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    DIGIT AL MUSIC SER VER USER GUIDE DMS4[...]

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    COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright 2007 Niles Audio Corporation. All rights reser ved. Cover art illustration from the XiV A™ on-line service ©2004 Muze Inc. Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote and the Gracenote CDDB® Music Recognition Ser vice SM . Gracenote is the industr y standard in music recognition technology [...]

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    CONTENTS P re ca ut io ns 4 Important Safety Instructions 5 Important Safety Notices 6 Features & Benefits 7 Controls and Connections 8 Front Vi ew 8 Rear View 9 Remote Control 10 Sw it ch ing On an d Of f 1 1 Configuring Y our Remote to Control Other Devices 11 Remote Control Use in a Multi-room System 12 V olu me Co ntro l 12 Connecting Y o[...]

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    4 PRECAUTIONS GENERAL PRECAUTIONS When installing the equipment ensure that: it is not moved while in operation the ventilation holes are not covered ai r is a ll ow ed to c ir cu la te fr ee ly a ro und t he e qu ip men t it is placed on a vibration free surface it will not be exposed to excessive heat, cold, moisture or dust it will not be expose[...]

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    5 www .nilesaudio.com IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ INSTRUCTIONS - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. KEEP INSTRUCTIONS - The safety and operating instructions should be kept for future reference. HEED W ARNINGS - All warnings on the product and in the operating instructions should be fol[...]

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    6 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY NOTICES The serial number for this equipment is located on the rear panel. Please write this serial number down and keep it in a secure place. This is for your security . Use the correct power cord for your countr y: W aste electrical products must not be disposed of with household waste. This equipment should be taken to your [...]

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    7 www .nilesaudio.com FEA TURES AND BENEFITS INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver from Niles. The DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver is a revolutionar y way of filling your home with music. Y our DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver stores and catalogs your music collection, allowing you to select any albu[...]

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    8 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS FRONT VIEW Niles DMS4 Out Albums CD Setup ME NU 6 1 0 7 2 1 4 3 5 9 8 1 1 1 2 1 4 DMS4 4 STREAM DIGITAL MUSIC SERVER 1 5 1 3 This section provides information about the controls and connections available on your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver . DISC TRA Y Discs should be inserted with the label side up. [...]

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    9 www .nilesaudio.com REAR VIEW IR RECEIVER The IR Receiver connection allows remote control information to be carried from other devices directly into the DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver . CONTROLLER The Controller port provides serial communication with supported devices. USB Allows the DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver to communicate with supported USB devi[...]

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    10 REMOTE CONTROL The following diagram explains the function of the keys on your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver remote control: 0 + _ + _ ; ST ANDBY key Puts the television user interface of the DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver in to and out of Standby mode. Audio Ser ver key Press this key to select the DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver as the device to be contro[...]

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    11 www .nilesaudio.com ä OPTIONS key Press this key on any librar y screen to view a list of available options. If pressing this key has no effect, then there are no options available on the current screen. p MARK key This key is used in the Audio Librar y to select multiple items and then perform an action on them collectively . For more informat[...]

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    12 REMOTE CONTROL USE IN A MUL TI- ROOM SYSTEM Y our IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver remote control can be configured so that ever y button press indicates to the system which output is to be controlled. This means that whenever infrared is received by the DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver the TV display will automatically switch to cont[...]

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    13 www .nilesaudio.com CONNECTING YOUR DMS4 DIGIT AL MUSIC SERVER BASIC CONNECTIONS The diagram below illustrates the basic connections required to use your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver . Note : Do not make any connections to the DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver while the power supply is connected and switched on. Connecting the Audio Connect a stereo RCA [...]

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    14 INTEGRA TING THE DMS4 DIGIT AL MUSIC SERVER INTO AN INTELLICONTROL ® ICS SYSTEM A single IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver is capable of playing different music in multiple rooms, or zones, simultaneously . This section explains how the DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver can be integrated into a multi-room environment and how users in di[...]

