Yamaha MCX-2000 User Manual

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MCX-2000

Digital Audio Server

UCABG

Setup Guide

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1 Read these instructions.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

2 Keep these instructions. 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all instructions.

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE

COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE

PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED

SERVICE PERSONNEL.

• Explanation of Graphical Symbols The lightning ﬂash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert you to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufﬁcient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert you to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

5 Do not use this apparatus near water. 6 Clean only with dry cloth. 7 Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance

with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8 Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat

registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including ampliﬁers) that produce heat.

9 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or

grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not ﬁt into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched

particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

11 Only use attachments/accessories speciﬁed by the

manufacturer.

12 Use only with the cart, stand, tripod,

bracket, or table speciﬁed by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused

for long periods of time.

14 Refer all servicing to qualiﬁed service personnel. Servicing is

required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

We Want You Listening For A Lifetime

YAMAHA and the Electronic Industries Association’s Consumer Electronics Group want you to get the most out of your equipment by playing it at a safe level. One that lets the sound come through loud and clear without annoying blaring or distortion — and, most importantly, without affecting your sensitive hearing. Since hearing damage from loud sounds is often undetectable until it is too late, YAMAHA and the Electronic Industries Association’s Consumer Electronics Group recommend you to avoid prolonged exposure from excessive volume levels.

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COMPLIANCE INFORMATION STATEMENT

(DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY PROCEDURE)

Responsible Party:

Address:

Yamaha Electronics Corporation, U.S.A.

6660 Orangethorpe Avenue Buena Park, CA 90620

Telephone:

Fax:

Type of Equipment:

Model Name:

714-522-9105

714-670-0108

Digital Audio Server

MCX-2000

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions:

1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

2) this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.

See the “TROUBLESHOOTING” section at the end of this manual if interference to radio reception is suspected.

FCC INFORMATION (for US customers only)

1 IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT!

This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.

2 IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/

or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation instructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.

3 NOTE: This product has been tested and found to comply with

the requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class “B” digital devices. Compliance with these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices. This equipment generates/uses radio frequencies and, if not installed and used according to the instructions found in the users manual, may cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices.

Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations. If this product is found to be the source of interference, which can be determined by turning the unit “OFF” and “ON”, please try to eliminate the problem by using one of the following measures:

Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference.

Utilize power outlets that are on different branch (circuit breaker or fuse) circuits or install AC line filter/s.

In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate/reorient the antenna. If the antenna lead-in is 300 ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to coaxial type cable.

If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results, please contact the local retailer authorized to distribute this type of product. If you can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Electronics Corporation, U.S.A. 6660 Orangethorpe Avenue, Buena Park, CA 90620.

The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries.

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CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING THIS UNIT

•To assure the ﬁnest performance, please read this manual carefully.

Keep it in a safe place for future reference.

• Install this unit in a well ventilated, cool, dry, clean place — a way from

direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, moisture, and/or cold. Avoid ventilation space of at least 30 cm on the top, 20 cm on the left and right, and 10 cm on the back of this unit.

• Locate this unit away from other electrical appliances, motors, or

transformers to avoid humming sounds.

• Do not expose this unit to sudden temperature changes from cold to

hot, and do not locate this unit in a environment with high humidity (i.e. a room with a humidiﬁer) to prevent condensation inside this unit, which may cause an electrical shock, ﬁre, damage to this unit, and/or personal injury.

•Avoid installing this unit where foreign object may fall onto this unit

and/or this unit may be exposed to liquid dripping or splashing. On the top of this unit, do NOT place:

• Other components, as they may cause damage and/or discoloration on the surface of this unit.

• Burning objects (i.e. candles), as they may cause ﬁre, damage to this unit, and/or personal injury.

• Containers with liquid in them, as they may fall and liquid may electrical shock to the user and/or damage to this unit.

• Do not cover the rear panel of this unit with a newspaper, tablecloth, curtain, etc. in order not to obstruct heat radiation. If the temperature inside this unit rises, it may cause ﬁre, damage to this unit, and/or personal injury.

• Do not plug in this unit to a wall outlet until all connections are complete.

• Do not operate this unit upside-down. It may overheat, possibly causing damage.

• Do not use force on switches, knobs and/or cords.

• When disconnecting the power cable from the wall outlet, grasp the plug; do not pull the cord.

• Do not clean this unit with chemical solvents; this might damage the ﬁnish. Use a clean, dry cloth.

• Only voltage speciﬁed on this unit must be used. Using this unit with a higher voltage than speciﬁed is dangerous and may cause ﬁre, damage to this unit, and/or personal injury. YAMAHA will not be held responsible for any damage resulting from use of this unit with a voltage other than speciﬁed.

•To prevent damage by lightning, keep the power cord and outdoor antennas disconnected from a wall outlet or the unit during a lightning storm.

• Do not attempt to modify or ﬁx this unit. Contact qualiﬁed YAMAHA service personnel when any service is needed. The cabinet should never be opened for any reasons.

• When not planning to use this unit for long periods of time (i.e. vacation), disconnect the AC power plug from the wall outlet.

• Be sure to read the “TROUBLESHOOTING” section on common operating errors before concluding that this unit is faulty.

• Before moving this unit, ﬁrst check that there is no disc in the disc tray. Finally, press STANDBY/ON to turn off this unit, and disconnect the AC power plug from the wall outlet.

• Install this unit near the A C outlet and where the A C po wer plug can be reached easily.

This unit is not disconnected from the AC power source as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, ev en if this unit itself is turned off. In this state, this unit is designed to consume a very small quantity of power.

WARNING

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

Laser component in this product is capable of emitting radiation exceeding the limit for Class 1.

IMPORTANT!

Please record the serial number of this unit in the space below.

Model: Serial No.:

The serial number is located on the rear of the unit. Retain this Owner’s Manual in a safe place for future reference.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR U.K. MODEL

IMPORTANT

The wires in this mains lead are coloures in accordance with the following code:

GREEN-and-YELLOW: Earth BLUE: Neutral BROWN: Live

As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as follows: The wire which is coloured GREENand-YELLOW must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the letter E or by the safety earth symbol or coloured GREEN or GREEN-and -YELLOW. The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK. The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED.

For U.K. customers

If the socket outlets in the home are not suitable for the plug supplied with this appliance, it should be cut off and an appropriate 3 pin plug ﬁtted. For details, refer to the instructions described above.

Note: The plug sev ered from the mains lead must be destroyed, as a plug with bared ﬂexible cord is hazardous if engaged in a live socket outlet.

For Canadian Customers

To prevent electric shock, match wide blade of plug to wide slot and fully insert. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Do not remove the connector of built-in antenna from the MCX-2000.

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For US customers

FCC WARNING

Change or modiﬁcations not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the epuipment.

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for uncontrolled equipment. This equipment should be installed and operated with a minimum distance of at least 20cm between the radiator and the persons body (excluding extremities: hands, wrists, feet, and legs) and must not be co-located or operated with any other antenna or transmitter.

For Canadian customers

Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause interference, and (2), this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

The installer of this radio equipment must ensure that the antenna is located or pointed such that it does not emit RF ﬁeld in excess of Health Canada limits for the general population: consult Safety Code 6, obtainable from Health Canada’s website www.hc-sc.gc.ca/rpb

For U.K. and European customers

CAUTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING THIS UNIT

Allen voor klanten in Nederland

Bij dit product zijn batterijen geleverd. Wanneer deze lee g zijn, moet u ze niet weggooien maar inleveren als KCA.

Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote®. Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery. For more information visit www.gracenote.com.

CD and music-related data from Gracenote, Inc., copyright © 2000-2005 Gracenote. Gracenote CDDB® Client Software, copyright 2000-2005 Gracenote. This product and service may practice one or more of the following U.S. Patents: #5,987,525; #6,061,680; #6,154,773, #6,161,132, #6,230,192, #6,230,207, #6,240,459, #6,330,593, and other patents issued or pending. Services supplied and/or device manufactured under license for following Open Globe, Inc. United States Patent 6,304,523.

Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, and the “Powered by Gracenote” logo are trademarks of Gracenote.

AT BE CY CZ DK

EE DE GR FI FR HU IE IT LV LT LU MT PL PT SK

SI ES SE NL GB

CH IS LI NO

We, the manufacturer YAMAHA hereby declare that the MCX-2000 is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999 / 5 / EC.

Vi, tillverkaren YAMAHA, betygar härmed att MCX-2000 är i överensstämmelse med de erforderliga krav och andra tillämpliga bestämmelser som anges i direktivet 1999/5/EC.

Noi, il fabbricante YAMAHA, con questo dichiariamo che MCX2000 si trova in osservanza dei requisiti essenziali e delle altre normative pertinenti della direttiva 1999 / 5 / EC.

Nosotros, el fabricante YAMAHA, declaramos por el presente testamento que el MCX-2000 cumple con los requisitos esenciales y otras provisiones pertinentes de la Directiva 1999/5/EC.

YAMAHA verklaart hierbij dat de MCX-2000 voldoet aan de essentiële vereisten en andere relevante voorzieningen van Richtlijn 1999/5/EC.

MPEG Layer-3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson.

Supply of this product does not convey a license nor imply any right to distribute content created with this product in revenue-generating broadcast systems (terrestrial, satellite, cable and/or other distribution channels), streaming applications (via Internet, intranets and/or other networks), other content distribution systems (pay-audio or audio-on-demand applications and the like) or on physical media (compact discs, digital versatile discs, semiconductor chips, hard drives, memory cards and the like). An independent license for such use is required. For details, please visit http://mp3licensing.com

DigiOn and DiXiM are registered trademarks or trademarks of DigiOn, Inc.

The following fonts are used in the operational displays for this device. NAGA10© Sadakazu NAGAO

This apparatus shall be connection of a MAINS SOCKET outlet with aprotective earthing connection.

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CAUTION

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

ATTENTION

L’emploi de commandes, de réglages ou un choix de procédures différents des spécifications de cette brochure peut entraîner une exposition à d’éventuelles radiations pouvant être dangereses.

ACHTUNG

Die Verwendung von Bedienungselementen oder Einstellungen oder die Durchführung von Bedienungsvorgängen, die nicht in dieser Anleitung aufgeführt sind, kann zu einem Kontakt mit gefährlichen Laserstrahlen führen.

OBSERVERA

Användning av kontroller och justeringar eller genomförande av procedurer andra än de som specificeras i denna bok kan resultera i att du utsätter dig för farlig strålning.

ATTENZIONE

Uso di controlli o regolazioni o procedure non specificamente descritte può causare l’esposizione a radiazioni di livello pericoloso.

W_LAN ANT

VIDEO

VIDEO LAN REMOTE

W_LAN ANT

VIDEO

VIDEO LAN REMOTE

XM RADIO

LINK/DATA 10/100

100–240V, 0.5–0.3A, 50/60Hz

MADE IN MALAYSIA

75ΩUNBAL.

OUT

THIS CLASS B DIGITAL APPARATUS COMPLIES WITH

CANADIAN ICE-003. CET APPAREIL NUMÉRIQUE DE LA CLASSE B EST CONFORME À LA NORME NMB-003 DU CANADA.

OUT

OPTICAL

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUKT

ANALOG

AUDIO

WE87940–C–0

FM ANT

MODEL NO. MCX–2000

RS–

232C

(For Canada model)

WE87960–GB–0

FM ANT

232C

RS–

ININOUT

OPTICAL

LINK/DATA 10/100

MODEL NO. MCX–2000 100–240V, 0.5–0.3A, 50/60Hz

75ΩUNBAL.

MADE IN MALAYSIA

OUT

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUKT

LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE KLASS 1 LASER APPART PRODUIT LASER DE CLASSE 1

ANALOG

AUDIO

(For U.K. and Europe models)

: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE

WARNING

OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

AC IN

IC: 740B–MCX2000A

AC IN

PRECAUCIÓN

El uso de los controles o los procedimientos de ajuste o utilización diferentes de los especificados en este manual pueden causar una exposición peligrosa a la radiación.

VOORZICHTIG

Gebruik van bedieningsorganen of instellingen, of uitvoeren van handelingen anders dan staan beschreven in deze handleiding kunnen leiden tot blootstelling aan gevaarlijke stralen.

VAR O! AVATTAESSA JA SUOJALUKITUS OHITETTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE LASERSÄTEILYLLE. ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN.

VARNING! OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD OCH SPÄRREN ÄR URKOPPLAD. BETRAKTA EJ STRÅLEN.

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Welcome to MusicCAST

MusicCAST is a new, convenient home audio network featuring playback of digital music streams. It

consists of a MCX-2000 music server and its dedicated clients (MCX-A10 or MCX-C15, sold separately). With all your music sources—including CDs and radio broadcasts—brought together in a single server unit, each person in the house can enjoy their own music, anytime, on demand.

MCX-2000

wireless

Wireless

MCX-A10

LAN

MCX-C15

MCX-A10

This guide helps you in quickly setting up your new MCX-2000 and client devices, building your own MusicCAST network—and tapping into a whole new world of music listening enjoyment.

Each page number (page XX) in this guide indicates that you can see a detailed explanation on that page of the separate Owner’s Manual.

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Preparing Items

Find and take out the following items from the MusicCAST product packages. (See Owner’s Manual for a complete list of supplied items.)

123

456

123

2 3 4

MCX-2000 unit (1)

Remote control (1)

Power cable (1)

Options

Video pin cable (RCA pin) (1)

Audio pin cable (1)

n If you’re using an MCX-C15, also prepare a network hub and two network cables (CAT5 straight cables) for connecting with the MCX-2000.

AA batteries (2)

MCX-A10

MCX-C15

MCX-CA15

Connecting with Peripheral Devices

Connect the MCX-2000 and its clients, as well as any other desired peripherals as shown in the following illustrations.

MCX-2000

Connecting the MCX-2000 to a TV

AUX

Connecting the MCX-2000 to an audio system

Connecting the MusicCAST clients to speakers

Creating a MusicCAST network (network connections of the MCX-2000 and MusicCAST clients)

MCX-A10

Video pin cable (RCA pin)Video out

MCX-2000

Audio system

Audio pin cable

Speaker cables Speaker cables

Speaker

MCX-CA15

MCX-2000

Network hub

Network cable

MCX-C15

AUXAudio out

Speaker

Router

Network cable

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Remote Control Features and Operations

You can use the supplied remote control to peform most of the MCX-2000 operations (such as selecting a menu item or determining a setting value). Prepare the remote control before operations.

Setting Batteries

Set batteries inside the remote control as shown below.

1 Remove the bottom cover of the remote control. 2 Set two AA batteries (supplied) in appropriate directions, according to the illustration in the compartment. 3 Slide the cover until it snaps into place.

n If the remote control doesn’t work well, the batteries may be weak. Replace them with twe new AA batteries. Always handle batteries

appropriately, according to the safety precautions at the beginning of this manual.

Powering Up

Turn on your TV and switch it to external input (connected to the MCX-2000 video output). When you turn on the MCX2000, your TV will show the initial “MusicCAST” splash screen, followed automatically by the Easy Setup screen.

MCX-2000

1 Turn ON 2 Change to external input

n The MCX-2000 is designed to show the Easy Setup screen when you ﬁrst turn on the unit (factory setting). If the Easy Setup screen doesn’t

appear, press the TOP MENU button on the remote control. When the Top Menu screen is shown on the TV, use the cursor controller (in the center of the remote control) to move the highlighted selection down to Setup (the last item of Top Menu), and press the SELECT button. Then, from the Setup menu screen, select Easy Setup. Scroll down in the display if it’s not visible.

AC plug and outlet for US model

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Creating a MusicCAST Network

Top Menu

Easy Setup

The Easy Setup feature lets you quickly create a MusicCAST network. There are several types of MusicCAST networks. Here we explain how to conﬁgure the most basic network that’s comprised of a single MCX-2000 server and one or more clients.

Wireless client

(MCX-A10)

MCX-2000 Network hub

n Your clients and network hub should be turned off at this point. Turn them on later when you’re asked to do so in the Easy Setup process.

Wired client

(MCX-C15)

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With Easy Setup, you can quickly and easily conﬁgure your desired MusicCAST network just by following the simple onscreen instructions (page 27). To create a network comprised of an MCX-2000 with clients, specify the options listed below. When the proper settings have been made, a simple diagram of your system appears in the display.

Enter the following settings:

•

Language: Date and Time:

•

System conﬁguration selection: Network connection selection:

•

Network settings conﬁguration:

Select a language used for screen messages.

Set the current date and time.

Select “Use the MCX-2000 in conjunction with MCX-A10/C15 clients”.

Select “Connect to a network containing MusicCAST components only”.

Select “Automatic conﬁguration”.

After you’ve made these settings, a diagram of the speciﬁed MusicCAST system (in this case, a MusicCAST-only network with the MCX-2000 and clients) is shown in the display.

n To select a displayed item, move the highlight on it using the up or down arrow button, and then press the SELECT button. The SELECT button

also lets you alternately select and deselect a radio button. When you specify a value, use the up or down arrow button to display a desired value, and then press the SELECT button (page 19).

From the next screen, you will need to operate the MCX-2000 and each client to conﬁgure the MusicCAST network.

2 Tu rn on each client as instructed in the on-screen message. If you’re using a network hub for wired clients, you should

turn on the hub at this time. When you’re ready, go to the next screen.

Powe r

MCX-A10

Network hub

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3 Following the screen message, start Auto Conﬁguration on each client. Use the front-panel cursor controller to select

Top Menu > Setup > Network > Auto Conﬁguration, and then press the PLAY button. The clients start searching for the music server (MCX-2000).

PUSH

SELECT

PUSH

SELECT

PUSH

SELECT

PLAY

n You can use the cursor controller on a client’s front panel in the same way as the cursor controller on the MCX-2000 remote control. Push the

center stick upward, downward, leftward or rightward as you press the up, down, left or right arrow button on the remote control. When you press this stick vertically, it works the same as pressing the SELECT button. In addition, you can go back to the previous screen by pushing the stick leftward.

4 When you go to the next Easy Setup screen, the MCX-2000 starts searching for any available clients.

n Don’t touch or operate any clients until their IDs appear in the above screen and are successfully registered to the MCX-2000.

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5 When the screen shows all clients (IDs) you are using, go to the next screen for updating their ﬁrmware. This process is

STAMDBY/ON

TV AMP

TIMER OPEN/CLOSE

RANDOM REPEAT BROADCA

necessary to use them with the MCX-2000. On each client, select Top Menu > Setup > System > System Update, and then press the PLAY button.

When the ﬁrmware update is complete, each client displays the above message and automatically restarts itself. When you go to the next screen, you can see the updated ﬁrmware version.

n The ﬁrmware version on your clients may be more recent than the one shown above. In addition, the client ﬁrmware version doesn’t always match

that of the MCX-2000.

n Each version number may be diffrent from your MCX-2000.

6 Go to the next screen, and select “Conﬁrm” to complete the Easy Setup process. Your MusicCAST network has been

successfully created.

Streaming Music

To begin music streaming over the MusicCAST network, you’ll ﬁrst need to prepare your audio sources (music) on the MCX-2000 music server. The MCX-2000 can stream several types of audio sources to the clients. Here, we’ll explain how to record songs from a music CD and deliver them to the clients.

Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the remote control and open the CD tray. Set a music CD with its label side facing up.

POWER

STAMDBY/ON

AMP/TV

TV AMP

TIMER

OPEN/CLOSE

RANDOM REPEAT BROADCAST RADIO

123

456

789

TOP

PLAY

INFO.

PAGE

SELECT

PAGE

VOL.

INPUT

BOOLMARK

AMP/TV

MUTE

LIBRALY AR TISTS

PLAYLISTS

123

MENU MENU MENU

FAVORITES

2 3 4

Remote control

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Press the CD AUTO STORE button on the MCX-2000 front panel (the tray will close automatically). The RECORDING indicator (at the left of the front panel display) lights in red, followed by the ENCODING indicator lighting in gr een.

CD AUTO STORE button

MCX-2000

n The RECORDING indicator lights up while the MCX-2000 is importing CD songs in (uncompressed) PCM format. The ENCODING indicator

lights up while the MCX-2000 is encoding PCM songs to MP3 format. Naturally, these indicators go off a ﬁrst-in, ﬁrst-out basis during the import process.

3 When the RECORDING indicator goes off, indicating that your CD songs have been successfully imported to the

MCX-2000, select Top Menu > Library > Music Archive.

When “All Songs” is selected:

4 Move the highlight to one of the ﬁrst four menu items (Artists, Albums, Genres or All Songs) and press the SELECT

button. You can view the artist name, album title, genre or a list of songs from the music CD you just imported.

