Yamaha MCX-2000 manuel d'utilisation

Digital Audio Serv er Setup Guide MCX-2000 UCABG[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 2 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS • 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 electr[...]

3 MCX-2000 Setup Guide (DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY PROCEDURE) Responsible Party: Address: T elephone: Fax: T ype of Equipment: Model Name: Y amaha Electronics Corporation, U.S.A. 6660 Orangethorpe A venue Buena Park, CA 90620 714-522-9105 714-670-0108 Digital Audio Server MCX-2000 This device complies with P art 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is su[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 4 •T o 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 — away from direct sunlight, heat sources, vibration, dust, moisture, and/or cold. Av oid ventilation space of at least 30 cm on the top[...]

5 MCX-2000 Setup Guide For US customers For Canadian customers For U.K. and European customers CA UTION: READ THIS BEFORE OPERA TING THIS UNIT FCC W ARNING Change or modifications not expressly approv ed by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’ s authority to operate the epuipment. This equipment complies with FCC radiation e[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 6 FM ANT ® IC: 740B–MCX2000A VIDEO VIDEO LAN REMO TE W _ LAN ANT S VIDEO LINK/DATA 10/100 IN IN XM RADIO IN OUT OUT RS– 232 C 75 Ω UNBAL. OPTICAL A UDIO ANALOG AC IN WE87940–C–0 L R CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUKT THIS CLASS B DIGITAL APPARA TUS COMPLIES WITH CANADIAN ICE-003. CET APPAREIL NUMÉRIQUE DE [...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 7 MusicCAST is a new , con venient home audio network f eaturing playbac k of digital music streams. It consists of a MCX-2000 m usic server and its dedicated c lients (MCX-A10 or MCX-C15, sold separatel y). With all y our m usic sources—inc luding CDs and radio broadcasts—br ought together in a single server unit, each per[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 8 Preparing Items Find and take out the following items from the MusicCAST pr oduct packages. (See Owner’ s Manual for a complete list of supplied items.) n If you’re using an MCX-C15, also prepar e a network hub and two network cables (CA T5 straight cables) for connecting with the MCX-2000. Connecting with Peripheral Devi[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 9 Remote Contr ol Features and Operations Y ou can use the supplied r emote control to peform most of the MCX-2000 operations (such as selecting a menu item or determining a setting value). Prepar e the remote contr ol before operations. Setting Batteries Set batteries inside the remote contr ol as shown below . 1 Remove the bo[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 10 Creating a MusicCAST Network The Easy Setup feature lets you quickly cr eate a MusicCAST network. There are several types of MusicCAST networks. Here we explain how to confi gur e the most basic network that’ s comprised of a single MCX-2000 server and one or mor e clients. n Y our clients and network hub should be turned[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 11 1 With Easy Setup, you can quickly and easily configur e your desired MusicCAST network just by following the simple on- screen instructions (page 27). T o 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 appea[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 12 3 Following the screen message, start Auto Configuration on each client. Use the fr ont-panel cursor controller to select T op Menu > Setup > Network > Auto Configuration, and then press the PLA Y button. The clients start searching for the music server (MCX-2000). n Y ou can use the cursor controller on a client?[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 13 5 When the screen shows all clients (IDs) you ar e using, go to the next screen for updating their firmwar e. This process is necessary to use them with the MCX-2000. On each client, select T op Menu > Setup > System > System Update, and then press the PLA Y button. When the firmware update is complete, each clien[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 14 2 Press the CD AUTO STORE button on the MCX-2000 fr ont panel (the tray will close automatically). The RECORDING indicator (at the left of the fr ont panel display) lights in red, followed by the ENCODING indicator lighting in gr een. n The RECORDING indicator lights up while the MCX-2000 is importing CD songs in (uncompress[...]

MCX-2000 Setup Guide 15 5 From one of your clients, select T op Menu > Library > Music Archive. Y ou can see the same menu items — Artists, Albums, Genres and All Songs as found in the MCX-2000 scr een. Select one of them and confirm the client display also shows the artist name, album title, genre or a list of songs fr om the music CD you[...]

