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Owner's Manual
McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 FAX: 607-724-0549

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  • Page 1: Music Server

    Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, and the “Powered by Gracenote” logo are trademarks of Gracenote. MS750 Owner’s Manual McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 FAX: 607-724-0549...

  • Page 2: Safety Instructions

    The lightning flash with arrowhead, The exclamation point within an within an equilateral triangle, is equilateral triangle is intended to intended to alert the user to the alert the user to the presence of im- presence of uninsulated “danger- portant operating and maintenance ous voltage”...
  • Page 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS! PLEASE READ THEM BEFORE OPERATING THIS EQUIPMENT. 13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. when unused for long periods of time. 3. Heed all warnings. 14. Refer all servicing to qualified service person- nel.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Customer Service Direct Access Codes ............24 Play List Hot Push-buttons ..........24 If it is determined that your McIntosh product is in need of Serial COM Ports ............25 repair, you can return it to your Dealer. You can also return MS750 Utilities ...............25 it to the McIntosh Laboratory Service Department.

  • Page 5: Connector And Cable Information

    8. Brown → 8. Brown Data and IR Input Port Connectors Pin 8 The MS750 Data In Port receives Remote Control Signals. A 1/8 inch stereo mini phone plug is Pin 1 Data used for connection. Ethernet Cable - Crossover Connections...

  • Page 6: Important Information

    Controls and Keypads are different from the supplied the MS750 Music Server. MS750 Remote Control. Refer to the following listing 2. The MS750 Music Server will play all standard CD and illustrations: MS750 Remote Control Control Center/Preamp/Keypad Audio Discs that conform to the Official Compact Disc ...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Take the music with (LEDs). This provides even Front Panel Illumination and you by recording CDs from your favorite play lists and/or is designed to ensure the pristine beauty of the MS750 will be retained for many years. groups.

  • Page 8: Dimensions

    Dimensions Dimensions The following dimensions can assist in determining the best location for your MS750. There is additional informa- tion on the next page pertaining to installing the MS750 into cabinets. " 44.45cm " 6" 13.69cm 15.24cm Front View of the MS750 17"...

  • Page 9: Installation

    The four feet front of the mounting panel for clearance. When the CD may be removed from the bottom of the MS750 when it is tray is opened, the panel clearance required in front of mounting panel is 6-3/4 inches (17.2cm).

  • Page 10: Connections

    OUTPUT connects INPUTS connect to the Analog Input to external CD of an A/V Control Changer Audio Center Outputs Connect the MS750 DATA IN S-VIDEO OUTPUTS ETHERNET Network power cord to a live AC receives supply video signals to Connector for outlet.

  • Page 11: How To Connect The Ms750

    Audio Output. In a like manner, connect a second and/ CTRL(Control) IN Jack to the Power Control Out (ACC) jack on the McIntosh A/V Control Center or or third CD Changer to the MS750 ANALOG IN 2 and Preamplifier. 3 jacks respectively.

  • Page 12: Front Panel Features: Front Panel Indicators And Push-Buttons

    Closes the disc playback playback Backward through Push-button tray for load- a track during switches the ing or unload- playback MS750 ON or ing discs OFF (Standby) and resets the microprocessors Use to Pause Front Panel Move rapidly during play- Information...
  • Page 13 Notes...

  • Page 14: Remote Control Push-Buttons

    Jukebox Queue when enabled Notes: Push-buttons whose function is not identified above are for use with other McIntosh Components. * The McIntosh System Volume Up/Down and Muting push-button functions require first pressing the RCV Push-button. To return to normal MS750...

  • Page 15: How To Operate By Remote Control

    Preamplifiers. When using the Remote Control with the Push-button to start moving rapidly through music selec- MS750, first press the MS1 push-button and then press the tions. Also used during the manual entering of text names push-button for the desired function. It is only required to of Albums/Tracks.

  • Page 16: How To Operate The Setup Mode

    Figure 2 1B” for additional start up information. remove CDs and replace 2. If power is removed from the MS750 for any reason, new CDs including a power outage or if the unit is unplugged, into the same the MS750 will automatically return to the Standby changer slots state as soon as power is restored.