When “All Songs” is selected:

n If the music CD is a recent release or a private, self-made CD, generic song information may be shown (such as unknown artist, album, etc.).

If this happens, you can enter the relevant information manually (page 75).

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5 From one of your clients, select Top Menu > Library > Music Archive. You can see the same menu items — Artists,

Albums, Genres and All Songs as found in the MCX-2000 screen. Select one of them and conﬁrm the client display also shows the artist name, album title, genre or a list of songs from the music CD you just imported on the MCX-2000.

When “All Songs” is selected:

n If the display on a client is dimmed and shows the current time, press the controller stick. The client will ‘wake up’ and restart the network

connection with the MCX-2000 (page 14).

6 From the menu items in the client screens, select a song and start playback. (Move the triangle icon to the left of a

song title, and then press the controller stick or PLAY button.)

n You can adjust the playback volume using the VOL +/– buttons on the client front panel.

This is the basic procedure for music streaming over the MusicCAST network. If you have two or more clients, you can play different songs on them. The MCX-2000 also supports multitasking, allowing you to continue importing other music CDs by repeating steps 1 to 3 above, or select and play a different song on the MCX-2000, even while delivering different music to each client.

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YAMAHA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, USA 6660 ORANGETHORPE AVE., BUENA PARK, CALIF. 90620, U.S.A. YAMAHA CANADA MUSIC LTD. 135 MILNER AVE., SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO M1S 3R1, CANADA YAMAHA ELECTRONIK EUROPA G.m.b.H. SIEMENSSTR. 22-34, 25462 RELLINGEN BEI HAMBURG, GERMANY YAMAHA ELECTRONIQUE FRANCE S.A. RUE AMBROISE CROIZAT BP70 CROISSY-BEAUBOURG 77312 MARNE-LA-VALLEE CEDEX02, FRANCE YAMAHA ELECTRONICS (UK) LTD. YAMAHA HOUSE, 200 RICKMANSWORTH ROAD WATFORD, HERTS WD18 7GQ, ENGLAND YAMAHA SCANDINAVIA A.B. J A WETTERGRENS GATA 1, BOX 30053, 400 43 VÄSTRA FRÖLUNDA, SWEDEN YAMAHA MUSIC AUSTRALIA PTY, LTD. 17-33 MARKET ST., SOUTH MELBOURNE, 3205 VIC., AUSTRALIA

WF 37370

Printed in Malaysia

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MCX-2000

UCABG

Digital Audio Server

OWNER’S MANUAL

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents.................................................2

Preface ..................................................................3

What’s Included...................................................................................... 4

Feature Overview ................................................................................... 4

Audio Playback Functions........................................................................ 4

Audio Recording Functions...................................................................... 5

Music Archiving Functions ....................................................................... 5

CD Recording Functions.......................................................................... 5

Music Streaming Functions...................................................................... 6

Timer Function.......................................................................................... 6

Preparations and Setup.......................................7

Panel Descriptions: MCX-2000.............................................................. 7

Front Panel ............................................................................................... 7

Back Panel ............................................................................................... 9

Panel Descriptions: Remote Control.................................................. 11

Connecting External Devices.............................................................. 13

Connecting to the AC Power............................................................... 13

Remote Control Features and Operations......................................... 16

Setting Batteries ..................................................................................... 16

Operating on the Remote Control .......................................................... 16

Using as a Universal Remote Control .................................................... 17

Menu Operation Basics ....................................................................... 19

MCX-2000 Menu Tree ........................................................................... 22

Configuring Your MusicCAST Network ....................23

Network Basics ...................................................................................... 23

Configuring a MusicCAST-only Network ...........................................25

Configuring a MusicCAST Network for PC Network and

Internet Access..................................................................................... 26

Using Easy Setup .......................................................27

Easy Setup Overview........................................................................... 28

Date and Time........................................................................................ 28

MusicCAST System Configuration .........................................................28

Network Connection (stand-alone, without clients)................................ 28

Network Connection (with clients).......................................................... 29

Network Configuration............................................................................ 29

For the MCX-2000 to access the Internet via

an existing PC network........................................................................... 30

For automatic configuration of a MusicCAST network ........................... 30

Applications....................................................... 46

Playing Audio Sources........................................................................ 46

Playing Archived Music....................................................................... 46

Adding a Bookmark to a Song............................................................... 50

Play Information and Controls................................................................ 50

Playing a CD ......................................................................................... 51

Notes on Playing an MP3 CD................................................................. 52

Listening to a Radio Broadcast .......................................................... 54

Listening to FM Radio ............................................................................ 54

Listening to XM Radio (US model only) ................................................. 55

Listening to Internet Radio ..................................................................... 59

Using the Presets List ............................................................................ 59

Playing External Audio Signals .............................................................. 63

Playing Audio Content on the Computer ............................................... 64

Recording Audio Sources................................................................... 66

Recording Songs from a Music CD ....................................................... 66

Recording from FM Radio or External Audio Signals ............................ 69

Duplicating a Music CD ......................................................................... 71

Recording Archived Songs to a CD....................................................... 73

Editing the Library ............................................................................... 75

Typing Text Characters.......................................................................... 75

Editing Song Data .................................................................................. 77

Using a Playlist....................................................................................... 82

Registering an Internet Radio Station .................................................... 84

Renaming Items from the Radio Presets List......................................... 85

Operating a Client Remotely............................................................... 87

Selecting the Client Audio Source ......................................................... 88

Setting the Timer Playback .................................................................... 89

Other Features...................................................................................... 91

Setting Date and Time ........................................................................... 91

Using the Online CDDB Database......................................................... 93

Defining User Interface .......................................................................... 93

Selecting Playback Options................................................................... 95

Selecting Recording Options................................................................. 96

Using the Timer Playback ................................................................... 97

Using a Yamaha AV Receiver ............................................................. 98

Managing an Existing MusicCAST Network.................................... 100

Checking the Network Status............................................................... 100

Initializing Network Settings ................................................................. 100

Managing the MCX-2000 System...................................................... 101

Viewing System Information................................................................. 102

Resetting the MCX-2000 for Factory Settings...................................... 103

Updating the MCX-2000 Firmware ...................................................... 103

Limiting Local Operations on the MCX-2000 ....................................... 104

Automatic Configuration of a

MusicCAST Network...................................................31

Preparation on the MCX-2000................................................................ 32

Preparation on Each Client .................................................................... 33

Automatic Registration of Clients ........................................................... 34

Manual Configuration of a MusicCAST Network .....35

Checking Out Parameter Values............................................................ 35

Settings on the MCX-2000 ..................................................................... 36

IP Address.............................................................................................. 37

Wireless LAN.......................................................................................... 37

Settings on Each Client .......................................................................... 39

Mode ...................................................................................................... 40

Server ID ................................................................................................ 40

DHCP ..................................................................................................... 41

IP Address.............................................................................................. 41

Subnet Mask .......................................................................................... 41

ESS ID .................................................................................................... 42

WEP Key................................................................................................. 42

Manual Registration of Clients ............................................................... 43

Confirming Network Status................................................................. 44

Updating Client Firmware.................................................................... 45

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual

Compatible Media (CD/CD-R/CD-RW)............ 105

About Digital Recording with MusicCAST.... 107

Troubleshooting.............................................. 108

Glossary........................................................... 111

Specifications.................................................. 113

The illustrations and operation screens as shown in this owner’s manual are for instructional purpose only, and may appear somewhat different from those on your products.

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Preface

Thank you and congratulations on your purchase of the Yamaha MCX-2000 Digital Audio Server!

The MCX-2000 is a music server that enhances the concept of MusicCAST, a digital music delivery method over a personal network.

MusicCAST delivers a new listening style for the digital era. It allows you to record various audio sources, including music CDs, onto the music server, and enjoy streamed playback on a client device (MCX-A10 or MCX-C15, sold separately) placed anywhere in your home, using wired and wireless computer networking technologies.

There are many ways to use the MusicCAST network and the MCX-2000 music server.

Use the MCX-2000 to collect and centralize all music sources in your home. Then, simply place a client device in every room of your house—instead of buying a separate stereo or audio set for each of your family members. This setup lets each member of the family enjoy their own favorite music—in any room at the same time. Naturally, the music server can also be set to stream the same music to each client, so that you can walk around your house and have the same music play no matter where you go.

The MCX-2000 has other great features. It can also stream music or audio programs from the built-in FM radio tuner anywhere in your home via the MusicCAST network. Locally on the MCX-2000, you can also enjoy Internet radio programs. You can also use the MCX-2000 to record audio content from old analog tapes. Once recorded, they can be streamed via the MusicCAST network and burned onto CD-R/RW media for storage purposes, together with songs from music CDs.

The above are just a few examples to show how you can use the MusicCAST network and the MCX-2000 music server. You’ll ﬁnd additional ones throughout this manual, too—so, keep the manual in a safe place and read it thoroughly in order to get the most out of your new MCX-2000.

MCX-C15

Audio CD

Casette tapes

Tuner

Casette deck

Audio sysytem

MCX-2000

MCX-A10

with optional speakers

Song 01 Song 02

Song 24

Original CD

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What’s Included

The MCX-2000 product package contains the following items. When you open the box, ﬁrst check they have all been included. If something is missing, please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the product.

123

456

123

2 3 4

MCX-2000 unit (1) Remote control (1) Optical cable (1)

AA batteries (2)

Power cable (1)

Audio pin cable (1) Video pin cable (1)

Network cable (1)

(For US and Canada)

Indoor FM antenna (1)

(For Europe, UK and Australia)

CD-ROM (1)

• DiXiM™ Media Server software

• MCX-A10/C15 client manuals (electronic documents; see these updated manuals

when operating each client together with the MCX-2000).

• GNU GPL/LGPL software license agreement (electronic documents)

• MCX-2000 program source code (based on GNU GPL/LGPL)

Setup Guide (1)

Owner’s Manual (1)

Installation Guide for “DiXiM Media Server” Software (1)

Feature Overview

Designed to be a comprehensive, ultimate audio center for your home, the MCX-2000 incorporates a wide variety of features and functions. Here, we’ll take a look at some of ways you can use these features.

Audio Playback Functions

The MCX-2000 lets you play a wide variety of audio sources, including commercial music CDs, your own original MP3 CDs (CD-ROM), external audio signals, and radio programs from the built-in FM tuner. You can also listen to audio content stored on your Windows computer if you connect the MCX-2000 to your computer network (LAN). Since the MCX-2000 can access the Internet through your computer network, you can even enjoy music from your favorite Internet radio stations. When you play these audio sources on the main MCX-2000 itself, connect a speaker system (power ampliﬁer and speakers, or powered speakers) to the unit.

• Playing Archived Music (page 46)

• Playing a CD (page 51)

• Listening to FM Radio (page 54)

• Listening to Internet Radio (page 59)

• Playing External Audio Signals (page 63)

• Playing Audio Content on the Computer (page 64)

FM Radio

MCX-2000

Audio CD

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual

MP3 CD

Router

AUX in

LAN

MD Player

WAN

Internet Radio

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Audio Recording Functions

The MCX-2000 incorporates a large-capacity 160GB hard disk drive, allowing up to 200 hours of digital recording in linear PCM format (16-bit/44.1kHz) or up to 2,000 hours in MP3 format (160kbps bit rate). Recordable audio sources include commercial music CDs, external audio signals, and radio programs from the built-in FM tuner.

• Recording Songs from a Music CD (page 66)

• Recording from FM Radio (page 69)

• Recording External Audio Signals (page 69)

MCX-2000

160GB HDD

Music CD

AUX in

MD Recorder

Music Archiving Functions

When recording audio sources, you can add information to each song—such as the song title, artist name, album name and genre—then store it to the music archive in the MCX-2000 hard drive. This information can then be used to ﬁnd speciﬁc songs you want to play. Because the MCX-2000 incorporates a special song database system (based on Gracenote CDDB functions include Playlist and Bookmark, letting you create custom song lists appropriate to speciﬁc occasions (such as parties, morning ‘wake-up’ music, etc.) and allowing you to mark your favorite tunes for quick access.

• Adding a Bookmark to a Song (page 50)

•Typing Text Characters (page 75)

• Editing Titles (page 77)

• Changing Song Attributes (page 77)

• Using a Playlist (page 82)

• Registering an Internet Radio Station (page 84)

), this information will be set automatically if your songs are from popular music CDs. Other useful

HDD

(Internal CDDB)

MCX-2000

Internet (CDDB)

CD Recording Functions

This function lets you create a music mix CD of your own selections by arranging archived songs in your favorite order. You can also use this function to duplicate existing music CDs, allowing you to copy your personal mixes to CD and give it to your friends.

• Recording Archived Songs to a CD (page 73)

• Duplicating a Music CD (page 71)

MCX-2000 Original CD

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Music Streaming Functions

Once songs are archived (recorded) on the MCX-2000 hard drive, you can stream them to up to 15 clients via the MusicCAST network. The MCX-2000 can deliver the same music to each client simultaneously (broadcast). It can also deliver different songs to different clients at the same time, at the request of each client. In addition, the MCX-2000 supports remote control of clients via the MusicCAST network, allowing you to operate them without having to go to each unit individually.

• MusicCAST as an Integrated Music Delivery System (page 89)

• Operating a Client Remotely (page 87)

MCX-2000

Wireless

wireless

Wireless

MCX-A10

LAN

MCX-C15

MCX-A10

Timer Function

The MCX-2000 and clients incorporate a timer that enables song playback at a speciﬁed time. You can program up to ten playback timer instances for each MusicCAST device.

• Setting the Timer Playback (page 89)

• Using the Timer Playback (page 97)

MCX-2000

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Preparations and Setup

This section explains how to connect peripheral devices to your MCX-2000 and set it up as a music server, and how to create a MusicCAST network in conjunction with clients (MCX-A10 or MCX-C15, sold separately).

Panel Descriptions: MCX-2000

Front Panel

1 2

DIGITAL AUDIO SERVER MCX-2000

STANDBY/ON

3 4 5 6

CD AUTO STORE

PS/2 KEYBOARD PHONES LEVEL

LEVEL

MIN MAX

* & ^

BROADCAST

TIMER

RECORDING

ENCODING

@#$%

MENU/

PLAY INFO.

CLIENT STATUS

23451

789

PUSH

SELECT

) 9

1 STANDBY/ON button

Use this button when switching among the MCX-2000 operating modes. The button indicator light changes color, showing the unit’s current operating mode (green: active mode, amber: sleep mode, red: standby mode).

•

Connecting to the AC Power (page 13)

2 Disc tray 3 Open/Close button ( )

Use these when setting a CD in the MCX-2000. Press this button to open the tray, set a CD with its label side facing up, and press the button again to close the tray.

4 Stop button ( ss 5 Play button (

Press the Play button to start playback of the current song from the beginning. Press the Stop button to stop playback of the current song that’s being played. These buttons similarly works with all other audio sources available on the MCX-2000 (CD, archived songs, radios, external inputs).

)

RADIO

6 CD AUTO STORE button

Use this button when recording (storing) all songs from a music CD at a time. Since importing an entire CD is possible with a single click of the button, you can quickly store a number of songs from a pile of music CDs into the MCX-2000 music archive.

•

Importing a Music CD Automatically (page 68)

7 Display

Shows the current MCX-2000 status or menu screen.

8 CLIENT STATUS indicators (1~10)

Each indicator is associated with a client registered to the MCX-2000. A client whose indicator lights up in green is properly connected, and can receive audio streams from the MCX-2000. The 10th indicator (10...) shows the operating status for the 10th and following clients all together. You can view detailed information of each client’s status in the Client Control screen.

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9 RADIO button

Press this button to fast access the last selected radio station. Every time you press this button, the radio type cycles through FM, XM, Internet Radio and Presets (XM is for US model only).

) Cursor controller

Delivers the same functions with the center controller on the remote control. You can move the highlight (selection) onto a target item by pushing the center stick upward, downward, leftward or rightward. When you press this stick vertically, it determines to select the current item (PUSH SELECT).

! MENU/PLAY INFO. button

Press this button to toggle between the last selected menu screen and the Play Information screen for the current song. Continue pressing this button for the Top Menu screen.

@ BROADCAST indicator

Lights up in blue while the MCX-2000 is broadcasting to clients.

# TIMER indicator

Lights up in amber while the MCX-2000 is waiting or operating in timer playback mode.

$ RECORDING indicator

Lights up in red while the MCX-2000 is recording (storing) an audio source or writing onto a CD-R/RW disc.

% ENCODING indicator

Lights up in green while the MCX-2000 is encoding recorded audio into MP3 format.

^ LEVEL knob & PHONES jack

Connect a pair of headphones here to listen to sounds being played on the MCX-2000. You can adjust the playback volume using the LEVEL knob.

* PS/2 KEYBOARD port

Connect a generic PS/2 keyboard designed for PC here. A connected PS/2 keyboard lets you control the MCX-2000 in the same way as the supplied remote control. It also lets you type words (such as song titles) quickly when editing song information. In addition, the MCX-2000 doesn’t support a PS/2 mouse. So, don’t connect a PS/2 mouse to this port.

•

Typing Text Characters (page 75)

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Back Panel

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

W_LAN ANT

VIDEO

DO NOT OPEN

LINK/DATA 10/100

LAN

REMOTE

$ # @ !

232C

RS–

OPTICAL

)

OUT

AUDIO

FM ANT

75ΩUNBAL.

ANALOG

8 7

WE87930-U-1

MODEL NO. MCX–2000

MADE IN MALAYSIA

THIS PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH DHHS RULES 21 CFR SUBCHAPTER J APPLICABLE AT DATE OF MANUFACTURE

OUT

YAMAHA CORPORATION 10-1 NAKAZAWA-CHO,

HAMAMATSU-SHI, SHIZUOKA-KEN, JAPAN MANUFACTURED BY YEM (M) MANUFACTURED:

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TW O CONDITIONS:

(1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) T HIS DEVICE MUST A CCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDE SIRED OPERATION

1 W_LAN ANT

A movable antenna for the wireless network. When you stream audio to clients over the wireless network, adjust the antenna angle for best results.

Avoid using excessive force when moving the antenna.

FM ANT

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

W_LAN ANT

VIDEO

DO NOT OPEN

RS–232C

75ΩUNBAL.

YAMAHA MCX–2000

AC IN

FCC ID: A6RMCX2000A

THE XM NAME AND RELATED LOGOS ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKSOF XM SATELLITE RADIO INC.

2 XM jack (US model only)

If you live in the United States and want to listen to XM Satellite Radio on the MCX-2000, connect your XM Connect-and-Play antenna here (page 55).

3 RS-232C port

Use this port when connecting the MCX-2000 to a compatible Yamaha AV receiver using an RS-232C cross cable. With this setup, you can synchronize both units’ power on/off timing or automatically select a surround program on the AV receiver to match the genre of a song you select on the MCX-2000.

•

Using a Yamaha AV Receiver (page 98)

4 FM ANT terminal

Connect the supplied indoor FM antenna here when using the MCX-2000 built-in FM tuner.

5 Fan opening

To effectively cool down the inside of the MCX-2000, be sure not to shut off the airﬂow from this opening. When placing the MCX-2000 near a wall, make sure there is enough room behind the back panel.

6 AC IN socket

Connect the supplied power cable here.

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7 ANALOG OUT jacks (stereo) 9 OPTICAL OUT jack (stereo)

Audio playback signals on the MCX-2000 are output from these jacks. Use the supplied optical digital cable (or one purchased separately) to connect the OPTICAL OUT jack to a digital audio input on an external device. Use the supplied stereo pin cable (or one purchased separately) to connect the ANALOG OUT jacks to analog audio input jacks on an external device.

8 ANALOG IN jacks (stereo) ) OPTICAL IN jack (stereo)

Audio sources called ‘external input’ in this manual are incoming audio signals via these jacks. Use the supplied optical digital cable (or the one purchased separately) to connect the OPTICAL IN jack to a digital audio output on an external device. Use the supplied stereo pin cable (or one purchased separately) to connect the ANALOG IN jacks to analog audio output jacks on an external device.

! REMOTE terminal

This terminal is designed for professional expansion purposes, not for consumer use of the MCX-2000.

@ 10/100 indicator # LINK/DATA indicator $ LAN (Ethernet) port

Connect a network cable (CAT-5 straight cable) to the Ethernet port when creating a wired network with clients or connecting the MCX-2000 to your home network. The LINK/DATA indicator lights up when the wired connection is properly working, and ﬂashes when data trafﬁc over the network is being done. The Ethernet port is automatically conﬁgured to match the speed of a connected network (10 or 100 Mbps); the 10/100 indicator lights up when the Ethernet port is conﬁgured for 100 Mbps, and is unlit for 10 Mbps.