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Digital Audio Server O WNER’S MANU AL MCX-2000 UCABG[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 2 Table of Contents .................................................2 Preface ..................................................................3 What’s Included ...................................................................................... 4 Feature Overview .....................................................[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 3 Thank you and congratulations on your purchase of the Y amaha 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 recor d various audio[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 4 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 pur chased the product. Feature Overview Designed to be a comprehensive, ultimate audio center for your home, the [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 5 A udio Recording Functions The MCX-2000 incorporates a large-capacity 160GB hard disk drive, allowing up to 200 hours of digital r ecording in linear PCM format (16-bit/44.1kHz) or up to 2,000 hours in MP3 format (160kbps bit rate). Recordable audio sour ces include commercial music CDs, external audio signals, and radio[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 6 Music Streaming Functions Once songs are ar chived (recor ded) on the MCX-2000 hard drive, you can str eam 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 differ ent songs to differ ent clients at the same time, at [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 7 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). P anel Descriptions: MCX-2000 Front P anel 1 ST ANDBY/ON button Use this button when switching among the MCX-2[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 8 9 RADIO button Press this button to fast access the last selected radio station. Every time you pr ess 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 r emote control. Y ou can move t[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 9 Back P anel 1 W_LAN ANT A movable antenna for the wireless network. When you str eam audio to clients over the wireless network, adjust the antenna angle for best results. 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 [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 10 7 ANALOG OUT jacks (stereo) 9 OPTICAL OUT jack (stereo) Audio playback signals on the MCX-2000 are output fr om 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 purch[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 11 P anel Descriptions: Remote Contr ol 1 IR transmitter Infrared (IR) r emote control signals ar e transmitted fr om here. When operating the r emote contr ol, point this part at the IR r eceiver on the target unit. 4 PLA Y INFO. button Press this button to show the Play Information (song data) scr een for the current son[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 12 % Playback control buttons Y ou can control playback on the MCX-2000 using: • Pause button ( e ) to pause or resume playback of the curr ent song • Skip backward button ( b ) to go to the beginning of the previous song (or the curr ent song during playback) • Skip forward button ( a ) to go to the beginning of the[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 13 Connecting External Devices Connect all relevant devices r eferring to the section “Panel Descriptions” (page 7) and the setup illustration below . Make sure each device is turned off befor e making connections. • The MCX-2000 is designed to connect to a TV monitor for easy operation. Though you can still operate [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 14 Y ou can call up any necessary operation by selecting a menu item fr om the T op Menu. In addition, when you turn on the MCX-2000 for the first time after purchase, or after the system r eset operation (page 103), the Easy Setup screen (page 27) will appear instead of the T op Menu screen. n If the indicator light of t[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 15 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 ST A TUS indicator lights up on the MCX-2000.) The client shows T op Menu in the backlit display , and gets ready to play a streamed song from the MCX-2000. As [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 16 Remote Contr ol Features and Operations Y ou can use the supplied r emote control to do most of the MCX-2000 operations (such as selecting a menu item or determining a setting value). Prepar e the remote contr ol before operations. Setting Batteries Set batteries inside the remote contr ol as shown below . 1 Remove the [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 17 Using as a Universal Remote Contr ol The supplied remote contr ol can be used as a universal (multi-platform) remote contr ol, letting you operate TV monitors from other manufactur ers. The remote contr ol supports TV monitors from manufactur ers (brands) in the following list. So, if your TV monitor is applicable, sele[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 18 n Y our 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 contr ol for your TV monitor . Registering Y our TV Monitor to the MCX-2000 To enable universal operations from the suppli[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 19 Menu Operation Basics The MCX-2000 has a menu tree that categorizes all commands, functions and settings r elevantly . Y ou can access them by simply selecting a necessary menu item starting with T op Menu. For example, if you want to listen to a music CD, select Library from T op Menu, and then select CD in the next sc[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 20 4 Now you learned how to go back and forth between screens. Re-select Library from T op Menu, and then select CD as target audio source. Y our TV monitor and the built-in display will show a list of songs from the music CD. TV monitor: Built-in display: 5 Y ou can start playing the CD, fr om the first song in the