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Enter the full name or first part of the name for your desired station. The CXN v2 will
bring up a list of all stations that contain a word that starts with your search term.
Note: Although we check the stations for continuity of service, some radio stations
do not broadcast 24 hours per day, and some stations may not always be on-line.
Streaming Services – The services available vary depending on your geographical
location. This is because Streaming Services generally allow the user some choice
over the content they listen to and are licensed differently to Internet Radio.
Podcasts – The podcast services in your area will be shown. These typically display
different types of podcast by Subject, Radio Station or DJ etc. It is important to
understand that the menu structure and the availability of podcasts is dictated from
that particular provider and is controlled by them. The availability may therefore
change as the service updates its features etc.
Note: To use the Personal Podcasts feature, please navigate to the webmin page of
your unit by entering the IP address of the CXN v2 into an internet browser on the
same network. Your IP address can be identified by briefly pressing and holding
the 'i' icon on front panel of the the unit. This feature allows you to access podcasts
on the CXN v2 that are not available from the other Podcast services we currently
support.
Music Library
The CXN v2 can access media from UPnP/DNLA Servers or USB Media connected
via USB. The CXN v2 displays the following submenus:
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 CXN v2 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 CXN v2, but typically include Album, Artist
and additional options such as Genre.
As long as the CXN v2 is correctly configured for your Network, it will automatically
discover and connect to UPnP servers it finds. 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
https://techsupport.cambridgeaudio.com/.
Once you have setup a suitable server, navigate to the My Library menu and press
Select.
The CXN v2 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, UPnP server names will be displayed and you can select which
one you'd like to get the contents from.
Select the server you want and the CXN v2 will then load the appropriate menu
structure from that sever. These typically allows you to browse the content by
Album, Artist, Genre etc. It is important to understand that the menu structure here
is coming from the Server and not the CXN v2.
You can now browse and select any music content in a format the CXN v2 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.
ALPHANUMERIC SEARCH
This is a search function menu inserted by the CXN v2 into the browse tree of UPnP
servers that support an external search function.
Where available you can select Alphanumeric 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 or the
navigational buttons on the remote, using the dial, rotate to each character and
then press in to select or press the Enter button on the remote. You can also use the
button to enter a character and the
Once finished either press the
button or navigate to the
Enter button on the remote or press the Navigation/Select dial.
The CXN v2 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
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/sample rate.)
For Media files, the CXN v2 also shows the incremental track playback time.
You can also display the now playing screen at any time by pressing the
the remote control or front panel.
RANDOM
Accessed via the remote or the Cambridge Connect app only. Press the Random
button to toggle Random On or Off.
The CXN v2 displays a
in the 'Now Playing' screen when Random is On.
If the currently selected media item/folder contains fewer than 1000 tracks the CXN
v2 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 CXN v2 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 Random is turned Off. Thus for >1000 tracks the playback of
any track may be repeated randomly.
REPEAT
Accessed via the remote or the Cambridge Connect app only. Press the Repeat
button to toggle Repeat On or Off.
If the currently selected media item is a track the CXN v2 will repeat that track, if it is
an album or artist etc. the CXN v2 will repeat all tracks in that item.
The CXN v2 displays a
in the 'Now Playing' screen when Repeat is On.
USB MEDIA
The CXN v2 can also playback audio content from standard USB hard-drives and
thumb drives. Simply copy your media files onto your USB drive and then connect it
to the front or back USB sockets of the unit.
Press the Home button to get to the top menu. Select the 'Music Library' menu.
The CXN v2 will now scan the thumb drive for media files. Once the scan is
completed, you will then be able to browse the files by selecting 'By Album' or 'By
Artist'.
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