Using A Playlist - Yamaha MCX-2000 Owner's Manual

Using a Playlist
Trle playlists on the
MC><~~:OOO
Dive you nevv ancl creative
vvays to enjoy the songs you've stored to your music archive.
Each playlist sirrply
~ets
you cornbine and
arran~le
archived
songs as you like, but a finishecl playlist can be used in nlany
vvays. Not only can playlist songs be play(::d on the
tv'lCX-2000 itself, but they carl also be streamed to any
MusicCAST cli(::nt
(pagc:~
88L If required, along VViUI the tirner
playback feature (page aq). You can even use playlists to
cornpile your
O\Nn
custorn CDs (page 73). This section
sho\tvs you rlo\tv to rnanage your playlists,
Creating a Playlist
You can create a playiist in one of
t\l10
\Nays. The rnost
seamless vvay is to save a l")ookrnark list as a piaylist; you
can sirnp!y add the bookrnark to sonqs in a song list vit:3vV or
each sonfJ'S Piay lnforrnation screen, ancl then :~o to the
Bookrnarks screen and save Hie current bookrYlark list as a
playHst using "the relevant Subn-lenu comrnand (page 50).
The other vvay is to create a ;blank' playlists first v.Jjth a
suitable nanle, and tllen you can edit or cornpile
~t
by a(jdng
necessary songs later. Here, v.Je explain hovv to create a
(}iank playlist.
1 Select
~~p
fv1enu > Library> ivlus!c Archive> Playlists for
the folloving screen.
Plavlists screen
2 Select tile ~~evv Playlist con-Inland frorn the Subnlenu. The
criaracter palette appears, prompting you
to
type tile nan"1e
for a nevv playlist. Specify the narne using the palette or
US!ng a PS/2 keyboard connected to the
~'v~C><
- 2000, anel
Lrlen select OK in the character palette (page 75).
82
~
. . .
~ CX-20CO
Owner's
~vlGnuol
3 Confirm the ne\-v playlist appears
in
tile PiayUsts screen.
Other Subnlenu commands avaUable from the Playlists
scrGen:
Play: Lets you play the selected playllst: frorY! the first song
1n the list. In the Play In"fonnation screen, you can select
other playUsts using the group selection buttons (+/-). For
other piayback controls, see "Play Inforrnatlon anci Contro!sB
(page
50).
Information: Shovvs
a
dia!og box that provides c:8taHed
~nforrnation about the selectGd playllst.
Add link: Lets you add a song to the selected playlist.You
can search for the desired song by navigatng dovvn fron-l a
'rnini'
~J1u.s~c
Archive rrenu, in trle sarne rnanner you search
for a song in the rnusic archive.
Edit title: Lets you edit tile selecteej playlist's narne using
the character palette or a PS/2 keyboard connected to the
i\~CX-2000 (page 75).
Delete this Playlist: L(0ts you delete trle selected playHst
and its content (links). VVrlen you select this cornmand,
a
confinration dialog box appears. Select OK if you'r-e sure,
Deletng a playHst doesn:t delete the
or~g!na!
song cJata.
~~
Once c;-eateci. each playl:st sriown the Playiists ;;.ues'·"' is Irian.:tqsd
in the same way". \(~:)U can acJcJ or rol"r"10ve frorn
a
piayiist, even
when it 'vvas 'conv8rlecJ' frorn 3 bookmark
Using a Playlist
Trle playlists on the
MC><~~:OOO
Dive you nevv ancl creative
vvays to enjoy the songs you've stored to your music archive.
Each playlist sirrply
~ets
you cornbine and
arran~le
archived
songs as you like, but a finishecl playlist can be used in nlany
vvays. Not only can playlist songs be play(::d on the
tv'lCX-2000 itself, but they carl also be streamed to any
MusicCAST cli(::nt
(pagc:~
88L If required, along VViUI the tirner
playback feature (page aq). You can even use playlists to
cornpile your
O\Nn
custorn CDs (page 73). This section
sho\tvs you rlo\tv to rnanage your playlists,
Creating a Playlist
You can create a playiist in one of
t\l10
\Nays. The rnost
seamless vvay is to save a l")ookrnark list as a piaylist; you
can sirnp!y add the bookrnark to sonqs in a song list vit:3vV or
each sonfJ'S Piay lnforrnation screen, ancl then :~o to the
Bookrnarks screen and save Hie current bookrYlark list as a
playHst using "the relevant Subn-lenu comrnand (page 50).
The other vvay is to create a ;blank' playlists first v.Jjth a
suitable nanle, and tllen you can edit or cornpile
~t
by a(jdng
necessary songs later. Here, v.Je explain hovv to create a
(}iank playlist.
1 Select
~~p
fv1enu > Library> ivlus!c Archive> Playlists for
the folloving screen.
Plavlists screen
2 Select tile ~~evv Playlist con-Inland frorn the Subnlenu. The
criaracter palette appears, prompting you
to
type tile nan"1e
for a nevv playlist. Specify the narne using the palette or
US!ng a PS/2 keyboard connected to the
~'v~C><
- 2000, anel
Lrlen select OK in the character palette (page 75).
82
~
. . .
~ CX-20CO
Owner's
~vlGnuol
3 Confirm the ne\-v playlist appears
in
tile PiayUsts screen.
Other Subnlenu commands avaUable from the Playlists
scrGen:
Play: Lets you play the selected playllst: frorY! the first song
1n the list. In the Play In"fonnation screen, you can select
other playUsts using the group selection buttons (+/-). For
other piayback controls, see "Play Inforrnatlon anci Contro!sB
(page
50).
Information: Shovvs
a
dia!og box that provides c:8taHed
~nforrnation about the selectGd playllst.
Add link: Lets you add a song to the selected playlist.You
can search for the desired song by navigatng dovvn fron-l a
'rnini'
~J1u.s~c
Archive rrenu, in trle sarne rnanner you search
for a song in the rnusic archive.
Edit title: Lets you edit tile selecteej playlist's narne using
the character palette or a PS/2 keyboard connected to the
i\~CX-2000 (page 75).
Delete this Playlist: L(0ts you delete trle selected playHst
and its content (links). VVrlen you select this cornmand,
a
confinration dialog box appears. Select OK if you'r-e sure,
Deletng a playHst doesn:t delete the
or~g!na!
song cJata.
~~
Once c;-eateci. each playl:st sriown the Playiists ;;.ues'·"' is Irian.:tqsd
in the same way". \(~:)U can acJcJ or rol"r"10ve frorn
a
piayiist, even
when it 'vvas 'conv8rlecJ' frorn 3 bookmark