Using The Timer Playback - Yamaha MCX-2000 - MusicCAST Digital Audio Server Setup Manual

Using the Timer Playback

The MCX-2000 lets you program when your favorite music
or radio station automatically starts playing — using the timer
playback feature. It opens more possibilities to how to use
the MCX-2000 and MusicCAST clients in your personal life
(or even business). If you've programmed a playlist named
Wake-up BGM, you can start every morning with songs in
that playlist. If you don't want to miss a radio program, get
prepared by registering the radio station at the specified time
on the specified date to the timer playback list.
1 Select Top Menu > Setup > Timer for the following screen.
Timer playback list screen
2 Move the selection (highlight) to a column to specify a
program for timer playback, and then press the SELECT
button on the remote control.
Timer program list screen
n Because the MCX-2000 automatically selects and plays a program in
the order of specified date and time, you don't need to care about the
list position to register a program.
3 Select each parameter below and specify what and
when you want to play. During programming, you should
note the current date and time indication in the upper
right corner of the screen.
1 Content, Playback
Select between Radio Preset and Playlist. According to your
selection, use the Playback column to specify a radio station
from the Presets list (page 60) or a playlist currently stored in
the music archive. For Playback, select a target item using a
dialog box that appears.
2 Activate when?, Date
Specify when you want to play the content specified above.
When you select Once, also specify a specific date at the Date
column. Other Activate options include Every Day and each
day of the week (from Sunday to Saturday) for you to create a
'daily' or 'weekly' program. The Date column becomes
unavailable (-----) when you select other than Once.
n Of course, you cannot 'backdate' a timer program. So, if you specify
July 1st on July 2nd, the program will start playback in one year later.
3 Start, End
Specify when you want to start playing the above program
and then stop it. Based on your settings, the playback timer
supports up to 24-hour continuous playback (when you set
the same time value to both Start and End parameters). If
you want to control the playback duration based on the
content length (how many songs in the specified playlist,
etc.), simply specify "--:--" for the End time. Then the
MCX-2000 just triggers playback of the content specified
above and removes the program from the program list if it
has been specified as Once (one-time playback).
n Time indication is based on the Time Display setting (page 92). If you're
using 12-hour clock, always note the AM or PM display at the End
parameter. If you want a one-hour timer playback, say, by specifying
9:00 to 10:00, you need to match AM or PM for both Start and End
parameters. Otherwise, you may have a 13-hour continuous playback.
4 OK, Cancel, Clear
If you save this program, select OK. Selecting Cancel to
abort all changes. Select Clear if you want to delete the
current program. In any case, you will return to the timer
playback list screen.
n While you're editing (or simply viewing settings) in the timer program
list screen, the MCX-2000 doesn't activate existing timer programs.
4 Confirm that a new timer program appears is the list
screen. If required, continue creating other programs by
repeating steps 2 to 3. You can create up to 10 timer
programs for the MCX-2000.
Playback timer is automatically turned on
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