list,[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 21 Submenu is context-sensitive, so available menu commands may change depending on which screen or item you open the menu from. Y ou can always do relevant operations to the current selection, such as song playback or r ecord- ing when you open the Submenu from the CD song list scr een. We urge you to check what commands [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 22 MCX-2000 Menu T ree This helpful menu tree shows all of the operation scr eens of the MCX-2000 in hierarchical or der . Page numbers are given for convenient refer ence. T op Menu Music Archive Artists Albums Genres All Songs Playlists Bookmarks Statistics Radio FM XM Internet Radio Presets Network Content CD Inputs Dig[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 23 Configuring Y our 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 wir ed and wireless PC networking technol[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 24 During automatic configuration of a MusicCAST network, the MCX-2000 utilizes a technique called DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to assign a unique IP addr ess to each client (DHCP server feature) and define wher e they are in the MusicCAST network. Once the music server and clients have a unique address in[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 25 Configuring a MusicCAST -only Netw ork The simplest and easiest way is to network the MCX-2000 and its clients in a wireless configuration. In a wir eless MusicCAST network, the MCX-2000 can stream music to up to five clients within a range of 30 meters fr om the server . This is ideal for most houses, since the Musi[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 26 Configuring a MusicCAST Netw ork for PC Netw ork and Internet Access Recently , many people ar e 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. T o enable this, just start networking between that PC and the[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 27 Using Easy Setup Y ou 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 cr eate your MusicCAST network as purposed. Y ou can manually set up[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 28 Easy Setup Overview Date and Time Move the highlight to a parameter you want to edit, and press the SELECT button. Scr oll 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 Se[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 29 Network Connection (with c lients) Select from MusicCAST Only (no PC or Internet access) or PC Network Integration (to enable PC or Internet access). Network Configuration Select from Automatic (with Internet access), Automatic (without Internet access) or Manual. It’ s recommended to select one of the Automatic sett[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 30 For the MCX-2000 to access the Internet via an existing PC netw ork According to the diagram, connect the MCX-2000 Ethernet port to the network hub (or the one equipped with your router) using a standar d network cable (CA T5 straight cable). Also, connect all wired clients (using a network cable for each) to the networ[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 31 A utomatic Configuration of a MusicCAST Network Y our MusicCAST network is created when you register clients to the MCX-2000. Once this pr ocess is complete, the MCX-2000 and clients can quickly resume network connections even after you reconnect their power cable or awake the MCX-2000 fr om standby mode (page 14). n T[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 32 Preparation on the MCX-2000 1 Select T op Menu > Setup > Network. 2 From the Network menu, select Client Registration > Auto Configuration. 3 Open the Submenu in the Auto Configuration screen. Select Start fr om the menu. When the MCX-2000 starts searching available clients, r egister them within 30 minutes. [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 33 Preparation on Each Client 1 Tu rn on the client. The front panel display lights up, showing the initial scr een, 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 [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 34 A utomatic Registration of Clients Before configuring a MusicCAST network thr ough automatic Client Registration, be sure to connect any wir ed 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 [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 35 Manual Configuration of a MusicCAST Netw ork There may be a case you need to assign a fixed IP addr ess to the MCX-2000 and clients to integrate a MusicCAST network into a PC network that has no DHCP server . Y ou can solve it by manually configure some or all of network parameters of the MCX-2000 and clients. W e ex[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 36 n If you have more than 4 clients, copy the blank chart above and substitute the appr opriate client numbers as needed. Settings on the MCX-2000 1 Select T op Menu > Setup > Network > Advanced Settings. 2 From the above menu, select IP Addr ess or Wireless LAN as needed, and set up the relevant parameters shown[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 37 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 addr ess from the server . (Accordingly , clients will also get an IP address fr om the same server .) If the M[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 38 Wireless LAN 1 Wireless LAN If you use the wireless functions in your MusicCAST network (or you have a client wir elessly communicating with the MCX-2000), specify ON to enable the wireless access point featur e built into the MCX-2000. 