Playing Your Music with the Cisco Media Software
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Player/Wireless-N Music Extender
Wireless Home Audio
Installing the Cisco Media Software
The Cisco Media Server software and Cisco Media Player
software are installed on your computer when you run the
installation program from the LELA CD-ROM.
The Cisco Media Server software allows you to share the
library of music from your computer’s hard drive with your
Wireless Home Audio devices.
NOTE:
Some iTunes files may not be available.
Songs purchased from iTunes* may be protected
with Digital Rights Management (DRM); DRM
files cannot be played to your Wireless Home
Audio devices directly from your PC. The
optional Linksys by Cisco Docking Station for
iPod (MCCI40) will allow you to connect your
iPod to your Director or Conductor and play
back all of the songs from your iPod.
†
*iTunes Plus files are not protected
Manually Starting the Cisco Media Server
The Cisco Media Server software should start automatically
but if you need to start it manually, follow these steps:
1. Go to
Start
>
Programs
>
Cisco Media Center
>
Cisco
Media Server
.
2. The Cisco Media Server will launch and a gray
Cisco
Media Server
icon will appear on your taskbar.
Right-click on the
Cisco Media Server
icon and
select
Start
.
3. The Cisco Media Server will launch and you will see
a green Cisco Media Server
icon when it is ready.
Once the Cisco Media Server is launched, you will not
see any other windows showing what music is being
shared or providing any further control. You can view
the shared library from your Wireless Home Audio
Devices or launch the Cisco Media Player on your
computer to view the shared libraries.
Adding Music Folders to the Cisco Media
Server
During the initial configuration, you are asked to select
directories where your music is stored. To change or add
additional directories, perform the following steps:
1. Right-click on the
Cisco Media Server
icon on the
taskbar and select
Cisco Media Server Properties
.
2. Modify or type in a new directory in the
Local Media
Directory
field by typing in the entire path such as
C:\Documents
and
Settings\username\My
Documents\My Music;
Additional directories are separated by a semicolon. If
you want to change the name that appears on your
network, you can modify the
UPnP Friendly Name
.
Click
OK
after all updates are complete.
3. Right-click on the
Cisco Media Server
icon on the
taskbar and select
Stop
.
4. Once the Cisco Media Server has stopped and the icon
has turned gray, right-click on the
Cisco Media Server
icon and select
Start
to start the server again.
