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Several MAN301 units can be connected to a network. I.e. the
NAS unit(s) can be shared by all the MAN301 on the network.
Upon launching of the Weiss MAN iPad app, all the MAN301
units available are shown. Anyone can then be selected to be
controlled from the iPad. Each MAN301 unit can have its own
set of users with their individual libraries and/or their individual
NAS units. Here are a few scenarios on how such setups could
work:
A)
There is a single MAN301 unit, each family member has his/
her account, the music on the NAS is in a single library which
can be accessed by all family members, the family members
generate their individual playlists out of the single library.
B)
There is a single MAN301 unit, each family member has his/
her account, the music on the NAS is put in di
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erent folders,
e.g. one folder per family member. This would make sure that
the father's huge classical music collection would not show up
in the library of the son who happens to be a hip-hop fan. Still,
any family member could add the folders of other members to
his/her library, i.e. the father could still enjoy the son's hip-hop
music by adding the son's folder to his library.
C)
There are more than one MAN301 unit, the same scenarios
as depicted above apply with the di
ff
erence that family mem-
bers can enjoy their own music selection at any time.
As mentioned above, the MAN301 supports several user ac-
counts, i.e. is multi user capable. This results in interesting ad-
vantages / features like:
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All users may have their own individual library, playlists,
searches etc. independent from other users. They even can
use di
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erent NAS units.
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Users can have di
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erent rights for the music library, e.g. a
„party guest“ or „kids“ account can be denied to have the
right to erase files. These rights are set up via specific user ac-
counts on the NAS unit(s).
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An user account can also be used to divide the music library
into various sub libraries, e.g. one could set up a user „classi-
cal" which means that the library of that user is made up of all
the classical music on the NAS. Another user could be named
„pop" etc. Such a strategy can be useful for very large music
collections where the library browsing could become impracti-
cal. The files on the NAS would then have to be organized ac-
cordingly, e.g. the folder „classical" would hold all the classical
music. Or one could even use separate NAS units for di
ff
erent
music styles.
User Accounts
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