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MR-8Z v1.0

 

 

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MR-8Z 

8 ZONES AUDIO SERVER

 

AUDIO SERVER 

 

ÍNDICE 

 
1.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION .......................................................................................... 3

 

2.

 

CONNECT THE SYSTEM ............................................................................................ 3

 

3.

 

CONFIGURE THE SYSTEM ........................................................................................ 4

 

3.1

 

How to create a zone ............................................................................................ 4

 

3.2

 

How to create a new player ................................................................................... 5

 

3.3

 

How to change player mode ................................................................................. 6

 

3.4

 

How to manage all players/zones simultaneously .................................................  7

 

3.5

 

How to make microphone announcements over individual players ....................... 8

 

3.6

 

How to setup Spotify music service ....................................................................... 9

 

3.7

 

How to play internet radio station ........................................................................ 11

 

3.8

 

How to stream music from your iPhone, iPod or iPad wirelessly with Airplay ..... 13

 

3.9

 

How to create scheduler task .............................................................................. 15

 

3.10

 

How to create Jingles ..........................................................................................  17

 

3.11

 

How to play a jingle in the selected zone ............................................................ 19

 

3.12

 

How to schedule Jingles ..................................................................................... 21

 

3.13

 

How to generate playlist with periodic ads or announcements ............................  21

 

3.14

 

How to prevent unauthorized accesses to the software ...................................... 22

 

3.15

 

How to control the software remotely via web browser ....................................... 24

 

4.

 

SUPPORTED AUDIO FORMATS .............................................................................. 26

 

5.

 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................ 26

 

6.

 

GUARANTEE CERTIFICATE .................................................................................... 27

 

 

Summary of Contents for MR-8Z

Page 1: ...not use the unit in humid places or near liquids Do not install it near heat sources Do not block ventilation openings When it is necessary remove dust with a dry cloth Do not use solvents such as al...

Page 2: ...Spotify music service 9 3 7 How to play internet radio station 11 3 8 How to stream music from your iPhone iPod or iPad wirelessly with Airplay 13 3 9 How to create scheduler task 15 3 10 How to creat...

Page 3: ...erfect solution for music distribution systems in Hotels and Shopping Centers The system is composed by the server itself and an 8 audio output module 2 CONNECT THE SYSTEM Connect the Server to the au...

Page 4: ...w zone first go to Zones menu and click New zone or press Ctrl Shift Z hot key New zone is created and Zone window appears Please rename your new zone and select the audio device from the list Each au...

Page 5: ...want to play your Spotify playlists please select Spotify player Regular players can play a lot of popular audio formats music playlists or Internet radio streams An external player helps you to mana...

Page 6: ...ayer starts in None mode This mode will play your Playlist and stop after last track When you turn on Repeat Playlist mode all tracks in the main Playlist pane will play once and then begin playing ag...

Page 7: ...f you need to stop playing after the current track 3 4 How to manage all players zones simultaneously If you want to start or stop all players at once please open Players Control Center window from Pl...

Page 8: ...oose your microphone from dropdown box Go to Zones tab and select zones to play your voice announcements Only Play and Stop buttons are available for External player so please press Play and start spe...

Page 9: ...an application key If you have regular Spotify account please upgrade it to Premium This software uses libspotify SDK To use the Libspotify SDK you will need to get an application key Only Premium Sp...

Page 10: ...check box Press OK to save settings Your password will be encrypted and stored locally only Now you can create Spotify player On the Spotify player press Login button and you will see all saved playli...

Page 11: ...ease create new regular player Set zones to play then go to the player menu File and select Play URL Enter or copy paste your internet radio station URL This is the easiest and fastest way to play any...

Page 12: ...3 AAC WMA and more radio stations Shoutcast Icecast streams etc There is another way to play internet radio You can create M3U playlist with one radio station only or with radio URL and few audio trac...

Page 13: ...stall Bonjour discovery service on the server This service installed by default with iTunes Run the software and open AirPlayer settings window Here you can change broadcasted name set password change...

Page 14: ...Control Center and tap AirPlay Tap the name that you set in software settings to stream your music content to Now you can control audio playback from your iPod iPad or iPhone device and even change vo...

Page 15: ...nique Name and set the Start time The default start time is the current time If you want to stop the task over time please set the Stop time too There are two types of repetitive tasks The first type...

Page 16: ...choose the path to the file Zone task is the same but its actions are slightly different Jingle tab has only one task play selected Jingle And with General task you can schedule Save Workspace action...

Page 17: ...nd double click it The selected task will be loaded into the editor Change the settings and click Save If you need temporarily disable the task select it turn off Enabled checkbox and Save it 3 10 How...

Page 18: ...in the left window you have to select Players or Zones to play this jingle with You can select few items on each tab For example you can play first VDJ jingle to Radio and Spare Player with one button...

Page 19: ...e in the selected zone At first you need to create at least on Jingle Open Zone Control Center Ctrl Alt Z shortcut window and double click on the desired zone to show it You will find all available ji...

Page 20: ...MR 8Z v1 0 Page 20 of 27 MR 8Z 8 ZONES AUDIO SERVER AUDIO SERVER If you started jingle by accident or you want stop it immediately please use Control menu and select Stop Jingle...

Page 21: ...created earlier Then like all jingles set start time frequency number of repetitions and specify the name Press Save button and new schedule will appear in the list below 3 13 How to generate playlis...

Page 22: ...from playlist option and select prepared jingles playlist Set how often insert jingles If you want repeat jingles infinitely set Repeat Jingles and the generator starts to insert tracks from the begin...

Page 23: ...t workflow please go to the Tools menu and click Lock or use Ctrl Shift L hot key The software will be minimized and locked with password It will play music as usual but you need enter password to ope...

Page 24: ...ab Please turn on Enable remote control checkbox You can t specify an address this is your computer local address but you can change a port After changing the Port please click Restart button If you w...

Page 25: ...to create an administrator user who can access all players please enable Administrator checkbox Please click on the blue URL or simply type this URL in the any mobile device connected to same local ne...

Page 26: ...MP3PRO AIF BWF Broadcast Wave WMV ADTS M4B MOD MOD Music MDZ MO3 MO3 Music S3M S3M Music S3Z XM XM Music XMZ IT IT Music ITZ UMX MTM MTM Music FLA OGA OPUS WV WavPack AC3 Dolby Digital AC 3 ADX CRI A...

Page 27: ...enever the following is observed Amendments or corrections made to the details of the guarantee certificate or purchase invoice Failure to produce the original invoice or the absence of a date on this...

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