  • Page 17: User Preferences

    Preferences. changer is looked Activation Idle Time You can specify the amount of idle time the MS750 will Setting User Preferences wait before activating the screen saver from 1 to 60 min- User preferences are available to specify global con- utes.

  • Page 18: Other Modes

    The MS750 has a Photo Screen Saver Mode for displaying mode. The Normal mode displays the current title or sta- your own photos whenever the MS750 is idle for a speci- tion information while the Product Demonstration mode is fied period of time. You can import your own photos into intended for retail product demos during idle time.

  • Page 19: Password Protection

    4. Using the remote control, enter a 4 to 8 digit code into MS750 to act as a “server” to deliver your music collection the password throughout your home network using the optional MS750 field.

  • Page 20: Server Settings And Ms750 Music Sharing

    Music Guide from MS750 or the second Server is merged Server Settings into the Music Guide of the MS750 to create one seamless Your MS750 can act as a “server” delivering audio to op- Music Guide for browsing and playing all of your music.

  • Page 21: Setting The Disc Insert Preferences

    AIFF file size. The FLAC compression level has been op- remote, select timized to the MS750’s processor speed and is not user ad- your desired justable. Creating a mix CD from FLAC audio files creates aspect ratio.
  • Page 22 Allows you to center the MS750 user interface horizontally and hardware. on your TV screen. Follow these steps to center the MS750 5. Press SELECT to return to the previous menu. screen: 1.
  • Page 23 The Button Overlay feature places button controls onto the point where the MS750 user interface for use with the External Touch they are not ap- Screen Panel. The External Touch Screen Panel is auto- pearing to bleed...

  • Page 24: Using A Touch Panel

    MACRO push-button on the remote control to provide an IR Remote Control IR code sequence to access just about any media in your The MS750 is preset from the factory to operate from the MS750 server. This is useful for programming third-party MS1 source button,...

  • Page 25: Serial Com Ports

    Note: If there is nothing in the Play List Hot Push-buttons There are two ways list, you must first create Play Lists on your MS750. of manually performing a full restart or reboot of the MS750 system, one using the front panel power button and Serial COM Ports the other using the Restart System menu.

  • Page 26: Updating The Software

    Updating the Software The MS750 will automatically check the Update Server once a week for any MS750 software updates, and auto- matically install them. You can also manually check for a software update. Follow these steps to manually update the software: 1.
  • Page 27 Notes...

  • Page 28: Getting Music Into The Ms750

    Recording from the Internal CD fault operating settings that will allow you to immediately The easiest way to get music into your MS750 is to record enjoy superb audio. If you wish to make changes to the CDs using the built-in internal CD-RW drive. This method...
  • Page 29 20 MS750. The MS750 will use the digital inputs first, but 2. Select the Chang- if there is digital copy protection on a CD, the MS750 er Management Figure 23 will then attempt to use the analog audio inputs to menu.
  • Page 30 If you have digital audio files already recorded on your PC 1. Go to the START or Mac, you can transfer the files directly to your MS750 menu and select RUN. using an Ethernet network. This is a fast and convenient 2.

  • Page 31: Erasing A Cd-Rw Disc

    7. Drag and drop your audio files onto the Import folder. The MS750 will automatically import, add, and catalog You can use the MS750’s built-in CD burner to erase the each file into your Music Guide. contents of a re-writable CD. Follow these steps to erase a re-writeable CD.

  • Page 32: Changing Guide Views

    down the list. As each Title is highlighted, you will notice Changing the Guide View that the Information Area and Cover Art changes to reflect The GUIDE button on the remote control is used to switch the currently highlighted Title. between the Music Guide and Music Player screens.

  • Page 33: Jukebox Play Modes

    How to Operate the MS750, con’t View By Song-Artist entire disc until you press stop. View By Song will order the list of Titles alphabetically • Repeat Group - play each track in each title in the cur- from A to Z, according to the Song Name.
  • Page 34 For example, if Using the Jukebox Mode your Jukebox Queue already has 1000 items, you can still By default, the MS750 plays music from a “Play List” or use the ADD Jukebox (FAVORITES push-button to add “disc”...