% S-VIDEO port ^ VIDEO port

These ports output the MCX-2000 operating screen displays (OSD) to an external TV monitor. Connect either port to your TV monitor’s video input (yellow-coded composite port for VIDEO, or 4-pin S port for S-VIDEO). The VIDEO and S-VIDEO ports output the same displays.

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Panel Descriptions: Remote Control

™

STAMDBY/ON

TIMER

OPEN/CLOSE

TV AMP

&*(º

RANDOM REPEAT BROADCAST RADIO

123

456

789

TOP

# 5

PAGE

SELECT

PAGE

VOL.

BOOKMARK

POWER

AMP/TV

PLAY

INFO.

INPUT

1 IR transmitter

Infrared (IR) remote control signals are transmitted from here. When operating the remote control, point this part at the IR receiver on the target unit.

4 PLAY INFO. button

Press this button to show the Play Information (song data) screen for the

current song on the TV monitor.

5 Alphabetical index search buttons ( uu

/ dd

)

You can ﬁnd a recorded (archived) song from one of groups (artists, albums, genres or all songs). Whichever group you select, its contents (artist names, album titles, genres or song titles) are listed in alphabetical order. You can then press either button to jump to the ﬁrst item in each alphabetical index. Use the down arrow button to jump in an A-to-Z direction, or the up arrow button to jump in a Z-to-A direction.

•

Selecting a List Item (page 48)

6 Cursor controller

Provides the same functions as the controller on the MCX-2000 front panel. Use the up, down, left and right arrow buttons to move the

highlight (selection) onto a target item, and then press the center SELECT button to select or determine it.

7 BOOKMARK button

Press this button to add or remove the bookmark to the current song.

•

Adding a Bookmark to a Song (page 50)

@ 8

AMP/TV

MUTE

LIBRARY AR TISTS

123

MENU MENU MENU

2 3 4

PLAYLISTS

FAVORITES

2 POWER AMP/TV button 3 TV/AMP switch 8 INPUT buttons ( +/– )

9 MUTE button

)

@ VOL. buttons ( +/– )

In addition to operating the MCX-2000, the supplied remote control also lets you operate compatible Yamaha AV receivers and TV monitors from other manufacturers (page 17). Slide the TV/AMP switch to TV to control the TV monitor, or to AMP to control a Yamaha AV receiver. You can then use the POWER AMP/TV button to turn the target device on or off, the VOL. buttons to adjust the volume level of the target device, and the MUTE button to temporarily turn off the target device volume. Press the MUTE button again to cancel muting. The INPUT buttons let you switch the input source on the target device. So, you can even route a different audio source from the Yamaha AV receiver to the MCX-2000 external input. In addition, directional switching with the INPUT +/– buttons only works with Yamaha AV receivers. TV input will be switched in the same direction with either INPUT button.

•

Using as a Universal Remote Control (page 17)

) MENU 1~3 buttons

Use the MENU 1~3 buttons to fast access the Library, Artists and Playlists menu screens.

! FAVORITES 1~4 buttons

The FAVORITES 1~4 buttons are reserved for future use (no functions).

# PAGE scroll buttons ( uu

When a list of items (such as songs from a CD) cannot be displayed at a time, press either button for a scrolled view of the list.

/ dd

)

$ TOP MENU button

Press this button to immediately access the Top Menu screen whatever screen is shown on the TV monitor.

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% Playback control buttons

You can control playback on the MCX-2000 using:

•

Pause button ( e ) to pause or resume playback of the current song

•

Skip backward button ( b ) to go to the beginning of the previous song (or the current song during playback)

•

Skip forward button ( a ) to go to the beginning of the next song

•

Stop button ( s ) to stop playback of the current song and rewind to its beginning

•

Backward button ( w ) to scrub playback toward the beginning of the current song

•

Forward button ( f) to scrub playback toward the end of the current song

•

Play button ( p) to start playback from the beginning of the current song

^ Group selection buttons (–/+)

Press this button to select the previous (–) or next (+) group within the currently selected group (album, artist, genre or the like).

& RANDOM button

Every time you press this button, you can change the playback order of songs from the current group (album, artist, genre or all songs) as listed, or at random.

•

Play Information and Controls (page 50)

* REPEAT button

Every time you press this button, you can change how to repeat playback of the current song(s).

•

Play Information and Controls (page 50)

( BROADCAST button

Press this button to start or stop broadcasting to selected clients.

•

MusicCAST as an Integrated Music Delivery System (page 89)

º RADIO button

Press this button to fast access the last selected radio station. Every time you press this button, the radio type cycles through FM, XM, Internet Radio and Presets (XM is for US model only).

¡ OPEN/CLOSE button

Like the Open/Close button on the MCX-2000 front panel, use this button when setting a CD in the MCX-2000. Press this button to open the tray, set a CD with its label side facing up, and press the button again to close the tray.

™ TIMER button

Press this button to enable or disable the MCX-2000 Timer function.

•

Using the Timer Playback (page 97)

£ STANDBY/ON button

Use this button when switching the MCX-2000 operating modes.

•

Operation Modes on the MCX-2000 (page 14)

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Connecting External Devices

Connect all relevant devices referring to the section “Panel Descriptions” (page 7) and the setup illustration below. Make sure each device is turned off before making connections.

Video pin cable

VIDEO

(supplied)

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

W_LAN ANT

VIDEO

LINK/DATA 10/100

VIDEO

LAN

REMOTE

RS–

OPTICAL

FM ANT

232C

75ΩUNBAL.

OUT

AUDIO

OUT

ANALOG

WE87930-U-1

MODEL NO. MCX–2000

MADE IN MALAYSIA

THIS PRODUCT COMPLIES WITH DHHS RULES 21 CFR SUBCHAPTER J APPLICABLE AT DATE OF MANUFACTURE YAMAHA CORPORATION 10-1 NAKAZAWA-CHO,

HAMAMATSU-SHI, SHIZUOKA-KEN, JAPAN MANUFACTURED BY YEM (M) MANUFACTURED:

THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS:

(1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST A CCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION

YAMAHA MCX–2000

AC IN

FCC ID: A6RMCX2000A

THE XM NAME AND RELATED LOGOS ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKSOF XM SATELLITE RADIO INC.

Audio pin cable (supplied)

AC plug and outlet for US model

• The MCX-2000 is designed to connect to a TV monitor for easy operation. Though you can still operate the unit while viewing its front panel display, a large TV display offers more operation information at a time.

• The MCX-2000 accepts a generic PS/2 keyboard. This enables faster, more convenient operation than the remote control or front-panel buttons, especially when you edit song information or other text data.

• The MCX-2000 is designed to become active immediately after the power cable is connected to the AC power source. Make sure to connect to the AC power source only in the last step after all other devices are connected.

Power cable (should be connected last)

Connecting to the AC Power

When relevant external devices are all connected, turn on these devices ﬁrst, and then connect the MCX-2000 power cable to the AC power source.

AC plug and outlet for US model

The front panel STANDBY/ON button indicator will light up in green. On the TV monitor, switch the video input source to the MCX-2000 video output (VIDEO or S-VIDEO). If the following screen is shown on the TV display, connection to the TV monitor has been successful.

Initial display Top menu

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You can call up any necessary operation by selecting a menu item from the Top Menu. In addition, when you turn on the MCX-2000 for the ﬁrst time after purchase, or after the system reset operation (page 103), the Easy Setup screen (page 27) will appear instead of the Top Menu screen.

n If the indicator light of the STANDBY/ON button turns amber or red, press the button to continue working on the MCX-2000. The unit is designed

to automatically go into an energy saving mode if no operations have been performed for a while. Read the following column for more information.

Operation Modes on the MCX-2000

The MCX-2000 has no switch to completely turn the unit off. When you connect the MCX-2000 to the AC power source, the front panel STANDBY/ON button indicator lights up in green and the MCX-2000 enters active mode. In this mode, you can record or play an audio source while viewing the built-in display or the TV monitor.

MCX-2000

STANDBY/ON button: green

When you press the STANDBY/ON button on the remote control or the unit’s front panel, the front panel STANDBY/ON button indicator light turns amber, and then the MCX-2000 enters sleep mode. In this mode, the MCX-2000 stops showing a screen on the TV monitor and built-in display, waiting for a client request or your remote control operation.

MCX-2000

MCX-A10/MCX-C15

STANDBY/ON button: amber

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When you press the power switch on a client, it immediately establishes a network connection with the MCX-2000 and enters active mode. (The corresponding CLIENT STATUS indicator lights up on the MCX-2000.) The client shows Top Menu in the backlit display, and gets ready to play a streamed song from the MCX-2000.

As mentioned above, even in sleep mode, the MCX-2000 can still respond to a request from any registered client. This is because the MCX-2000 maintains network connections with clients. As long as network connections are maintained, the MCX-2000 can continue streaming music to clients. In fact, clients can continue playing a streamed song if the MCX-2000 later enters sleep mode.

MCX-2000

MCX-A10/MCX-C15

STANDBY/ON button: amber

If you hold down the STANDBY/ON button for more than 3 seconds when the MCX-2000 is in active or sleep mode, the indicator light turns red and the MCX-2000 enters standby mode, where the unit consumes less power. In standby mode, network activities between the MCX-2000 and clients stop. (All CLIENT STATUS indicators go off on the MCX-2000.) In this process, all active clients also enter sleep mode (Remote Sleep). They stop playing a streamed song (because of no network connection with the MCX-2000), and show the current time in the display without backlight. In sleep mode, clients wait for your operation and can awake the MCX-2000 to resume music streaming.

MCX-2000

MCX-A10/MCX-C15

STANDBY/ON button: red

Let’s say, standby mode is deep sleep. When a client sends a request, the MCX-2000 in standby mode notices it and enters ‘lighter’ sleep mode. (The STANDBY/ON indicator light turns amber.) Otherwise, you can press the STANDBY/ON button to completely awake the MCX-2000 and make it enter active mode. (The STANDBY/ON indicator light turns green.) But, when the MCX-2000 directly enters active mode from standby mode, it ﬁrst must re-establish network connections with clients, taking more time to resume network activities or music streaming.

Active mode Sleep mode Standby mode

MCX-A10

MCX-C15

ON OFF

MCX-2000

Hold the STANDBY/ON button for more than 3 seconds to put the MCX-2000 in standby mode.

Automatically enters sleep mode

in 30 minutes if not operated at all.

Press the STANDBY/ON button.

MCX-A10

MCX-C15

OFF OFF

MCX-2000

Automatically enters standby mode in 5 minutes

if the MCX-2000 and clients are not operated at all.

When a client enters active mode

OFF

MCX-A10

MCX-C15

MCX-2000

Press the STANDBY/ON button to put the MCX-2000 in active mode.

n The MCX-2000 enters standby mode if it’s been idle (with no operation on the unit or no network activities) for one hour.

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Remote Control Features and Operations

You can use the supplied remote control to do most of the MCX-2000 operations (such as selecting a menu item or determining a setting value). Prepare the remote control before operations.

Setting Batteries

Set batteries inside the remote control as shown below.

n If the remote control doesn’t work well, the batteries may be weak. Replace them with generic two AA batteries. Always handle batteries

appropriately, according to the safety precautions at the beginning of this manual.

Operating on the Remote Control

When operating on the remote control, direct the IR transmitter to the IR receiver on the MCX-2000 front panel.

IR receiver

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30˚30˚

Remote control

6 meters (approx.)

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Using as a Universal Remote Control

The supplied remote control can be used as a universal (multi-platform) remote control, letting you operate TV monitors from other manufacturers. The remote control supports TV monitors from manufacturers (brands) in the following list. So, if your TV monitor is applicable, select and register the corresponding preset setting to enable the universal control feature.

n The supplied remote control also supports a compatible Yamaha AV receiver that’s connected to the MCX-2000 using an RS-232C cross cable

(page 98). You can use the remote control for power on/off, volume adjustment (including mute) and input selection on the connected AV receiver.

Yamaha 42 87 92 53 Admiral 16 92 93 Aiwa 76 83 94 Akai 95 96 Alba 96 AOC 97 Bell&Howell 92 Bestar 98 Blaupunkt 22 29 Blue sky 98 Brandt 23 Brocsonic 97 Bush 96 Clatronic 98 Craig 24 Croslex 25 Curtis Mathis 26 97 Daewoo 24 27 28 97 98 Daytron 39 Dual 98 Dwin 81 93 Emerson 24 32 39 97 Ferguson 23 65 66 First line 98 Fisher 33 95 Fraba 98 Fujitsu 89 Funai 77 78 GE 34 35 36 93 97 Goodmans 23 96 98 Grundig 29 49 Hitachi 39 42 43 97 ICE 96 Irradio 96 Itt/Nokia 44 JC Penny 34 37 93 97 JVC 46 47 96 Kendo 98 KTV 39 97 LG/Goldstar 37 39 97 98 Loewe 48 98 LXI 25 26 33 93 97 Magnavox 25 39 97 Marantz 10 98 Matsui 95 Memorex 16 97 Mitsubishi 59 87 97 Nad 26 55 NEC 52 82 97 Nokia 44 Nokia Oceanic 44 Nordmende 65 66 Onwa 96 Panasonic 34 35 36 53 Philco 25 39 97

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Philips 25 Pioneer 26 35 54 55 68 Portland 56 97 Proscan 21 31 41 51 93 Proton 50 60 70 97 Quasar 34 35 Radio Shack 87 93 97 RCA 21 34 56 57 58 93 97 Runco 20 30 71 SABA 23 65 66 69 Sampo 80 81 97 Samsung 39 48 62 75 97 Sanyo 33 73 79 95 Schneider 96 Scott 97 Sharp 32 39 92 Siemens 29 Signature 16 92 Sony 63 Sylvania 25 97 Symphonic 17 18 19 Telefunken 64 65 66 69 Thomson 23 66 Toshiba 26 67 92 Videch 42 97 Wards 16 32 39 97 Zenith 16 61 71

n Your TV monitor may not be fully controllable even when it’s from a manufacturer (brand) in the above list, depending on the model type or

production year. If this is the case, use the remote control for your TV monitor.

Registering Your TV Monitor to the MCX-2000

To enable universal operations from the supplied remote control, select the preset setting for your TV monitor brand.

1 Press the TOP MENU button on the remote control to show the Top Menu screen.

2 Input a 2-digit brand code for your TV monitor from the above list, using group selection, playback control and TOP

MENU buttons (these buttons work as numeric keys; see the corresponding number printed on the left of each button) while holding down the POWER AMP/TV button.

MCX-2000

Remote control

3 If the brand code is successfully registered, a message will be shown telling it on the TV monitor and the MCX-2000

built-in display.

4 Set the AMP/TV switch to TV, and try operating your TV monitor. If the universal feature is fully working, you can remote

control of power on/off, switching of video inputs, volume and muting on your TV monitor.

If there are two or more brand codes available for TV monitor, register one at a time in the above steps. Use the one that best works for your TV monitor.

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Menu Operation Basics

The MCX-2000 has a menu tree that categorizes all commands, functions and settings relevantly. You can access them by simply selecting a necessary menu item starting with Top Menu. For example, if you want to listen to a music CD, select Library from Top Menu, and then select CD in the next screen.

1 Set a music CD in the MCX-2000 ﬁrst, and then press the TOP MENU button on the remote control to view the Top

Menu screen.

For quick access to Top Menu

Remote control MCX-2000

Press and hold on

2 Select Library from Top menu.

To select a menu item, use the cursor controller on the remote control or the MCX-2000 front panel. Vertically move the highlight (selection) by pressing the up or down arrow buttons on the remote control, or by pushing the center stick upward or downward on the front panel, and then determine your selection by pressing the center SELECT button on the remote control or by ‘vertically’ pushing the stick (PUSH SELECT) on the front panel.

Selecting a menu item

Remote control

MCX-2000

3 To return to the previous screen (Top Menu in this case), press the left arrow button on the remote control, or push the

center stick leftward on the front panel.

Returning to the previous screen

Remote Control

MCX-2000

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4 Now you learned how to go back and forth between screens. Re-select Library from Top Menu, and then select CD as

target audio source. Your TV monitor and the built-in display will show a list of songs from the music CD.

TV monitor:

Built-in display:

5 You can start playing the CD, from the ﬁrst song in the list, by pressing the Play button on the remote control or on the

MCX-2000 front panel. Otherwise, you can ﬁrst select your favorite song from the list using the cursor controller, and then start playback from that song.

The MCX-2000 also offers Submenu. When the current screen shows “Submenu” in the lower right corner, try pressing the right arrow button on the remote control, or try pushing the center stick rightward on the front panel cursor controller. For example, you can see the following Submenu commands from the CD song list screen.

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Submenu is context-sensitive, so available menu commands may change depending on which screen or item you open the menu from. You can always do relevant operations to the current selection, such as song playback or recording when you open the Submenu from the CD song list screen. We urge you to check what commands are available from which item or screen every time you ﬁnd “Submenu” in the lower right corner of a screen. In addition, you can always close the Submenu by pressing the left arrow button on the remote control, or by pushing the center stick leftward on the front panel cursor controller.

n Some screens offer a context-sensitive menu guided with a different name (such as Fix), depending on their functions. But, you can operate all

menu commands similarly.

You may see one or more guide icons at the bottom of each MCX-2000 screen. These allow you to perform certain operations by pressing guided buttons on the cursor controller. In most cases, you can return to the previous screen (left arrow button), open the

Submenu

(right arrow button) and move the highlight between items (up and down arrow buttons) on the cursor

controller.

Move the highlight

Previous screen Submenu

Move the highlight

If a screen has setting options or other conﬁgurations, the MCX-2000 will show OK and Cancel at the bottom of the screen, asking your conﬁrmation. In this case, you need to select either to exit from the screen. When you select OK (move your selection to OK and press the SELECT button), the MCX-2000 saves the current settings, and then you will return to the previous screen. When you select Cancel, setting changes (if any) are discarded, and then you will return to the previous screen.

Confirmation required

n Other special operations include typing text through a character palette (page 75).

In any case, you can perform most operations of the MCX-2000 using the cursor controller to simply move to a target item and select it. Simple and easy!

In addition, this manual describes menu operations to access a speciﬁc item in the order of ‘what you select next’. For example, menu operations to the CD song list screen are described as: Top Menu > Library > CD. You can also refer to the MCX-2000 menu tree on the next page to locate each function.

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MCX-2000 Menu Tree

This helpful menu tree shows all of the operation screens of the MCX-2000 in hierarchical order. Page numbers are given for convenient reference.

Top Menu Music Archive Artists

Library

Recording

Client Control Client 1

(page 87)

(page 46)

Radio FM

Network Content

(page 51)

Inputs Digital Input

(page 63)

Store from CD

Store from Radio

Store from Inputs

Duplicate a CD

Create an Original CD

Client 15

Albums

Genres

All Songs

Playlists

Bookmarks

Statistics

Internet Radio

Presets

(page 64)

Analog Input

(page 66)

(page 69)

(page 71)

(page 73)

(page 54)

(page 55)

(page 59)

(US model only)

Setup Timer

Network Client Configuration Auto Configuration

Date/Time Auto Setup

Playback

Recording

CD Lookup

User Interface Front Panel Display

YAMAHA AV Receiver

System Utilities System Information Version

Easy Setup

(page 97)

(page 95)

(page 96)

(page 93)

(page 27)

(page 98)

Status View Server IP Address

Advanced Settings IP Address

(page 91)

Manual Setup

Time Display

Page displayed at Power ON

Screen Saver

Language

PS/2 Keyboard

System Reset

System Update

Lock Function

(page 92)

(page 102)

(page 103) (page 103) (page 104)

Manual Configuration

Wireless LAN

Network Settings Reset

(page 94) (page 94)

(page 94)

(page 95)

Hard Drive Capacity

MP3 Encode Schedule

Controlable YAMAHA AV Receivers

(page 31)

(page 35)

(page 100)

(page 37)

(page 38)

(page 100)

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Conﬁguring Your MusicCAST Network

After connecting necessary devices and cables to the MCX-2000 music server and clients (optional MCX-A10 or MCX-C15, or both), you can now conﬁgure a MusicCAST network customized for your speciﬁc needs. The MusicCAST network uses standard wired and wireless PC networking technologies, and the MCX-2000 allows both wired and wireless connections at the same time. The unit can also connect to the Internet and an existing computer network, enabling exceptionally ﬂexible conﬁguration of your MusicCAST network. In this section, we’ll explain some network basics and give some conﬁguration examples for different purposes. Examine these and see which MusicCAST network is best for you.

n The MCX-2000 incorporates the Easy Setup feature (page 27) that helps you conﬁgure the best MusicCAST network for your environment. Since

conﬁguring a MusicCAST network requires some knowledge about computer networking, we recommend using Easy Setup for optimum results. When you conﬁgure a MusicCAST network for the ﬁrst time, you need to manually operate the MCX-2000 and clients. For this reason, regardless of where each client is ﬁnally to be placed, bring the MCX-2000 and all of its clients together in one place to make these processes easier.

