Crestron Adagio™ AAS-1/2/4 Audio Server
Audio Server: AAS-1/2/4
Purpose
The purpose of this addendum is to provide correction to errant information within
the original AAS-1/2/4 User Guide (2014056). Specifically, this addendum is design
to replace the material covered on pages 41 through 44, entitled “The Crestron
Touchpanel Interface”.
Correction for “The Crestron Touchpanel Interface”
A friendly onscreen menu can be displayed on any Crestron touchpanel within your
home. The screens discussed in this section are a typical example of an interface
provided by Crestron to its dealers. Since your dealer may have customized screens
for you, your screens may differ with respect to presentation, but the general topics
covered should apply nonetheless.
What appears on the screen depends on the size of the touchpanel. Larger panels
have a larger touch screen area thus a designer can display more information.
Therefore, two versions of sample screens are shown throughout this section of the
guide. Those on the left are for large touchpanels (10 inches or more). The screens to
the right are for touchpanels less than 10 inches.
The Music Library page, such as the one shown after this paragraph, provides the
convenience of easy browsing and instant access to all the music stored within the
audio library available on the Adagio Audio Server. The Music Library page is the
first level of browsing; it provides a list of categories (Genres, Artists, Albums,
Playlists, Tracks, Eras, and Years).
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‘JUMP TO’
BUTTONS
OUTPUT
SELECTION
NOW
PLAYING
SUMMARY
MUSIC
BROWSER
BROWSER
NAVIGATION
MUSIC
BROWSER
‘JUMP TO’
BUTTONS
The following items appear on every level of browsing (except where noted):
• Music browser (categories shown on Music Library page; other pages show
browse-level appropriate lists)
• Navigate the browse-level appropriate list with the following buttons:
BUTTON DESCRIPTION
BROWSER
NAVIGATION
Jump to beginning of list
Scroll up list
Scroll down list
Jump to end of list
• Open another page by selecting a ‘jump to’ button (buttons on the Music
Library page include Options, Library, and Now Playing).
The Playlist Manager button only appears on the large touchpanels
(10 inches or more).
• Select one of the four audio outputs (Zones A through D; depends on the
audio server model).
For touchpanels less than 10 inches, this item appears by selecting the
Options button.
• Summary of current selection (Now Playing; press this area to open a new
window with more details and control). The summary only appears on the
large touchpanels (10 inches or more).
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Music Browser
There are a number of ways to browse and access the music of your choice.
Touching an item on the music browser allows you to view another level and
displays another page on the touchpanel. The process of making a series of selections
from the music browser creates a browse path. As the browse path lengthens, the
items listed within the music browser should match the music of your choice. For
example, from the music browser on the Music Library page, you can view all the
tracks on a particular artist’s album by selecting Artists (i.e., The B-52’s) and Album
(i.e., Time Capsule), as shown below.
BROWSE
LEVEL
PLAY / ADD
TOGGLE
BROWSE
LEVEL
BACK
BACK
All the options from the Music Library page are also available from any browsed
page. New features on this page include:
• Browse level (for this example, the target is all the tracks on the Time
Capsule album by the B-52’s)
• Play / Add toggle – selection (on the large touchpanels, 10 inches or more)
provides alternating Add to Queue and Play buttons for the items listed
within the music browser.
BUTTON DESCRIPTION
Allows selection to be added to end of the
play queue.
Provides immediate playback of a particular
selection for instant access to your music.
• For touchpanels less than 10 inches, the Add to Queue button appears by
default. To switch to the Play button, select the Options button first.
• Back button – selection jumps back to the previously displayed page.
NOTE: The Search button (or A-Z button for touchpanels less than 10 inches) only
appears as a ‘jump to’ button at the Album and Track browse level assuming that
albums are sorted by the artist’s name and tracks are sorted by song title (or name).
The Search button does not perform a ‘global’ search at other browse levels.
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Now Playing
Want more information about what is currently playing? Simply select the Now
Playing summary located at the bottom of the Music Library page (or select the Now
Playing ‘jump to’ button) to open the Now Playing page, shown below.
