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Split Thump

Family: Electronic
Date: November 2007

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Split THUMP is your favorite pair of sunglasses with the added benefit of an MP3 player. The sunglasses are designed to fit in your world and the MP3 player is there to rock it. Listen to music virtually anywhere with speakers that adjust easily and come out when you don’t need them. Quickly control the music with buttons that only you know are there, because they’re seamlessly blended into the icons. Forget about wires that dangle, snag and tangle, because the age of wires is over. Split THUMP is a total grab-and-go solution that puts your music into something you already take with you, and it comes with the razor sharp clarity and protection of Oakley’s HIGH DEFINITION OPTICS® (HDO®)®.

Split THUMP gives you benefits that no other portable music player can match:

Unique versatility for everyday use. With hidden controls and removable speakers, your favorite sunglasses are also the best wearable MP3 player.
Grab-and-go convenience. Your MP3 player is built into something you already take with you.
Style. The clean, uncomplicated look is inspired by the lifestyles of athletes from surf and skate, creating a true work of art that reflects their approach to life.
Music in motion. With no wires, Split THUMP lets you truly wear your music instead of dangling it.
All-day bliss. It’s so comfortably lightweight, you’ll probably forget you have it on.
Simplicity. The controls are right where you need them and nobody knows they are there.
Performance. Sound quality that rocks is combined with the world’s best optics.

The sweat-resistant frame can stand up to the most grueling workouts, and with the Overdrive feature, you can instantly cue a favorite song before dropping into the halfpipe. As far as music, Split THUMP is compatible with the iTunes® Plus Music Store* and it’s AudibleReady® so you can listen to your favorite audio books and podcasts. It’s also compatible with AAC (.m4a), MP3, WMA, WMA with DRM 9.0, and WAV formats.

All that performance and convenience comes with the art of Oakley style. Sculptured after one of the most popular frames in the company’s Square O collection, Split THUMP is inspired by the lifestyles of Oakley athletes who dominate surf and skate. The music and art that fuels their approach to life has been crystallized into a clean, uncomplicated style that’s as aggressively original as the person who wears it.

Here’s why Split THUMP is your favorite pair of sunglasses with the added benefits of the best wearable MP3 player:

Removable speakers plus hidden controls that seamlessly blend into the icons, allowing Split THUMP to look like normal sunglasses.

Absolute music freedom with no wires or cords to tangle, snag or get in the way.

HIGH DEFINITION OPTICS® (HDO®) for clarity and precision that exceeds all ANSI Z87.1 standards of optical performance.

Sweat-resistant design to withstand your toughest workouts.

Incredible sound quality that has to be experienced to be believed.

Ability to store up to 500 songs on the 2 GB version, 250 songs on the 1 GB version, or 125 songs on the 512 MB version.

Up to 7 hours of playback time on a single charge, enough to last through even a marathon session.

Easy-to-use interface that gives you full, instant control of your music without having to fumble through your pockets, bag or backpack.

Custom Mylar® speakers designed to be fully adjustable for an adaptable fit that lets you control the balance of music and environment.

Patented XYZ OPTICS® to give you razor-sharp vision across the full lens contour, not just straight ahead like ordinary sunglass lenses.

Pure PLUTONITE® lens material to filter out 100% of all UVA, UVB, UVC and harmful blue light up to 400nm.

Materials and geometries engineered to meet all ANSI Z87.1 standards for impact protection.

Durable and comfortably lightweight O MATTER® frame material for an overall weight that’s less than an empty CD jewel case.

Compatibility with the iTunes® Plus Music Store*, Windows® Media Player®, WinAMP® and other popular music jukebox programs that use AAC, MP3, WMA and Audible® file formats.

Ability to store data files — like your work files — along with songs.

Skip-free music from solid-state NAND flash memory with no moving parts.

Three-color indicator light to show battery level.

Included Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable for transferring song files easily from Mac® or Windows® PC.

For more information on Split THUMP, please call 1.800.969.2895.

Note: Songs purchased from the iTunes® Plus section of the iTunes® Music Store and songs transferred to iTunes® from CDs are compatible with Split THUMP. Songs purchased from outside the iTunes® Plus section of the iTunes® Music Store are in the .m4p format and are not compatible with Split THUMP because Apple® reserves that format for iPod® use only. Also note that song capacities listed are based on 128 Kbps AAC files, and that battery life depends on volume level, song file compression rate, and other factors.

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Ian -

Frame: Polished Black 512mb
Lens: Gray

I finally had a chance to pick up a pair at a more than reasonable price. They look and fit much like the Hijinx. With that said, the only thing I've taken issue with on the Hijinx was the size. The Split Thump is slightly smaller, and the design fixes the only "flaw" in the frame of the Hijinx.

The MP3 portion is what makes these even more badass. Granted, 512mb isn't much, but I was able to put a pretty decent playlist on them with room to spare. Sound is excellent. I was surprised to hear details in songs that I regularly miss in my car and through my surround sound system. I highly recommend them.

chris -

Frame: crystal black
Lens: black iridium

I won these along with a pair of thump pros in an oakley polarized sales contest. i love both of these glasses, i do like the split thumps a lot more. not are the removable headphones one of the coolest things oakley has ever put out, they also transform your thumps into hijinxs. they are a little smaller than hijinx but basically the same shape. another thing that impressed me about the split thumps is how light they are, they dont feel much heavier than a normal pair of O matter frames. i did not expect the sound quality to be much, but it actually is not bad at all, it sounds really good. making the O into the controls also sets the split thumps above the thump pros. the crystal black is cool because you can see the electronics from the inside but not from the outside. i do agree with storm aniamls that they are a bit pricey, however you are buying somthing that most people do even know exist and everywhere you go it will turn heads. and its great to have oakleys superior lens in an mp3 player. i used these everywhere from sitting on the beach to going on runs. definately a great product worth checking out, glad to add them to my collection

flyer -

Radically opposite the original Thump, the ST has a smooth and conservative style.
The orbitals are "just right" sized, between "too small" Gascan and "too big" Fuel Cell.
Sound quality is fine, even with 128kb files, so 512mb gives you plenty of music.
The removeable earpieces are a nice touch.
The icon controls are stealthy, but lack of tactile feedback makes them frustrating in use.

Dwcfastrice -

Frame: White
Lens: Black Ir

Picked up the "white hot" version for a steal. Cool concept but a bit low on space IMHO. It's nice to be able to NOT have to carry around an MP3 player and have a dangling wire.

Could use unobtanium as the only time I use these is times when I'm sweating. thus, running with these on isn't great as they do tend to slide. I found that I had to constantly push up the glasses when I wore these running.

The controls are nicely hidden within the Square O icons on the earstems. They look great and functionally they work well.

Ian -

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I really like this frame. It is stylish, functional, and the MP3 portion is very discrete. My only real complaints are the relative lack of colorways, lack of memory, and how the top of the orbital has the extra little "strip" of plastic covering for the wires. On a side note, I hate the fact that if these have a warranty issue, they have to be sent in to Motorola, not Oakley, even if the issue is with the lens...

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