Network Basics

You can easily conﬁgure a MusicCAST network using the built-in networking features of the MCX-2000 and clients. The more you learn here about basic networking mechanism and terms, the more you will get out of your MusicCAST systems. Take the time to read this section carefully before conﬁguring your MusicCAST network.

The MCX-2000 ﬁnds each client (or each client ﬁnds the music server) using a unique address assigned to the companion. This address is called IP address and is similar to the physical address of your house. We’ll take this analogy a little bit farther and compare the server-client network relationship to the communication between you and your neighbor friend living on the same street.

An IP address is comprised of a network address and a host address, which are comparable to your street address and home address. The MCX-2000 can only communicate with clients that live on the same street (or have the same network address). Naturally, they are separate entities, and so each has its own unique host address in the same network.

If the MCX-2000 and its clients have a slightly different network address (or, In other words, have a different street, town, city or country name), they are no longer neighbors living on the same street.

Georgetown, Washington DC

George Town, Cayman Islands

George Town, Malaysia

All different places!

George Town, Tasmania

Fortunately, the MCX-2000 and its clients are designed to automatically have the same network address (factory settings). So, the ﬁrst step of conﬁguring a MusicCAST network is easily cleared. In other words, they are designed to live on the same street. The second step is to determine and assign a unique host address to each of them.

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During automatic conﬁguration of a MusicCAST network, the MCX-2000 utilizes a technique called DHCP (Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol) to assign a unique IP address to each client (DHCP server feature) and deﬁne where they are in the MusicCAST network. Once the music server and clients have a unique address in the MusicCAST network, they can ﬁnd each other, and music streaming and other network communication becomes possible.

Conﬁguration of a MusicCAST-only network

MCX-2000

Host Address

Host Address1Host Address

Host Address2Host Address

Host Address3Host Address

MCX-A10 MCX-A10MCX-A10MCX-A10

Host Address

If you want to use the MCX-2000 for listening to music stored on a Windows PC, or if you want to connect the MCX-2000 to the Internet, you need to set the same network address to the Windows PC, the MCX-2000 and its clients. Once you do this, your MusicCAST network becomes integrated into your PC network.

You can easily create this integrated network. If your PC network is already connected to the Internet, simply connect the MCX-2000 to the PC network hub using a standard network cable. In this conﬁguration, the MCX-2000 and its clients are automatically assigned a unique host address from the DHCP server in the PC network. As a result, your Windows PC, the MCX-2000 and its clients all belong to the same LAN.

Conﬁguration of a MusicCAST network for PC network and Internet accessa

Host Address1Host Address

Host Address

Router

Host Address2Host Address

Host Address

MCX-2000

MCX-A10

The DHCP server in your PC network might be a dedicated DHCP server (PC running DHCP server software). For most customers, the easiest way to deploy a DHCP service for a personal network is to use an equivalent feature of a commercial router product. (You may already have one for broadband Internet access.) The router is a dedicated device that sends and receives necessary information between networks while limiting unnecessary information or blocking unauthorized access from one network to another. Standard router products also offer a DHCP server feature.

Now perhaps you understand the basics of computer networks. The above two examples are typical (and among the easiest) conﬁgurations of your MusicCAST network. Of course, you can create other conﬁgurations based on your networking needs. In the following sections, we’ll explain how to conﬁgure your MusicCAST network based on the above two examples.

n You cannot set up the MCX-2000 (MusicCAST network) to directly connect to the Internet. Always use a router to bridge your MusicCAST network

and the Internet.

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Conﬁguring a MusicCAST-only Network

The simplest and easiest way is to network the MCX-2000 and its clients in a wireless conﬁguration. In a wireless MusicCAST network, the MCX-2000 can stream music to up to ﬁve clients within a range of 30 meters from the server. This is ideal for most houses, since the MusicCAST network can extend to any room without using a single network cable. With the wireless setup, you don’t need to place the MCX-2000 and clients on the same ﬂoor. However, if there is an obstacle that blocks radio signals between the MCX-2000 and clients, music streaming may fail even though the devices are theoretically placed closely enough.

MCX-A10

MCX-2000

Wirreless

If you are planning to use the MusicCAST systems in a multi-ﬂoor shop (for example, in building larger than a family house), you may want to connect more clients using network cables. In addition to the ﬁve wireless clients, the MCX-2000 can support up to ten wired clients at the same time. The server can stream a different song to each client, or broadcast the same music to several clients. You can use these functions to create different moods in different rooms by streaming separate music to clients on each ﬂoor, all the while broadcasting the same music to maintain a uniﬁed image for the shop. You can even use the timer playback feature (page 97) to stream the same audio message to all clients at the speciﬁed time while they normally play different music.

MCX-A10

MCX-2000

Control Room

Wired

Wireless

These two MusicCAST networks are easily conﬁgured using Easy Setup (page 27).

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Conﬁguring a MusicCAST Network for PC Network and Internet Access

Recently, many people are enjoying music using their computers. If you’re managing a music collection on a Windows PC, you can also listen to songs from the collection on the MCX-2000. To enable this, just start networking between that PC and the MCX-2000 (page 31). If you already have a home network, simply connect the MCX-2000 to that network using a standard network cable. Next, install the supplied software application to the music PC, open the application, and you’re ready to go. When you select “Network Content” for audio source on the MCX-2000, the unit automatically locates the music PC in the network and displays a list of songs from the PC music collection. Simply select a song you want to listen from the list, and start playback (page 64). Once the MCX-2000 and PC is networked, you can also edit song data for the music archive on the MCX-2000 using a standard web browser on a computer in the PC network (page 76).

Hub

song01

MCX-2000

song01

As a computer user, you’re maybe using the Internet, or maybe sharing a broadband Internet connection with two or more computers in the same PC network. If this applies to you, we recommend to conﬁgure your MusicCAST network so that the MCX-2000 can access the Internet via your PC network (page 31). In this conﬁguration, you can broadcast an Internet radio program to multiple clients (page 59), automatically get the latest song data from the online CDDB database, and regularly set accurate time to the MCX-2000 and clients using a public time server (page 91).

12:00

CDDB database

Internet

12:00

Time infoSong info

12:00

MCX-A10

MCX-2000

These two MusicCAST networks are easily conﬁgured using Easy Setup (page 27).

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Using Easy Setup

You have many options to set up the MCX-2000 (setting parameters), and they serve as switch or data to make the MCX-2000 the best music server for you. So, you need to understand what each parameter does and set it up appropriately to create your MusicCAST network as purposed. You can manually set up all parameters one by one, but it’s so painful. That’s why we’ve prepared the Easy Setup feature as one of menu items. Using Easy Setup, you can set up the MCX-2000 quickly and create a purposed MusicCAST network very easily.

n The front panel display doesn’t show the Easy Setup screens. Operate the MCX-2000 watching your TV monitor that’s connected to the

MCX-2000 video output.

1 Press the TOP MENU button on the remote control, and select Top Menu > Setup > Easy Setup.

n Skip this operation when you turn on the MCX-2000 for the ﬁrst time after purchase, or after the system reset operation (page 103) because the

Easy Setup screen will appear instead of the Top Menu screen.

2 In the ﬁrst screen, you’re asked to select a language used for menus and messages. Move the selection (highlight) to

your desired language and press the SELECT button. (Turn on its radio button.)

When you go the next screen, you can see notes on Easy Setup. Read notes and, if you’re ready, go to the next screen.

As above, Easy Setup lets you conﬁgure the MCX-2000 interactively. Simply continue selecting your preferred option(s) in each screen. And, you’ll complete necessary settings for your MusicCAST network. We introduce several Easy Setup screens on the following pages. For details, see the guide messages shown in each Easy Setup screen.

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Easy Setup Overview

Date and Time

Move the highlight to a parameter you want to edit, and press the SELECT button. Scroll and display a desired value, and determine it using the SELECT button.

n The MCX-2000 can get an accurate time from a public time server on the Internet (page 91).

MusicCAST System Conﬁguration

Select from Stand-alone (no MusicCAST network) or Together with Clients (to enable music streaming).

Network Connection (stand-alone, without clients)

Select from No Connection (no PC or Internet access) or Existing Network (to enable PC or Internet access).

n When using the MCX-2000 solely without clients, PC and Internet, Easy Setup ﬁnishes with this screen.

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Network Connection (with clients)

Select from MusicCAST Only (no PC or Internet access) or PC Network Integration (to enable PC or Internet access).

Network Conﬁguration

Available network configuration options may vary according to your selections.

Select from Automatic (with Internet access), Automatic (without Internet access) or Manual. It’s recommended to select one of the Automatic settings (depending on your need) if you’re unfamiliar with networking.

n If you select Manual, Easy Setup ﬁnishes with this screen. You need to set up your MCX-2000 and MusicCAST network parameters manually.

See “Manual Conﬁguration of a MusicCAST Network” (page 35) for details.

While you answer these questions, Easy Setup determines network conﬁgurations you need. Unless you select to manually conﬁgure network parameters, Easy Setup ﬁnally shows a diagram of required physical network connections. (Your diagram may be different from the following ones.)

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For the MCX-2000 to access the Internet via an existing PC network

According to the diagram, connect the MCX-2000 Ethernet port to the network hub (or the one equipped with your router) using a standard network cable (CAT5 straight cable). Also, connect all wired clients (using a network cable for each) to the network hub connected to the MCX-2000.

n When you have speciﬁed to use the MCX-2000 as a stand-alone unit with PC or Internet access, Easy Setup ﬁnishes after setting up network

parameters.

For automatic conﬁguration of a MusicCAST network

Consecutively, Easy Setup lets you register clients (page 32) and update their ﬁrmware (page 45). Easy Setup ﬁnishes when these processes are all complete.

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Automatic Conﬁguration of a MusicCAST Network

Your MusicCAST network is created when you register clients to the MCX-2000. Once this process is complete, the MCX-2000 and clients can quickly resume network connections even after you reconnect their power cable or awake the MCX-2000 from standby mode (page 14).

n This section describes the procedure of Client Registration that’s also available as a ﬁnal step of Easy Setup (page 27). Though we explain here the

procedure starting from the menu item selection, the registration process is identical. So, read this section as supplemental information when using Easy Setup.

Conﬁguration examples:

MusicCAST-only network (without Internet access)

Hub

MCX-2000

MCX-A10

MusicCAST network integrated into a PC network (with Internet access)

MCX-2000

MCX-A10

MCX-C15 MCX-C15 MCX-C15

Router/hub

MCX-C15 MCX-C15

MCX-A10

xDSL Modem

Internet

n When you conﬁgure a MusicCAST network for the ﬁrst time, you need to manually operate the MCX-2000 and clients. For this reason, regardless

of where each client is ﬁnally to be placed, bring the MCX-2000 and all of its clients together in one place to make these processes easier.

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Preparation on the MCX-2000

1 Select Top Menu > Setup > Network.

2 From the Network menu, select Client Registration > Auto Conﬁguration.

3 Open the Submenu in the Auto Conﬁguration screen. Select Start from the menu.

MCX-2000 continues searching clients for 30 minutes

When the MCX-2000 starts searching available clients, register them within 30 minutes. With this screen shown on the MCX-2000, go and prepare each client.

n When you see the “Cannot conﬁrm IP address” message in the screen, there is no external DHCP server that assigns IP addresses to the

MCX-2000 and MusicCAST clients. In this case, the MCX-2000 automatically enters DHCP Server mode (page 37). Simply select OK in the dialog box to continue auto conﬁguration. Select Cancel if you want to set up an external DHCP server. Auto Conﬁguration is canceled.

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Preparation on Each Client

1 Tu rn on the client.

The front panel display lights up, showing the initial screen, followed by a “Connecting...” message.

n If the client display shows the current time without backlight, it’s in sleep mode. If this is the case, press the center stick of the cursor controller.

The client wakes up and shows the above message.

2 The “Connecting...” message indicates the client is searching a MusicCAST server to establish a network connection.

At this point, however, we have not completed any network conﬁguration. So, when the client display shows a network icon, push the controller stick upward or downward to cancel the message. The client stops searching.

wireless network icon (no signal) wired network icon (disconnected)

n The wireless network icon doesn’t appear on the MCX-C15 that supports only wired networking.

3 From Top Menu, select Setup > Network > Manual Setup > DHCP. Make sure the DHCP is enabled (ON).

DHCP ON is selected (factory setting)

4 Push the controller stick leftward twice to go back to the Network screen. Select Auto Conﬁguration (Top Menu >

Setup > Network > Auto Conﬁguration).

With this screen shown on each client, you can start automatic conﬁguration of a MusicCAST network.

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Automatic Registration of Clients

Before conﬁguring a MusicCAST network through automatic Client Registration, be sure to connect any wired clients to the network hub connected to the MCX-2000. (If you want to integrate your MusicCAST network into an existing PC network, connect both the MCX-2000 and wired clients to the PC network hub.)

1 On each client, press the front panel Play button as the Auto Conﬁguration screen is shown. Notice the client display

shows the following messages in a short period.

The wired network icon indicates radio signal strength

The client is searching a wireless MusicCAST network...

The client found a MusicCAST network, and continues searching an available MusicCAST server...

The client found a MusicCAST server, waiting to be registered...

2 As soon as the client display shows its ID (CL-XXXXX: a 5-digit unique number to each client), the MCX-2000 will also

show the same client ID in the registration screen.

Clients (ID) found in the process

n Each client display continues showing “Press STOP to cancel” during the registration process. If you press the Stop button, the registration

process for that client will be canceled. Normally, you don’t need to operate clients after you pressed the Play button in step 2.

When the MCX-2000 found all clients, open the Submenu (Fix) in the registration screen. Select OK from the menu. The MCX-2000 shows “Saving...” and registers the clients it found. Each client display shows “Complete!” for a second.

Now that the MCX-2000 and each client recognized and memorized each other, your MusicCAST network is successfully created. Go to Applications section (page 46) and enjoy MusicCAST.

n When networked with the MCX-2000 for the ﬁrst time, your clients must be updated before actual use (page 45).

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Manual Conﬁguration of a MusicCAST Network

There may be a case you need to assign a ﬁxed IP address to the MCX-2000 and clients to integrate a MusicCAST network into a PC network that has no DHCP server. You can solve it by manually conﬁgure some or all of network parameters of the MCX-2000 and clients. We explain here several points you should remember when conﬁguring a MusicCAST network manually.

Conﬁguration example:

MCX-2000

MCX-A10

n Though the MCX-2000 has two physical network ports (wired and wireless), these ports internally share a single (identical) IP address. So, you

cannot use these ports for two separate network connections. In addition, the MCX-2000 doesn’t support music streaming to a remote client over the router (Internet). Always use the MCX-2000, its clients and a PC that’s used to communicate with the MCX-2000 within the same network (LAN).

Router/hub xDSL Modem

MCX-C15 MCX-C15

Internet

Checking Out Parameter Values

Before manually setting up the MCX-2000 and clients, check out the following values for MusicCAST and PC network integration:

• IP addresses (unique values, not used with other devices in the PC network)

• Subnet mask (the same value as used with other devices in the PC network)

• Gateway (router IP address; essential to connect the MCX-2000 to the Internet)

• DNS server (name server IP address; at least one DNS server is necessary to specify an NTP server (page 91) with its domain name for retrieving accurate time for the MCX-2000 date and time settings)

Network parameter values shown above are very important for successful networking. You must consider how your MusicCAST network is conﬁgured for your speciﬁc need, and deﬁne each parameter value to set up your network as purposed. It’s recommended to write down your network plan with appropriate values in the following chart.

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System Unique Information

Server/Client ID

MCX-2000 Client

(1)

SV-_ _ _ _ _ CL-_ _ _ _ _ CL-_ _ _ _ _ CL-_ _ _ _ _ CL-_ _ _ _ _

Client

(2)

Client

(3)

Client

(4)

Network Settings

Wireless LAN

DHCP Server / DHCP Client /

Setting Method

IP Address (when

DHCP is disabled) ... ... ... ... ...

Subnet Mask ... ... ... ... ...

Gateway Address ... ... ... ... ...

Primary DNS ... ————

Secondary DNS ... ————

NTP Server (only when used)

(Server domain name when DNS is speciﬁed; Server IP address when DNS is not speciﬁed.)

ESS ID (up to 13 ASCII characters)

WEP Key (up to 13 ASCII characters)

Channel ————

Manual

(Specify a valid IP address below with Manual.)

...

DHCP Client / Manual

(Specify a valid IP address below with Manual.)

————

DHCP Client / Manual

(Specify a valid IP address below with Manual.)

DHCP Client / Manual

(Specify a valid IP address below with Manual.)

DHCP Client / Manual

(Specify a valid IP address below with Manual.)

n If you have more than 4 clients, copy the blank chart above and substitute the appropriate client numbers as needed.

Settings on the MCX-2000

1 Select Top Menu > Setup > Network > Advanced Settings.

Advanced Settings menu

2 From the above menu, select IP Address or Wireless LAN as needed, and set up the relevant parameters shown in the

screen.

n If you reconﬁgure your MusicCAST network because you have changed the target PC network conﬁgurations, you may want to clear existing

MCX-2000 network settings using the Network Settings Reset command from the above menu (page 100).

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IP Address

1 Setting Method

Speciﬁes a DHCP operation of the MCX-2000. When the MCX-2000 has a ‘wired’ connection to a PC network and ﬁnds a DHCP server there, it enters DHCP Client mode and gets an IP address from the server. (Accordingly, clients will also get an IP address from the same server.) If the MCX-2000 ﬁnds no DHCP server in the connected network, it automatically enters DHCP Server mode. (Clients will get an IP address from the MCX-2000.) Because of this scheme, you normally don’t need to change this setting as long as you want to automatically conﬁgure a series of network parameters. Select Manual if you really need them to set up manually.

n When you select Manual, you must assign each of the MCX-2000 and clients a unique IP address conforming to the connected PC network

(page 23).

2 IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway

When selecting DHCP Server or Manual for Setting Method, specify an IP address within the network address of the connected PC network. Among these three parameters, only IP Address takes a ‘unique’ value to the MCX-2000. Subnet Mask and Default Gateway should take the same values with a PC that’s manually conﬁgured to access the Internet via the connected network. Default Gateway normally takes an IP address set to the router LAN port (supposing the router WAN port is connected to a broadband modem).

DNS Server (P), DNS Server (S)

When selecting DHCP Server or Manual for Setting Method, specify IP addresses of primary (P) and secondary (S) DNS servers provided from your Internet service provider. These values (at least one) are necessary if you use URL to specify an Internet resource (server) available to the MCX-2000, such as a public NTP server to get accurate date and time (page 91). If you specify such a resource using the IP address, you can leave these values blank.

When you complete necessary settings, select OK at the bottom of the screen. When the “Network rebooting...” message is shown and your settings are stored, you will return to the Advanced Settings menu.

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Wireless LAN

1 Wireless LAN

If you use the wireless functions in your MusicCAST network (or you have a client wirelessly communicating with the MCX-2000), specify ON to enable the wireless access point feature built into the MCX-2000.

2 ESS ID, WEP Key

ESS ID is a name of the wireless network conﬁgured by the MCX-2000 wireless access point feature, and WEP Key is a password for clients to log onto the network. If you’re using a wireless access point for PC networking, MusicCAST clients only connect to the wireless access point created by MusicCAST servers including the MCX-2000. Since each MusicCAST server is preconﬁgured with unique ESS ID and WEP Key values, you normally don’t need to change them.

n The MCX-2000 supports a 104-bit WEP key (precisely, a 128-bit long key with initialization data), which is equivalent to 13 ASCII characters. If your

‘password’ is less than 13 characters, the MCX-2000 will internally complement it. In addition, the MCX-2000 doesn’t support hexadecimal WEP keys.

3 Channel

The Channel parameter is used to avoid radio interference between the MCX-2000 and a device that uses the same

2.4 GHz radio signal range (such as microwave oven, wireless handset, or other wireless access point). You don’t need to change the Channel value unless you’re experiencing a problem such as interrupted playback of streamed music or unstable wireless networking.

n If you want to access the MCX-2000 from a wireless computer to edit names or titles (page 76), install a wireless access point in your PC

network. The wireless access point feature built into the MCX-2000 is available only for MusicCAST clients registered to the MCX-2000 (through automatic or manual conﬁguration).

