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    Digital Audio Serv er f or V er sion 2 Owner’ s Man ual Ad dendum MCX-2000[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Ve rsion 2 2 This manual describes the firmware update procedure and the information about the new features. Refer to “MCX–2000 OWNER’S MANUA L”, “MCX–2000 Setup Guide”, or the ins truction manuals of your MusicCAST clients for detail s abou t the basic operations. Functions, specifications, an d[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 3 Features n This firmware upd ate also includes the Mu sicCAST client firmw are update (See page 5 for deta ils). Feature Descriptio n Applied Devices Windows Media Connect Compatibility Allows you to play the aud io contents stor ed on your personal computer with Windo ws Media Connect 2.0 installe[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Ve rsion 2 4 7 Updating the MusicCAST Server Firmware Do not disconnect the power cab le while this unit is in the firmware update proced ure. Follow the procedure below to update the firmware on this unit. You need to perf orm the firmware update in advance to use the new features in the firmware update. 1 Se[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 5 Updating the MusicCAST Client (MCX-A10 or MCX-C15) Firmware Do not disconnect the power cab le while the MusicC AST client in the firmware is in the firmware update procedure. At times YAM AHA releases update s to the firmware in either or both the client and the serv er. These updates are generall[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Ve rsion 2 6 MCX-2000 Menu T ree The following menu tree illustrates the structure of the me nu with this unit of this version of the firmware. n indicates the menu added by th is firmware update. T op Menu Music Archive Artists Albums Genres All Songs Playlists Bookmarks Statistics Radio FM XM (US model only)[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 7 Using This Unit with Micr osoft Windo ws Media Connect 2.0 Use this feature as an alterna tive to DiXiM Media Se rver (include d in the MCX–2000 package) to access the shared music files stored on your PC. Microsoft Windows Media Connect is the technology that allo ws you to share the music files[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 8 4 Click on the “Sha ring” icon on the Windows Media Connect 2.0 application wind ow, and then select the desired folders to be sh ared with this unit. 5 Click on the “Settings” icon on the Windows Media Connect 2.0 application wi ndow, and then configure the settings appropriately. 6 Click [...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 9 4 Select the desired server, and then press SELECT on the remote control. “PC Server Connecting. ..” appears in the OSD while this unit is trying to establish the link to the server, and then the selected server name and the categories to select the shared music co ntents from appear once this [...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 10 Selecting the Internet Radi o Station b y Using vT uner Service Use this feature to select the desired In ternet radio station easily. Internet radio station list uses “vTuner”, a radio station database service. This database service is edited and prepared for this unit. You can select a stati[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 11 3 Select a desired genre. When you select a genre fr om the list, the following menu appears in the OSD. 4 Select “By Location”. The list of the countries where the Inte rnet radio services are released appears in the OSD. 5 Select a country where th e desired Internet radio service is release[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 12 Changing the Bac kgr ound and Icons of the OSD Use this feature to change the background a nd icons of th e OSD. Y ou can select the b ackground and icons from the following 4 backgrounds and 2 sets of icons. n Some icons may be different from the fol lowing illustrations. 1 Select “Top Menu” [...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 13 Displa ying Alb um Ar ts Use this feature to display th e album arts in the OSD. To display the album arts, you mu st access this unit with a web browser, and then upload the graphic file you want to display as the album art onto this unit. The album arts appears in the album list screen and the P[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 14 4 Click on the name of t he desired album, and then click on the “Browse ...” bu tton displayed in the web browser window. The window where you can sel ect the graphic file appears in the display of your PC. 5 Select the graphic fi le you want to uplo ad onto this unit. The Compatible Graphic [...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 15 7 Click on the “OK” but ton displayed in the web browser window to upload the graphic file onto this unit. 8 Click on “Logoff” displa yed in the web browser window to log off from this unit. Deleting the Alb um Ar ts 1 Select “Top Menu” > “Library” > “Music Archive” , and[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 16 4 Select “Delete “Album Art””. The following message appears in the OSD. 5 Select “OK”. The album art disappears from the OSD. You can also delete the albu m arts with the web browser on your PC. Select the album you want to delet e the album art from, and then click on the “Delete?[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 17 Using the F A V ORITES (1 – 4) Ke ys Use this feature to access the desired music sources easily. There are 4 FAVORITE S (1 – 4) keys on the remote control. To use the FAVORI TE keys, you must assign the desire d items (artist, genr e, preset stat ion, etc.) to the FAVORITES (1 – 4) keys in [...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 18 Customizing the MENU (1 – 3) K eys Use this feature to change the preset settings of the MENU (1 – 3) keys. Assigning the Items to the MENU (1 – 3) Ke ys The example below describes the procedure to prese t “Music Archive” menu screen to MENU 1 key. 1 Select the desired menu item to pres[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 19 The A vailable Items to Assi gn to the F A V ORITES (1 – 4) and MENU (1 – 3) K eys F A VO RITES (1 – 4) Keys n indicates the ava ilable items that ca n be assigned to the FAV ORITES (1 – 4) keys. n The items in the shaded area vary in ac cordance with the correspondi ng category. MENU (1 ?[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 20 Bac king Up and Restoring the Song Data Use this feature to back up the song data stored on this unit to your PC and restore the backup song data from your PC. You must configure the fil e sharing setting of your PC before using this feature. n Use a PC w ith Windows X P to use thi s feature. n It[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 21 5 Select the new fol der, and then open its “Properties” window. 6 Select the “Gen eral” tab in the “P roperties” window, and then remove the check mark from the “Read- only” check box as sh own below. 7 Select the “Sharing” tab in the “Properties ” window, and then place t[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 22 Bac king up the Song Data of This Unit to Y our PC n It takes appr oximately 48 hours (when the song dat a is full of the hard d isk drive of t his unit) to complete the backup of the stored song dat a. Once this uni t starts the back up of song data, you ca nnot cance l the back up and carr y out[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 23 8 This unit starts the backup procedu re. When you select the PC where the previous song data files are stored in th e shared folder, “Are you sure you want to delete all files in the folder?” appears in the front panel display. Select “OK” to back up the song data to the PC. T his unit ov[...]

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    MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual Addendum for Version 2 24 Restoring the Song Data of This Unit fr om Y our PC n It takes appr oximately 48 hours (when the song dat a is full of the hard d isk drive of t his unit) to complete th e restore of the s t or e d s o n g d a t a . O n c e t h i s u ni t starts the restore of song data, you cannot ca ncel the res[...]

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    8 Select “OK” in the front pa nel display to confirm your selection when “Are you sure you want to de lete all songs in MCX–2000?” appears in the front panel display. n When you d o not wan t to delete the song d ata files st ored on this unit, select “Cancel” whi le the confirmati on message is being displayed in the fron t panel dis[...]