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Page 2: Safety Guidelines
Safety guidelines CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated ‘dangerous voltage’... -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Welcome, and thank you for buying the Arcam MS250. Safety guidelines ..........2 The MS250 is designed to act as a central repository Important safety instructions ....... 2 and distribution system for all your digital music. It can Safety compliance ..........2 distribute high quality music programming to multiple rooms End User Licence Agreement (‘EULA’) .... -
Page 4: End User Licence Agreement ('Eula')
End User Licence Agreement (‘EULA’) You have acquired a device (‘DEVICE’) which includes software licensed by ARCAM from one or more software licensors (‘ARCAM’s SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS’). Such software products, as well as associated media, printed materials and ‘online’ or electronic documentation (‘SOFTWARE’) are protected by international intellectual property laws and treaties. -
Page 5: Before You Start
It may be that your MS250 has been installed and set-up as part of your Hi-Fi installation by a qualified Arcam dealer. In this case, you may wish to skip the sections of this handbook dealing with installation and setting up the unit, and move directly to the sections dealing with operating the MS250. Use the contents list on page 3 to guide you to these sections. -
Page 6: Conventions Used In This Document
Conventions used in this document Zones The MS250 supports up to four zones. The term ‘Zones’ refers to the four stereo analogue outputs supported by this product. Zone 1 corresponds to the room where the MS250 is situated: Zones 2, 3 and 4 are the other three analogue output locations. -
Page 7: Installing And Connecting
Installing and connecting �� �� �� �� �� � � � REMOTE IN DIGITAL OUTPUTS INPUTS TRIGGER OUT OUTPUTS AUX 1 AUX 2 ZONE1 ZONE2 ZONE3 ZONE4 ZONE1 ZONE1 ZONE2 ZONE1 ZONE2 OUTPUT COAX OPTICAL 115–230VAC NETWORK 100CVA MAX ZONE2 ZONE3 ZONE4 ZONE1... -
Page 8: General Connection Advice
RS232 control Use this connection to control devices with an RS232 serial port (for example, Crestron and AMX touch screen controllers). Your Arcam dealer has access to specialized documentation for RS232 and IR programming with the MS250. Analogue audio outputs Four stereo pairs of phono outputs are provided, one pair for each Zone. -
Page 9: Front-Panel Controls
Front-panel controls � ����� HOME ZONE LOAD DISPLAY POWER � � � � � � POWER Press this button to switch on the MS250. The power indicator light changes from red NOTE to green. From power-on, the MS250 will take about 30 seconds to initialise; a start-up To put the unit into stand-by, press message is displayed on the front panel. -
Page 10: Using The Cr-425 Remote Control
Using the CR-425 remote control 0–9 keypad This allows text entry of characters and numbers, OPEN as on a mobile phone. In character mode, use Opens and closes the disc tray. input a space character. Genre, Artists, Album or Track lists may be filtered (i.e. -
Page 11: Operating The Ms250
Operating the MS250 The menu system The MS250 is controlled using its menu system. This is best viewed on a TV or a computer monitor, connected as described on page 7. The menu system is also displayed on the front panel display, which is sufficient for routine control, especially when you have become familiar with the MS250’s capabilities. -
Page 12: Playing Cds
Playing CDs To play a CD, press on the remote control) to open the CD tray. Place the CD in the tray LOAD OPEN with the label facing uppermost. Press again (or again on the remote control) to close the LOAD OPEN tray. -
Page 13: Storing A Cd On The Ms250
Storing a CD on the MS250 To store the contents of a CD on the MS250, select Store from the left hand window of the CD menu. The STORE CD menu page is displayed with Disc info. selected: Editing CD details This page allows you to enter or modify information for the CD. - Page 14 Store CD option You might like to select the ‘Background compression’ option to carry out data compression as a background task. Compression takes place when the MS250 is in Standby mode: a simple ‘Ooo’ animation on the front panel display shows that compression is in progress. Storing the CD Choose Store from the left-hand window of the menu page.
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Page 15: Playing Stored Music
Playing stored music From the MUSIC SOURCE home page, navigate to Stored music and press . The following menu page is displayed: � ��� ��� � � � ���� ��� ��� ��� � � � ���� ���� ��� ���� � �... - Page 16 Searching for stored music You can search for tracks, album titles or artists in your stored music using the Search function. You can enter part of a title to search to save time. For example, you could type ‘glass’ to search for any track with glass or Glass in the title –...
