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- Page 2 Copyright ® 2004 Russound All rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. This product includes some software components that are licensed under the General Public License (GPL). Source code for GPL components is available upon request.
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Page 3: Warnings And Cautions
THE FIRST TIME, READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY. dry tub, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool. 2. Do Not Touch The SMS3 With Wet Hands – Do not handle the 6. Carts and Stands - The appliance should be used only with a cart SMS3 or power cord when your hands are wet or damp. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
SMS3 Remote Control ....................8-9 UNO-S2 Keypad ......................10 UNO-S1 Keypad ......................11 UNO-LRC1 Remote Control ..................12 Computer Interface ....................13-14 Cataloging CDs Load CD into SMS3 ......................15 Music Information and Cover Art ..................15 What’s Playing ........................16 How Themes Work Themes ..........................17 Default Themes ......................18 Creating a New Theme How to Add a Theme ....................19... - Page 5 Table of Contents Music Choices on the Fly Music ..........................28 Genre ..........................28 Artist Name ........................29 Album Name ........................29 Song Title ........................29 Year ..........................30 Internet Radio ........................30 Text Search ........................30 Newest Additions ......................30 Longest Since Heard ....................30 Recently Played ......................30 Changing an Existing Theme Selections ........................31 Song Rating........................31 Song Order ........................32...
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Page 6: Introduction
Server. If you are a music lover, this unassuming black box is going to change the way you listen to your CD collection. It holds up to 2500 hours (4140 hours for SMS3-250) of your music and replays it when, where and how you want it. This little book is your guide to making music with your media server. - Page 7 “recipe” calls for that artist or genre. Video Display and Controls The SMS3 has a browser-based user interface that can be viewed on a TV, a PC, or on a computer monitor connected to the SMS3 rear panel. You can see what choices you are making through the graphical interface, as you use remote controls or keypads to scroll up, down and across the pages to view music lists and make listening choices.
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Page 8: Controlling The Media Server
Controlling the Media Server How Do I Control the Media Server? The SMS3 can be controlled several ways, depending on what type of audio system it is part of. For a Russound multi-source multi-zone RNET system such as the CAV6.6, the SMS3 can be controlled through the UNO keypad and UNO-LRC1 remote control. -
Page 9: Sms3 Remote Control
PREVIOUS SONG - One tap starts song over, two taps returns to the previous song MENU DOWN - Navigates down within a menu The SMS3 Remote Control is used to control the SMS3 by INFO - Advances to the More Details screen under “What’s Playing” pointing it directly at the front... -
Page 10: Uno-S2 Keypad
Controlling the Media Server UNO-S2 Keypad Media Server SOURCE SELECT - Select stream to control PLAY - Displays info for What’s Playing VOLUME - Adjust volume up/down in room NEXT SONG - Advances to the next song in the theme PREVIOUS SONG - One press restarts the current song. -
Page 11: Uno-S1 Keypad
MSvr3 The UNO-S2 and UNO-S1 keypads and the UNO-LRC1 Remote Control are used to control the SMS3 when it is part of an RNET-enabled audio system such as the SOURCE SELECT - Select stream to control CAV6.6 or the CAM6.6. -
Page 12: Uno-Lrc1 Remote Control
Controlling the Media Server UNO-LRC1 Remote Control UNO SOURCE BUTTON - Selects UNO keypad for control by UNO-LRC1 LAST - Returns to last theme played on the current stream CHANNEL UP/DOWN - Scrolls through Themes list EXIT - Returns to home page, exits out of any name entry field RIGHT/FORWARD - Navigate to the right or forward DOWN - Navigate down a list... -
Page 13: Computer Interface
Controlling the Media Server Computer Interface Use the Up, Down, Left (previous) and Right (next) keys on the keyboard of a net- worked computer or the mouse to navigate through the onscreen pages. Selections will be highlighted green and choices are made using the Enter or Return key. If there are more choices in sub-menus under a selection, a green arrow to the right of the choice field will appear. - Page 14 Control Panel The control panel or “Home” page of the media server’s onscreen display shows the main functions used to navigate the SMS3: What’s Playing, What’s Next, Themes, Music, Images and Options & Status. The page also displays the current Theme in the upper left corner and the stream name on the top of the right-hand window.