2 ESS ID , WEP Ke y ESS ID is a name of the wireless network configured by the MCX-[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 39 Settings on Each Client 1 Tu rn on the client. The front panel display lights up, showing the initial scr een, 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 contr oller . The cl[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 40 Mode Specify how this client can connect to a MusicCAST network. With W ireless, its wir eless 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 p[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 41 DHCP Specify ON to automatically get an IP address fr om 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 Addr ess and Subnet Mask parameters. When you s[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 42 ESS ID Specify the ESS ID for the wireless network cr eated by the target MCX-2000. Y ou can confirm the MCX-2000 ESS ID, by selecting T op Menu > Setup > Network > Advanced Settings > W ir eless LAN. When you have finished, select and determine Save & Network Restart. When the “Please wait.” messa[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 43 Manual Registration of Clients Unlike automatic registration (page 34), configuring a MusicCAST network thr ough manual registration is completed with setup on the MCX-2000 only . 1 Select T op Menu > Setup > Network. 2 From the Network menu, select Client Configuration > Manual Configuration. 3 Input each c[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 44 Move the highlight (selection) using the up and down arrow buttons on the cursor contr oller , 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 finis[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 45 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 firmwar e in the following procedur e. (Y ou don’t need to operate the MCX-2000.) n If you already updated[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 46 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 recor d audio sources on the MCX-2000, and stream music to the clients over the MusicCAST network. Pla ying A udio Sour ces The MCX-2000 supports playback of fi[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 47 2 From this menu scr een, you can select an archived song in a specific category . T ry tracking down each category fr om 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 “Chel[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 48 3 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 co[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 49 Alphabetical index search Buttons Unlike the P AGE scroll buttons, the Alphabetical index sear ch 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—span[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 50 Adding a Bookmark to a Song Starting from one of the four categories in the Music Ar chive menu, you can continue sifting and finally reach a song-level list view . Press the BOOKMARK button on the remote control, or select Bookmark fr om the T ool menu. A sky-blue arrow appears at the left of a song name that’ s cur[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 51 Broadcast: Streams a song curr ently 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 com[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 52 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 pr esent a CD song list. 1 Album title 2 Artist name 3 Categoriz[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 53 From the folder list view , you can press the Play button on the remote contr ol or select Play from the Submenu to start playback from the first song in the curr ent folder (album). Otherwise, you can press the SELECT button on the cursor controller to open the curr ent folder (album) to see a list of contained songs.[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 54 Listening to a Radio Br oadcast 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 [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 55 Every time you press the skip backwar d or forward button ( b / a ), you can manually decrease or incr ease the frequency to sear ch for an available station. The Submenu commands in the Play Information screen for the FM radio: Playback: Provides the same tuning and playback contr ol functions as available on the remot[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 56 Activating Y our 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 procedur e 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 servic[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 57 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-scre[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 58 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. Also in the Submenu, you can select Direct Access if you know the desired channel number . Specify the desired channel number by pr[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 59 Listening to Internet Radio In addition to retrieving the latest CD information fr om 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 br oadcasts by accessing to the Internet. Since the MCX-2000 comes with several Inter ne[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 60 1 Select the Save to Preset command fr om the Submenu. A group selection dialog box appears, wher e you can assign the current radio station into a specific gr oup. n There are no limitations on which gr oup and position the current radio station should be register ed to. Y ou can register radio stations even at random[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 61 2 Press the SELECT button to view a list of radio stations register ed in the selected group. n In this screen, you can create a Pr esets list of FM radio stations using the FM Auto Preset command fr om the Submenu (page 62). Y ou can also edit station names using the Edit title command (page 85). 3 Move the selection ([...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 62 Registering FM Stations Automatically to the Presets List Y ou 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 specifi c fr equency range and reg[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 63 Playing External A udio Signals As a music server designed to seamlessly integrate all of your audio sources, the MCX-2000 comes standar d 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 eq[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 64 Playing A udio Content on the Computer If your MCX-2000 has network connectivity to a W indows PC (page 26) that you’re using to manage music files, you virtually have a ‘second’ music server . Y our MCX-2000 works as a client to your W indows PC and can search, select and play MP3, WA V and W indows Media Audio [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 65 4 When you start playback of an MP3, WA V or WMA audio file from the PC, the MCX-2000 shows the Play Information screen as follows. 