Yamaha MCX-2000 - MusicCAST Digital Audio Server Setup Manual page 81

4 When you start playback of an MP3, WAV or WMA audio
file from the PC, the MCX-2000 shows the Play
Information screen as follows.
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Playback methods
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Stereo level indicators
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Category where playback started
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Song title
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Audio format
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Time display
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Album title
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Artist name
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Categorized genre
The Submenu commands in the Play Information screen for
audio content from a networked PC:
Playback: Provides the same playback control functions as
available on the remote control. So, you can control the song
playback simply using the cursor controller on the front panel
or from a PS/2 keyboard (only with cursor and enter keys).
Group selection buttons (+/–) only work when you can
access the next or previous group. On-screen group
selection buttons turn gray and don't work if you start
playback from All Songs.
Repeat: Select the repeat playback mode. Select Single
( ) to repeat a single song from the current group, or All
( ) to repeat all songs from the current group. Select OFF
to stop repeat playback.
Random: Turns the random playback mode on or off.
Group: Selects Single to play only the current group, or All
to play all other groups in the same category.
Broadcast: Streams a song currently playing on the
MCX-2000 to MusicCAST clients specified in a dialog box
(page 89).
Recall Play: Makes the MCX-2000 start 'continued'
playback of a song currently playing on a client specified in a
dialog box (page 90).
n You can create a wide variety of playback patterns by combining repeat,
random and group playback modes using the relevant Submenu
commands, just like when you play songs from the music archive
(page 51). You can also set the repeat or random playback mode, or
turn broadcast playback on or off using the relevant remote control
buttons (REPEAT, RANDOM and BROADCAST).
Notes on Playing the Network Content
When using the Network Content feature, you should
remember the following:
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• WMA audio files are shown as PCM in the Play
Information screen.
It's because the DiXiM Media Server converts WMA audio into
PCM format before it's streamed to the MCX-2000.
• Network content files cannot be accessed from
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MusicCAST clients.
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Use the Broadcast feature. The MCX-2000 can broadcast a
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music or audio file from the DiXiM Media Server to multiple
clients, just as broadcasting an Internet radio program.
• You cannot view digital photo and movie files.
Though the DiXiM Media Server allows its PC clients to view
them over a local network, the MCX-2000 (another DiXiM
client) doesn't support a viewing function.
• The DiXiM Media Server only serves local media files.
Since the DiXiM Media Server doesn't support 'relaying'
network files, you cannot play shared music and audio files
from other PCs. (You cannot add folders on a network volume
to the server.)
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