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Page 15: Cataloging Cds
(pun intended). If the CD has already been cataloged, the SMS3 will eject the disc. If it is a “new” CD, the SMS3 will then begin to catalog the files. An amber LED located on the front panel below the drive will blink during this process. -
Page 16: What's Playing
Cataloging CDs Ok, I’ve loaded some CDs, now what? Let’s go to the home page and explore your options. When you first add music to the media server, the theme All Songs is already selected. You can see your music here. What’s Playing When the What’s Playing screen is active, the media server displays, for the currently playing song, the album cover art (if available), the artist name, the album name, and the... -
Page 17: How Themes Work
How Themes Work How Do Themes Work? Themes are collections of music created, named and modified by you the listener. An almost unlimited number of Themes can be created. Collections of music can include almost any way of characterizing your music. For example, a theme may contain a few favorite jazz songs from selected artists, all the blues songs, and all songs by Aerosmith. -
Page 18: Default Themes
All Songs Just like the name says, this theme has it ALL – all of the songs you have loaded onto the SMS3. When the All Songs theme is selected, it plays these songs in the order of this list. -
Page 19: How To Add A Theme
Creating New Themes How to add a theme From the Themes window, Choose Add New Theme. A name entry field appears. Enter the name you’ve picked for your theme (Easy Sunday Morning, Party Hearty, etc.) using the name entry field (backspace over to the beginning). Type in the name by toggling through the characters (upper/lower case alphabet plus numbers) using the up/down arrows of the keyboard, keypad or remote control. - Page 20 Creating New Themes Dad also likes to listen to internet radio stations. He listens to three or four different ones but usually in the same order: the first for weather, the second for news, the third for in-depth stories and the fourth for music. Here’s how he will set up his theme: Name: Radio News Is a Playlist: Yes (plays stations in order of the list, then returns to the first station) Add Music: Manual (protects theme from any additions or deletions)
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Page 21: Configure A Theme
Configure a Theme Sis is a textbook pre-teen. She can listen to the same song over and over and over. She wants to hear her favorites again and again, and doesn’t want to be bothered with theme tinkering. Here’s how her theme will be set up: Name: Girl’s Only Is a Playlist: No (plays songs in varying order) PMA Prefers: Highest Rated (plays more-requested songs more often) -
Page 22: Pma Effect
Configure a Theme PMA Effect You can also limit how much “control” your PMA has over your theme. Only Random Choose this if you want to build your theme with no PMA help. Mostly Random This selection lets the PMA help a little, but you are still in charge. Mostly PMA Your PMA has much more control, but you can still put in your two cents. -
Page 23: Add Or Exclude
Played, Recently Played and more. You can also choose “Add All Songs” to your theme which adds all the SMS3’s songs to the theme. Do you want to block a genre (jazz) or an artist (Johnny Cash) from becoming part of your theme? Here’s where you choose your exclusion criteria for your theme. -
Page 24: Exploring Your New Theme
Exploring Your New Theme Exploring Your New Theme Let’s check your progress to this point. Now you have cataloged CDs, created and named a Theme, set your preferences for PMA interaction, set music additions, and finished your recipe. Once you return to the Home page, and select your new Theme from “Themes,” you can explore your new theme. -
Page 25: More Detail
Exploring Your New Theme Play More Often This choice tells the PMA to select this song more often as it cycles through the theme. Play Less Often This choice tells the PMA to select this song less often as it cycles through the theme. -
Page 26: Edit
- Encoding format the song is stored in (mp3, wav) Track Added - Date the song was added to the SMS3 (02/22/2005 08:36:50 AM) Rating - Shows the ranking of the song within the Theme. (3/64 in Cafe Del Mar) No rating shows if the song is not part of the current Theme. - Page 27 Cover (Upload Art) (Note: this option only appears when the SMS3 interface is viewed from a networked computer) This option lets you place or change album cover art for this album. The art file (JPEG, GIF, TIFF, etc.) to be uploaded should be located on your networked computer.