  • Page 35: Creating Play Lists

    5. Follow the same steps for Creating a Play List. you want to add to the Play A new Play List is created on your MS750 and your Juke- List, highlight box Queue is left intact. This is a way to periodically save the song name the Jukebox Queue for later listening.

  • Page 36: Creating Groups

    Creating Groups button on the remote. A checkmark appears to the right In addition to Play Lists, the MS750 allows you to create of each selected Title or Station indicating that it will custom “Groups” of Music Titles or Radio Stations. User be added to the Group.

  • Page 37: Adding Internet Radio Stations

    Internet Radio Stations from around the world, allows you to download a list of the most recent Internet but that may not be enough for you, so the MS750 also al- Radio stations from McIntosh. lows you to add your own Internet Radio Stations. Internet Note: Tune Stations WILL NOT erase any custom stations you may have added, from your Radio Guide.

  • Page 38: Editing Music Information

    Editing Music Information 5. Using the remote control or wireless touch panel, The MS750 has access to over 4 million CD titles, but you change the name of each track. may still encounter a CD that does not return a custom 6.
  • Page 39 7. The Get Music Info screen will be displayed as the 7. Select the SAVE button to save your selection and MS750 attempts to search for the cover using the Artist return to the previous screen. Name and Title you entered. Refer to figure 27.
  • Page 40 Editing Groups 4. Select the Play Lists/Edit Play List menu item. 5. Using the remote control or touch panel, change the As with Play Lists, you can also edit the name of a Group, name of your add Music Titles, or Radio Stations to the Group, or Play List or select remove Music Titles, or Radio Stations from the Group.
  • Page 41 MS750 by using the Delete Music feature. You may want to display the to do this if you have filled up your MS750 and you can not Delete Play Lists record any more music or if you want to remove songs that screen.

  • Page 42: Duplicating A Cd

    CD-R or CD-RW discs. Follow these steps to create a real-time. custom Mix CD: 9. After all of the songs have been read, the MS750 will 1. Press the MUSIC push-button to make sure you are in ask if you want to add any more tracks to the CD.

  • Page 43: Recording From An External Source

    6. The MS750 will record from the external analog inputs ress - CD Read screen. Refer to figure 31. to a temporary “image” recorded on its internal hard 6. The MS750 will read the selected CD and create an drive. “image” of the CD on its internal hard drive.
  • Page 44 MS750. The Web User Interface is setup very similarly To set the Web Client Mode back to Remote control, to the MS750’s own TV user interface allowing access to follow these same instructions but select Remote Control each source (Music or Radio) as well as all major features Mode instead of Streaming Client Mode.

  • Page 45: Id3 Tag Support

    Import both use the CIFS Networking feature to add audio second block is a set of 16 contiguous class B network files to a MS750. Simply drag your music files to the Im- numbers, and the third block is a set of 255 contiguous port directory and let the MS750 import the audio files.
  • Page 46 Gracenote® End-User License Agreement USE OF THIS PRODUCT IMPLIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS BELOW. This product contains technology and data from Gracenote Agreement against you directly in its own name. of Emeryville, California (“Gracenote”). The technology The Embedded Software and each item of Gracenote Data from Gracenote (the “Gracenote Embedded Software”) en- are licensed to you “AS IS.”...
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  • Page 50 220 Volts, 50/60Hz at 60 watts Dynamic Range 230 Volts, 50/60Hz at 60 watts 240 Volts, 50/60Hz at 60 watts 96dB Note: Refer to the rear panel of the MS750 for the correct Harmonic Distortion voltage. 0.01% Overall Dimensions Channel Separation Width is 17-1/2 inches (44.45cm)

  • Page 51: Packing Instruction

    If a shipping carton or any of the interior part(s) are needed, please 017937 Plastic foot call or write Customer Service Department of McIntosh 400159 #10-32 x 3/4” screw Laboratory. Refer to page 4. Please see the Part List for the 404080 #10-7/16”...
  • Page 52 McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, NY 13903 The continuous improvement of its products is the policy of McIntosh Laboratory Incorporated who reserves the right to improve design without notice. Printed in the U.S.A. McIntosh Part No. 04101900...

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