Olive OPUS N5 User Manual

Edition 3 software release 2.3.18

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Olive OPUS N°5 - User Manual
Edition 3, September 2007 , Software Release 2.3.18

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  • Page 1 Olive OPUS N°5 - User Manual Edition 3, September 2007 , Software Release 2.3.18...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    OPUS may differ from the one that is referenced here in screen messages or 2.4 Editing Your Music Library design. The most current version of this user manual can always be found on the Olive website (www.olive.us). 2.5 Making the most of your Music: Play- and Searchlists 2.6 Connecting Your Portable Player / iPod...
  • Page 3: Quick-Start Guide

    Step 3: Navigating your OPUS 1 QUICK-START GUIDE Your OPUS provides the following navigational controls, and in the following we’ll be refer- Step 1: Unpacking your OPUS ring to this picture: Your package includes the following items: • OPUS pure audio system •...
  • Page 4 UPnP compatible software). You can now access the music as if it were stored directly on your OPUS. Please register your product online at our website (www.olive.us) to activate your warranty and stay up-to-date with our latest product releases.
  • Page 5: Using Your Opus

    • Otherwise – if your OPUS is on the network and you have allowed this in the settings (SETTINGS & SPECIALS > NETWORK > CD DATABASE > ONLINE ACCESS), the information is searched for in the online Olive database • If the CD cannot be found at all, generic titles for the album and titles are assigned e.g.
  • Page 6: Listening To Internet Radio

    2.2 Listening to Internet Radio • ARTISTS: This option reveals an alphabetical list of all artists in your music library. Be- hind each artist you find the list of his/her albums and behind each album its tracks. If your OPUS is connected to the internet, selecting INTERNET RADIO from the main menu “All...”...
  • Page 7: Importing Music From Digital Sources Like Cds, Pcs Or Itunes

    Choose the entry you like and turn the outer ring of the jog-shuttle to the right or press the Copying music from a PC/Mac to Olive OPUS play/pause button. The soft key INFORMATION will show you more details of the radio station such as genre or current number of listeners, the soft key REMEMBER will add the By default OPUS is configured as a Windows file server (SMB server) and publishes the...
  • Page 8: Editing Your Music Library

    2.4 Editing Your Music Library on the OPUS. Afterwards the imported music files are automatically deleted from the Import folder. Tag information / metadata on your OPUS – What’s available Please note that the transfer of audio files from the OPUS to a PC or Mac is possible via a “Record”...
  • Page 9: Making The Most Of Your Music: Play- And Searchlists

    1. Press the soft key CHANGE to bring up the screen to edit the field. depend on how it was imported. If possible OPUS will offer to CONVERT it for you to the format that you have preset. There will be an additional prompt to make sure this is what you want to do, and then the track will be converted.
  • Page 10 The process, as with the editing of the music library, is easier on a keyboard, so this is 4. Press the soft key CHANGE to define the search criteria. Turning the inner wheel something you may prefer to do with the RONDO web interface (see later section). right, you are presented with the list of all tag information and all this fields are avail- able for composing search criteria.
  • Page 11: Connecting Your Portable Player / Ipod

    2.6 Connecting Your Portable Player / iPod 2.7 Enjoy Music With Friends and Family The USB ports on the back of your OPUS can be used for connecting a portable player or Streaming Music to Other Rooms iPod, allowing you to play the tracks of the portable player via the OPUS, and even editing Besides connecting to other PC or Macs, OPUS is designed to provide music streams to tag information and playlists.
  • Page 12: Other Opus Access Points: Remote Control And Web Browser

    SETTINGS & SPECIALS > NETWORK > soft key INFORMATION. If the OPUS is an individual track of an album or configured as “Olive Music Network” you can enter the IP address “192.168.72.1” or playlist directly by its number. simply “http://OPUS”.
  • Page 13 Take a look around, there are four areas to note: • INFORMATION: To view the available tag information for the relevant item. From here you can drill down further to an even more specific item, if e.g. you are looking •...
  • Page 14: Settings And Servicing

    3 SETTINGS AND SERVICING necessary to adjust to daylight-saving time or if the OPUS has been unplugged for a longer period of time. Use the inner wheel of the jog-shuttle to set the digits, a right turn of the outer ring to move the cursor to the next field. You can also set the time to a 3.1 General Settings specific time zone or to auto set via your network connection.
  • Page 15: Analog Recording

    Burning to CD Format Quality 400 GB 500 GB 750 GB You have a number of options when burning a CD: No compression 1,233 • DISC FORMAT: Choose in which format you would like the end product, likely de- (AIFF/WAV) pending on where the CD is to be used: good 128 kbit/s...
  • Page 16: Network Settings

    • MODE: OPUS allows you to choose from these three operating modes: Release can vary between 0.1 and 1 second (s). • OLIVE MUSIC NETWORK: OPUS acts as central switch, optional WLAN Ac- cess Point, and DHCP server of the network (according to RFC 1918). It pro- vides a DHCP service and distributes IP addresses to connected devices out of 192.168.72.0/24 range.
  • Page 17 • UPNP/AV: To allow access from a UPnP client. simple client. The Ethernet ports are using a Zero Configuration System and are • SEARCH FOR UPNP/AV: If OPUS is to serve as a UPnP client, meaning that Olive acts connected by routing to the WLAN port.
  • Page 18: System Servicing

    file on the CD-R. This would render your update CD useless! Using this self-made to your music server. CD or a Service CD of Olive the system software of the OPUS can be updated. During the maintenance operations CHECK LIBRARY and CHECK MUSIC FOLDER a text file 4.
  • Page 19: Tips And Troubleshooting

    Currently there is no way to support an update of the internal CD lookup database with an Know more about your OPUS system online link. You should inquire online or with the Olive support personnel about our current offering of update CDs.
  • Page 20 Take it easy with the power cable • RECOVERY: Only the operating system is restored. Music files and tag informa- tion are not touched. If this option fails, or shows error messages, or in any other In normal operation please never unplug your device while it is turned on or in sleep mode. respect did not complete smoothly, you will have to choose the DELETE option It might damage your device.
  • Page 21: Further Resources

    Never push objects of any kind into the product through openings as they may touch dangerous voltage points that could result in fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any kind on the product. Contact Olive support if something drops into the case.
  • Page 22: Regulatory And Environmental Compliance

    Check the Olive website for more information on software updates. Trade- and Servicemarks The Olive logo is a trademark of Olive Media Products, Inc. Other product names men- tioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.
  • Page 23 Supply of this product does not convey a license nor imply any right to distribute content • Olive is not liable for any damage to or loss of any programs, data, or other informa- created with this product in revenue-generating broadcast systems (terrestrial, satellite, tion stored on any media not covered by this warranty.
  • Page 24: Environmental Compliance

    3rd edition Olive Media Products, Inc. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: © August 2007 • This device may not cause harmful interference Olive Media Products, Inc. • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that my 555 Howard Street cause undesired operation.

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