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Using the CR-425 remote control

DISP (display)

 

Cycles the brightness of the front panel display. 

There are several brightness levels to choose 

from, including switching the display off.

Record

Press this button to begin recording a CD to 

hard drive or recording line input..

0–9 keypad

This allows text entry of characters and numbers, 
as on a mobile phone. In character mode, use 

0

 to 

input a space character.
Genre, Artists, Album or Track lists may be filtered 
(i.e. reduced) by requiring a match with the first 

character entered.

Back

 

Use this key to navigate back to the previous menu page. 
The key is also used to delete characters when editing 
text entries.

MUTE

 

Stops sound output of the currently selected zone.

/–

 

Adjusts the volume (output level) of the currently 
selected zone.

OPEN

Opens and closes the disc tray.

Page Up/Down

Scrolls through long lists a page at a time.

Cursor pad and 

OK

 button

Use the cursor pad to navigate within a menu page. 
Confirm your selection with the 

OK

 button.

Playback control

Pause (

;

), Play (

4

) and Stop (

<

).

Fast play and Skip track

Play fast (

7

 

8

) and Skip tracks 

(

0

 

/

)  in both directions.

Source selection

Press these buttons to select the internal 

CD player, Internet radio, or the devices 

connected to the 

AUX 1

 or 

AUX 2

 inputs.

Standby

Press Standby to toggle the standby state of the MS250. 

ZONE

Press 

ZONE 

to cycle through a display of what each zone 

is currently playing.

SETUP

Press this button to access the 

MS250’s  ‘Setup’ menu.

HOME

Press this button to access the 

MS250’s Home menu.

Menu shortcuts

Press these buttons to navigate directly to the 
appropriate menu when choosing stored music.

Normal/Caps/Numbers shift

 

Press to change alphanumeric setting when entering text.

Red

If a CD is in the tray then this closes the tray 

and records the CD to hard drive and plays 

the CD at the same time.

Blue

Go to ‘Now Playing’ screen.

Green

If a CD is in the tray then this closes the tray 

and plays the CD without identifying it first.

Yellow

Toggles the on screen display on/off.

TIP

If the remote control receiver 
(located on the right of the front-
panel window) is not ‘visible’ to the 
remote control hand-set, then the 
remote control will not work! Either 
locate the unit elsewhere, or take 
advantage of the remote control 
input on the rear of the player. See 
your dealer for further information 
on this option.

Summary of Contents for FMJ MS250

Page 1: ...MS250...

Page 2: ...ot defeated 10 Power cord protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are protected against being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs and the point where they exit from the unit...

Page 3: ...0 Connecting to a network and the Internet 31 Local Area network configurations 31 Testing your Internet connection 32 Advanced network configuration information 32 Remote control codes 33 Technical s...

Page 4: ...ARE those warranties do not originate from and are not binding on SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS NO LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN DAMAGES Except as prohibited by law SOFTWARE SUPPLIERS shall have no liability for any ind...

Page 5: ...dealer immediately Inserting the batteries into the remote control The remote control requires 2 AAA batteries to operate To insert the batteries into the remote control please follow these instructio...

Page 6: ...ne level inputs are provided on the rear panel to allow routing and recording of analogue sources such as a DAB tuner The audio signal from theses inputs can be routed to any of the Zones If you wish...

Page 7: ...ideo The S Video output also known as S VHS or Y C is commonly supported by display devices worldwide Connect the S VIDEO output of the MS250 to the S Video input of the display device using an S Vide...

Page 8: ...dealer for further information if you think you may need this facility IR output bm RC5 code output is available to control equipment in Zones 1 and 2 if line of sight infrared cannot be used The 3 5...

Page 9: ...rmal playback speed and play the CD or stored music press 4 Skip track To start a CD with a track other than the first press or 0 to locate the desired track To select another track at any time during...

Page 10: ...lay fast 7 8 and Skip tracks 0 in both directions Source selection Press these buttons to select the internal CD player Internet radio or the devices connected to the AUX 1 or AUX 2 inputs Standby Pre...

Page 11: ...a window on the menu system showing a necessarily restricted view of the whole Use the up down left and right keys to navigate to each corner of the menu displayed The picture below shows an example...

Page 12: ...starts again from the first selected track The default setting is Repeat off You can also instruct the MS250 to play tracks in a random order from the CD by changing the Shuffle menu item to Shuffle...