CURRENT
SONG
DETAILS
INTERACTIVE
SLIDER
TRANSPORT
BUTTONS
SHUFFLE
REPEAT
TRANSPORT
BUTTONS
NEXT UP
DETAILS
NEXT UP
DETAILS
CURRENT
SONG
DETAILS
Options include:
• Current song details – lists the song title, album title, and artist of the song
now playing (genre is also shown on large touchpanels, 10 inches or more).
• Check the queue (select the Queue ‘jump to’ button).
• Interactive slider – allows you to jump to a particular point within the song
now playing (only on large touchpanels, 10 inches or more).
• Transport buttons – enables you to search back, pause, play, stop, and
search forward through the song now playing.
• Next up details – lists the song title, album title, and artist of the next song
in the queue
• Shuffle – select Shuffle to randomly reorganize the selections (i.e., albums)
or tracks in the play queue. Select Off to disable the shuffle. For
touchpanels less than 10 inches, Shuffle appears by selecting the Options
button first.
• Repeat – select Repeat to replay the current track or the entire play queue.
Select Off to disable the repeat. For touchpanels less than 10 inches,
Repeat appears by selecting the Options button first.
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The Queue
Want to check something in the queue? Simply select the Queue ‘jump to’ button on
the Now Playing page to open the Play Queue page, shown below.
This page lists the entire queue order; you have the option to:
• Save the queue as a playlist - select Save as List (only on large touchpanels,
10 inches or more).
• Remove all items from the queue - select Remove All.
• Remove selected items from the queue (select Remove to eliminate a
specific item)
Recall that selections can be added to the end of the play queue while navigating
with the music browser. Simply use the Add to Queue button.
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Playlist Manager
NOTE: The Playlist Manager is only available from large touchpanels, 10 inches or
more.
Want to create, edit and remove playlists? Simply select the Playlist Manager ‘jump
to’ button on the Music Library page to open the Playlist Manager page, shown
below.
Notice that the music browser is identical to the Music Library page. To make an
addition to a playlist, simply use the music browser to find a particular selection (i.e.,
track, album, or artist). Whatever browse path you chose, two buttons appear within
the music browser: Audition and Add to List.
BUTTON DESCRIPTION
Interrupts the song currently playing and plays the
selection.
Jump to Playlist Manager – Add to Playlist page
so that you can add your selection to the end of a
playlist shown in the music browser.
To make an original playlist, select the Create New Playlist ‘jump to’ button. Use
the keyboard to enter a name for the playlist. Select Playlists from the Playlist
Manager - Music Library page. Notice that the playlist now appears in the music
browser, but is empty. Use the procedure in the previous paragraph to add selections
to the playlist. If the playlist is not empty, but needs adjustments, select the playlist
from the music browser. Notice that all the tracks of the selected playlist appears in
the music browser. Select Edit beneath the Options ‘jump to’ button. Three buttons
appear to enable adjustments.
BUTTON DESCRIPTION
Move the selection down one
in the playlist order.
Move the selection up one in
the playlist order.
Remove the selection from the
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Selection Mode
Compilation albums offer an interesting ‘twist’ when browsing through your library
of music, because the artists can vary from track to track on a given album. So once
again you can create a browse path by selecting an artist (i.e., Nat King Cole) and
compilation album (i.e., Pottery Barn Dinner at Eight), as shown below.
Select the Options ‘jump to’ button and notice that there are two ‘Selection Mode’
options available: Track and Album. Since Album is the default, the resultant page
(shown above) shows every track on the selected album even though some of the
artists do not match the browse path constraints of ‘Artist: Nat King Cole’. If you
wish to narrow your selection so that it truly fits the browse path, select the Track
button under ‘Selection Mode’. The result, shown below, is a music browser list that
truly fits the browse path.
The ‘Sort Tracks By’ option organizes the items in the music browser by Number,
Name, Album, or Artist (button availability depends on whether you are browsing
albums or tracks). The tracks listed in the example of the music browser shown
above are sorted by number.
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