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Settings on Each Client

1 Tu rn on the client.

The front panel display lights up, showing the initial screen, followed by a “Connecting...” message.

n If the client display shows the current time without backlight, it’s in sleep mode. If this is the case, press the center stick of the cursor controller. The

client wakes up and shows the above message.

2 The “Connecting...” message indicates the client is searching a MusicCAST server to establish a network connection.

Wireless network icon (no signal)

Wired network icon (no connection)

n The wireless network icon doesn’t appear on the MCX-C15 that supports only wired networking.

3 From Top Menu, select Setup > Network > Manual Setup.

Manual Setup menu

From the above menu, select a parameter and set it up as needed.

n You may perhaps choose manual conﬁguration of network parameters just because you want to get on top of your MusicCAST network. It’s,

however, not so practical with MusicCAST clients. They’re designed to get appropriate parameter values during automatic registration process (page 31), so manual conﬁguration should be done to ‘edit’ retrieved settings according to your special needs.

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Mode

Specify how this client can connect to a MusicCAST network. With Wireless, its wireless network port is only enabled, disabling its wired (Ethernet) network port. With Auto, the client connects to the MCX-2000 via either active network port (factory setting). When using the wireless port, the ESS ID and WEP Key parameters should be conﬁgured according to the target MCX-2000 server.

When you select and determine a value, the “Press PLAY to system restart, STOP to cancel.” message is shown. If you press the front panel Play button, the client will restart to enable the change. Press the front panel Stop button to abort your change. Push the controller stick leftward to go back to the Manual Setup menu.

n Wired-only clients (MCX-C15) don’t have this parameter.

Server ID

Specify the target MCX-2000 with its ID (SV-XXXXX: a 5-digit unique number to each server). You can conﬁrm the MCX-2000 server ID on your TV monitor, by selecting Top Menu > Setup > Network > Client Conﬁguration > Manual Conﬁguration. You can also conﬁrm client IDs in the MCX-2000 screen if you previously performed the automatic registration (page 34). Client IDs will be required later in manual registration process (page 43), so it’s recommended to write them down in your setup chart (page 36) at this point.

Server ID

Client IDs

When you have ﬁnished, select and determine Save & Network Restart. When the “Please wait.” message is shown and your setting is stored, you will go back to the Manual Setup menu. If you abort your change, select Cancel or push the controller stick leftward.

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DHCP

Specify ON to automatically get an IP address from the MCX-2000 or a DHCP server (or an equivalent router function) in your PC network (factory setting), or OFF to manually specify on this client. When you select OFF, you need to specify appropriate values to the IP Address and Subnet Mask parameters.

When you select either value, the “Please wait.” message is shown. When your setting is stored, you will go back to the Manual Setup menu.

IP Address

Specify an IP address within the same network address as the target MCX-2000. This value must be unique and shouldn’t duplicate the one used for the MCX-2000, other MusicCAST clients or devices in the target PC network. The speciﬁed IP address only works when the DHCP parameter is set to OFF (when this client doesn’t get an IP address from the MCX-2000 or a DHCP server in your PC network).

Subnet Mask

Specify the same subnet mask value as the target MCX-2000. The speciﬁed subnet mask value only works when the DHCP parameter is set to OFF (when this client doesn’t get an IP address from the MCX-2000 or a DHCP server in your PC network).

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ESS ID

Specify the ESS ID for the wireless network created by the target MCX-2000. You can conﬁrm the MCX-2000 ESS ID, by selecting Top Menu > Setup > Network > Advanced Settings > Wireless LAN.

n Wired-only clients (MCX-C15) don’t have this parameter.

WEP Key

Specify the WEP key for the wireless network created by the target MCX-2000. You can conﬁrm the MCX-2000 WEP key, by selecting Top Menu > Setup > Network > Advanced Settings > Wireless LAN. In addition, you can also view the WEP key in hexadecimals (HEX) in the client display (just for conﬁrmation).

n Wired-only clients (MCX-C15) don’t have this parameter.

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Manual Registration of Clients

Unlike automatic registration (page 34), conﬁguring a MusicCAST network through manual registration is completed with setup on the MCX-2000 only.

1 Select Top Menu > Setup > Network.

2 From the Network menu, select Client Conﬁguration > Manual Conﬁguration.

3 Input each client ID to one of the Client 1 to Client 15 columns (up to 15 units), while viewing the setup chart.

You can input your client ID to any column. (Client numbers correspond to the front panel CLIENT STATUS indicators.)

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Move the highlight (selection) using the up and down arrow buttons on the cursor controller, press the SELECT button to select a column. Input a 5-digit ID number after “CL-”. Use the left and right arrow buttons to move between digits, and the up and down arrow buttons to select a character. When you’ve ﬁnished, press the SELECT button to determine it.

n While you’re moving the highlight (not actually editing), you can access the Submenu. The Reset this Client command lets you reset the ID number

in the current column to an initial value (CL-00000). The Reset all Clients command lets you clear all clients currently registered to the MCX-2000, resetting all ID numbers at a time. You can also use the Change Client order command to arrange the order of listed clients. Changing the client order resets each client name to the default (Client #). So, be sure if you’ve renamed them in the Client Control screen (page 87).

4 When you have ﬁnished specifying all of your clients, select OK at the bottom of the screen. After showing the

“Network rebooting...” message, the MCX-2000 restarts itself attempting to create a MusicCAST network with registered clients. Conﬁrm your manual registration has been successful in the next section.

Conﬁrming Network Status

During and after manual registration, your MusicCAST clients don’t show any message like “Complete.” in automatic registration. So, you need to conﬁrm they’re successfully registered and able to communicate with the MCX-2000 over the network.

1 Make sure each registered client is turned on.

2 On the MCX-2000, select Top Menu > Client Control for the following screen.

Wired clients

Wireless clients

Connected appropriately Disconnected

Good communication (strong signals)

Poor communication (weak signals)

In this screen, you can view the current status of your MusicCAST network (connected clients). When the network icon in the Status column is an appropriate one, the MCX-2000 and that client is well communicating over the MusicCAST network.

n If a wireless client is shown with weak signals, it might be caused by how and where you placed that client. If you start music streaming from the

MCX-2000 and experience a problem such as interrupted playback, consider relocating it or connecting to the MCX-2000 using a network cable. If a client is obviously turned on (active), but shown with a ‘no signal’ wireless icon or a ‘disconnected’ wired icon, you might have misconﬁgured. Check the network settings with your setup chart.

When the MCX-2000 and each client are well communicating, your MusicCAST network has successfully been created. Go to Applications section (page 46) and enjoy MusicCAST.

n When networked with the MCX-2000 for the ﬁrst time, your clients must be updated before actual use (page 45).

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Updating Client Firmware

To fully enjoy music streaming over a MusicCAST network, you must ﬁrst update all of your MusicCAST clients to match up to the latest features the MCX-2000 delivers. Update each client ﬁrmware in the following procedure. (You don’t need to operate the MCX-2000.)

n If you already updated the client ﬁrmware using Easy Setup, this process isn’t necessary.

1 Select Top Menu > Setup > System > System Update.

Current firmware version and its creation date

2 With the above screen shown, press the front panel Play button.

Receiving the latest firmware

Your client receives the latest ﬁrmware from the MCX-2000, and then updates the content in its ﬂash memory. During the update process, the client display shows several messages. When the “Update OK” message is ﬁnally shown, your client restarts itself.

3 When the client establishes a network connection with the MCX-2000 and shows the Top Menu screen, the update

process is complete. If you’re using two or more clients, repeat the above procedure.

n We endeavor to keep our products better. When a future version of the MCX-2000 ﬁrmware is available, ﬁrst update your MCX-2000 with the

speciﬁed procedure (page 103), and then update your client ﬁrmware with the above procedure.

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Applications

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.

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 pr ogram 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).

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).

1 Select Top Menu > Library > Music Archive to open the

following Music Archive menu screen.

Music Archive menu

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From this menu screen, you can select an archived song in a speciﬁc category. Try tracking down each category from the menu.

The ﬁrst four categories (Artists, Albums, Genres and All Songs) let you sift applicable songs out from the music archive. For example, a song titled “Blue in Black” from the “Chelsea” album of a jazz group called “Alley Cats” can be found from any one of the ﬁrst four categories (menu items).

42 Songs

1 Ancient Melodies 2 And I Love You 3 Autumn Leaves 4 Autumn Leaves #2

5 Blue in Black

6 Days of Roses 7 Funny Face

Artists

Genres

Playlists

Statistics

Albums

All Songs

Bookmarks

4 Artists 1 Alley Cats

2 Emotions 3 Pump & Dump 4 TKO Orchestra

#1#4

The other three categories provide additional methods to enjoy more of your music archive. Use the Playlists menu to create and play your own music program, where you can collect archived songs based on your speciﬁc theme (such as party songs). Use the Bookmarks menu to view and play a list of songs you have set the bookmark (page 50), or save the current bookmark list as a new playlist. The Statistics menu lets you see or play a list of songs the MCX-2000 automatically collects based on different criteria, such as songs with a large number of play count, songs recently played, albums recently archived, and albums or songs yet to be given appropriate song data.

4 Genres

1 Classical 2 Electronic

3 Jazz

4 Rock

3 Albums

1 Autumn Winds 2 Bugs Dance

3 Chelsea

10 Albums

1 17th Century Works 2 Autumn Winds 3 Bugs Dance

4 Chelsea

5 Days of Roses 6 Dice for Dime 7 Epitaph 8 ICQ2CU (REMIX)

2 Albums

1 Bugs Dance

2 Chelsea

8 Songs

1 Autumn Leaves 2 Sing, Sing, Sing 3 Softly As Morning

4 Blue in Black

5 Autumn Leaves #2

Route #1: Starting from Artists, select Alley Cats from the musician list, next select Chelsea from the album list, and then select Blue in Black from the song list.

Route #2: Starting from Albums, select Chelsea from the album list, and then select Blue in Black from the song list.

Route #3: Starting from Genres, select Jazz from the genre list, next select Chelsea from the album list, and then select Blue in Black from the song list.

Route #4: Starting from All Songs, select Blue in Black from the song list.

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Move the selection (highlight) to a list item from each screen (artist, album, genre, playlist or statistic information). If you press the Play button on the remote control or the MCX-2000 front panel, you can start playback with the ﬁrst song in the current group. Otherwise, press the SELECT button on the remote control for further sifting.

Artists

Genres

Playlists

Statistics

All Songs

Bookmarks

4 Genres

1 Classical 2 Electronic

3 Jazz

4 Rock

Albums

SELECT

Using the List View

Selecting a List Item

When a certain group in the music archive is listed, names or titles of artists, albums or songs (list items) are sorted in alphabetical order. You may easily ﬁnd a target artist or song as long as you have a small number of songs in your music archive. But, as your archive grows, it may become more difﬁcult to ﬁnd a target item. You can solve this problem by using the PAGE scroll buttons on the remote control.

PAGE Scroll Buttons

If you select Artists for the search category, you will see a list of artists whose songs are stored in your music archive. Since a total count of artists is shown in the list header (in sky blue), you can expect how many screens you must scroll through to see the entire list.

5 Albums

1 Autumn Leaves 2 Bugs Groove

3 Cherokee

4 Days of Booze & Roses 5 Epitaph

8 Songs

1 Autumn Leaves 2 Sing, Sing, Sing 3 Softly As Morning Sun

4 Blue in Green

5 Autumn Leaves #2

n You can immediately start playback by pressing the Play button on

the remote control or the MCX-2000 front panel, or by selecting the Play command from the Submenu in each screen. Use playback control buttons on the remote control to pause, resume or stop playback, or play the current song forward or backward, or skip forward to the next song or backward to the previous song. Similar playback controls are available from the Submenu in the Play Information screen (page 50).

SELECT

In the above screen, you know there are 13 artists in the list so you can see all their names by scrolling down the list once. (The monitor screen shows up to ten list items at a time.) Every time you press a PAGE scroll button, you can see the next or previous ten items in the list. If you press the down arrow button at the last item, the list ‘wraps around’ back to the ﬁrst item of the list. Oppositely, you can quickly wrap around to the last item by pressing the up arrow button at the ﬁrst item of the list. When you ﬁnd a target artist name in the list, just move the selection (highlight) there, using the up or down arrow buttons on the cursor controller.

The PAGE scroll buttons work with any list view, regardless of whether the list is sorted in alphabetical order or not. In addition to searching in a list from your music archive, you can also use the PAGE scroll buttons to easily search in a long song list from a music CD or an MP3 CD.

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Alphabetical index search Buttons

Unlike the PAGE scroll buttons, the Alphabetical index search buttons only work with lists that sort items in alphabetical order. If you select All Songs for the search category, you will always have an alphabetical list of all archived songs, and this list may be long enough—spanning across multiple screens, depending on how many songs you have.

n The alphabetical order of the MCX-2000 list view sorts items

according to the following order: ASCII-based English ﬁrst, followed by other Latin languages and Japanese Kana-Kanji characters.

In the above screen, you know there are a total of196 songs and you must scroll down the list no fewer than 19 times to see all song titles, even if you use the PAGE scroll buttons. If you know a target song’s title, however, you can conveniently use two Alphabetical index search buttons to quickly ﬁnd the song. Use the down arrow button to jump in an A-to-Z direction, or use the up arrow button to jump in a Z-to-A direction, to the ﬁrst song in each alphabetical index.

Move the selection (highlight) to your target item, and then select Information from the Submenu. A dialog box appears, showing detailed information of the current item. If it is an album, you can see information including how many song the album contains, who performed the album songs, which genre the album has been categorized into, and when the album has been archived. If the current item is a song, in addition to the album information, you will see the audio format (data format for archiving the song) and how many times it was played.

By conﬁrming such detailed information, you can identify each list item even though it has a duplicate name with others. You don’t always need to play it just for identiﬁcation.

You may also encounter a duplicate name if the MCX-2000 couldn’t get song data while importing a music CD into the music archive. In this case, the MCX-2000 has given a generic name “Unknown” to the album title, as well as “Track” to each song in the album. As a result, you may have a number of “Unknown” albums and “Track” songs in your music archive. To solve this problem, move the selection (highlight) to a list item with a generic name, and then select CDDB Info from the Submenu. If the CDDB database has been updated since you archived the album, the MCX-2000 will be able to retrieve appropriate song data and update titles of the relevant album and songs.

Identifying an List Item

If there are two or more songs (or albums) that have a duplicate name in your music archive, they might be confusing in a list view of All Songs (or Albums). You must play them just for identiﬁcation? No. Simply use the Information command from the Submenu in each list view screen.

n For quicker access of CDDB data, the MCX-2000 is designed

to keep song data for last 100 music CDs (maximum) retrieved from the online CDDB database. However, you can ignore existing data by retrieving the latest data using the CDDB Info command available from the Submenu in several Music Archive screens.

n Don’t worry if you still see generic names after executing the

CDDB Info command. The rest of the Submenu commands let you manually edit the title or name of a list item currently selected. But, be careful when using these commands. They can break links in the song data—relationship among song title, album title, artist name and categorized genre—or even delete song audio data itself. See “Editing the Library” (page 75) on how to use these Submenu commands.

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Adding a Bookmark to a Song

Starting from one of the four categories in the Music Archive menu, you can continue sifting and ﬁnally reach a song-level list view. Press the BOOKMARK button on the remote control, or select Bookmark from the Tool menu. A sky-blue arrow appears at the left of a song name that’s currently selected. It’s the bookmark.

Play Information and Controls

When you start playback of archived music from a group list (a list view of artists, albums, genres or all songs), a Play Information screen appears. This screen provides the unique song data of the current song, such as the song title, audio format, source album, performing artist and genre, as well as the group from which you started playback. (Song data will be shown in a different order depending on where song playback is started.)

4 5

You can use the bookmark to mark songs for your speciﬁc purpose, such as ‘Theme Songs for My Life’ or ‘Songs for the Next Party’ or anything you want. To remove the bookmark, once again move the selection (highlight) to the song and press the BOOKMARK button on the remote control or select Bookmark from the Submenu.

You can see a list of bookmarked songs by selecting Bookmarks from the Music Archive menu.

From this list, you can selectively play bookmarked songs. The Submenu commands let you view detailed information for the current song, open its source album, organize the current bookmark list by removing the bookmark from the current song (the current song will disappear from the list), and even save the current list as a new playlist (by naming it as ‘Theme Songs for My Life’ if you like). In addition, you can arrange the song order by editing the stored playlist.

n Because you can also add or remove the bookmark using the

relevant Submenu command in the Play Information screen, you can decide to add or remove it while listening to each archived song.

1 Playback methods 2 Stereo level indicators 3 Song title 4 Repeat mode 5 Random mode (ON) 6 Time display 7 Audio format 8 Category (or audio source) where playback started 9 Album title ) Artist name ! Categorized genre

7 8

9 )

The Submenu commands in the Play Information screen for archived songs:

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, such as other albums from the same artist or genre. 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: Select Single to play only the current group, or All to

play all other groups in the same category.

Time view: Switches the playback time display between elapsed or remaining time.

Bookmark: Adds or removes the bookmark to the current song.

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Broadcast:

STAMDBY/ON

TV AMP

TIMER OPEN/CLOSE

RANDOM REPEAT BROADCA

Streams a song currently played 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 Create and enjoy a wide variety of playback patterns by combining

repeat, random and group playback modes. In addition, the Group playback option isn’t available in the Submenu if you start playback from All Songs (which is always the same with Group-All selected).

Repeat: OFF Random: OFF Group: Single

Repeat: Single Random: ON/OFF Group: Single/All

Playing a CD

The CD (compact disc) is one of the most basic and popular media for listening to music. The MCX-2000 even enhances the way you enjoy music from the CD. In addition to simply playing a CD set on the tray, the unit lets you quickly import marked songs to the music archive or start broadcasting any CD song over the MusicCAST network (page 89).

1 When listening to a CD, select Top Menu > Library > CD.

A song list appears if you’ve already set a CD in the MCX-2000. If not, your TV monitor will show “No disc present” instead.

1 2 3 4 5 6

Repeat: OFF Random: ON Group: Single

RANDOM

Repeat: All Random: OFF Group: Single

1 2 3 4 5 6

Repeat: OFF Random: OFF Group: All

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5 6

Repeat: All Random: ON Group: Single

RANDOM

Repeat: All Random: ON Group: All

RANDOM

2 Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the remote control

and open the CD tray. Set a music CD with its label side facing up. Press the same button again to close the tray.

POWER

STAMDBY/ON

AMP/TV

TV AMP

OPEN/CLOSE

TIMER

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repeat or random playback mode, or turn broadcast playback on or off. Press the REPEAT, RANDOM or BROADCAST button on the remote control for a relevant dialog box.

n Supported CD types are music CD (CD-DA) and MP3 CD (CD-ROM).

If you set other CD or DVD, the MCX-2000 will show “No Audio CD present” after attempting to read it. For MP3 CDs, see “Notes on Playing an MP3 CD” (page 52).

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3 When you set a music CD, a “Reading data” message

appears in the screen and the MCX-2000 starts querying the CDDB database. (See the CDDB logo animation shown in the upper left corner of the screen.) If appropriate CD data is found, the MCX-2000 will present a CD song list.

Move the selection (highlight) to a song you want, and then press the SELECT or Play button on the remote control, or select Play from the Submenu. The Play Information screen appears, starting playback of the current song.

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1 Album title 2 Artist name 3 Categorized genre 4 Total playback time 5 Track count 6 Song title 7 Audio format (PCM) 8 Playback time

The Submenu commands in the song list screen for a music CD:

Play: Starts playback from the currently selected song.

n The Play Information screen for CD provides similar information and

Submenu commands for the music archive. See “Play Information and Controls” (page 50).

Notes on Playing an MP3 CD

When you insert an MP3 CD, the MCX-2000 will start checking its directory structure and then show each folder name in a hierarchical view, starting from Root.

Open REC page: Moves to the “Store from CD” screen (page 66) to import the CD songs to the music archive.

CDDB Info.: Retrieves song data from the built-in or online CDDB database.

CD-TEXT Info.: Displays song data using CD-TEXT information (page 53) stored on the music CD (if available).

Clear CD Info.: Displays song data using generic names. (You can use this when the retrieved song data is incorrect.)

