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XiVA musicm8 User Guide

RAID

What is RAID?

RAID is a technology that supports the integrated use of two or more hard disk

drives in various configurations for the purposes of achieving greater performance.

If you have chosen optional RAID support, settings can be configured through the

web interface by selecting RAID.

For further technical information on RAID please visit:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

RAID Configuration

musicm8 uses RAID technology to perform a scheduled backup your musicm8

contents to a USB hard drive. RAID expects the USB drive to be formatted with

VFAT. When RAID is enabled for the first time musicm8 will back up its complete

contents to your selected USB hard drive, please allow time for this process to

complete.

Once the initial back up is complete musicm8 will then perform a check every 15

minutes for new or changed files and back up any additions or changes accord

ingly to your selected USB hard drive.

To enable RAID

From the musicm8 Home Page, click NAS and select RAID from the submenu.

From the RAID configuration page check Enable RAID radio button

Click update. You should see the message

Settings updated...

If you wish to disable RAID simply check

Disable RAID

radio button and click

update.

For advanced RAID configuration details visit:

http://www.xiva.com/musicm8

Summary of Contents for musicm8

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Page 2: ... CD unattended with no PC required and have it avail able to all their music devices and PCs throughout the home without any configuration or set up Compatible devices Archos Buffalo B O Denon D Link iTunes iPod Escient Linn DS Logitech MCE Naimnet Netgear Philips Pinnacle PS3 Roku Slim Devices Sonos Sony Xbox 360 Yamaha and any media player or device that can browse a network share Contents Welco...

Page 3: ...om Note a broadband connection is required Dial up internet connection is not sup ported Please ensure that the disc slot is not obstructed When a disc has been recorded it is automatically ejected from the slot If the slot is blocked when the disc is ejected this can result in damage to the drive musicm8 Default Settings Your musicm8 has been preconfigured with XiVA s recommended default settings...

Page 4: ...cm8 If you are unsure where to connect your Ethernet cable to your musicm8 the port is marked on the back of your unit with the LAN network symbol When connected you should see a green light on your musicm8 network port Connecting the power supply to your musicm8 Connect your power supply to a mains power socket Plugs vary in each country Connect the power supply output to your musicm8 unit Your m...

Page 5: ...tions for any other purpose is not supported Power up your musicm8 Press the power button briefly to turn on your musicm8 The power button is located just below the cd slot on the front of the unit You will see the small blue light on the front of the unit glow when it turns on Af ter a few moments your musicm8 will beep to let you know that it has started up For most media players no further conf...

Page 6: ...erface appear in a few moments try typing musicm8 local or musicm8 into the location bar Again no quotes You may have to directly type the IP address of your musicm8 into the location bar instead If this is the case and you don t know your musicm8 s IP address you can download the XiVA IP Tool from XiVA com musicm8 downloads musicm8iptool zip If the musicm8 web interface does not appear after foll...

Page 7: ... click on Add a Network Place in the left pane of the window and follow the next steps Choose Next in the Add Network Place Wizard Select Choose Another Network Location and click Next Choose Browse in the next window You should then see a folder icon titled Shared on musicm8 If not continue on to the next step Click on Entire Network then Microsoft Windows Network then Workgroup Click on Shared o...

Page 8: ...licking the Update button To Update your XiVA Software From the Updates menu on the left sidebar select Check for Updates to see if there is a more recent version of the software for your musicm8 To download and apply any available automatic updates click Auto Updates To check for the latest software updates available for musicm8 visit http www xiva com musicm8 Follow the steps listed to download ...

Page 9: ... this playout is password protected with the password musicm8 the username is blank The top navigation bar also allows you to configure and use the additional servers installed on your musicm8 device Please refer to Configuring Media Players with your musicm8 on page 17 before changing these settings Twonky Opens the Twonky vision pages should you need to set any advanced options Squeezecenter ope...

Page 10: ...t to copy copy them and paste them into your musicm8 shared folder Windows 2000 XP Vista Go to the files or folders of music that you wish to copy Highlight the file or files you wish to copy If you need to highlight more than one file you can hold down the CTRL or Shift keys on your keyboard or drag a box around the files you wish to copy Once highlighted you can either right click one of the hig...