Page 13: ...d right To enter uppercase letters press the key on the remote once The word Capitals appears in brackets on the menu page Press again to enter digits Press once more to revert to entering lower case...

Page 14: ...ode a simple Ooo animation on the front panel display shows that compression is in progress Storing the CD Choose Store from the left hand window of the menu page The following screen is displayed Sel...

Page 15: ...album you d like to listen to from the list that appears Press 4 to start playing the album from track 1 Alternatively press OK and select the tracks you d like to listen to from the list of tracks th...

Page 16: ...lass or Glass in the title the search function is not case sensitive 1 Select Search from the left hand window of the MUSIC GENRES page 2 Press OK to select the search text box and enter the track art...

Page 17: ...you switch on the MS250 it automatically downloads the latest list of available stations from the Arcam website given that the unit is connected to the Internet Playing an Internet radio station To p...

Page 18: ...ng a CD Creating a playlist To create a playlist 1 Choose the first selection of tracks you d like to include in your playlist so that they are listed on the MUSIC TRACKS menu page Any selected tracks...

Page 19: ...order Navigate to the desired playlist and press 4 Adding tracks to a playlist To add tracks to a playlist you first need to choose the tracks you d like to add so they are displayed on the MUSIC TRA...

Page 20: ...track up or down the playlist highlight the track as above and choose Move up or Move down from the left hand window of the menu page Continue to click OK until the track has moved to the desired loc...

Page 21: ...sage is briefly displayed if you try to enter a name that is too long To remove tracks from the album first select the tracks you d like to remove on the MUSIC TRACKS menu page All selected tracks are...

Page 22: ...to record onto the CD and press OK to display the list of tracks on the MUSIC TRACKS menu page Now choose Create CD from the left hand window of the MUSIC TRACKS menu page to display the following men...

Page 23: ...hen choose Create CD from the left hand window of the menu page The following menu screen appears Indicator bars show the progress of CD creation for each track and for the complete CD Once the CD has...

Page 24: ...ons This option allows you to select or deselect Background compression which ensures that disc compression is only carried out when the MS250 is in standby mode You can set the standby time manually...

Page 25: ...option to prevent the MS250 accessing a device that had previously been connected If you remove a non networked device such as an MP3 player you can reinstate it by disconnecting and reconnecting it t...

Page 26: ...um or Bright The Brightness can be adjusted subsequently from the front panel Display button or the remote s DISP button The Network menu Choose this option to change various network settings The opti...

Page 27: ...System Operating System and software version installed the Hard disk size and usage and other details This information may be useful to note if you are reporting a service issue to Arcam technical pe...

Page 28: ...ult is 5 minutes Standby time This sets the standby time in minutes the default is 60 minutes The Archive music menu This option allows you to move music files between the MS250 and an external USB di...

Page 29: ...lling you the name of the track to which the audio has been saved you might want to make a note of this so it s easy to find later Recordings are stored under the genre Recordings Working with recorde...

Page 30: ...it This could take a few minutes If you want to transfer the files to a disk over the network make sure the storage device has been added to the list of available locations using the Add location opti...

Page 31: ...from a spare LAN port on the Ethernet Router or attached Ethernet Switch to the Ethernet port on the rear panel of the MS250 2 Switch on the MS250 In most cases no further adjustments to the MS250 or...

Page 32: ...leted you no longer need the computer to access Internet radio stations or retrieve track names for CDs The computer can therefore be disconnected leaving only a single connection between the ADSL cab...

Page 33: ...40 Open 21 45 Pause 21 48 Play 21 53 Stop 21 54 Record 21 42 Zone 21 55 Delete character 21 112 Caps 21 113 Home 21 114 Display control commands Command Decimal Code Display 21 71 Advanced control com...

Page 34: ...ed 20Hz 20kHz unweighted Digital audio output IEC958 PCM on gold plated phono coax and TOSLINK optical sockets Video outputs Composite video 1 x gold plated phono 1V pk pk in 75 S Video 1 x 4 pin mini...

Page 35: ...r s responsibility to maintain the original media and or appropriate backup copies within the specific rights of the media s copyright holder The MS250 can backup music data to an external hard drive...

Page 36: ...A R Cambridge Ltd Pembroke Avenue Waterbeach CAMBRIDGE CB25 9QR England SH149 Issue 2...

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