Applications; Playing Audio Sources; Playing Archived Music - Yamaha MCX-2000 - MusicCAST Digital Audio Server Setup Manual

Once you've finished setting up your MCX-2000
(and MusicCAST clients), you can start using it as
a music server. This section explains how you
can play and record audio sources on the
MCX-2000, and stream music to the clients over
the MusicCAST network.

Playing Audio Sources

The MCX-2000 supports playback of five different audio
sources, and they are accessible from the Library screen
opened from the Top Menu. Select Top Menu > Library for
the following screen.
Music Archive
Select this when listening to music recorded from sources
such as music CDs, radios or external audio signals. When
you record these audio sources, the MCX-2000 lets you add
information such as song title, artist name, album name and
genre to each song (or audio program), allowing you to
quickly find the music you want to listen to.
Radio
Select this when listening to a radio broadcast. You can
select one of main radio sources at any time: the built-in FM
tuner, XM Satellite Radio (US model only) and Internet radio.
Network Content
Select this to receive and play audio content from a
Windows PC in the network where the MCX-2000 is
connected. The supplied software program must be installed
beforehand on that computer (page 64).
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Applications

CD
Select this when listening to a CD set in the MCX-2000.
Supported CDs are music CDs (CD-DA) and MP3 CDs (CD
ROM). Since the MCX-2000 can track the file hierarchy in an
MP3 CD (up to eight levels), you can play songs organized in
folders or directories.
Inputs
Select this when listening to incoming analog or digital audio
signals from an external device. Playback control for these
external inputs should be done from the external device.
n The MCX-2000 can play any one of the above audio sources while
streaming a different archived song to each client in your MusicCAST
network.

Playing Archived Music

To enjoy listening to songs from the music archive, you need
to record them beforehand onto the MCX-2000 (page 66).
You can add unique data to each song or audio program to
easily find it later in the music archive. In fact, the song data
gives a great help to categorize or group archived songs.
n Music streaming will start when you select and play (request) a song
on each client. While song selection and playback control of streamed
music are based on client operations, you can still control each client
remotely from the MCX-2000 (page 87).
1 Select Top Menu > Library > Music Archive to open the
following Music Archive menu screen.
Music Archive menu