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    15 www .nilesaudio.com RECORDING AND PLA YING MUSIC This chapter explains how to operate your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver , including recording CDs onto the hard disk, navigating the Audio Librar y to select music for playback and organizing your music collection. THE MAIN MENU The main functions of your DMS4 Digital Music Ser [...]

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    16 RECORDING MUSIC Y our IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver can make new recordings onto the hard disk by recording music directly from an audio CD placed in the CD tray . Y our DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver can access the Internet to automatically retrieve information about the CD. This information includes the album name, artist name, [...]

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    17 www .nilesaudio.com PLA YING MUSIC This chapter explains how to play music that you have recorded onto your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver . It also explains how to locate the music you wish to play in a number of different ways. The Audio Librar y The television user interface has been designed to allow easy navigation through the Audio Librar y an[...]

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    18 PLA YING MUSIC FROM THE AUDIO LIBRAR Y The following sections contains a detailed explanation about selecting items in the Audio Librar y for playback. Displaying the Audio Librar y Either: Press the à Librar y key on your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver remote control from any screen Or: Use the U or V keys on the Main Menu to highlight the Audio L[...]

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    19 www .nilesaudio.com Use the U , V , S and T keys to move around the grid of available covers T o play the entire album: Press the O Play key on your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver remote control to begin playback immediately , or press the M Add to... button to add this album to the play queue T o select a particular track from this album: Press the[...]

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    20 Browsing the Audio Librar y by Y ear Use the U or V keys to highlight the Y ears option in the Audio Librar y Menu Press the T key to display the Y ears screen The TV screen will display the years available in your Audio Librar y : Fig. 3-12 DMS4 TV interface showing browsing by Y ear screen Use the U or V keys to step between years, or press th[...]

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    21 www .nilesaudio.com empty . Press the U or V keys to step between playlists, or press the appropriate letter on your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver remote control to jump directly to the item in the list beginning with that letter Press the O Play key on your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver remote control to begin playback immediately , or press the M Ad[...]

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    22 THE SEARCH FUNCTION The search functi on can be use d from any Au dio Li brary scree n to r educe t he ite ms in t he cur rent li st to only th ose th at cont ain a particula r word or c ollect ion of charac ters. T o use the search function, press the 9 Search key on your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver remote control from any screen in the Audio Li[...]

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    23 www .nilesaudio.com THE NOW PLA YING SCREEN The illustration below shows the Now Playing screen. Whenever you select an item in the Audio Librar y for playback, this screen is displayed. Y ou can also choose to display this screen at any time by pressing the • Now Playing key on your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver remote control. When you make thi[...]

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    24 Switching Audio Outputs Depending on the configuration you have purchased, your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver may be capable of playing different music in several rooms simultaneously . If you wish to play music in a particular room, you must first choose the correct audio output. T o select an Audio Output Press the N Outpu[...]

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    25 www .nilesaudio.com ORGANIZING YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION This chapter describes the features built into your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver to help you organize the music in your Audio Librar y , including information about creating playlists of your favorite tracks, deleting albums or tracks you no longer want to store, and naming albums, tracks, and a[...]

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    26 The following screen is displayed: Fig. 4-2 Adding music to a playlist on a DMS4 Use the U or V keys to select the playlist to which you would like to add the selected album Alternatively , use the M New key to create a new playlist as described in the previous section. Press the ä Add key to add the album to the playlist Alternatively: Press t[...]

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    27 www .nilesaudio.com EDITING THE AUDIO LIBRAR Y Y our IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server labels the albums, artists and tracks in your Audio Librar y with names which identify the track you are listening to, and these help you locate items when you are browsing through the Audio Librar y . If you have an Internet connection, your DMS[...]

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    28 The following screen, listing all of the cover art images stored on your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver , is displayed: Fig. 4-7 Assigning a cover art image to an album on a DMS4 via the TV interface Use the U or V keys to scroll through the cover art images Press the O Select key to associate a piece of artwork with your chosen album It is also pos[...]

