Arcam SOLO NEO, User Manual

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NET Media
Source selection
Playback mode
Current volume
Track number, song text, playback time, etc.
Play-state indicator
Listening to Network Media sources
Press or
SOuRCe-
until “
NET Media
” is displayed on the
front panel. Alternatively, press the
NeT
button on the remote
control until “
NET Media
” is displayed.
Solo Neo must be installed on your home network in order to
listen to network sources. Solo Neo can be connected using
a wired network connecton or can be connected wirelessly.
Most wired connections will use automatic setup. For network
configuration and wireless settings, see pages 18—19.
See page 7 for network cable connection and wireless network
antenna installation.
Skipping/scanning files
Press briefly the
0
and
/
buttons on the front-
panel or remote control to skip to the previous or
next song within the current location.
On skipping forward, playback will start from the
beginning of the next song in the location (if there
is one); when skipping backwards, pressing the 0
button will skip to the previous song (if there is
one).
The
0
and
/
buttons are used also for scanning.
To scan backwards or forwards within a song,
press and hold the
0
or
/
button – the song will
be scanned until the button is released.
Choosing music to play
The organisation of a music collection is
dependent on the server where the files are
stored. The Solo Neo first presents a list of
available servers on the network; use the remote
control cursor keys
B
/
C
to choose a uPnP
server.
When choosing a music file to play, the top line
of the front panel display shows the name of the
current location. The bottom line is used to display
songs or other choices contained within the
current network location.
Use the remote control cursor keys
B
/
C
to
choose a song to play or a location or category to
browse.
Use the remote control
O
,
$
or
>
key to play
the file or select the category.
Use the remote control
<
key to navigate up one
level to the previous category or location.
Press
O
during playback to enter navigation
mode without stopping the music. A new
song can be chosen by navigating the files and
locations present, as described above.
When playback is stopped, the Solo Neo returns to
NET Media navigation mode.
Special playback modes
Press
MODe
on the remote control to cycle through
the repeat/shuffle playback modes. The options
are as follows:
1. Repeat all: the songs on the selected server are
played in order. After the last song has finished,
playback re-starts from the first song on the
server;
2. Shuffle: the songs on the server are played in a
random order;
3. Repeat shuffle: this combines ‘repeat all’ and
‘shuffle’. Each time that playback is restarted, the
song order is shuffled.
To cancel any of the shuffle/repeat modes, press
MODe
repeatedly until the playback mode is
removed from the display.
Display modes
Solo Neo provides different display modes when
listening to files. The mode is changed by pressing
the
INFO
button on either the front-panel or the
remote control.
1. File metadata: if available, text from the file
metadata (MP3 tags) will be displayed when in this
mode (track name or artist, for example). If no tags
are available, then the filename will be displayed.
2. Current track time: this is the ‘conventional’
display as for a CD player, showing the track time.
3. Remaining track time: this shows the track time
that remains to be played.
4. Large-character display.
NET Media playback commands summary
4 (Play) – press this button to start playback.
<
(Stop) – press to stop playback and enter
navigation mode.
O
(OK) – press to enter navigation mode during
playback or press during navigation mode to
play the selected song.
'
(Cursor up/down) – use to browse songs and
network locations.
,
<
(Back) – press to navigate back to the previous
location.
;
(Pause) – press to pause playback. Press again
(or press play) to re-start playback.
/ (Skip/Scan forwards) – press and release this
button of skip forwards to the beginning of the
next song. Press and hold the button to scan
forwards.
0
(Skip/Scan backwards) – press and release this
button to skip backwards to the beginning of
the previous song. Press and hold the button to
scan backwards.
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For playback from a network device, the network
device needs to running a universal plug and
play (uPnP) service, such as Windows Media
Player 11. This can be downloaded free of charge
from
www.microsoft.com
or installed via the
Windows update installer. Windows Vista™ has this
functionality built in.
Other free and paid-for uPnP services are available
for other computer operating systems. Some
network attached storage (NAS) systems include a
built-in version of a uPnP service.
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