ELAN Home Systems Digital Music Server manual

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ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 1 USER GUIDE COPYRIGHT NO TICE ....................................................2 PRECA UTIONS ..........................................................2-3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS & NO TICES ......................3-5 INTRODUCTION ....................................[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 2 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright 2002 ELAN Home Systems and Imerge Ltd. All rights reserved. The ELAN VIA!dj Digital Music Server software and this documentation are copyright materials. No part of the VIA!dj software or this documentation may be reproduced, tran[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 3 USER GUIDE COPYRIGHT NO TICE This equipment must not be used for unauthorized duplication of CDs or any other works protected by copyright. No license to infringe copyright is granted by the sale of this equipment. Recording and playback of some material may require p[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 4 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 LIGHTNING - For added protection for this product during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and discon- nect the antenna or cable system. This will prevent damage to the produ[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 5 USER GUIDE Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. CA UTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT , FULL Y INSERT . A TTENTION: POUR ÉVITER LES CHOCS ÉLECTRIQUES, INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARG[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 6 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 SPECIFICA TIONS GENERAL System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hard Disk Based Audio Server Po wer requirements . . . . . . . . . . .AC 100-240V ~50Hz/60Hz Po wer Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33W Max W eight . . . . . . . . . [...]

CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS FRONT P ANEL ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 7 USER GUIDE 1 USB Allows the VIA!dj to communicate with supported USB devices such as PDAs. 2 DISC TRA Y Insert a disc with the label side up. 3 OPEN/CLOSE button Pressing the open/close button opens the disc tray . Place a compact[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 8 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 1 DA T A Allows the VIA!dj to send control information to other supported devices. 2 USB Allows the VIA!dj to communicate with supported USB devices such as PDAs. 3 CONTROLLER The Controller port provides RS232 communication with supported devices. 4 ETHERN[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 9 USER GUIDE The remote control supplied with the VIA!dj is a “Universal” remote control. This means that other devices, such as a television or amplifier , may be controlled using this remote control. When you have selected to control the television the TV device b[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 10 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 10 ✖ CANCEL button The cancel button is an action key—on some menu screens this is used to cancel an operation which you no longer wish to continue. If the TV device is selected this button will hide text services. 11 INFO button The info button is an [...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 11 USER GUIDE CONFIGURING Y OUR REMO TE TO CONTROL O THER DEVICES The TV and Amp devices on the VIA!dj remote control may be individually configured to control a range of televisions and amplifiers from well known manufacturers. To configure the remote to control y our [...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 12 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 THE VIA!DJ SCREEN THE FOLLO WING DIA GRAM SHO WS THE KEY FEA TURES OF A TYPICAL VIA!DJ SCREEN: 1 INDICA TES THE TITLE OF THE CURRENT SCREEN. 2 Function/T itle of the current selection, shown highlighted on the screen. 3 Used to browse up and down the curre[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 13 USER GUIDE © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 13 TO USE THE ALPHANUMERIC KEYP AD As part of the registration process you will need to enter your name, address and other information into the VIA!dj. As alpha- numeric data cannot be entered f[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 14 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 If you have selected Use Ethernet follow the on-screen instructions to specify how your VIA!dj obtains an Ethernet IP address. If you select the Man ual option a series of screens will allow you to enter an IP address, IP mask, Gateway , IP DNS1 and IP DNS[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 15 USER GUIDE experience slightly longer delays when accessing music from the VIA!dj’s hard drive while it is recording. RECORDING FROM A CD • Push the OPEN/CLOSE key on the front panel to open the CD tray . • Place a CD in the tray label side up. • Press the OP[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 16 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 TO MAKE A CUST OM CD RECORDING The custom recording option lets you choose which tracks to record, the sound quality of the recording, and allows you to enter album information. To make a custom recording: • Choose Custom from the “Please select A uto [...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 17 USER GUIDE CD Information The CD information screen allows you to choose how to enter the album name, artist name, genre and tracks: If you select Enter Information Later you can download the CD Information for all the CDs you have recorded by choosing Look up this C[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 18 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Albums Display a list of albums in the library sorted alphabetically by album title. Artists Display your music library grouped by artist name. Genres Display your music library grouped by genre. Playlist Display a complete list of custom playlists. Edit A[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 19 USER GUIDE Or : • Press < to return to browsing by artist. To browse the library b y g enre Either : • Use the ^ or keys if necessary to highlight the Genres option in the Library menu. • Press ✔ Select to confirm your selection. Or : • Press the GENRE k[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 20 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 can select it directly by number using the alphanumeric keys on your VIA!dj remote control. • Press the ALBUM button to to display the albums in your library . • Press the 0 key followed by the number of the album. For example: to select album 27 press[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 21 USER GUIDE 1 Indicates the Output currently selected 2 Re-syncs the video display to the audio output selected in your zone 3 Used to select VIA!dj analog outputs 1, 2 and 3. The highlighted output coincides with the album details currently being displayed. 4 Used to[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 22 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 The existing playlists will be displayed: If you have not previously created a playlist this list will be empty . • Press New to create a new playlist. • The following menu then allows you to enter a name for the playlist: • Enter a name for the play[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Or : • Select Edit Playlists from the Librar y menu and high- light the playlist you want to change. • Press ✔ Select to open the playlist for editing. • Use the ^ or keys to highlight the Edit tracks option and press ✔ Select key . Once you have selected the appropriate playlist: • Press Add to add new trac[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 24 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 For example to enter S press the 7 key four times, because S is the fourth letter on the 7 key . • Press the DELETE key on your VIA!dj remote control to delete letters. • Press the CAPS key on either the front panel or your VIA!dj remote control to swi[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 25 USER GUIDE TERMS AND CONDITIONS Displays the terms and conditions of the XIV A Customer Service Agreement. • Press ✔ Cont. to return to the Settings menu. DEF A UL T RECORDING QU ALITY Allows you to specify the recording quality used when you record music using t[...]