1 Folder count (total of folders in the CD) 2 Volume name (MP3 CD) 3 Song count (total of songs in the folder) 4 Folder name

n The MCX-2000 handles each folder in the MP3 CD as a separate

album. If your MP3 CD contains 32 folders, think you have 32 albums in the listed order. Ignore each folder’s hierarchical position.

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From the folder list view, you can press the Play button on the remote control or select Play from the Submenu to start playback from the ﬁrst song in the current folder (album). Otherwise, you can press the SELECT button on the cursor controller to open the current folder (album) to see a list of contained songs.

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Retrieving Song Data

When you select “CD” for the playback source, the MCX-2000 automatically searches and displays song data such as song title, artist name and album title. Here we introduce this mechanism and relevant keywords.

What is Gracenote CDDB?

Gracenote CDDB is a database system you can use to retrieve information on songs, albums, artists and genres for music CDs. The MCX-2000 incorporates a part of CDDB licensed from Gracenote. The unit attempts to retrieve song data for your music CD from the built-in database. But, since the partial database is limited, there may be cases you cannot retrieve correct song data, especially when your CD has just been released or is one from a private label. If this is the case, you can attempt retrieving the latest or updated song data for your CD from the online CDDB database over the Internet (page 93). Even if it doesn’t work, don’t be disappointed. You can manually edit any title or name in your music archive (page 75).

n Support for the online CDDB database may be discontinued

without prior notice.

1 Volume name (MP3 CD) 2 Current folder name 3 Song count (total of songs in the current folder) 4 Song name 5 Audio format (MP3)

What are ID3 Tags?

ID3 tags are various kinds of meta text data that can be embedded into MP3 ﬁles. The MCX-2000 supports ID3v1.1, 2.2 though 2.4 tag standards and can display song titles in the list view when you play an MP3 CD. The MCX-2000 supports an MP3 CD that meets the following speciﬁcations:

Supported MP3 CD or Songs

Disc format: ISO 9660 level 1 or 2 multisession Juliet/Romeo format (The MCX-2000 doesn’t support packet written CDs.)

File hierarchy: Up to eight folder levels; up to 300 ﬁles (with an mp3 or MP3 extension)

File format: MPEG-1 Layer 3 standard; all bit rates between 32 to 320 kbps*

ID3 tag version: 1.1, 2.2 through 2.4

(*) The MCX-2000 also supports MP3 songs recorded using Variable Bit Rate (VBR), but may not display the data rate or playback time of such songs correctly.

What is CD-TEXT?

Some music CDs contain text information such as song and album titles, artist names, and genre names. This information is called CD-TEXT. The MCX-2000 can read and display CD-TEXT data, and can import it together with song audio data to the music archive. But, the MCX-2000 doesn’t import copyprohibited CD-TEXT data. In this case, retrieve your CD and song data from the Gracenote CDDB.

While the Play Information screen is shown, you can skip to the next or previous folder (in the folder list view) by pressing a group selection button (+/–) because each folder is handled as a separate album (group). You can also switch the group playback mode (Single for the current folder; All for all folders). There is one exception: if you start playback from the Root folder, the MCX-2000 behaves as if you start playback of archived songs by selecting Top Menu > Library > All Songs.

n The Play Information screen for CD provides similar information and

Submenu commands for the music archive. See “Play Information and Controls” (page 50).

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Listening to a Radio Broadcast

Before listening to the radio on the MCX-2000, you need to do some preparation for each radio type—connecting the supplied antenna for the FM radio (page 4), or making the MCX-2000 accessible to the Internet, if you want to listen to Internet radio broadcasts (page 31). In addition, if you’re a US resident and want to listen to a radio program from XM Satellite Radio, you also need to connect a third-party XM ‘Connect-and-Play’ antenna (sold separately) to an MCX-2000 US model and become a subscription member of XM radio (as described in the XM radio section). Once you complete these preparations, you can start listening to a radio broadcast, regardless of where it’s from—FM, Internet or XM (US model only).

1 Select Top Menu > Library > Radio to open the following

Radio menu screen.

Radio menu

Listening to FM Radio

The FM tuner built into the MCX-2000 provides a set of simple, yet comprehensive functions. You can select a desired FM station in one of two ways: manual tuning and auto scan tuning. Plus, you can even register your favorite FM stations beforehand using the FM Auto Preset feature (page 62), allowing you to directly select a station from the Presets list.

From the Radio menu screen, select FM. The Play Information screen appears and starts playing the last selected radio station (or just the ﬁrst FM frequency signals available in your area; no sound if no station is assigned).

Signal format (mono or stereo)Current frequency

Select this for an FM broadcast. Use the Submenu command to directly play the current selection (the last selected FM radio station).

XM (US model only)

Select this for an XM radio program. Use the Submenu command to directly play the current selection (the last selected XM radio station).

Internet Radio

Select this for an Internet radio broadcast. Use the Submenu command to directly play the current selection (the last selected Internet radio station).

Presets

Select this when you want to choose a preset radio station from the list. The MCX-2000 lets you register up to 100 radio stations in 10 groups (up to 10 stations per group). Use the Submenu command to directly play the current selection (the last selected preset radio station).

n You can directly start playing the last selected radio station from FM,

Internet Radio or XM (US model only) by pressing the RADIO button on the remote control or on the MCX-2000 front panel. This operation simply switches the playback source on the MCX-2000 to Radio, and doesn’t affect playback source on each client (except while the MCX-2000 is broadcasting). Every time you press the RADIO button, the radio type cycles through FM, XM, Internet Radio and Presets with the last selected station for each radio type.

n If you live in Europe and are using an MCX-2000 Europe model,

you can enjoy the Radio Data System feature while listening to the FM radio. For details of the MCX-2000 Radio Data System feature, see the following column.

2 Use the remote control to tune in to a desired FM station.

When you press either group selection button (–/+), the MCX-2000 starts scanning available stations while decreasing or increasing the frequency; the MCX-2000 automatically stops scanning if an radio station is tuned in; you can also manually stop scanning by pressing either group selection button.

auto tuning

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Every time you press the skip backward or forward button

(

b/a), you can manually decrease or increase the

frequency to search for an available station.

Manual tuning

The Submenu commands in the Play Information screen for the FM radio:

Playback: Provides the same tuning and playback control functions as available on the remote control. So, you can control these functions using the cursor controller on the front panel or from a PS/2 keyboard (only with cursor and enter keys). On-screen buttons shown in gray provide no function for the FM radio; the same buttons on the remote control don’t work either.

Save to Preset: Registers the current radio station to the Presets list in two steps (page 59).

Broadcast: Streams a radio program currently being received on the MCX-2000 to MusicCAST clients speciﬁed in a dialog box (page 89).

Listening to XM Radio (US model only)

The MCX-2000 U.S. model comes standard with an XM Satellite Radio tuner. If you live in the United States and are a subscriber of this paid radio service, you can simply attach a third-party XM Connect-and-Play antenna (sold separately) to your MCX-2000 and start enjoying a wide variety of satellite radio programs.

What is XM Satellite Radio?

XM Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service with millions of listeners across the United States, broadcasting live daily. XM’s channel lineup includes more than 150 digital channels of choice from coast to coast: 68 commercial-free music channels, featuring hip hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues; 33 channels of premier sports, talk, comedy, children’s and entertainment programming; and more than 20 channels of trafﬁc and weather information for major metropolitan areas nationwide.

Because XM Satellite Radio is a subscription service, you will need to set up an account and activate service with XM using your XM Satellite Radio ID number. To check your ID number, see the instructions in “Activating Your XM Satellite Radio Account.” For further information on XM Satellite Radio services, see the XM Satellite Radio website (www.xmradio.com).

Information from XM Satellite Radio, Inc.

Hardware and required basic monthly subscription sold separately. Premium Channel available at additional monthly cost. Installation costs and other fees and taxes, including a one-time activation fee may apply. Subscription fee is consumer only. All fees and programming subject to change. Subscriptions subject to Customer Agreement available at xmradio.com. Only available in the 48 contiguous United States.

Recall Play: Makes the MCX-2000 start ‘continued’ playback of a song currently played on a client speciﬁed in a dialog box (page 90).

Using Radio Data System Information (Europe model only)

Radio Data System is a data transmission system used by FM stations in many European countries. The MCX-2000 can receive Radio Data System data including Program Service Name (PS), Program Type (PTY) and Radio Text (RT) from Radio Data System broadcasts, and provide Play Information for a radio program currently being received.

Receiving a Radio Data System broadcast

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Connecting an XM Connect-and-Play Antenna

To receive XM Satellite signals, you will need to use a thirdparty XM Connect-and-Play antenna. For more information about available XM compatible antenna products, visit the XM Satellite Radio website (www.xmradio.com) or your local XM Ready products dealer. Connect your XM Connect-andPlay antenna to the XM jack on the MCX-2000 back panel. For details, see the instructions provided with your XM Connect-and-Play antenna.

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1 FM station name (program service name) 2 Genre (program type) 3 Song data (radio text)

To ensure optimal reception of XM’s satellite signals, your XM Connect-and-Play antenna should be placed at or near a window facing south. Make sure that there is nothing obstructing radio signals from the sky. The antenna may be mounted indoors or outdoors.

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Activating Your XM Satellite Radio Account

To sign up for an XM Satellite Radio service account, you need to have your XM Satellite Radio ID number. Follow the procedure below to check your ID number, and then access the website (activate.xmradio.com) or call 1-800-XM-RADIO (1-800-967-2346) to sign up for the service. (A major credit card is required.)

Press the RADIO button several times on the remote control or on the MCX-2000 front panel, until the MCX-2000 shows the XM Play Information screen. You can also open this screen from the menu (Top Menu > Library > Radio > XM).

Receiving XM Radio Broadcasts

Once you’ve activated your XM subscriber account, you can start enjoying XM Satellite Radio as another radio source on the MCX-2000. Follow the procedure below.

1 From the Radio menu screen (page 54), select XM. The

Play Information screen appears and starts playing the radio station last selected. (You may hear no sound if the selected channel has no radio station assigned.) It also shows information of the music currently playing.

When you ﬁrst access the XM radio function, Channel 1 is automatically selected.

n If the “CHECK ANTENNA” message appears on the screen, your XM

Connect-and-Play antenna may not be connected to the XM jack on the MCX-2000 back panel. Make sure the antenna is properly connected.

Select Channel 0 using the skip backward or forward button (

b/a

) on the remote control. Check your XM Satellite Radio ID number shown in the screen and write it down. Now you can activate your XM Satellite Radio account.

Your ID number

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1 Song title 2 Channel number and radio station name 3 Search category mode (icon) 4 Artist name 5 Category name

2 Use the remote control to tune in to a desired radio

channel. Press either group selection button (–/+) to select the previous or next category, or press the skip backward or forward button (

b/a) to select the

previous or next radio channel. You can even select the desired channel speciﬁcally using the relevant Submenu commands.

n If you cannot change the channel, ﬁrst select Search all channels

mode (page 57). Then attempt the above steps once again.

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The Submenu commands in the Play Information screen for the XM radio:

Playback:

Provides the same tuning and playback control functions as available on the remote control. So, you can control these functions using the cursor controller on the front panel or from a PS/2 keyboard (only with cursor and enter keys). On-screen buttons shown in gray provide no function for XM radio control; the same buttons on the remote control don’t work either.

Direct Access: Lets you specify a radio station channel number in a dialog box (page 58).

Channel Search and Direct Access

The MCX-2000 lets you search for the XM radio channel you want to listen to. There are two different search modes you can select from, depending on your preferences. You can also select a desired channel by directly entering the relevant channel number.

From the Submenu in the Play Information screen for XM radio, locate Search Mode and select one of the following options:

Search Mode:

Switches how you can search a radio station using the skip backward and forward buttons (see the following column).

Save to Preset: Registers the current radio station to the Presets list in two steps (page 59).

Broadcast: Streams a radio program currently being received 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).

Search all channels

With this option selected, you can use the skip backward and forward buttons ( available channels. Pressing either group selection button (–/+) lets you jump to the previous or next category, so that you can skip multiple channels at a time while searching for the desired station.

Previous Category Current Category Next Category

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b/a) to search for a radio station from all

*current channel

Search category

With this option selected, the Search category mode icon appears in the screen and you can use the skip backward and forward buttons ( within the current category. Pressing either group selection button (–/+) lets you jump to the previous or next category, allowing you to perform a cycle search in another category.

Previous Category Current Category Next Category

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b/a) to cycle through available channels

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Also in the Submenu, you can select Direct Access if you know the desired channel number.

Direct Access entry dialog

Specify the desired channel number by pressing the on-screen numeric buttons, followed by OK. Press CLR to clear your entry. Wait for a few seconds until the MCX-2000 automatically tunes in to that channel.

n Pressing any buttons other than the numeric buttons cancels

Direct Access entry.

Screen Messages for XM Radio

The MCX-2000 may show one of the following messages in the Play Information screen for XM radio. Read each description and handle each situation as recommended.

Message Description Action/Solution

CHECK ANTENNA Your XM Connect-and-Play antenna is not

UPDATING The XM user encryption code is being updated. Wait until the encryption code is completely updated.

NO SIGNAL The signal is too weak. Check the XM Connect-and-Play antenna connections

LOADING The audio or text data decoding process takes

OFF AIR The XM Satellite Radio channel you selected is

CHANNEL - - -

- - -

- - - No artist name/feature or song/program title is

- - - No channels are available for the selected

connected, or does not work properly.

longer than four seconds.

not currently broadcasting any signal.

The channel station ID (SID) is no longer available.

available.

category.

Check that your XM Connect-and-Play antenna is properly connected.

and position the antenna for the best reception.

Wait until the decoding process is ﬁnished.

Check the channel number or select another XM Satellite Radio channel.

Artist name is not sometimes available through a satellite signal for display.

Category name is not sometimes available through a satellite signal for display.

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Listening to Internet Radio

In addition to retrieving the latest CD information from the online CDDB database (page 53) and accurate date and time data from a public time server (page 91), the MCX-2000 can also receive online radio broadcasts by accessing to the Internet. Since the MCX-2000 comes with several Internet radio sites preassigned, you can enjoy listening to online radio programs right away once you’ve set up the unit for Internet access (page 31).

n The MCX-2000 only supports Internet radio stations that stream

music and audio in MP3 format.

The Submenu menu commands in the Play Information screen for the Internet radio:

Playback:

Provides the same tuning and playback control functions as available on the remote control. So, you can control these functions using the cursor controller on the front panel or from a PS/2 keyboard (only with cursor and enter keys). On-screen buttons shown in gray provide no function for Internet radio control; the same buttons on the remote control don’t work either.

Save to Preset: Registers the current radio station to the Presets list in two steps (page 59).

1 From the Radio menu screen (page 54), select Internet

Radio. A list of Internet radio sites is shown in the screen.

Radio station name

Site URL

Move the selection (highlight) to the desired Internet radio station, and then press the SELECT or Play button on the remote control or select the Play command from the Submenu

n Other Submenu commands, such as Edit Site title, Edit URL and

Clear this Site, let you newly register or edit an Internet radio site (page 84).

3 The Play Information screen appears. The MCX-2000

accesses the speciﬁed Internet radio site and starts receiving its radio stream. Use the skip forward or backward button (

b/a) on the remote control to select

the next or previous radio station from the above site list.

Broadcast: Streams a radio program currently being received 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).

Using the Presets List

The Presets list is where you can store up to 100 radio stations in 10 groups (up to 10 stations per group). Once you’ve registered your favorite stations in the Play Information screen, you can select and tune in to them right away or manage the list by editing each group and station name. In addition, you can use the Presets list to register available FM stations through an auto scanning process for your own FM Presets list.

n The timer playback feature lets you start playing a speciﬁc radio

station at a speciﬁc time (page 97). If you want to use this feature, ﬁrst register that radio station in the Presets list.

Registering a Radio Station to the Presets List

Regardless of the radio type, you can register your favorite radio stations to the Presets list directly from each radio’s Play Information screen. First, open the Play Information screen with a radio station you want to register, following the procedure explained in each radio section.

Radio station name

Site URL

n When you want to quickly register a number of FM stations, use the

FM Auto Preset command (page 62).

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1 Select the Save to Preset command from the Submenu.

A group selection dialog box appears, where you can assign the current radio station into a speciﬁc group.

Current radio station (FM frequency, etc.)

n There are no limitations on which group and position the current radio

station should be registered to. You can register radio stations even at random; however, unlike playlist songs, you cannot change the group and position of radio stations after registration. For this reason, you should consider beforehand how to categorize radio stations in the Presets list.

2 Move the selection (highlight) to the desired group, and

then press the SELECT button on the cursor controller. The second dialog box appears, where you can place the current radio station into the selected group.

Current radio station

Selected group

(FM frequency, Internet URL, etc.)

3 Move the selection (highlight) to the desired position, and

then press the SELECT button on the cursor controller. The selected position ﬂashes several times with a station code. When you return to the Play Information screen, registration is complete.

Registered station code (FM frequency, XM channel, IR for Internet radio)

n Any existing station in the selected position is overwritten when you

press the SELECT button. You can edit group and station names later in the Presets screen (page 85).

Playing a Radio Station from the Presets List

It’s exceptionally easy to select and play a radio station from the Presets list.

1 From the Radio menu screen (page 54), select Presets.

A list of preset groups is shown in the screen. Move the selection (highlight) to the desired group.

You can re-select another group if you go back to the previous dialog box, by pressing the left arrow button on the cursor controller. If you cancel the registration, simply press the right arrow button (Quit).

Preset groups

n When you press the Play button on the remote control or select the

Play command from the Submenu, the MCX-2000 starts receiving a broadcast from the radio station last selected in the current group. In addition, you can edit group names using the Edit title command (page 85).

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2 Press the SELECT button to view a list of radio stations

registered in the selected group.

Preset radio stations

n In this screen, you can create a Presets list of FM radio stations using

the FM Auto Preset command from the Submenu (page 62). You can also edit station names using the Edit title command (page 85).

Move the selection (highlight) to the desired station, and then press the SELECT or Play button on the remote control or select the Play command from the Submenu. The MCX-2000 shows the Play Information screen and starts playing a radio program from the station.

Getting the most out of the Presets List

Since the MCX-2000 remembers which radio station is last played (selected) at multiple levels—for each group, and for the entire Presets list, you can quickly access radio stations you frequently listen to.

Group A

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Station1Station2Station3Station4Station5Station6Station7Station8Station9Station

Group C

Station1Station2Station3Station4Station5Station6Station7Station8Station9Station

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Station1Station2Station3Station4Station5Station6Station7Station8Station9Station

Group J

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The Submenu commands in the Play Information screen for the Preset radio stations:

Playback:

Provides the same playback control functions as available on the remote control. Group selection (–/+) and skip backward and forward (

b/a

) buttons can be used to switch radio stations registered in the Presets list (as explained in the following column). On-screen buttons shown in gray provide no function for the currently selected radio station; the same buttons on the remote control don’t work either.

: Radio station last selected in the group

If you use groups (at least) to categorize radio stations with a speciﬁc theme (such as genre), you can conveniently switch themes using the group selection buttons (+/–) while selecting radio stations categorized with each theme using the skip backward and forward buttons (

b/a).

Broadcast: Streams a radio program currently being received 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).

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Registering FM Stations Automatically to the Presets List

You can search for an FM radio station in the Play Information screen, which is a basic radio tuning function. In the Preset station list screen, you can use a similar scanning process to locate all available stations within a speciﬁc frequency range and register them all in the Presets list—in a single automatic process. This lets you easily create your own FM preset list.

1 From the Radio menu screen (page 54), select Presets.

Consecutively press the SELECT button on the remote control until you see a list of preset stations in the screen. (You can select any preset group.)

Station list

Select Start in the dialog box to start automatic scanning and registration of FM stations. The station list of the speciﬁed group is shown with “Searching...” at the speciﬁed position.

Progress bar

Searching for an FM station to be registered at this position

The progress bar indicates the scanning is ongoing while increasing the frequency. Each station that’s found is automatically registered to the current position, and “Searching...” moves to the next position.

n Any existing station in the “Searching...” position is overwritten when

a new station is registered. When registration reaches to the last position (J10), the FM Auto Preset process ﬁnishes at that point. If you want to cancel the process, press the Stop button or the left arrow button on the cursor controller.

2 Select the FM Auto Preset command from the Submenu

for the following dialog box.

FM Auto Preset dialog box

3 Select and specify the Starting Frequency value where the

MCX-2000 starts scanning at, and the Starting Preset position where you want FM stations found in the scanning process to be registered from. Use the up and down arrow buttons (

u/d) on the cursor controller to

change values, as well as the left and right arrow buttons (

j/i) to move between group (A~J) and position (1~10).

