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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Congratulations on your purchase of XiVA’s musicm8, and welcome to the XiVA commu- Set Up ......................1 nity. Because the XiVA team have done their utmost to ensure that your musicm8 is of the The Home Page ..................7 highest quality, your machine should provide you with years of excellent service as the heart Using the Main Features ................

  • Page 3: Set Up

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Set Up What’s in the box? musicm8 Default Settings • musicm8 Your musicm8 has been preconfigured with XiVA’s recommended default settings, • Power supply and cable for ease of use and quick set up. • Ethernet cable...
  • Page 4 XiVA musicm8 User Guide Set Up in 4 Quick Steps Step 1 - Connecting the unit up. Connecting the Ethernet cable to the musicm8 Connecting the power supply to your musicm8 Connect your supplied Ethernet cable to a spare port on your router.
  • Page 5 XiVA musicm8 User Guide musicm8 Rear Panel Note: In most cases only the network LAN port connection will be used. USB connections can be used to back up your media collection. See the Backup section on page 10. Use of the USB connections for any other purpose is not supported.
  • Page 6 You may have to directly type the IP address of your musicm8 into the location bar instead. If this is the case, and you don’t know your musicm8’s IP address, you can download the XiVA IP Tool from: XiVA.com/musicm8/downloads/musicm8iptool.zip If the musicm8 web interface does not appear after following these...
  • Page 7 XiVA musicm8 User Guide Set Up in 4 Quick Steps Step 4 - Optional Connecting to your musicm8’s shared folders musicm8 is a server which makes your media available throughout your home. It does this by storing and accessing your media through shared folders, as well as letting you listen to your music through a wide range of media players.
  • Page 8 When prompted for the address type smb://192.168.1.20 or whatever your musicm8 IP address is. To Update your XiVA Software From the Updates menu on the left sidebar, select Check for Updates to see if there is a more recent version of the software for your musicm8.

  • Page 9: The Home Page

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Using the Interface The Home Page Getting to the Interface is as simple as opening your browser and typing Most of the major functions are in the basic menu; click Show Advanced Menu musicm8. If you’re using a Mac, type musicm8.local. You will be prompted for to view all available options.
  • Page 10 To download a track choose Save As. Windows 2000, XP, Vista For the best browsing experience, XiVA recommends using Squeezecenter or • Go to the files or folders of music that you want to copy.

  • Page 11: Using The Main Features

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide choose Paste, or click Edit and click Paste. Using the Main Features and type //musicm8, then press OK. To Record a Disc: To set up a Squeeze Box Insert the disc into the drive; provided there is an internet connection, musicm8 will record it and then eject it automatically once the recording is complete.

  • Page 12: Backing Up And Recovery

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Backing Up and Recovery Automated Backup Your musicm8 can perform a scheduled backup your media to a USB hard drive formatted as FAT32. When Automated Backup is enabled for the first time, your IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility to maintain a backup of the media content held on the musicm8.

  • Page 13: Configuring Media Players

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Configuring Media Players TwonkyMedia Twonky Server is now configured. Note: Twonky is pre-configured. No additional configuration is required to serve your music to a wide selection of media players. However, you may wish to have Twonky has been configured to rescan your music collection every 5 minutes to Twonky scan the musicm8 for recently added media files more or less often.

  • Page 14: Slimdevices Squeezecenter 7.3

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Configuring Media Players SlimDevices SqueezeCenter 7.3 Note: musicm8 installs by default an auto scan utility to ensure that every time Note: Slim SqueezeCenter is pre-configured. No additional configuration is required you record a CD it is immediately added to your squeezenetwork.

  • Page 15: Firefly

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Configuring Media Players Firefly Note: Firefly is pre-configured so no additional configuration is required to serve your music to a wide selection of media players. Select Firefly from main musicm8 web interface. You will be prompted for a username and password.

  • Page 16: Itunes

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Configuring Media Players iTunes Windows Media Player To access musicm8 through iTunes, simply open iTunes. You should see musicm8 listed as a shared library in iTunes. To access musicm8 through Windows Media Player, select Library from Windows Media Player Menu and select Add to Library.

  • Page 17: Linn Ds Series

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Configuring Media Players Linn DS Series Nokia N800 Linn DS series requires Twonky Media to be configured from the musicm8 web The Nokia N800 can be used as a standalone playback device or as a remote interface (see page 11).

  • Page 18: Wii

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Configuring Media Players Open the web page of musicm8 in your browser by typing musicm8. Take a note of the IP address on the bottom left corner of the screen. It will look something like 192.168.1.20 Head on over to your TV with your Wii attached Ensure you have the Wii connected to your network.

  • Page 19: Sonos

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Configuring Media Players Sonos Configuring musicm8 with Sonos can be done in two ways Sonos Desktop Controller From the main Sonos Desktop Controller Menu select Music from the drop down menu then select Set Up Music Library.
  • Page 20 XiVA musicm8 User Guide Configuring Media Players From a Sonos Remote Press Music. System Settings. Music Library Management. Music Library Setup. Add New. You will see musicm8 displayed in-screen. Click your centre button to add. If not shown: Press New.

  • Page 21: Importing Photos From Your Camera

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Importing photos from your camera Using a Wi-Fi Photo Frame Backup and loading your photos is fully automated by musicm8. Simply remove Your musim8 also supports all of your photo collection and acts as a server, ‘push- the SD card from your camera and insert it in the front slot of the musicm8 unit.

