Local Master Browser And Start Samba (Smb); Media Server And Pc Share Differences; Media Server And Pc Share Method - Cary Audio Design DMS-800 Owner's Manual

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LOCAL MASTER BROWSER AND START SAMBA (SMB)

Local Master Browser allows one DMS/AiOS unit to playback USB HDD and SD Card files stored on another DMS/AiOS unit.

The DMS/AiOS will show up as a PC Share in the Network

Input Source, just like any PC Share computer.

Samba starts Samba Sharing protocols (SMB) and should

also be enabled. This allows the USB HDD and SD Card to be

accessed and used like a NAS Drive from a networked

computer. This means you can copy files directly to them

from a computer, provided the DMS is powered on. Go to

the USB & SD Card Operation section of this manual to

learn more about the NAS function.

Note: Both Local Master Browser and Samba are enabled

by default.

While both methods stream music files stored on a network computer/hard drive, etc., the easiest way to delineate

between the two methods are as follows; Using third-party server software such as Roon, JRiver, etc., installed on a

networked PC to monitor your music folder(s) and "serve" files to the DMS is Media Server Method. If you do not use third-

party software to share and stream files from a PC to the DMS, it is the PC Share method.

Network streaming allows the playback of digital music files stored on computers or NAS Drives connected to your network.

The advantage of network streaming is that you do not have to have the computer(s) or NAS Drive(s) located anywhere

near the DMS-800PV or your audio system. However, the computer(s) or NAS Drives must remain powered on for the DMS-

800PV or any network audio player to access them. The other advantage to network streaming is that virtually every

feature of the DMS-800PV can be accessed using the Cary Audio Streamer 2.0 App allowing control from the comfort of

your listening position.

Press the Network button on the IR remote. This will show a list of all available "PC Share" and/or "Media Servers"

on the network. The DMS-800PV also lets you filter by PC Share or Media Servers by checking the associated box to

the right of the list.

Navigate to your preferred Network source with the Up, down keys and select it by pressing Enter.

If you do not see the computer (PC Share) you are looking for; you can manually add a PC Share by highlighting the

Add button and pressing Enter. Type in the computer name (case sensitive) and any needed username and

password. The new PC Share should now appear.

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