5 When “Complete” is shown at the progress bar, the FM

Auto Preset process is ﬁnished. You will return to the station list screen (the last registered station will be highlighted).

n You can also edit station names using the Edit title command

(page 85).

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Playing External Audio Signals

As a music server designed to seamlessly integrate all of your audio sources, the MCX-2000 comes standard with analog and digital audio input connectors on the back panel (ANALOG IN and OPTICAL IN). If you have already connected them to the relevant audio output connectors on external equipment (page 9), you can simply select and play external audio signals as another audio source of the MCX-2000. Of course, you can also record them into the music archive (page 69).

1 Make sure that audio signals from the external device are

set to an appropriate line level, especially when the output level can be controlled from the device (such as a mixer).

n If the external audio signals come from ﬁxed-level output jacks (such

as AUX OUT or OPTICAL OUT on a tape deck), this step may not be necessary.

3 Move the selection (highlight) to either option, and then

press the SELECT or Play button on the remote control, or select the Play command from the Submenu. The Play Information screen for external inputs appears.

Currently selected input

2 Select Top Menu > Library > Inputs to open the following

menu screen.

Inputs menu

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Digital Input

Select this when playing audio signals from the OPTICAL IN jack.

Analog Input

■

Select this when playing audio signals from the ANALOG IN jacks.

4 Start playback on the external output device connected

to the currently selected input. For analog signals, you can use the Input Level command to adjust the input level. For optimum results, ﬁrst adjust the output level from the external device, and then adjust the input level on the MCX-2000.

Adjustment of analog input levels

The Submenu commands in the Play Information screen for external audio signals:

Playback: Provides the same playback control functions (Play and Stop) as available on the remote control. On-screen buttons shown in gray provide no function for external audio signals; the same buttons on the remote control don’t work either.

Input Level: Adjusts the level for the MCX-2000 to receive external audio signals, within a range between –21 dB and +24 dB (factory setting: 0 dB). The MCX-2000 receives external digital audio signals as they’re output from the external device (this command is unavailable.)

Broadcast: Streams external audio signals currently being received 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).

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Playing Audio Content on the Computer

If your MCX-2000 has network connectivity to a Windows PC (page 26) that you’re using to manage music ﬁles, you virtually have a ‘second’ music server. Your MCX-2000 works as a client to your Windows PC and can search, select and play MP3, WAV and Windows Media Audio (WMA) music ﬁles and playlists (text ﬁles with the M3U extension) collected or created on that PC over the network. The supplied CD-ROM contains dedicated software named DiXiM™ Media Server for this application.

Set the supplied CD-ROM to your Windows PC and install the DiXiM Media Server software. You’re allowed to install the software to a single computer.

Server selection dialog box

n For PC system requirements and explanation on how to install and

use the software, see the supplied manual titled Installation Guide for DiXiM Media Server Software.

2 Once your PC is ready to stream music to the MCX-2000,

select Top Menu > Library > Network Content for the following screen.

Network Content menu

When you attempt to select one of the main categories (Artists, Albums, Genres and All Songs), the MCX-2000 shows a dialog box with a list of available Windows PC(s) running the DiXiM Media Server software, prompting you to select which computer you want to connect as a main PC music server. You can also select the main server (or switch to another DiXiM server) by opening the same dialog box using the Submenu.

n The MCX-2000 remembers the speciﬁed main server. If you later

change its name (up to 64 characters) within the DiXiM Media Server software, select again the server computer using the above dialog box.

The Network Content menu provides a similar user interface to the Music Archive menu, and lets you select music or audio content from four main categories (Artists, Albums, Genres and All Songs). You can use these categories to sift out your target ﬁle(s) in the same manner as you select songs from the Music Archive menu (page 46).

Move the selection (highlight) to a list item from each screen (artist, album, genre, playlist information). You can start playback with the ﬁrst song in the current group by pressing the Play button on the remote control or the MCX-2000 front panel or by selecting the Play command from the Submenu in each screen. Otherwise, press the SELECT button on the remote control for further sifting.

n Albums that contain various artists and genres are categorized into

the ﬁrst song’s artist or genre. If a song is stored without ID3 tag information, the name of a folder (directory) where that song is placed in becomes the album title for that song. In addition, the MCX-2000 can track the music ﬁle hierarchy up to two levels in depth.

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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.

Notes on Playing the Network Content

When using the Network Content feature, you should remember the following:

5 6

7 8 9

1 Playback methods 2 Stereo level indicators 3 Category where playback started 4 Song title 5 Audio format 6 Time display 7 Album title 8 Artist name 9 Categorized genre

The Submenu commands in the Play Information screen for audio content from a networked PC:

• 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 MusicCAST clients.

Use the Broadcast feature. The MCX-2000 can broadcast a 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.)

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).

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).

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Recording Audio Sources

STAMDBY/ON

TV AMP

TIMER OPEN/CLOSE

RANDOM REPEAT BROADCA

You can expand your music archive by recording (or importing) songs and other audio programs from commercial music CDs, external audio signals, and FM radio programs from the built-in tuner. You can record these audio sources to the MCX-2000 internal hard drive with up to 200 hours in linear PCM format (16-bit/44.1kHz) or up to 2,000 hours in MP3 format (160kbps bit rate) by default. You can adjust recording options (page 96) balancing your preferred sound quality and total recoding time. In addition, you can conﬁrm how long recording is possible now in a System Information screen (page 102). When selecting Top Menu > Recording, you will see the following screen.

Recording menu

Recording Songs from a Music CD

In general, music CDs are the easiest and simplest way to create your music archive. Once CD songs are imported, the MCX-2000 lets you manage them using playlists and other editing features (page 75).

1 From the Recording menu screen, select Store from CD.

A song list will appear if you’ve already set an audio CD in the MCX-2000. If not, the unit shows “No Audio CD present” along with “Insert Audio CD” in yellow.

CD recording screen

Store from CD

Select this when importing songs from an audio CD (CDDA). For most commercial music CDs, the MCX-2000 automatically retrieves song data such as artist name, album title and each song title from the CDDB database (page 53).

Store from Radio

Select this when you want to ‘air check’ an FM radio program. You can adjust the recording level and select recording modes such as Manual and Synchro (Full Auto or Auto Track Marking) for your preferences.

Store from Inputs

Select this when recording incoming audio signals via the MCX-2000 analog or digital input jacks. Using the same recording interface as FM radio recording, you can easily record songs or other audio programs from an old analog tape or other media.

Duplicate a CD

Select this when you want to duplicate an existing audio CD (CD-DA). For duplication, you need a CD-R/RW disc for audio recording.

Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the remote control and open the CD tray. Set an audio CD with its label side facing up. Press the same button again to close the tray

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Remote control

n The MCX-2000 only supports audio CDs (CD-DA) for importing

songs. If you set any other CD or DVD, the unit will show “Insert Audio CD” again after attempting to read it.

Create an original CD

This is a special feature that lets you create your original CD from an album or a playlist in your music archive. To get the most out of this feature, you may want to read “Editing the Library” (page 75) after importing necessary songs (or source audio materials) in PCM format.

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3 The MCX-2000 shows “Checking disc...” in yellow and

starts querying to the CDDB database. If appropriate CD data is found, the MCX-2000 will present a list of song names.

4 If there is a song you don’t want to import, move the

selection (highlight) to that song, and remove the check mark by pressing the SELECT button on the remote control. You can restore the mark by pressing the SELECT button again. You can also use the Select all or Clear command for your selection.

1 2 3 5

1 Album title 2 Artist name 3 Categorized genre 4 Total playback time 5 Track count 6 Song title 7 Playback time

If appropriate CD data is unavailable, the song list appears with generic names such as “Track” and “Unknown” (page 49). If your MCX-2000 is conﬁgured to be able to access the Internet, you can set a CD Lookup option to use the online CDDB database (page 93) and then, in the above screen, try using the CDDB command as shown below to retrieve the latest information from the online database. If your audio CD contains CD-TEXT data (page 53), song data can be retrieved from it using the CD-TEXT command. Feel free to give generic names using the “Do not use” command. Use this if the retrieved song data is incorrect. You can edit it later after importing songs (page 75).

5 After selecting the songs you want to import, select the

Start command. You can stop recording at any time by selecting the Stop command.

The MCX-2000 shows a progress bar for each of the selected songs.

n Song data retrieved from copy-protected CD-TEXT data is only

temporary. The MCX-2000 cannot copy and store it for archived songs.

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6 When all selected songs are imported, the MCX-2000

CD AUTO STORE

shows the following dialog box, asking what you want to do next.

3 When the RECORDING indicator goes off, the MCX-2000

shows the following dialog box, asking what you want to do next.

Open stored album page: Select this to automatically locate the album you’ve just imported. You can browse and play the songs from the album like other archived songs (page 46).

Store another CD: Select this when importing another CD. The MCX-2000 automatically opens the tray and lets you repeat the above procedure from step 1.

Exit this screen: Select this to simply close the dialog box, and perform any other operation you need to manually.

Importing a Music CD Automatically

If you have a large collection of music CDs and want them all in the MCX-2000 music archive, you may want to skip operating steps required in the CD recording screen in the previous section. This method is just for you.

1 Have all the music CDs you want to import ready and

close by the MCX-2000. It’s important to save time and efﬁciently import your CDs.

Open stored album page: Select this to automatically locate the album you’ve just imported. You can browse and play the songs from the album like other archived songs (page 46).

Store another CD: Select this when you import another CD. The MCX-2000 automatically opens the tray and lets you repeat steps 2 to 3 above.

Exit this screen: Select this to simply close the dialog box, and perform any other operation you need to manually.

You’ll ﬁnd this operation extremely quick and easy. In addition, since this CD import procedure has no operation screen, you can continue playing audio sources (except for CDs, of course) while importing your music CDs—without interruption.

n If you need to change song data (artist name, album or song title,

etc.), see “Editing the Library” (page 75).

2 Use the Open/Close button on the unit’s front panel to

open the tray; set a music CD on the tray with its label side facing up; press the CD AUTO STORE button on the unit’s front panel (the tray closes by itself). After showing a list of CD songs for a few seconds, the MCX-2000 starts importing all songs on the CD.

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Recording from FM Radio or External Audio Signals

Any incoming audio signals can serve as recordable audio sources for the MCX-2000. If you’ve appropriately set up the FM antenna (page 4) or connect external audio equipment to the analog and/or digital input jacks (page 9), you can record their sounds at any time using the same recording interface.

n You need to register desired FM stations to the Presets list before

recording (page 59).

1 From the Recording menu screen, select Store from

Radio if you want to record an FM radio program, or select Store from Inputs if you want to record audio signals from external equipment. In either case, the MCX-2000 shows a similar recording screen as follows.

FM station selected from the Preset list

2 Press the SELECT button on the remote control at the

ﬁrst parameter in the recording screen—Preset or Input, then specify the target FM station or input. If you’re in the FM recording screen, you can select an FM station from the Presets list, through the group/station selection dialog box.

n Internet or XM radio stations (US model only) are shown in gray in the

Presets list, indicating they’re unavailable for recording. If you select one of these gray items, the MCX-2000 will show “–––––” at the Preset column indicating no FM radio station is selected. (You cannot start recording.)

Input selection

After selecting the target, move the selection (highlight) to the next parameter in the recording screen, Track Marking. Set your preferred recording method as needed. The following parameters are common to both recording screens.

1 Track Marking

Specify how you want to ‘divide’ the recording. Select Manual if you want to divide the recording manually inserting a track mark, or when you want to manage, for example, a radio program or sounds from a live show as a single song in the music archive. With Manual the MCX-2000 creates a large song ﬁle at the point you stop recording. On the other hand, if you want separated songs after the recording, select SYNCHRO. With this option selected, the MCX-2000 automatically inserts a track mark at a predeﬁned silent level (track gap) to separate songs. In either case, you can manually insert a track mark at any point using the Track Marking command from the Submenu.

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2 SYNCHRO. Type

This parameter is only available when SYNCHRO. is selected for Track Marking above. Select Full Auto if you want fully automatic recording. With this option selected, the MCX-2000 starts recording as soon as it detects the ﬁrst track gap from incoming signals, and inserts a track mark at the second and following track gap points, then stops recording if a level of silence is maintained for a predeﬁned period. With Full Auto selected, start playing from the ‘previous’ song on the external audio equipment and the MCX-2000 automatically starts recording at the beginning of the ‘next’ song—the ﬁrst song you want to record. When Auto Track Marking is selected, the MCX-2000 only inserts track marks; hence, you should start and stop recording manually.

n If you have no ‘previous’ song from the source audio, you may want

to select Auto Track Marking. Such cases include when you want to record from the beginning of an analog tape played on external equipment or when you want to record a talk program from FM broadcast.

4 Open the Submenu to set REC Monitor to ON.

Simultaneously, REC Monitor becomes available.

6 When you’re ready, move the selection (highlight) to

Recording and select Start. If you’ve selected Full Auto in step 3, the yellow “Ready to Record” message changes to “Pause” and recording will start from the beginning of the next song (Track 0001). Otherwise, the MCX-2000 immediately starts recording with Track 0001.

During recording, the track number is incremented every time the MCX-2000 detects a track gap (in Full Auto or Auto Track Marking mode), or when you manually insert a track mark by ‘clicking’ the Mark button in the Submenu (in all modes).

If you’re in the FM recording screen, you can hear a radio broadcast from the selected FM station. If you’re in the Inputs recording screen, start playback on the external equipment connected to the selected input jack(s).

5 Adjust the recording level as required, using the bar graph

meter, accessible from REC Level in the Submenu. Use the up or down arrow button on the cursor controller to increase or decrease the recording level.

n You may want to adjust maximum recording levels to go between –3

dB to 0 dB, to gain the volume competing with an average commercial CD.

n You can exit the recording screen and enjoy playing other audio

sources, unless you need to stay there to monitor recording or manually insert track marks. You can still select the currently recorded audio source from the Library menu; however, changing its settings directly affects the recording.

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7 When the recording is ﬁnished automatically, or manually

using the relevant Submenu command, you can now exit the recording screen to conﬁrm the recorded results. Select Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Statistics > Recently Stored Albums.

In this screen, you can locate and conﬁrm what you’ve recorded. It’s in the album named “Album Stored from (...)” and you can select it to conﬁrm the recorded tracks. Try playing them using the relevant Submenu command.

Duplicating a Music CD

This function is useful when you want to make a backup copy of your music CD (CD-DA). When you create an original compilation CD, you can also create as many copies as you want (page 73) ONLY during that creation process. This duplication feature lets you make additional copies LATER from an original CD.

1 From the Recording menu screen (page 66), select

Duplicate a CD for the following screen.

CD duplication screen

n Because the album name is generic, you can use the Information

command to see when the album was created. These albums and tracks are also accessible from other categories in the Music Archive menu (categorized under the “Unknown” artist and genre).

2 Set a music CD on the tray, with its label side facing up.

Use the OPEN/CLOSE button on the remote control for tray operations. When the MCX-2000 recognizes it as an audio CD (CD-DA), the screen message changes as follows.

n You will not see any song data (album title, artist name, etc.) in the CD

duplication screen.

Open the Submenu to start CD duplication. The MCX-2000 starts importing the audio data from the CD and creates a temporary disc image ﬁle. Select Cancel from the Submenu if you want to cancel the process.

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4 When the image ﬁle is created, the MCX-2000 shows the

following dialog box. To continue the process, open the tray and set a CD-R/RW disc for audio recording with “Change disc and proceed with recording” selected. Select OK in the dialog box.

5 If you set a CD other than one speciﬁed, the MCX-2000

prompts you to set a blank disc. In addition, you cannot record onto a CD-R disc that’s already been recorded.

If you set a CD-RW disc that’s already been recorded, the MCX-2000 shows the following dialog box, asking your answer.

6 When the MCX-2000 detects an appropriate blank disc, it

automatically starts writing the image ﬁle on that disc.

7 When the CD duplication process is ﬁnished, the

MCX-2000 shows the following dialog box, asking what you want to do next.

Initialize Disc and proceed with recording

Quick Mode: Select this to quickly erase the current disc content and continue the process.

Normal Mode: Select this to completely erase the current disc content (which could take a long time) and continue the process.

Change Disc: Select this if you want to replace the disc with a blank CD-R/RW disc.

Cancel CD duplication: Select this to cancel the process.

Change discs if necessary, using the OPEN/CLOSE button on the remote control for tray operations.

Open CD screen: Select this to ﬁnish the process, and open the CD song list screen (page 52) to conﬁrm a list of songs on the duplicated CD.

Create another CD-R/RW: Select this if you want to duplicate another music CD. The MCX-2000 automatically opens the tray and lets you repeat the above procedure from step 2.

Exit this screen: Select this to ﬁnish the process.

n When you cancel or ﬁnish the process, the original disc image ﬁle is

automatically erased.

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Recording Archived Songs to a CD

As long as you’re keeping PCM song data in the MCX-2000 internal hard drive (factory setting), you can create an original music CD based on a playlist or an album from your music archive at any time. It’s another great feature the MCX-2000 delivers as your music collection center.

1 From the Recording menu screen (page 66), select Create

an original CD for the following screen.

2 According to message shown in yellow, set a blank CD-R/

RW disc for audio recording on the tray, with its label side facing up. Use the OPEN/CLOSE button on the remote control for tray operations. When the MCX-2000 recognize it as an appropriate recordable disc, the yellow screen message changes to “Audio CD-R/RW present”.

According to your selection, the MCX-2000 shows a dialog box, where you can search for the desired album or playlist in the same manner you search for a song in the music archive.

When Album is selected

Songs in the selected album or playlist

n The MCX-2000 continues showing the same messages above until

you set an appropriate disc. In addition, unlike when you duplicate an audio CD (page 72), the MCX-2000 doesn’t let you initialize a CD-RW disc that’s already recorded.

3 Specify a playlist or an album you want to record onto the

disc, by selecting either Album or Playlist from the Submenu.

n When the selected album or playlist contains an MP3-only song

(because you selected NOT to keep its PCM song data or deleted it using relevant Submenu commands), the MCX-2000 shows an alert message and discards your selection.

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4 A list of songs will be shown in white (only when “Ready to

record” is shown). If you want, edit the album title and/or artist name for the CD you’re going to create using the following two commands from the Submenu.

6 When the CD recording process is ﬁnished, the

MCX-2000 shows the following dialog box, asking what you want to do next.

Either command opens the character palette. So, you can type necessary text characters using the palette, or using a PS/2 keyboard connected to the MCX-2000 front panel (page 75).

5 When you’re ready, start recording by selecting the

relevant command from the Submenu. The MCX-2000 writes the songs at 4x speed.

n Archived songs are analog recorded onto a CD-R/RW disc.

Open CD screen: Select this to ﬁnish the process, and open the CD song list screen (page 52) to conﬁrm a list of songs on a music CD you’ve just created.

Create another CD-R/RW: Select this if you want to make another CD. The MCX-2000 automatically opens the tray and lets you repeat the above procedure from step 3.

Exit this screen: Select this to ﬁnish the process.

n If you cancel the process or exit the operation screen before

proceeding to step 5, you may see songs selected in the last session the next time you open this screen. You can clear them by selecting Clear content from the Submenu. You can easily replace songs by selecting another playlist or album using the Select content command from the Submenu (as in step 3 above).

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Editing the Library

RECORDI

As you collect more music and audio and expand your MCX-2000 library, you may feel like arranging the content for various purposes—for example, manually edit song data of your favorite CD because it’s too new to retrieve correct data from CDDB, or because it’s a homemade demo CD from your musician friend. There may also be cases in which you want to change attributes (album or artist) of speciﬁc songs to compile your original CD, or you want to delete existing PCM song data to open up space on the MCX-2000’s built-in hard drive. In daily use, you may often create several playlists for archived songs, or register a new Internet radio station to the Presets list. This section explains how to customize your music library to your own needs and preferences.

PS/2 Keyboard

Another way to type text characters is to use a PS/2 keyboard connected to the MCX-2000. If you’re familiar with typing through a PC keyboard, this option is probably quicker and easier than using the on-screen character palette.

CD AUTO STORE

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Typing Text Characters

While editing song data from the music archive or while conﬁguring the MCX-2000, you may be asked to specify items (parameter values) with typed text. To facilitate this, the MCX-2000 allows you to type text using the on-screen character palette or a PS/2 keyboard, according to your preference.

Character Palette

When you select Submenu commands such as Edit or New (target), or other parameters that require a text-based value such as Internet URL, you’re prompted with a special dialog box as shown below.

