Terms Used In This Manual; Playback; Recording; Network Connections - Yamaha MusicCAST MCX-1000 Owner's Manual

Appendix

Terms used in this manual

This manual uses a number of terms that, though not specific to the MusicCAST system, are not in general
everyday use. In addition, some terms are used in a slightly unusual context. These words are listed
alphabetically and in context below, along with an explanation of their meaning.

Playback

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Album
A collection of songs in the MusicCAST database
assigned to a particular artist, and given a name. Each
album is assigned to an artist. By default, each CD you
store in the MusicCAST server stored as an Album.
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Artist
The item in the MusicCAST database to which albums
are assigned. The artist of any CD you store in the
MusicCAST is stored as the artist to the corresponding
album (see album above).
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Bookmark list
A list of songs you have designated for easy retrieval.
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Genre
The music type to which the albums stored in the
MusicCAST server are assigned. Examples include
Jazz, Rock, and Classical.
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Group
The category which you are operating your
MusicCAST component in. For example, if you play an
album without selecting a song, then you are operating
within the "album" category. If you play a genre without
selecting a song, you are operating within the "genre"
category.
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Playlist
A list of songs you designate using the MusicCAST
server for playback in a given sequence.
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Song
A single continuous track, equivalent to a single track
from a CD, cassette, or other source, stored on the
MusicCAST server.

Recording

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CDDB
The CDDB (Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition
Service) is a database which you can access to gain
information on the songs, artists, genre, and album
names for music CDs.
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Advanced AudioMASTER
A YAMAHA technology allowing the creation of CD-Rs
that give high quality sound. Advanced Audio
MASTER is capable of using variable CD writing
speeds.
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CD TEXT

Data encoded on some CDs which contains
information on its song titles, album, artist, and genre
names.
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Encoding
The process of converting PCM data stored from a CD
into MP3 data.
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MP3 Format
A data format used to store music on the hard disk
drive in the MusicCAST server. MP3 files take roughly
one tenth of the space that PCM files take to store the
same song. However, sound quality is not as good as
that of PCM files, and the MusicCAST server cannot
record MP3 files to a CD-R.
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PCM format
A data format used to store music on the hard disk
drive in the MusicCAST server. PCM files provide CD-
quality audio playback but require a lot of space on the
hard disk drive.
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Storing
Copying the tracks on a CD-ROM onto the hard disk
drive in the MusicCAST server.

Network connections

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Connections
The links between the components in your MusicCAST
network which allow them to exchange information.
MusicCAST components can make both wired and
wireless connections.
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DHCP
A system of automatically assigning IP addresses to
components in a LAN. A server component running a
DHCP service assigns an IP address to components
when they are switched on.
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DNS
An abbreviation for Domain Name System.
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