  • Page 22: Manage Podcasts

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Manage Podcasts You can add your favorite podcasts to your music8 and each new episode will download automatically on a daily basis to your system and be available to all devices on your network. Note that any new podcast feed URLs can take up to a day to appear.

  • Page 23: Buying Music From Amazon

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Buying Music from Amazon Setting Up Amazon will allow you to buy MP3 tracks and albums and download 2. Edit Your preferences them directly to your musicm8 • Open the newly installed application. 1. Visit Amazon.com •...

  • Page 24: Configuring Photo And Video Sharing

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Configuring Photo and Video Sharing Video Sharing Photo Sharing To configure video sharing from your musicm8 simply add Video content to a shared folder on your musicm8 and add the folder path to be shared to Twonky To add Photo Sharing, follow the same procedure adding the default musicm8 Media through the musicm8 web interface.

  • Page 25: Accessing Your Musicm8 Across The Web

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Accessing your musicm8 across the Web DynDNS is a service provided by www.dyndns.org which allows your musicm8 to be accessed across the web. To enable DYNDNS, open the NAS menu and click DYNDNS Control, then click Enable or Disable.
  • Page 26 XiVA musicm8 User Guide 3. Log on to your DynDNS account 4. Add your new hostname Select Your account services and click Add a hostname. Choose a hostname that you can easily remember - it can be anything you wish.
  • Page 27 XiVA musicm8 User Guide 5. Type your details into your musicm8 Open the musicm8 user interface by typing musicm8 into your browser. Password Control Open the NAS menu and select DynDNS config Key in your DynDNS username, hostname and password in the text boxes. Click The web interface of your musicm8 is protected by a password.

  • Page 28: Advanced Settings

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Advanced Settings A detailed overview of audio compression can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_data_compression Recording Settings If you have made changes to your encoder type and wish to save the changes Out of the box, your musicm8 will store your music as mp3 320kbps.
  • Page 29 XiVA musicm8 User Guide Option 2 : Artist - Album - Track##TrackName.ext Recording Status This option will create a file with artist name, followed by the album name, fol- lowed by the track number, followed by the track name followed by the file exten- Recording Status displays the status of the disc currently being recorded.

  • Page 30: Run Script

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Run Script Run script feature is designed to run XiVA approved script. XiVA scripts perform a wide range of functions from software updates to bug fixes. XiVA occasionally release new scripts. Scripts and instructions on how to run them can be found by visiting: http://www.xiva.com/musicm8...

  • Page 31: Network Configuration

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Network Configuration Changing Network Settings Your musicm8 requires a network IP address. To change the settings, open the Network menu on the left sidebar and select Change IP. The IP address can be assigned automatically by checking Use DCHP? This will assign a dynamic IP address for the musicm8 on your network.
  • Page 32 XiVA musicm8 User Guide Network and Shared Folders In the New Share Name field type the name you wish your share to have, for example: shared. Click Update. The share will now be created at the following location: Within the Network menu, the following options are available.

  • Page 33: Adding Wireless Support

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Adding Wireless Support Connecting your musicm8 to your Squeezbox Connecting your musicm8 wirelessly using a wireless bridge musicm8 can be connected directly to your Squeezebox, making it wireless You can connect your musicm8 wirelessly using a wireless bridge such as a Belkin...

  • Page 34: Faq & Troubleshooting

    If your unit is correctly connected and powered on, but you do not see the musicm8 web interface, please visit http://www.XiVA.com/musicm8 and download the XiVA musicm8 Locator Tool, which will provide the IP address of your How can I store and stream video on the musicm8? musicm8 unit.
  • Page 35 If you have just recorded your CD, there are four steps to ensure that your media the XiVA logo the right way up, the disc label should be up when you insert a disc. will show up on your Sonos device: Why won’t the CD I put in the slot record?
  • Page 36 XiVA musicm8 User Guide Navigate to the Web UI (http://musicm8 or musicm8.local for Mac users). At What do I do if the musicm8 doesn’t find artwork for my CD? the top of the page click Twonky. The Twonky Media screen will appear. Click Twonky Media Settings.
  • Page 37 XiVA musicm8 User Guide Why is my unit taking a long time to boot this time? interface. Your musicm8 has been designed to be completely reliable, especially if you take advantage of the USB Backup feature. One aspect of ensuring this is that every 30 reboots, it performs a system check to ensure your media is safe and secure.

  • Page 38: Specification And Features

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Specification and Features • Linux OS • DLNA Compliant • Integrated high quality, slot load DVD drive • Full backup ability • Automated Recording • Shared folders for video, audio and photos • Ripsure error correction •...

  • Page 39: Licensing

    XiVA musicm8 User Guide Licensing Contact Certain elements of musicm8 are licensed under GPL, which supports the distribu- Imerge Ltd tion of open source software. Consequently some of the code base is available to Unit 6, download freely and may be modified or reused in any third party device.

  • Page 40: Warranty

    Please do not return your product directly to XiVA, as this will result in unnecessary delays in the repair process. In order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience, we advise you to read the user documentation carefully before contacting your dealer.
  • Page 41 XiVA musicm8 User Guide WEE Declaration of Conformity • The equipment that you have purchased has required the extraction and use of natural resources for this product. • The equipment may contain hazardous substances which could impact and the environment •...

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