ensure safe, gentle and effective brainwave entrainment, the DAVID PALTM offers the following:
· Tru-Vu OmniscreenTM Eyesets - Our unique Tru-Vu OmniscreenTM eyesets were carefully designed to provide you with the most effective and safe light and sound experience. The Tru-Vu OmniscreenTM eyesets use eight high efficiency white bulbs mounted over a silver reflector behind a light blue-tinted translucent screen. This disperses the light evenly, protects the bulbs and removes any red light which may be produced by the bulbs. White light has proven most effective in imagery, relaxation and visualization. Our new Tru-Vu OmniscreenTM eyesets are specially designed to allow for the left and right visual fields of each eye to be individually stimulated rather than the entire eye. With the Tru-Vu OmniscreenTM eyesets, the lights flash into the left visual fields of both eyes, then alternately flashes into the right visual fields of both eyes. This approach allows the ability to stimulate either visual cortex with a frequency different from the other visual cortex. For example, a person who functions strongly from the left brain could have 8 Hz stimlulated into the right visual field (and therefore the left brain) to slow down left brain function and have 18 Hz stimulated into the left visual field to increase right brain function.
· Isochronic Pulsed Tones - The tones of the DAVID PALTM are evenly spaced, are of equal pitch and are turned on and off at a specified rate. This is important to enhance the effectiveness of audio entrainment.
· Soft-OffTM - The gradual lowering of the light stimulation at the end of the session prevents a startle response (also known as somnatic shock). Soft-OffTM ensures that relaxation and other benefits carry over even after a session.
· Easy-To-Find Intensity and Select Buttons - Both the select button and the intensity button are raised so that you can make the necessary adjustments easily and quickly. Adjust the intensity of the Omniscreen eyeset with the easy-to-find INT button. Simply press the SEL button to select which preset sesssion you wish to run.
· 18 Preset Sessions - Including Brain Brightner (for ADD and cognition), Fractioned Hypnosis, Alpha/Beta Mix (for depression), Schumann with Dissociation & HRV (for meditation), Beta Perker, Theta with Dissociation (for sleeping), and Music Modulation (to turn your music into an intriguing light show).
HEART RATE VARIABILITY (HRV)
For the first time, a system exists where meditative breathing may be paced along with an audio-visual entrainment (AVE) session. This technique has been borrowed from our clinical model, the DAVID Paradise XLTM. Long, graceful breathing cycles have been used as part of meditation. Scientifically, this technique has been analysed and shown to settle down a stressed autonomic nervous system. Both sympathetic (flight-or-fight) activity and para-sympathetic (the brain’s efforts to compensate) activity settle down dramatically using HRV techniques.
The heart speeds up with every breath in and slows down with every breath out. This swing in heart rate is HRV. A typical heart beat swing is in the order of about 15 beats per minute (pbm). When people get stressed, the heart typically clamps to sometimes as low as five bpm HRV at times intermixed with sharp spikes in heart rate. This is all abnormal activity and is rough on the heart.
The HRV technique used clinically is based on a 10 second breathing cycle (six breaths/minute, by inhaling slowly for five seconds and exhaling slowly for five seconds in an easy, relaxed breath). When using HRV paced breathing, listen to the heartbeat generated by the DAVID PALTM through the headphones. Inhale for two heartbeats and exhale for two heartbeats (not your own heartbeats!). Most sessions begin at seven breathing cycles/minute (28 heartbeats/min) and slow to six breaths /minute (24 heartbeats/min). This allows the user to breathe a little faster at the onset of a session until he/she has had time to relax.
Shipping:
The AVSJournal.com provides free shipping of your Pal system to destinations within the United States and Canada. Your system will be sent either through the U.S. Postal Service (First Class Mail) or United Parcel Service (UPS Ground).
For all other destinations, we ship via the U.S. Postal Service. Your system will be shipped either Global Priority Mail or Global Express, depending upon country of destination. Due to possible custom's delays, please allow 3 - 4 weeks for delivery, although arrival time is usually much faster.
International orders (outside the United States and Canada) are completed through Paypal. You will find using Paypal a safe and effective method for making long-distance financial transactions. And becoming a verified Paypal member is simple. Upon receiving your order, we will email you a Paypal invoice covering the cost of both your Pal and applicable shipping charges. The cost for shipping your Pal is $35. This figure is based on package weight and size. Once Paypal payment is received, your order will be shipped promptly.
Warranty & Returns: Systems are thoroughly tested prior to shipment. All systems come with a one year manufacturer's warranty on parts and labor. We offer a 30 day protection guarantee against defective systems and will fix or replace any defective components or systems in a timely manner. Please call or email before making any returns for a "Return Authorization" number. Refunds are subject to a 20% restocking fee.
Accessories:
Your light and sound system comes complete. Lightframes are included.
For AC adapters, 220 volt converters, lightframe polarity adapters or replacement manuals please email us.
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"A light and sound machine is a brainwave entrainment tool. The method by which this
entrainment occurs is known as the Frequency Following Response (FFR). Through
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