O THER MUL TIROOM CONTR OL SYSTEMS Y our VIA!dj is also compatible with a number of leading multi- room control systems. The Contr oller port on the rear of the system uses a versatile protocol called XiV A-Link which allows access to most of the VIA!dj functions remotely . For information on the XiV A-Link protocol as well as the latest informatio[...]

CONDOR 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007, 031, 009, 1 19, 013, 014, 015, 016, 097, 018 CONIC 1 1 1 CONTEC 055, 102, 018 CONTINENT AL EDISON 135, 107, 139, 042 COSMOS 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007, 009, 013, 014, 015, 016 CROSLEY 138, 146, 024, 081, 010 CROWN 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007, 009, 013, 014, 015, 016, 039, 158, 097, 018, 086 CSE[...]

INTERFUNK 004, 007, 146, 042, 073, 081, 154, 012, 121, 123, 040 IRRADIO 1 1 1, 021, 027, 018, 1 16 ITC 158 ITS 008, 017, 018, 309, 151 ITT 153, 073, 1 17, 081, 01 1, 012, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 036, 079 JET POINT 152, 084 JVC 055, 163, 164, 151 KAIDO 010 KAISUI 017, 156 KAPSCH 109, 081, 010, 121, 125 KARCHER 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007, 009[...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 29 USER GUIDE PHILIPS(F) 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007, 009, 154, 013, 014, 015, 016 PHOENIX 031, 021, 081, 1 19 PHONOLA 031, 007, 146, 109, 154, 099 PIONEER 007, 042 PRANDONI-PRINCE 021, 010, 125 PRIMA 1 1 1 PRINCE 021, 125 PROFEX 010, 018 PROTECH 007, 008 PYE 031,[...]

TENSAI 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007, 009, 1 19, 017, 013, 014, 015, 016, 158, 018 TENSON 018 TESLA 146 THOMSON 034, 035, 106, 1 12, 135, 107, 139, 042, 081, 040, 059 THORN 153, 060, 052, 062, 001, 002, 003, 004, 034, 106, 055, 064, 004, 006, 087, 149, 007, 065, 043, 044, 009, 154, 010, 095, 120, 057, 013, 068, 058, 014, 015, 016, 072, 1 13, 1 [...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 31 USER GUIDE NEW FEA TURES Rear panel Digital IN, Digital Optical IN and Analog IN now enabled for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P 31 ‘Quick Add’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P 33 Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

To record from the line-in connector s: Once you have created a new session the Line-In Record screen allows you to begin the recording process: If your Line-in Source is the Analog Input , you will need to set the recording Gain to an appropriate level. T o achieve the best quality recording try to play the loudest passage from the music you are g[...]

To c hang e the name of the new track: While the recording is in progress change the name of the new track as follows: • Highlight the Recording option and press Edit. • Edit the track name using the alphanumeric keys on your VIA!dj remote or by using the text grid on the VIA!dj front panel. • Press ✔ OK . To record additional trac ks: • [...]

PRESETS Presets are simple playlists that can be used in the same way as a preset station on your radio tuner . For example, you may have a preset which plays a particular album, a preset that plays all the albums by a particular artist, or a preset that plays all the music in a particular genre. Although you can select a preset for playback using [...]

ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 35 USER GUIDE © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 35 Limited W arranty ELAN HOME SYSTEMS, L.L.C. ("ELAN") warrants the VIA!dj™ Digital Music Server to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one (1) year from the date [...]

© ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 • Second Edition • P/N: 9900075 REV C[...]