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Section 11
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Advanced Features
how many minutes and seconds too long
the compilation will be. You must delete
tracks of this length from the compilation
in order to proceed with the burn process.
Writing Files to a Portable MP3
player or drive
Plug the device into the USB port on the
front of the Server and let the Server scan
the device. Use the same techniques as
described above to choose the tracks that
you wish to send to the device. You can
choose one album and select the specific
tracks or make a complete playlist.
From the TRACKS menu page choose the
SEND TO… option and then select the
portable device from the list of devices
that appear on the right. Select START and
the progress bar lets you know when the
transfer process is completed.
Writing files to the Server hard
drive from a portable device or
data CD
You may wish to keep all of the music files
that are in various locations on external
devices and on your network, on the
Server hard drive, and for this you will
need to transfer them from another device
either via the USB port or across the
network.
First it is necessary to isolate all the tracks
contained on the external device. Go to
MUSIC LIBRARY and then select LOOK
IN...
Deselect everything except the external
device. This could be a network drive
(friendly name), MP3 CD (data CD), or USB
connected MP3 player or portable hard
drive (portable device).
Once the Server has been told only to look
in the external music source, press BLUE
to go to the TRACKS menu. On this page
select SEND TO… and then select HARD
DRIVE. Select START and the progress
bar will tell you when the process has
finished. This has the effect of sending all
the files in the external device to the hard
drive.
NOTE:
There is a limit of 1999 tracks on
this type of transfer. If you have more
tracks than this see Section 11.3.
When you have finished go back to the
LOOK IN… menu and select only the
hard drive. The new files should appear
in the new MUSIC LIBRARY. If not it may
be necessary to perform a rescan (see
Section 11.4).
11.3 Housekeeping Activities
Although many of the functions and
features of the Server are automatic and
self regulating it is still necessary to keep
an eye on the MUSIC LIBRARY in case any
album names are incorrect or the same
album has been ripped twice by mistake.
You may also wish to add album art or
send tracks to different places and make
sure that in the event of a component
failure you do not lose your whole library.
Editing Album Details
If you wish to change or amend any album
details that you have noticed are incorrect,
first highlight the particular album in the
MUSIC LIBRARY menu and press OK.
The Server will present you with a list
of the tracks on the album. Select EDIT
DETAILS. The album, title, genre and
artist are presented as editable data fields.
These can be edited in the usual way.
First highlight and press OK, make your
amendment and press OK when done.
To edit individual track names highlight
and select the TRACK NAMES option.
Adding Album Art
By default your Server comes with the
album art functionality switched off. In
order to activate this feature follow the
following procedure.
From the HOME screen select SETTINGS
and then DISPLAY. On the DISPLAY menu
select THEMES. On the THEMES page
select album art.
This configures the box with the
potential
to display album art in the albums view on
the MUSIC LIBRARY and also in the NOW
PLAYING screens. In the absence of any
album art files the Server will display a
generic CD icon.
Album art is available from many different
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