Text area

n Text characters shown on the character palette is determined with the

Language setting (page 95).

Insertion point

Character palette

n Always put the MCX-2000 in sleep or standby mode before

connecting or disconnecting the PS/2 keyboard. Otherwise, the unit may be damaged.

Simply use the PS/2 keyboard when you’re prompted to type characters, together with the character palette. Move the insertion point in the text area using two arrow keys on the character palette (you cannot move the insertion point from the PS/2 keyboard), and then edit or type text characters together with Shift, Caps Lock, Delete and Backspace keys on the PS/2 keyboard. When typing is complete, simply use cursor keys to move the selection (highlight) to OK and press Enter key.

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(not present on the remote control)

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Clear (during title input) (not present on the remote control)

Delete (not present on the remote control)

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This on-screen keyboard lets you type text only using the cursor controller (arrow keys and SELECT keys). Simply move the selection (highlight) to the character you want to enter at the insertion point, and then press the SELECT key while controlling using the six control keys:

←←←←: Moves the insertion point to the left.

→→→→: Moves the insertion point to the right.

bksp: Deletes a character on the left of the insertion point. del : Deletes a character on the right of the insertion point. clear: Deletes all characters in the text area at a time.

Modiﬁes character key functions (uppercase, lowercase

A↔↔↔↔a :

and other symbols); currently available characters are indicated in white.

Example of an English PS/2 keyboard

n The MCX-2000 doesn’t support text entry using any other keys not

mentioned here (such as Ctrl, Alt, Insert, Esc and function keys). In addition, you can use Page Up and Page Down keys in a list view instead of the PAGE scoll buttons on the remote control (page 48).

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Web Browser

If you’ve conﬁgured your MCX-2000 to be accessible from your PC network, you can edit existing text information in your music archive using a standard web browser that’s running on a computer in the PC network. Text information includes song data (artist name, album title, song title, etc.), playlist name, Internet radio station name and URL, as well as group and station names from the Presets radio list. This feature is very useful when you need to edit a large amount of text information.

To access the MCX-2000 music archive from a web browser, conﬁrm the MCX-2000 IP address in the Server IP Address screen (page 100) and type that address in the URL area of your web browser window and press Enter key on your computer keyboard.

MCX-2000 IP address

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Edit Title

This allows you to edit song data or other text information in the MCX-2000 music archive. When you select a category from a drop-down list, a list of items in that category is shown in the pane. Click a list item to show it in the edit area. From there, you can edit the title or name by typing text on your keyboard. Click OK to determine your edits, or click Cancel to discard them.

Always Click Log Off when you finish editing

1 Category selection (Artists, Albums, Genres, All Songs,

Playlists, URLs, Groups and Clients)

2 List of items in the current category 3 Current selection 4 Edit area

Edit Title web interface on the MCX-2000

From the web interface above, you can perform one of the operations below.

If there are over 50 items included in the current category, you can press the “Next 50” button to scroll down the list (or “Prev. 50” button to scroll up the list). If you select Artists, Albums, Genres or Groups for the category, you can track down to ‘child’ items included in the current item, such as albums in the current genre or artist, songs in the current album, or radio stations in the current group, by clicking the “Select” button. (You can go back to the parent item by clicking the “Back” button.) When you select URLs for the category, you have two edit areas for Internet radio station name and its site URL.

n Library editing is possible for a single computer at a time. If you fail to

click “Log Off” when you ﬁnish editing, the MCX-2000 doesn’t allow editing from a second computer within next 10 minutes.

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Download Library Information (Artists - Albums Songs)

■ Download Library Information (Playlists - Links)

Each of these lets you download relevant text information from the MCX-2000 music archive in the form of CSV ﬁles. You can import these ﬁles to your spreadsheet application for management purposes.

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Editing Song Data

Each archived song has unique song data—a series of ‘attributes’ including artist name, album title, genre name and song title—and you can combine these attributes together to use as keywords when ﬁnding a song from the music archive. In that sense, song data (as a combined result) is so important to identify a song, that you may need to edit incorrect or generic names and titles to maintain the MCX-2000 music archive as a truly valuable digital music collection.

Editing Titles

When you set a music CD on the MCX-2000, it normally attempts to retrieve song data from the built-in or online CDDB database. If it’s successful, the MCX-2000 shows a list of songs with their titles, artist name and original album title. If the song list is occupied with generic names such as “Track” and “Unknown” and the CDDB Info command from the Submenu cannot update song data (page 93), you can use the Edit title command from the Submenu after importing these songs to the MCX-2000 music archive. When you record songs or audio programs from radios or external inputs, they’re also given a generic “Track” name and sent to a generic album named “Album Stored from (...)” that’s categorized in the “Unknown” genre. Though you cannot retrieve their song data from the CDDB database, you can still change their titles using the Edit title command. In addition, you can even re-categorize renamed songs into an existing or new album, artist and genre (see the next section).

Changing Song Attributes

If you’re collecting songs performed by your favorite drummer from a number of albums, you may only import his or her songs to the music archive. This may often produce a situation like too many albums, genres and original artists for a number of songs, but without the drummer’s name at all. More concretely, you have collected several songs performed by your favorite drummer, say, Versatile Boss. Those songs are released from three bands (artists) named Jazzy Rocks, Jazzy Pops and Pop Rockers, and their albums are categorized in three genres—Jazz, Rock and Pop. Your songs are organized in the music archive as bellow.

Artist: Jazzy Rocks

Album 1

Genre: Jazz Genre: Rock

Artist: Jazzy Pops Artist: Pop Rockers

Songs

Album 3

Songs

Album 5

Songs

Album 2

Songs

Album 4

Songs

Album 6

Songs

Other

Albums

Songs

Genre: Pop

Song attributes BEFORE editing

If you see a generic-named item in a list view, just move the selection (highlight) to that item and then select the Edit Title command from the Submenu.

The character palette appears, prompting you to type a new name or title. You can type characters using the palette in the speciﬁed manner or using a PS/2 keyboard connected to the MCX-2000, and then select OK in the character palette (page 75).

n If you have a number of generic-named songs, it’s a good idea to

start off renaming operations from their album titles. Since the MCX-2000 remembers which “Track 01” song is from which “Unknown” album even after giving the same generic name, you can easily differentiate one “Track 01” song from other “Track 01” songs when opening a song list from Albums (Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Albums).

You can solve this problem by collecting the drummer’s songs in a playlist (page 82), but it’s more convenient if you can re-organize those songs with a ‘new’ album, artist or genre created for that drummer as shown below.

Artist:

Jazzy Rocks

New Genre: Fusion

Album 5

Songs

Genre: Jazz

Artist:

Jazzy Pops

Album 3

Songs

Album 1

Songs

Artist:

Pop Rockers

New Genre: Pop & Rock

New Album:

VB Works

Album 2, 4 & 6

Songs

New Artist:

Versatile Boss

Genre: Rock

Song attributes AFTER editing

Genre: Pop

Other

Albums

Songs

For such purposes, the MCX-2000 even lets you change song attributes—relationships among song, artist, album and genre—to organize your music archive as you wish. From the relevant list view screens, you can access several Submenu commands to manage song attributes:

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Change Artist:

Lets you change the artist for the current album (Music Archive > Artists > selected artist’s album list view).

Change Album: Lets you change the album for the current song (Music Archive > Albums > selected album’s song list view; Music Archive > Artists > Albums > selected album’s song list view; Music Archive > Genres > Albums > selected album’s song list view).

2 Change the artist for Albums 1, 3 and 5 to Versatile Boss

you’ve just created.

• Album 1: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Artists > artist list view > Jazzy Rocks > album list view – Change Artist

• Albums 3 and 5: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Artists > artist list view > Jazzy Pops > album list view – Change Artist

Change Genre: Lets you change the genre for the current album (Music Archive > Genres > selected genre’s album list view).

New Artist:

New Album:

New Genre:

Lets you add a new artist to the music archive.

Lets you add a new album to the music archive.

Lets you add a new genre to the music archive.

Delete this Artist: Lets you delete the selected artist (and its albums and contained songs).

Delete this Album: Lets you delete the selected album (and contained songs).

Delete this Genre: Lets you delete the selected genre (and its albums and contained songs).

Open source Album: Lets you show the album associated with the current song (Music Archive > All Songs > song list view).

Change Artist dialog box

In the Change Artist dialog box, move the selection (highlight) to Versatile Boss and then press the SELECT button on the remote control. Conﬁrm the current album moved under Versatile Boss.

■

Example: How to Organize the Music Archive

Here’s a sample procedure to re-organize your music collection as shown in the previous two diagrams, using the relevant Submenu commands.

Create three new items (artist, album and genre) using the New (...) command from the Submenu in the relevant list view screen.

• Versatile Boss: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Artists > artist list view – New Artist

• Fusion: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Genre > genre list view – New Genre

• VB Works: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Albums > album list view – New Album

The character palette appears, prompting you to type the name or title for the new item. Select OK after specifying the name or title. Scroll through the current list view to check whether or not each item has been successfully added.

n When you create a new album, you’re asked to specify a title and

then associate the new album with an ‘existing’ artist and genre. Hence, in this case you should create Versatile Boss (artist) and Fusion (genre) before VB Works (album).

3 Change the genre for Albums 1 and 5 to Fusion you’ve

just created.

• Album 1: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Genres > genre list view > Jazz > album list view – Change Genre

• Album 5: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Genres > genre list view > Pop > album list view – Change Genre

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Change Genre dialog box

Change Album dialog box

In the Change Genre dialog box, move the selection (highlight) to Fusion and then press the SELECT button on the remote control. Conﬁrm the current album moved under Fusion.

Now, Albums 1, 3 and 5 are associated with the new artist Versatile Boss and categorized in their corresponding genres. (Album 3 is categorized in its original genre; only its artist has been changed.)

4 Change the album for each song from Albums 2, 4 and 6

to VB Works you’ve just created. You can do this in a song list view accessed from:

• Artists: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Artists > artist list view (to select Jazzy Rocks or Pop Rockers) > album list view (to select Album 2, 4 or 6) > song list view – Change Album

• Albums: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Albums > album list view (to select Album 2, 4 or 6) > song list view – Change Album

• Genres: Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Genres > genre list view (to select Pop or Rock) > album list view (to select Album 2, 4 or 6) > song list view – Change Album

In the Change Album dialog box, you can select a target album by navigating down from Artists, Albums or Genres. In this case, you know the target album title (VB Works) so that it’s easiest to navigate down from Albums and select VB Works directly from an album list view. Move the selection (highlight) to VB Works and then press the SELECT button on the remote control. Conﬁrm the current song moved to the end of the VB Works song list.

Now, songs from Albums 2, 4 and 6 are compiled into the new album VB Works (associated with Versatile Boss and Pop & Rock). In addition, you can arrange the song order of the VB Works album (or any other album) while showing its song list view. Use the Change Song Order command from the Submenu. You can move the current song to any position in the song list.

Move to a desired position and press the SELECT button on the remote control.

You can conﬁrm whether song attributes have been changed as you intended, using the Information command from the Submenu in the artist, album, genre or song list view screen (accessed from Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Artists, Albums or Genres), or the Open source Album command from the Submenu in the song list view screen (accessed from Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > All Songs).

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5 When the above procedure is ﬁnished, select Top Menu >

Library > Music Archive > Artists for the artist list view screen. Notice that the ‘previous’ artists, Jazzy Rocks, Jazzy Pops and Pop Rockers, have no associated albums or songs.

Empty — album and song counts are zero (0)

If you have no plan to add songs for these artists, you can delete them one at a time using the Delete this Artist command from the Submenu. Select OK in a conﬁrmation dialog box that appears, and the selected artist is deleted from the list view.

Here, we’ve shown the general concepts of editing your MCX-2000 music archive. Proper use of the Submenu commands such as New, Change and Delete (...) help you re-organize your music collection.

n Additional Submenu commands, Change Song Order and CDDB

Info, are available from the song list view of the “VB Works” album that you’ve recently created. Though you can arrange the song order using the Change Song Order command, the CDDB Info command doesn’t work any longer because VB Works is your own ‘private’ album.

Deleting the PCM Data

When you record or import CD songs or other audio, the MCX-2000 normally stores them both in PCM and MP3 formats (factory setting), since the unit currently supports original CD creation by compiling PCM song data. If you have no plan to create your original CD and want to save the space on the built-in hard drive, you can use a recording option (page 96) to set the MCX-2000 to import songs only in MP3 format. Keep in mind, however, that this setting change doesn’t apply to existing songs (their PCM data still remains). In other cases, you may need PCM data for songs recorded from old analog tape, but not for CD songs. To ensure ﬂexibility for all these requirements, the MCX-2000 lets you delete PCM data for each song individually.

Next, check the ‘previous’ genres, Rock and Pop, in the genre list view by selecting Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Genres. Notice that Rock is empty, but Pop still has albums from other artists. You can delete Rock using the Delete this Genre command from the Submenu; but if deleting Pop, you will lose other artists’ albums and songs.

1 Open a song list view screen.

n If you want to delete PCM data for songs from a speciﬁc album, open

its song list view from Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Albums. If you want to delete PCM data for any selected songs, open its song list view from Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > All Songs.

2 If necessary, conﬁrm which song has both PCM and MP3

data. Move the selection (highlight) to a target song, and then select the Information command from the Submenu.

Both PCM and MP3 data are stored

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Select the Delete PCM data from the Submenu. A dialog box appears, where you can specify target songs.

Delete PCM Data dialog box

4 Move the selection (highlight) to a song whose PCM data

you want to delete, and add a check mark by pressing the SELECT button on the remote control. You can remove the mark by pressing the SELECT button again, if you want to keep the song’s PCM data.

■ Other Song Delete Options

You can selectively delete PCM song data in the above procedure. If you want to delete all existing PCM song data at a time, go to the Library menu screen (Top Menu > Library). When you move the selection (highlight) to Music Archive, the relevant Submenu commands become available.

Select the Delete all PCM data command for this purpose. Select OK in a conﬁrming dialog box that appears, and the MCX-2000 will delete all PCM song data. In addition, you can delete all existing songs from the music archive using the Delete all Songs command. It lets you delete both PCM and MP3 data for all archived songs at a time—useful if you want to renovate the music archive with a completely new set of songs or a different MP3 data rate setting (page 96).

5 After you’ve selected or deselected songs, press the right

arrow button on the remote control (like when you open the Submenu) and select OK. When a conﬁrmation dialog box appears, select OK if you’re sure.

A progress bar appears with a “Please wait a moment” message. When the deleting operation is ﬁnished, you return to the song list view. If you like, use the Information command from the Submenu to conﬁrm PCM data for the speciﬁed songs has been deleted.

Now, only MP3 data is stored

You can also use the Delete Songs command that’s available from the Submenu in a song list view screen, to delete both PCM and MP3 data for one or more songs in the current song list. Using a similar interface when you import songs from a music CD (page 66), you can select or deselect target songs by adding or removing the check mark using the SELECT button on the remote control, or using the Select all or Cancel all commands from a ‘mini’ Submenu. Finally select OK from the ‘mini’ Submenu. Selected songs will be deleted from the music archive right away.

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Using a Playlist

The playlists on the MCX-2000 give you new and creative ways to enjoy the songs you’ve stored to your music archive. Each playlist simply lets you combine and arrange archived songs as you like, but a ﬁnished playlist can be used in many ways. Not only can playlist songs be played on the MCX-2000 itself, but they can also be streamed to any MusicCAST client (page 88), if required, along with the timer playback feature (page 89). You can even use playlists to compile your own custom CDs (page 73). This section shows you how to manage your playlists.

Creating a Playlist

You can create a playlist in one of two ways. The most seamless way is to save a bookmark list as a playlist; you can simply add the bookmark to songs in a song list view or each song’s Play Information screen, and then go to the Bookmarks screen and save the current bookmark list as a playlist using the relevant Submenu command (page 50). The other way is to create a ‘blank’ playlists ﬁrst with a suitable name, and then you can edit or compile it by adding necessary songs later. Here, we explain how to create a blank playlist.

3 Conﬁrm the new playlist appears in the Playlists screen.

Other Submenu commands available from the Playlists screen:

Play: Lets you play the selected playlist, from the ﬁrst song in the list. In the Play Information screen, you can select other playlists using the group selection buttons (+/–). For other playback controls, see “Play Information and Controls” (page 50).

1 Select Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Playlists for

the following screen.

Playlists screen

Select the New Playlist command from the Submenu. The character palette appears, prompting you to type the name for a new playlist. Specify the name using the palette or using a PS/2 keyboard connected to the MCX-2000, and then select OK in the character palette (page 75).

Information: Shows a dialog box that provides detailed information about the selected playlist.

Add Link: Lets you add a song to the selected playlist. You can search for the desired song by navigating down from a ‘mini’ Music Archive menu, in the same manner you search for a song in the music archive.

Edit title: Lets you edit the selected playlist’s name using the character palette or a PS/2 keyboard connected to the MCX-2000 (page 75).

Delete this Playlist: Lets you delete the selected playlist and its content (links). When you select this command, a conﬁrmation dialog box appears. Select OK if you’re sure. Deleting a playlist doesn’t delete the original song data.

n Once created, each playlist shown in the Playlists screen is managed

in the same way. You can add or remove songs from a playlist, even when it was ‘converted’ from a bookmark list.

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Editing a Playlist

Each song title in the playlist is simply a reference point (link) to its original song data. In other words, the actual song data is not affected when you add, remove or move songs to the playlist; only the links are changed. The MCX-2000 even allows you to add or remove links while playing the current playlist, and the unit continues playing according to a resulting playlist.

2 From the song list view, you can perform the following

operations using the relevant Submenu commands.

Play:

Lets you play the current playlist, starting from the selected song. In the Play Information screen, you can select other playlists using the group selection buttons (+/–). For other playback controls, see “Play Information and Controls” (page 50).

n You cannot edit a playlist that’s being used to create (record) your

original CD.

From the Playlists screen, select a playlist you want to edit. If you move the selection (highlight) to an empty playlist and press the SELECT button on the remote control, the MCX-2000 prompts you to use the Add Link command from the Submenu.

No other Submenu commands available

Information: Shows a dialog box that provides detailed information about the selected song.

Add Link: Lets you add a song to the current playlist. You can search for the desired song by navigating down from a ‘mini’ Music Archive menu, in the same manner you search for a song in the music archive.

Remove Links: Lets you delete one or more links from the current playlist. Select or deselect target links by adding or removing the check mark using the SELECT button on the remote control, or using the Select all or Cancel all commands from a ‘mini’ Submenu. Finally select OK from the mini Submenu. Selected links will be removed right away. Deleting a link doesn’t affect the original song.

Change Link order: Lets you move the position of the selected song in the current playlist. Move the song to the desired position using the up or down arrow button on the remote control, and then press the SELECT button.

Open source Album: Opens the album associated with the selected song.

If the selected playlist is not empty, the MCX-2000 shows songs linked from that playlist.

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Registering an Internet Radio Station

The MCX-2000 comes with ﬁve Internet radio stations preassigned. But, not to mention, there’re hundreds of thousands of online radio stations all over the Internet, and you may already enjoy some of them on your computer. Now you can even add your favorite online radio stations to the MCX-2000 library, and enjoy them together with other audio sources.

1 Select Top Menu > Library > Radio > Internet Radio, for

the list of Internet radio sites.

Radio station name

Site URL

3 Specify a new radio site using the following two Submenu

commands. Either command opens the character palette. So, you can type necessary text characters using the palette, or using a PS/2 keyboard connected to the MCX-2000 front panel (page 75).

Edit Site title: Specify the radio station name here.

Edit URL: Specify the radio station site URL (server name)

or IP address here. In either case, this parameter value must be speciﬁed starting with “http://” and ending with a slash (/), even though the column accepts any text character (no alert appears if text is invalid).

2 Move the selection (highlight) to a column where you want

to add a new Internet radio station. The site list can hold up to 40 online radio stations, so scroll through the list as required.

n You can overwrite an existing station. If the old station is registered to

the Presets list (page 59), the new station replaces it when you select it from the Presets list.

Clear this Site: Select this if you want to delete an existing Internet radio station registered at the current column. When a conﬁrmation dialog box appears, select OK if you’re sure. The column becomes unregistered.

n When you specify a radio station site with a URL, you should also

specify at least one active DNS server for the MCX-2000 to successfully ﬁnd the speciﬁed site (page 37).

4 Repeat steps 2 to 3 as required.

In addition to the above procedure, Internet radio stations can be registered or edited through a web browser (page 76). When you ﬁnd a new radio station on the web, simply copy its URL and paste it to the site list opened in a web browser.

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