SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IMPORTANT! Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
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Software. You may permanently transfer rights under this EULA only as part of a permanent sale or transfer of the Rock-Ola Digital Music Center, and only if the recipient agrees to this EULA. If the embedded Software is an upgrade, any transfer must also include all prior versions of the embedded Software.
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Gracenote Addendums This Rock-Ola Digital Music Center incorporates software and technology of Gracenote. The GRACENOTE software and technology (collectively, the “GRACENOTE Technology”) allows End Users to access music-related data (“GRACENOTE Data”) over the Internet and otherwise from proprietary GRACENOTE databases (the “GRACENOTE Databases”) located on GRACENOTE servers (the “GRACENOTE Servers”) and to perform other functions.
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CD information, Ola Q-Series Music Center. including the CD cover art. The heart of the Rock-Ola Q-Series Jukebox is Build and save custom playlists that set a mood the digital music management system developed or celebrate an occasion. You’ll get more out of by the Qsonix Corp.
Press the blue power button on the front panel. as an optional accessory from Rock-Ola. See the The system will power up and you’ll see the Rock-Ola Accessories section of this manual for order and set- logo on the screen while the operating system loads.
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Making sure you have a good internet connection, touch the Network Tab. Touch “Auto Configure”. If it fails, be sure the internet connection does not have a password. Testing Connectivity When you successfully complete the initial setup for your Music Center, your system has already tried and passed the internet connectivity tests.
Touchscreen Basics DO hold your finger perpendicular to the screen, so The Music Center is operated from the touchscreen that the fingertip makes contact with the glass. controller. Even if you have never worked with a touchscreen you will find that it is very simple— with only a little practice you will become comfortable in its use.
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Insert the CD into the CD tray. The system reads To create your own CD library on the hard drive, you the coded information on the disk and displays will load your CDs to the system. The process is information about the disk on the screen. This may automated and very simple to use.
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time of each track. Use the on-screen keypad to enter title information. Use the “NEXT” button in the track title entry field to move forward and enter the next track title. To edit a track title previously entered, simply double- tap on the title and edit as desired.
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Music Center User Interface The Music Center user interface is divided into several 1. Menu Bar main panels or areas that comprise the entire system. 2. Exit to Tool Box All of Music Center’s features are accessible from this primary interface. It’s simple, fast and fun to use. 3.
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The menu bar will always display the “View Mode Menu” on the far left, “Return to Last View” button next to it, and sliding controls, and drop-down menus, very much the “Rock-Ola” logo button, which gives you access to like a screen-within-a-screen. setup and preferences.
2. View Artist View Mode Menu In the View Artist mode you can quickly navigate to a The first drop down menu on the Tool Bar artist in your library. As in the View Album mode, when allows you to choose how you want to view this view is selected a list of all of albums/CDs in your the CDs loaded in your library.
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View Genre Mode View Cover Mode As in the other view modes, you may use the scroll bars and alpha sorter at the bottom of the list to Use the “sort mode” button indicated by the arrow in quickly scroll through available genres and styles. the illustration to control whether the albums are sorted by Artist name or Album name.
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7. View Search Use the scroll bars at the bottom of the list to quickly scroll through the cover list. The View Search mode allows you to quickly search your entire library by keyword. When you select this view, an onscreen keyboard appears on the screen.
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System Management from the General Tab Toolbox Device Name: It is helpful to set up your Music Center as part of your home network so that internet The “Toolbox” menu connection and files may be shared. So that your gives you access to music center may be recognized as a device by your view control...
Enable Album Editing: When enabled, this feature allows IMPORTANT! album details, including style, genre and other • You must use a back-up hard drive of at descriptive information to be edited by any user. When disabled, the Delete, Edit Album Details and least the same size/capacity as your Edit Album Cover menu options are not available to system drive.
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changed using the EDIT ALBUM feature. Be sure to A pop-up numeric keypad will appear on the screen. enable the EDIT ALBUM feature to make changes. Enter the password/PIN number on the pad. Access The menu screen appears, with an open padlock icon in the top menu bar.
now disabled, and the open padlock icon is not Playback info – shows “Now Playing” displayed on the menu bar on the main screen. Black Screen – blank, black screen Custom Photos – displays photos. This style requires additional configuration, such as identifying the network location of the photos and how long each slide is to remain onscreen.
Enter the Secondary DNS information in the space provided. Network > Network Places The Rock-Ola Q-series Music Center can be added to your home computer network. Features such as Import Media and Custom phone Screen Saver require set-up of one or more Network places to share files with the Music Center.
Network > Media Sharing To share and transfer files between your Music Center and other devices in your network, you must Enable Media Sharing. When the box is checked, Media Sharing is enabled. Media Sharing allows other devices such as PCs, media adapters and streaming clients to access the music files stored on your Music Center.
To return to default settings on any of the pre-sets, just Information Tab tap the preset button, Rock, Swing, etc. and the The Information screen displays current settings and settings will return to the factory default. statistics about your Nostalgic Music System. Direct Play from iPod®...
Album Menu (small Down Arrow) – Press this Album Browser Display button to reveal a menu that allows you to Play Now—immediately adds album to Now Playing The album browser display is the part of and becomes the current track. the screen that shows you detailed information about your albums.
Album Browser Controls The “Album Browser” Controls are located directly beneath the “Album Browser” display area. The Album Browser allows you to navigate forward and backward through your current album selection based on your view mode selection made from the menu bar. The Album Details View display area shows the total number of Albums in the Track Number –...
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Cue Bar Control Using your Playlists The “cue bar” control provides a visual Drag the playlist you want to hear from the “Playlist” reference to the current playing song length, area and drop in in the “Now Playing” area. as indicated by the position of the cue The playlist will be inserted into an existing playlist at position knob.
Edit Playlist Functions Edit – Taping the “Edit Playlist” button from the Playlist menu will display the “Edit Playlist” interface. Here you can see and edit the contents of your playlist. You can re-arrange the order of songs, delete songs, and even add new songs using drag-and-drop.
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Select Burn to CD from Playlist Options Menu. In a Clear or Delete a Playlist few moments the screen will display a list of tracks to Clear—will ask for confirmation, “Are you sure you want record, with individual track length and total playlist to clear all tracks from this playlist?”...
The Music Center system will keep the currently Now Playing Panel playing track in the center of the list whenever possible. Note: Previously played items will appear The Now Playing panel is where any dimmed in a light grey color. music that you want to play must be queued up for playback.
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To Create a new playlist from the Now Playing list: Open the Now Playing Menu. Select Save All to New Playlist. An entry field and touch keyboard will appear onscreen. Using the touch keyboard, enter a playlist name. Tap “OK” to save your new playlist. To Merge two Playlists: Open the Now Playing Menu.
Sound & Transport Controls The volume and mute controls are located at the lower Adjusting Playback Volume right corner of the screen, just above the transport controls and below the Now Playing area. To adjust the volume of the currently playing song: There are two volume zones that can be controlled Select the Zone (1 or 2) where you want to separately.
Replacing Lamps playing each track in your “Now Playing” list and automatically repeat from the beginning Replace lamps with the identical wattage and type. when it reaches the end of the last track. Replace LED tubes with genuine Rock-Ola parts only.
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