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Page 28: Music Choices On The Fly
Exploring Your New Theme Music Choices on the Fly You can make changes to your theme as you listen to your media server by using the “Music” selection on the Home page. Music If you want to change the music your PMA has set to play within the selected theme, use Music to make adjustments to your playlist. -
Page 29: Artist Name
Music Choices on the Fly View Artist Now you can see what artists are associated with the selected genre. From here you can choose an artist to play now or soon, or delete. Or you can delve further and view the albums. -
Page 30: Year
Music Choices on the Fly Year Don’t know the song name, but you know it came out the year you graduated. Enter the album’s release year in the name entry field and see the songs with that release date. You can also scroll through the year/song list. Once a song is selected, you can look at more detail, or choose to play the track now or soon, or delete. -
Page 31: Changing An Existing Theme
Music Choices on the Fly ADVANCED TWEAKING Changing an Existing Theme Once you have listened to your themes for a while, you may want to review the con- tents and find out why Willie Nelson shows up under your “New Age Favorites” theme. From the Home page, go to Themes, select the theme, choose Edit Theme from the pop-up window, and proceed to the Edit Theme window. -
Page 32: Song Order
Changing an Existing Theme Song Order (Option when theme IS a playlist) When the theme is a playlist, Song Order shows all the theme’s songs in their “play” order. You can move any song up or down in the playlist by selecting it and choosing “Reorder Songs”... -
Page 33: Adding My Photo Albums
Drag and drop the image files from your computer to the new folder you created in the “Images” folder on the media server. The new folder will then be available in the Images list onscreen on the media server. View of SMS3 hard drive from Windows Explorer window... -
Page 34: Viewing My Photo Albums
Viewing Images Viewing My Photo Albums To view your images, choose “Images” from the Home page. Choose a photo “album” from the list of image folders. From the Images page, you can scroll through the image thumbnails, as a mid-sized image on the media server page, or create a full-screen slideshow. -
Page 35: Add Digital Music Files Loading My Music Files
“IncomingMusic” folder on the media server hard drive. This metadata SMS3. must be corrected in WinAmp or similar program and re-imported into the media server. Internet Radio It’s easy to add internet radio “stations”... -
Page 36: Internet Radio Handler
If you do not unblock the Forwarding Agent then it cannot talk to the SMS3 and you will get an error message telling you the Media Server could not be found, followed by another... - Page 37 Exceptions tab. If “MediaFwdAgent” is not in the list select “Add Program” and add the program. When the program is added manually it will show up as “SMS3 Internet Radio Application.” Make sure the box is checked and hit OK. A restart of the computer may be necessary for these changes to take affect.
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Page 38: Internet Radio For Macintosh Users
Internet Radio Once named, the internet station link is placed into the “Incoming Music” folder, then moved to the Internet Radio category under “Music.” If the stream (.pls file) does not appear, make sure your PC’s time clock is accurate. If you are a Macintosh computer user and are unable to use the Internet Radio Handler, you can use a file-sharing procedure to move the files from the Mac to the media server. -
Page 39: Internet Radio Themes
Internet Radio When you select an internet radio station on the media server, that station will play until it is changed or it drops out. If several internet stations are listed together in a theme, if one station drops out the theme will move to the next internet station and play it. If the internet station is in a theme that also contains songs, when the theme selects the station, it will play until changed, disregarding the other songs in the list. -
Page 40: System Time
Internet time zone from the pull-down list. Make sure the media server’s system time is correct for your location. Many of the SMS3’s behind-the-scenes functions, such as importing Internet streams, are based on this setting. If the time is incorrect, the timing will be The time can also be adjusted by selecting None for the Internet Time, and entering off for these functions. -
Page 41: Review Music
Review Music Review Music When you have cataloged a CD and the media server has detected errors in artist name or song titles, or in the genre or album name, you can review and correct these errors in Review Music. To review the music, select Options &... -
Page 42: Network Information
SMS3 requires a 160GB or higher capacity hard drive, and the SMS3-250 will require a 250GB or higher hard drive. The external hard drive must be dedicated to the SMS3, as backups reformat the drive. The drive should be left connected to the SMS3 to be avail- able for incremental backups as music and media are added. - Page 43 Select Options & Status from the home page, and choose Backup/Restore. Select Backup. The media server will display “Backup (Restore) in progress” on the screen. Once the backup procedure is complete, the SMS3 will display “Backup procedure is complete” when finished.
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Page 44: Who To Contact For Assistance
Congratulations! You did a great job! If you have more questions about using your media server, make sure you call your authorized Russound dealer for assistance: Name:___________________________________________ Phone:___________________________________________ Happy Listening! - Page 45 Notes...
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- Page 48 Russound 5 Forbes Road, Newmarket, NH 03857 tel 603.659.5170 • fax 603.659.5388 www.russound.com E. & O.E. Rev. 2 04/26/05 28-1162...