Playing Back Tunes On The Pc; Windows Media Player Setup; Playback Of Pc Music Contents - Yamaha RX-A1000 Owner's Manual

Playing back tunes on the PC

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You can enjoy playback of audio files stored on PCs connected to this unit via your network. To play back audio files on your PC, you need to install Windows Media
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Player on the PC and configure the media sharing setting of Windows Media Player.
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AUDIO
If you do not use a DHCP server, configure the
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network parameters (IP address, etc.) of this unit
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USB NET MULTI DOCK
HDMI OUT
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TUNER PHONO
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PRESET TUNING

Windows Media Player setup

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Install Windows Media Player on your PC.
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You can download the installer of Windows Media
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BD/DVD BD/DVD TV TV CD CD RADIO RADIO
Player from the Microsoft website, or use the upgrade
function of the installed Microsoft Windows Media
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Player.
ENTER VOLUME
DISPLAY
Turn on your PC then allow media sharing.
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TOP
POP-UP
MUTE
MENU MENU
Activate Windows Media Player first, enable the media
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sharing and then select this unit as a device to which
the media is shared.
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• Some security software installed on your PC (anti-
virus software, firewall software, etc.) may block the
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access of this unit to your PC. In such cases, configure
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the security software appropriately.
• You can connect this unit to up to 16 PC servers, and
each server must be connected to the same subnet as
this unit.
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k
Cursor B / C / D / E
k
ENTER
k
RETURN

Playback of PC music contents

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The PC music contents can be operated from the menu
displayed on the TV screen.
You can operate the PC contents from the Now Playing
view or the Browse view.
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For a complete list of status messages that appear on
the front panel display and GUI screen, see "USB and
Network" (☞p. 124).
Operating from the Browse view
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Repeat icon
Shuffle icon
Play icon
Current directory name
Menu items
Album art / Input icon
Screen button area
Buttons for available operations are displayed. See
"Screen buttons on the Browse view" for details.
Current menu number / Number of all menu items
PLAYBACK
Screen buttons on the Browse view
kCursor
To use these buttons, first press
kCursor B / C
select the desired one with
kENTER.
10 Pages Up
10 Pages Down
Goes to 10 pages forwards or backwards.
1 Page Up
1 Page Down
Scrolls the list to the next or previous page.
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Now Playing
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Switches the display to the Now Playing view.
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1 Press repeatedly to select "PC" as
the input source.
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kCursor B / C
2 Press to select a PC server
and music file to play back.
• To select a PC server, folder or file, press
k Cursor B / C.
• To confirm the selection, press
• To return to the previous menu, press
kENTER
3 Press to start playback.
The Now Playing view appears during playback.
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and
k
ENTER.
k
RETURN.
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