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Page 17: Internet Radio
There is a default list of Internet radio stations installed on the MS250. In addition, every time you switch on the MS250 it automatically downloads the latest list of available stations from the Arcam website (given that the unit is connected to the Internet). -
Page 18: Playlists
Playlists Playlists are a convenient way to gather together and sort tracks stored on the MS250 in any order you’d like to listen to them. For example, you might put together a list of tracks from various albums suitable for a party. You can give your playlists names to make them easy to find. You can also record the tracks in a playlist onto a CD (see ‘Creating a CD’). -
Page 19: Listening To A Playlist
The PLAYLIST-MENU page appears with the tracks you’ve added displayed on the right-hand window. Listening to a playlist Choose Playlists from the MUSIC-PLAYLISTS menu page. The playlists you have created are listed in alphabetical order. Navigate to the desired playlist and press Adding tracks to a playlist To add tracks to a playlist, you first need to choose the tracks you’d like to add, so they are displayed on the MUSIC-TRACKS menu page (as you did when creating your playlist). -
Page 20: Editing A Playlist
Editing a playlist You can remove tracks, change the order in which they are played, delete the entire playlist, make a copy of a playlist and rename a playlist from the PLAYLIST-EDIT menu page. To navigate to the PLAYLIST-EDIT menu page, select the playlist you’d like to modify and then choose Edit playlist from the left-hand window of the menu page. -
Page 21: Managing Your Stored Music Library
Managing your stored music library You can edit album or playlist details including the album/playlist title and individual track titles. You can also add or remove tracks from a stored album. < Choose the album you’d like to work on so that the track names are displayed. Choose Edit details from the left-hand window of the menu screen to display the MUSIC-EDIT screen: <... -
Page 22: Creating A Cd
Creating a CD You can create your own CDs with selections of tracks from an album or playlist. When creating a CD, you can choose between standard audio CD format that can be played by any CD player, or a Data CD format that can be played by a computer, or on a CD player capable of playing MP3 tracks. - Page 23 Select your preferred CD format and insert a blank CD-R into the CD drive, or prepare a CDRW disc, then choose ‘Create CD’ from the left-hand window of the menu page. The following menu screen appears: Indicator bars show the progress of CD creation, for each track and for the complete CD. Once the CD has been completed, the display returns to the CD MENU and displays the tracks on the CD you have just created.
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Page 24: System And User Settings
System and User Settings Although you can normally use the MS250 without changing the factory-set options, the Setup preferences allow you to fine-tune the way your MS250 operates to suit your own requirements. To display the SETUP menu page, choose Settings from the left-hand window of the MUSIC-SOURCE home page: The Audio menu Choose this option to set the options for controlling how CDs and MP3s are stored and compressed,... -
Page 25: The Content Menu
The Content menu The Content menu allows you to choose where your MS250 looks for music files. By default, this will be the hard disk on the MS250 itself, but you can add other devices including network devices that the MS250 can play files from. -
Page 26: The Display Menu
Ethernet settings (see next option). Ethernet This option allows you to enter explicit values for the Ethernet IP settings: the IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway, Name server, and Unit name (default = ‘Arcam’). Press to edit the text fields. Apply Select ‘Apply’... -
Page 27: The Region Menu
This option is used to start the update procedure when an Arcam software update CD is loaded. Update radio This option calls the Arcam website and checks for updates in the list of available Internet radio stations. The Personal Identification Number restricts access to the user settings so that only authorised users may change them. -
Page 28: The Time Menu
The Time menu Choose this option to modify the system date and time, the screen display and standby periods. The options are: Time This option allows you to set the system Date (the entry format is MM/DD/YYYY) and Time (the entry format is HH:MM:SS in 24-hour notation). -
Page 29: Advanced Features
Advanced features Zones The MS250 has four ‘zoned’ outputs, so you can send different music streams to different zones. For example, you might play the currently inserted CD to Zone 1, an Internet radio stream to Zone 2, a playlist on the MS250’s hard drive to Zone 3 and music from one of the two Aux inputs to Zone 4. For example: <... -
Page 30: Copying Music Files
Copying music files You can copy music files from the MS250 to other devices. These devices could be your PC via the network, or a portable MP3 player for example. To transfer files to an external device: < If you want to transfer the files to a portable MP3 player or other USB storage device, you must first connect the device to a USB port on the MS250. -
Page 31: Connecting To A Network And The Internet
Connecting to a network and the Internet Once you’ve connected the MS250 to your existing audio equipment and checked that it works, you can connect it to the Internet. This will enable you to make full use of the MS250’s capabilities, such as: <... -
Page 32: Testing Your Internet Connection
If you do wish to ‘share’ the internet connection on your PC with the MS250, you can do this as follows: 1. Using an Ethernet crossover cable (not a straight-through cable), connect the MS250 to the computer’s ethernet port 2. Enable Internet Connection Sharing on your computer 3. -
Page 33: Remote Control Codes
Remote control codes The following table gives the infrared commands accepted by the MS250. Note that the system code for the MS250 is 21. Power commands Command Decimal Code Standby toggle 21–12 Standby-on 21–123 Standby-off 21–124 Playback control commands Command Decimal Code Number and text entry 21–n (e.g., 21–1) -
Page 34: Technical Specifications
2 x AAA batteries mains lead E&EO NOTE: All specification values are typical unless otherwise stated. Continual improvement policy Arcam has a policy of continual improvement for its products. This means that designs and specifications are subject to change without notice. MS250... -
Page 35: Guarantee
The warranty does not cover transportation costs at any time. Arcam shall not be liable for damage or loss of data including but not limited to music recorded to storage devices. It is the customer’s responsibility to maintain the original media and/or appropriate backup copies within the specific rights of the media’s copyright holder. - Page 36 A&R Cambridge Ltd, Pembroke Avenue, Waterbeach, CAMBRIDGE CB25 9QR, England. Issue 2 SH149...
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