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 comman[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 66 Recor ding A udio Sour ces Y ou can expand your music ar chive by recor ding (or importing) songs and other audio programs fr om commercial music CDs, external audio signals, and FM radio programs from the built-in tuner . Y ou can recor d these audio sources to the MCX-2000 internal hard drive with up to 200 hours in l[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 67 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. 1 Album title 2 Artist name 3 Categorized genre 4 T otal playback time 5 T rack count 6 Song title 7 Playback time If appropriate CD data is una[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 68 6 When all selected songs are imported, 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. Y ou can br owse and play the songs from the album like other ar chived songs (page 46). Store another CD: Se[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 69 Recording fr om FM Radio or External Audio Signals Any incoming audio signals can serve as recor dable audio sources for the MCX-2000. If you’ve appr opriately set up the FM antenna (page 4) or connect external audio equipment to the analog and/or digital input jacks (page 9), you can r ecord their sounds at any time [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 70 2 SYNCHRO . T ype This parameter is only available when SYNCHRO. is selected for T rack Marking above. Select Full Auto if you want fully automatic recor ding. With this option selected, the MCX-2000 starts r ecording as soon as it detects the fi rst track gap from incoming signals, and inserts a track mark at the seco[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 71 7 When the recor ding is finished automatically , or manually using the relevant Submenu command, you can now exit the recor ding screen to confirm the r ecorded r esults. Select T op Menu > Library > Music Archive > Statistics > Recently Stored Albums. In this screen, you can locate and confirm what you?[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 72 4 When the image file is created, the MCX-2000 shows the following dialog box. T o continue the process, open the tray and set a CD-R/RW disc for audio recor ding with “Change disc and proceed with r ecording” selected. Select OK in the dialog box. 5 If you set a CD other than one specified, the MCX-2000 prompts y[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 73 Recording Ar chived 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 .[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 74 4 A list of songs will be shown in white (only when “Ready to recor d” is shown). If you want, edit the album title and/or artist name for the CD you’re going to cr eate using the following two commands from the Submenu. Either command opens the character palette. So, you can type necessary text characters using t[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 75 Editing the Library 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 corr ect data from CDDB, or because it’ s a homemade demo CD from your m[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 76 W eb Browser If you’ve configured your MCX-2000 to be accessible fr om your PC network, you can edit existing text information in your music archive using a standar d web browser that’ s running on a computer in the PC network. T ext information includes song data (artist name, album title, song title, etc.), playl[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 77 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 fr om the music archive. In that sense, song data (as a combined result) is so imp[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 78 Change Artist: Lets you change the artist for the curr ent album (Music Archive > Artists > selected artist’ s album list view). Change Album: Lets you change the album for the curr ent song (Music Archive > Albums > selected album’ s song list view; Music Archive > Artists > Albums > selected a[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 79 In the Change Genre dialog box, move the selection (highlight) to Fusion and then press the SELECT button on the r emote control. Confirm the current album moved under Fusion. Now , Albums 1, 3 and 5 are associated with the new artist V ersatile Boss and categorized in their corresponding genres. (Album 3 is categorize[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 80 5 When the above procedur e is finished, select T op Menu > Library > Music Archive > Artists for the artist list view screen. Notice that the ‘pr evious’ artists, Jazzy Rocks, Jazzy Pops and Pop Rockers, have no associated albums or songs. If you have no plan to add songs for these artists, you can delete[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 81 3 Select the Delete PCM data fr om the Submenu. A dialog box appears, wher e you can specify target songs. 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 contr ol. Y ou can r emove the mark by pr essing the SELECT button agai[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 82 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 ar chive. 