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    29 www .nilesaudio.com THE FRONT P ANEL INTERF ACE In addition to the user interface displayed on your television screen, the IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver also has a user interface accessible via the LCD display and buttons on the front panel of the unit. This is an abridged version of the television user interface and provides [...]

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    30 CONFIGURING SETUP OPTIONS The configuration options available in the Settings menu of the television user interface are also available via the front panel user interface. Press the front panel action button corresponding to the Setup label on the LCD display The following screen is displayed: Fig. 5-5 Set-Up menu on the DMS4 front panel interfa[...]

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    31 www .nilesaudio.com INTELLICONTROL ® ICS W ALL-MOUNTED & iREMOTE ® INTERF ACES The IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver can be controlled via the IntelliControl ® ICS user interfaces. Refer to Figure 2-2 on page 14 for the system integration and wiring. The IntelliControl ® ICS wall-mount and iREMOTE ® user interfaces share [...]

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    32 DMS4 AND INTELLICONTROL ® ICS USER INTERF ACE FUNCTIONALITY The Master Keys on the IntelliControl ® ICS user interface provide “one-touch activation” of the sources on the GXR2 Modular MultiZone Receiver . After a Master Key is pressed and the source starts playing the user is greeted with the Now Playing screen for that source. From this [...]

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    33 www .nilesaudio.com Press and release any Genres listed on the screen and the user will now be presented will all of the albums for the chosen Genre. Fig. 6-12 ICS CONT ACT inter face: accessing the Genres menu Y ears and Eras are listed on the second screen of the Main Menu, to access the second screen press the Page V button. Entering YEARS th[...]

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    34 SYSTEM SETTINGS This chapter describes the advanced settings that you can access from your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server’ s Settings menu. T o access the Settings menu: Press the J Menu key on your remote control to display the Main Menu Use the U and V keys to highlight the Set Up option. Press the O Select key Use the U and[...]

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    35 www .nilesaudio.com TV SETTINGS This section is used to specify if your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver is configured for P AL or NTSC use. Fig. 7-5 DMS4 TV interface TV Settings screen (P AL/NTSC) Note : your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver will be set to NTSC by default. Y ou may need to amend this setting if the TV user interface is not displayed, or [...]

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    36 Fig. 7-9 DMS4 TV interface Network Back-up Settings screen For more information about the use of these settings, refer to the section titled Network Back Up And Restore , on page 40. CD RECORD SETTINGS On this screen you have the option to change the way in which your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver records CDs. Fig. 7-10 DMS4 TV interface CD Record [...]

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    37 www .nilesaudio.com U SI NG Y OU R D MS 4 D IG IT AL M U SI C S ER VE R WI T H A H OM E CO MP U TE R Y our IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver has a number of advanced features which can be accessed via a computer connected to your home network. THE REMOTE USER INTERF ACE Y our DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver’ s television user interfa[...]

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    38 MEDIA TRANSFER In a dd it io n to re co rd in g dir ec tl y fr om th e CD t ra y , it i s a ls o po ss ib le to tr an sf er m us ic an d co ve r art i mag es t o an d fro m yo ur D MS 4 D ig it al Mu si c Se rver , u sin g a co mp ut er on y ou r ho me ne tw or k. Thi s fe at ur e al lo ws y ou t o t ra ns fe r mu sic fi le s fr om yo ur D MS 4[...]

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    39 www .nilesaudio.com Importing Files to your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver Double click on the folder entitled Import . An empty folder window will be displayed T o Import Music Files Navigate to the location of the music files on your computer Use your mouse to select the files you wish to import and drag them into the Import window The files wi[...]

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    40 Once your Media Librar y has been updated with the music from your DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver you can update your portable player as follows: Click the Copy to CD or Device option from the Media Player toolbar . Select the Album, Artist, Genre or Playlist you wish to copy from the Items to Copy list. Under Items on Device select your portable pl[...]

