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Media
The Minx Xi can access media from UPnP/DNLA Servers or USB Media connected
via USB. The Minx Xi displays the following submenus:
Media
UPnP Servers
USB Media
Queue
UPnP is by far the preferred method as it allows for browsing by artist, album and
other methods, has support for control from Wi-Fi controller and the media can be
shared amongst several devices.
UPnP servers
Your Minx Xi can connect with Computers or Network Attached Storage devices that
feature a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) AV Server.
When using a UPnP server to share your media, the search and selection criteria
are determined by the server and not the Minx Xi, but typically include Album, Artist
and additional options such as Genre.
As long as the Minx Xi is correctly configured for your Network it will automatically
discover and connect to UPnP servers it finds when you go into the UPnP playback
menu. It will then allow navigation of the menu structure coming from that server.
There are many suitable UPnP server software packages available for PC and Mac.
Stand-alone servers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices with built in
UPnP server capabilities are also available. Please see the set-up guides on our
website at http://support.cambridgeaudio.com/.
Once you have setup a suitable server, navigate to the Media/UPnP Servers menu
within the Minx Xi and press Select.
The Minx Xi will perform a scan of your network and report any UPnP Servers it
finds. If none are found it will display "No Servers Found" on the display. If a server
or servers are found their names will be displayed and you can select which one
you'd like to get content from.
Select the server you want and the Minx Xi will then load the appropriate menu
structure from that sever. These typically allow you browse your content by Album,
Artist, Genre etc. It is important to understand that the menu structure here is
coming from the Server not the Minx Xi.
You can now browse and select any music content in a format the Minx Xi supports
(currently AAC, MP3, WMA, AIFF, FLAC, WAV and Ogg Vorbis).
Note: Not all servers support serving of all these formats. Always make sure the
server you choose also supports your formats of choice. For example, Windows
Media Server does not currently serve FLAC format.
Alphameric Search
This is a search function menu inserted by the Minx Xi into the browse tree of the
UPnP servers that support an external search function.
Where available you can select alphameric search and then enter the name or
partial name of an album or track you wish to find.
Simply select each character in order using the Navigation/Select dial, rotate to
each character and then press in to select. You can also use the Skip buttons to
move forward/back a character,
character.
Once finished either press the
button or navigate to the
Enter button on the remote or press the Navigation/Select dial.
The Minx Xi then displays all album names or track names it can find that matches
your chosen text.
You can then simply select your chosen item and press the Enter or
on the remote to start it playing.
The 'Now Playing' screen
Selecting a new Station, Stream or Media item will start playback and display the
'Now Playing' screen.
The current Artist/Album and Track or Station name will be shown with the relevant
CODEC details (i.e. audio file type and bitrate/samplerate.)
For Media files the Minx Xi also shows the incremental track playback time.
You can also display the now playing screen at any time by pressing i on the remote
control.
Shuffle
Accessed via the remote only. Press the
The Minx Xi displays a
in the 'Now Playing' screen when Shuffle is On.
If the currently selected media item/folder contains fewer than 1000 tracks the
Minx Xi generates a true random shuffle of those tracks and starts playback such
that all are played once in a random order and then playback stops.
If more than 1000 tracks are contained the Minx Xi will instead pick a track at
random for playback then pick another one randomly (and without reference to
what has gone before) once the current one has finished.
This continues until Shuffle is turned Off. Thus for >1000 tracks the playback of
any track may be repeated randomly.
to enter a character and
to delete a
symbol and press the
button
button to toggle Shuffle On or Off.
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