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 i[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 83 Editing a Playlist Each song title in the playlist is simply a refer ence point (link) to its original song data. In other words, the actual song data is not affected when you add, r emove 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 cur[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 84 Registering an Internet Radio Station The MCX-2000 comes with five Inter net radio stations preassigned. But, not to mention, there’re hundr eds of thousands of online radio stations all over the Inter net, and you may already enjoy some of them on your computer . Now you can even add your favorite online radio stati[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 85 Renaming Items from the Radio Presets List Y ou may have alr eady register ed a number of radio stations using the Save to Preset command while listening (page 59), or using the FM Auto Preset command (page 62) when you previously opened the Pr esets list screen to cover all FM stations in your area. These two commands [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 86 5 When you return to the station list view , repeat step 2 for other stations. Y ou can repeat steps 2 to 5 above to completely r ename up to 100 radio stations fr om 10 station groups—however , that’ s too laborious and time-consuming (if you do it at a time). A much easier and faster way is to r ename items on a c[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 87 Operating a Client Remotely Once you’ve created a MusicCAST network, each MusicCAST client becomes able to access the MCX-2000 and share most audio sour ces on the server , including the music archive, FM radio stations and audio signals fr om external inputs. In fact, each client automatically retrieves the latest ca[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 88 Selecting the Client A udio Source Furthermore, when selecting a client by pr essing the SELECT button on the remote control, you can specify the audio source to be streamed to that client in the following scr een. This menu screen has two sections, wher e you can specify the audio source to be str eamed to the selected[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 89 Setting the Timer Playback At the lower section in the client sour ce menu screen, you can access the timer playback featur e for clients, the same feature available for the MCX-2000 when you select T op Menu > Setup > T imer . When you select T imer , the timer playback list screen appears, where you can create u[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 90 Recall Play This feature lets you r elay the audio source being played (or last selected) on a MusicCAST system to another MusicCAST system. When you select the Recall Play command, the MCX-2000 shows the Recall Play dialog box with a list of MusicCAST clients. Submenu in the client list screen (page 87) pr ovides acces[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 91 Other Features Y our MCX-2000 is fully functional simply configur ed with Easy Setup. But, it becomes more convenient and useful if you fine tune the unit to suit your need. If you have a broadband Internet connection and already made it accessible from the MCX-2000 via your PC network (page 26), you may want this con[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 92 Setting Date and Time Manually 1 Select T op Menu > Setup > Date/Time > Man ual Setup . n If you specified to use an NTP server (ON) in the Auto Setup screen, manual setup is disabled. (Y ou will see an alert message telling so.) 2 Change each parameter v alue as needed, and specify the current date and time. [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 93 Using the Online CDDB Database The MCX-2000 incorporates a part of Gracenote CDDB database and uses it to retrieve and display song data for music CDs (factory setting). The online CDDB database is, however , always being updated accor ding to the latest CD releases in the whole world. So, if you have an Internet connec[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 94 Front Panel Display 1 F rom the User Interf ace menu, select F ront Panel Displa y . 2 Change each parameter v alue as needed. 1 Backlight Make the display backlight either Bright or Dark. 2 Contrast Set the display contrast as you can clearly see it (0-50; factory setting: 25). Be sure that an extremely high or low val[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 95 Language 1 F rom the User Interf ace menu, select Language . 2 Y ou hav e just one parameter , Language, f or this setting. Select your pref erred user interface language from the list. 3 When you select OK, the “Saving... ” message is sho wn. When you return to the User Interface men u, confirm the language has ch[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 96 Selecting Recording Options Regardless of its type, such as music CD, radio or external input, the MCX-2000 recor ds or imports an audio source using common manners and formats. For optimum archiving, the MCX-2000 pr ovides two recor ding options. n PCM is an uncompressed, raw audio format while MP3 is a compressed audi[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 97 Using the Timer Pla ybac k The MCX-2000 lets you program when your favorite music or radio station automatically starts playing — using the timer playback feature. It opens mor e possibilities to how to use the MCX-2000 and MusicCAST clients in your personal life (or even business). If you’ve programmed a playlist n[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 98 When you add a new timer program, the playback timer is automatically turned on. It keeps active as long as the program list contains pr ograms. In addition, you can manually turn off or on the playback timer using the Timer command from the Submenu. n Timer ON/OFF commands activates and deactivates the playback timer i[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 99 2 Mov e the selection (highlight) to each parameter belo w and specify how y ou want both units to work together . 1 Synchronize receiver power ON/OFF with the MCX-2000 Select ON if you want the A V receiver power modes to match those of the MCX-2000. With this parameter enabled, the A V receiver wakes up fr om standby [...