Page 11: ...ss OK at the dialog box To set to Flac Go to Advanced Menu Encoding Options check the Flac box and press update To set up a Sonos system Open Sonos Add New and type musicm8 then press OK To set up a Squeeze Box Go to your Squeeze box Settings Music Library and hit OK when you see musicm8 displayed To view in iTunes Open iTunes and from the left panel select musicm8 All of your content will be disp...

Page 12: ...kup Now You will now see the message Backing Up musicm8 Please be patient as this may take a long time You can continue to use the musicm8 while the backup is running To view progress just click the Space option on the menu and you will see a progress bar All files will be backed up to a folder called musicm8 on your selected USB hard drive Recovery Recovery is as simple as a Drag n Drop Open Wind...

Page 13: ... Browse on Content location field 2 Browse to the collection you want to add Select Rescan Content Directories and then Save Changes Twonky Server is now configured Twonky has been configured to rescan your music collection every 60 minutes to allow for optimal user convenience You can manually configure your rescan interval by selecting Server Set Up then select Sharing from the Basic Set Up tab ...

Page 14: ...ueeze Center is now configured If you have added new content to your share select Rescan Music Library select Look For New And Changed Music from the drop down menu then select Rescan Further Slim Server setup information and troubleshooting steps are available from the Help section of the Slim Server web interface Once Slim Squeeze Center has been successfully configured connect to Squeeze Networ...

Page 15: ...eave the username blank and enter musicm8 as the password You will see the Firefly web interface Firefly requires minimal setup Click on the Configuration tab from the Firefly main menu The main fields will be pre filled with musicm8 s default settings musicm8 Default MP3 Directory media Music Once configured click Submit Once Firefly DAAP has been configured you can stream your musicm8 content th...

Page 16: ...ndows Media Player To access musicm8 through Windows Media Player select Library from Windows Media Player Menu right click and select Media Sharing From the Media Sharing menu select musicm8 from the list of devices and select Allow Your musicm8 content will now be shared to your Windows Media Player Library Alternately navigate to My Network Places musicm8 will be listed as a shared Media Librar...

Page 17: ...one playback device or as a remote control for UPNP media players To setup the Nokia N800 with musicm8 follow the steps listed Download and install Media Streamer on your N800 Media Streamer can be found at the following location http tableteer nokia com tableteer os2008 feat_mediastreamer xhtml Once installed Media Streamer will be listed under Extras Select Media Streamer musicm8 will be listed ...

Page 18: ...hed Ensure you have the Wii connected to your network If it is not then please consult the Wii manual to do so Click Internet Start WWW Type the following web address http youripaddress 3689 FirePlay html e g http 192 168 1 20 3589 FirePlay html Username blank Password musicm8 Click the Add to favorites icon and you are all set In use just go to Internet favorites click the Fireplay icon and use t...

Page 19: ...menu then select Set Up Music Library From the Set Up Music Library menu select Add A Share You will see the Sonos Set Up Wizard From the Sonos Set Up Wizard select Add Music Stored In Folders That Are Currently Stored On My Network and select Next musicm8 will be listed as a Network share Browse to musicm8 Music and select this location You can now browse musicm8 content once your music file inde...

Page 20: ...If not shown Press New Key in the full path to the musicm8 music folder musicm8 Music Enter Add NOTE Your musicm8 automatically builds a playlist called recentlyadded m3u which is a playlist of the music you have added in the last 30 days For large collections this is invaluable to listen to your most recent additions To use it on your Sonos remote go to Music Library Imported Playlists select Rec...

Page 21: ...nd only takes a minute or so You will be noti fied when it has finished by three short bleeps from the unit at which point you know that everything has been successful and you can remove your media card The process will not remove the pictures from your camera but will provide a back up and it will only update the photos not previously transferred to the musicm8 storage system Using a Wi Fi Photo ...