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    41 www .nilesaudio.com APPENDIX A HDD AUDIO RC5 Control 000 Output 1 001 Output 2 002 Output 3 003 Output 4 004 TV ADMIRAL 157, 146, 010, 125 ADYSON 111 AIW A 059 AKAI 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, 151, 016, 009, 010, 011, 012, 013, 014, 015 AKURA 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, 086, 018, 009, 010, 017, 013, 014, 015, 016 ALBA 017[...]

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    42 FINLUX 157, 149, 021, 020, 022, 023, 043, 081, 010, 095, 032, 025, 026, 048, 158, 132 FIRST LINE 158 FISHER 055, 108, 146, 028, 081, 012, 058, 097, 127, 086 FORMENTI 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 031, 006, 007, 021, 081, 009, 119, 013, 014, 015, 016 FRABA 058, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 009, 013, 014, 015, 016 FRONTECH 111, 008, 010, 018 FUJITSU 1[...]

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    43 www .nilesaudio.com MARSHAL 017 MA TSUI 098, 031, 043, 010, 057, 125, 018, 130 McMICHAEL 072 MEDION 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 009, 013, 014, 015, 016 MEMOREX 008, 018 METZ 085, 036, 087, 091, 146, 096, 131 MINERV A 085, 087, 022, 073, 096 MITSUBISHI 001, 002, 003, 005, 055, 020, 004, 006, 087, 007, 146, 045, 009, 057, 013, 014, 015, 016[...]

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    44 SALORA 021, 081, 118, 119, 010, 120, 161, 011, 012, 121, 126, 036, 049, 132, 116 SAMBERS 021, 027 SAMPO 082 SAMSUNG 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 031, 006, 007, 111, 008, 043, 009, 013, 014, 015, 016, 027, 097, 018, 127, 128, 152, 086, 084, 116 SANY 042 SANYO 153, 100, 101, 061, 055, 064, 108, 043, 095, 057, 058, 036, 102, 097, 086 SAOLRA 011 SBR 007[...]

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    45 www .nilesaudio.com WHITE WESTINGHOUSE 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 031, 006, 007, 146, 009, 119, 013, 014, 015, 016 WINTERNITZ 059 YOKO 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 031, 006, 007, 008, 009, 010, 017, 013, 014, 015, 016, 158, 097, 079, 018 ZANUSSI 088, 089, 041, 109, 010, 125 ZOPP AS 088, 089, 041, 109, 125 AMP ADC 020 ADCOM 001, 002, 003 AIW A 014, 015[...]

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    46 TERMS & CONDITIONS XIV A™ SOFTW ARE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGREEMENT Y our DMS4 Digital Music Ser ver is powered by XiV A™ Software by Imerge Limited (“Imerge”) licensed to Niles for use in the DMS4. This agreement explains the terms and conditions that will apply to your use of the Imerge XiV A™ Software. Definitions in this Agreement [...]

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    47 www .nilesaudio.com M I CR OS OF T EN D- US ER L IC EN SE A GR EE ME NT Y ou have acquired a device (“DEVICE”) that includes software licensed by Imerge Ltd. from an affiliate of Microsoft® Corporation (“MS”). Those installed software products of MS origin, as well as associated media, printed materials, and “online” or electronic [...]

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    48 the label on the DEVICE or packaging to prove that you are licensed to use the SOFTW ARE. Product Support. Product suppor t for the SOFTW ARE is not provided by MS, Microsoft Corporation, or their affiliates or subsidiaries. For product support, please refer to Imerge Ltd. suppor t number provided in the documentation for the DEVICE. Should you[...]

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    49 www .nilesaudio.com LIMITED W ARRANTY Niles Audio Corporation (“NILES”) warrants this IntelliControl ® ICS product to the original purchaser to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from date of purchase. This W arranty is subject to the following additional conditions and limitations. The W a[...]

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    ©2007 Niles Audio Corporation 12331 S.W . 130 Street, Miami, FL 33186. T elephone: (305) 238-4373. All rights reser ved. Niles, the Niles logos, IntelliControl ® , IntelliFile ® , and iRemote ® are registered trademarks of Niles Audio Corporation. XiV A™ is a trademark of Imerge Ltd. All other trademarks are the proper ty of their respective [...]