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 100 Managing an Existing MusicCAST Netw ork Network activities, such as streaming music to clients over a MusicCAST network or editing the music archive using a computer in a PC network, are very essential part of how you can use the MCX-2000 in your daily life. This section explains the MCX-2000 networking on the system s[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 101 2 To initialize the MCX-2000 netw ork parameters and recall their f actor y settings , select the Rest command from the Submenu. 3 A confirmation dialog box appears. When y ou select OK, the “Network rebooting... ” message is shown and the MCX-2000 restar ts itself . When the T op Menu screen is shown, start recon[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 102 Viewing System Inf ormation 1 F rom the System Utilities menu, select System Inf or mation. 2 Select each item to see rele vant inf or mation. V ersion n Each version number may be differ ent from your MCX-2000. In this screen, you can check version numbers of the MCX-2000 hardwar e and software components. Use this in[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 103 Resetting the MCX-2000 for F actor y Settings 1 F rom the System Utilities menu, select System Reset. n As shown in the screen, the purpose of r esetting the MCX-2000 is to initialize all parameter values. When you reset the MCX-2000, any existing songs, playlists and bookmarks in your music archive are preserved, exce[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 104 Limiting Local Operations on the MCX-2000 1 F rom the System Utilities menu, select Loc k Function. The pass word entry dialog box appears, prompting y ou to enter a predefined pass word. Select OK after entr y . For password entry , use the on-screen character palette or a PS/2 keyboard connected to the MCX-2000 fr o[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 105 Discs that can be used for recor ding on this unit Be sure to use only CD-R and CD-RW discs made by reliable manufactur ers. CD-R and CD-RW digital audio discs that display either of the following marks can be used with this unit. Discs that can be used for recor ding • CD-R discs can only be recorded on once, and th[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 106 Handling of discs Heed the following notes on handling of discs to avoid any cause for a recor ding failure, a loss of the r ecorded data, or a malfunction of this unit. • This compact disc recorder is designed for use with CDs (including 8 cm [3”] discs) bearing the , , or marks only . Never attempt to load any ot[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 107 SCMS-Serial Copy Mana gement System As a digital audio component, this unit conforms with the Serial Copy Management System (SCMS) standards. The Serial Copy Management System restricts copies made by recor ding digital signals to first-generation copies only . The digital program sour ces that have been recor ded can[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 108 Refer to the chart below when the MCX-2000 doesn’t appear to be functioning corr ectly . If the problem you are experiencing is not listed below or if the instructions listed next to the problem don’ t help, set the MCX-2000 to standby mode, disconnect the power cable from the AC outlet, and contact the near est au[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 109 There are skips or pauses during playbac k from the clients. Surroundings are interfering with wireless network signals (for wireless connections only). Tr y using a differ ent wireless network channel, or use a wired network connection. The network is extremely congested (for wired network connections). Place your Mus[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 110 Playbac k from a wireless client is interrupted or unstable. Audio streaming from the MCX-2000 is af fected with a device that uses the same 2.4 GHz radio signal range (such as microwave oven, wireless handset, or other wireless access point). Relocate the client or connect it to the MCX-2000 using a network cable. Lit[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 111 This manual uses a number of terms that, though not specific to the MusicCAST system, are not in general everyday use. In addition, some terms are used in a slightly unusual context. These wor ds are listed alphabetically and in context below , along with an explanation of their meaning. Album A collection of songs in[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 112 Subnet mask A number identifying the group within a network to which a particular component belongs. TCP/IP An abbreviation of T ransmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, a system of coding information that allows it to be shared ef ficiently on a network. WEP An abbreviation of Wired Equivalent Privacy . This s[...]

MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual 113 ■ A udio P erformance •F r equency r esponse ............................................................................. 20 to 20,000 Hz, ±0.5 dB • S/N ratio (EIAJ) Playback .................................................................................................................... 100 dB Recording ...[...]

114 MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Numerics 10/100 indicator .....................................................................10 A AC IN socket ............................................................................9 Access Timeout .....................................................................93 Album ....................................[...]

115 MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual MusicCAST System Configuration .........................................28 MusicCAST-only Network ......................................................25 MUTE button ..........................................................................11 N Network ..................................................................[...]

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