Page 22: ... will download automatically on a daily basis to your system and be available to all devices on your network In the Main Menu on the left sidebar click Manage Podcasts Add any podcast feed URL into the text box and click Add Each new episode will now be downloaded to your music folder in the podcasts subdirectory ...

Page 23: ...tions select an unused directory If all directories are in use select Add New Content Directory Input the path to your shared video folder musicm8 default video share is media video From the media type drop down select Video only Click Save Changes Your video directory has now been successfully added Twonky Media will now serve your video files to a selection of media players Photo Sharing To add ...

Page 24: ... box that you can access from anywhere This menu option simply allows you to set this ability On or Off DYNDNS configuration After signing up for an Dynamic DNS account simply key your details into the DYNDNS Configuration Manager by selecting DYNDNS Config from the NAS menu Click Update to save the details Password Control The web interface of your musicm8 is protected by a password To disable th...

Page 25: ... both FLAC and MP3 MP3 files will be stored in musicm8 shared MP3 FLAC files will be saved to musicm8 shared Music WAV MP3 selected musicm8 will encode to both WAV and MP3 MP3 files will be stored in musicm8 shared MP3 WAV files will be saved to musicm8 shared Music Your files are stored this way to avoid duplicate entries when files have been indexed A detailed overview of audio compression can b...

Page 26: ... Status displays the status of the disc currently being recorded If there is no disc in the CD drive status will display No CD in drawer When a disc has been loaded and a metadata lookup is being performed Record ing Status will display Disc found waiting for data When a disc has been loaded and a metadata lookup has been successful record ing will begin Recording Status will display the CD artist...

Page 27: ...m software updates to bug fixes XiVA regularly release new script Script and instructions on how to run a scripts can be found by contacting musicm8 support http www xiva com musicm8 IMPORTANT Only script that have been approved by XiVA should be run us ing this facility Script from other sources may be damaging and will void your musicm8 warranty ...

Page 28: ...he musicm8 on your network Use DCHP is checked as a default setting The IP address of your musicm8 can be assigned manually instead If you wish to manually configure the IP settings of musicm8 you can do so by deselecting Use DHCP and supplying the rest of the settings yourself When manually configuring IP settings Netmask and Gateway are both required as well as both DNS servers If you have only ...

Page 29: ...s not recommended unless you have previous experi ence with workgroup settings Create a Shared Folder To create shared folders on your musicm8 select Create a Shared Folder from the Network menu In the New Share Name field type the name you wish your share to have Click Update The share will now be created at the following location musicm8 shared Delete a Shared Folder To delete a shared folder fr...

Page 30: ... the remaining settings if you have already configured your musicm8 for use with squeeze these should not need to change You will then be able to access your musicm8 as you would normally Connecting your musicm8 using a Belkin Wireless G Gaming Adapter For information about this device please see this link http catalog belkin com IWCatProductPage process Product_Id 154416 Connect your Wireless G G...

Page 31: ...ve to be formatted with VFAT When RAID is enabled for the first time musicm8 will back up its complete contents to your selected USB hard drive please allow time for this process to complete Once the initial back up is complete musicm8 will then perform a check every 15 minutes for new or changed files and back up any additions or changes accord ingly to your selected USB hard drive To enable RAID...

Page 32: ... 20 You should now see the musicm8 web interface If the IP address does not dis play the musicm8 web interface then contact the XiVA support team USB Ports The USB ports on this unit are intended for use to back up your media collection to a connected USB storage device Use for any other purpose is not supported Diagnostic Files Diagnostic files are created to help in the support process All actio...

Page 33: ... network share Full iTunes DAAP support Configurable path to record to allow additional NAS devices Integrated UPnP server Slim Squeezecenter 7 and Twonky DLNA Compliant Full backup ability Support for Video and photo UPnP streaming Shared folders for video audio and photos Optional USB expansion system Network VGA USB PS2 Camera picture sync Recently added playlist generation for Sonos Size 23 x ...

Page 34: ...its GPL conditions FLAC is distributed under the BSD license GD3 is used under license form Get Digital data TwonkyMedia is used under license from Packet Video Slim Squeezecenter is used under its GPL conditions Firefly is used under its GPL conditions All other software is Powered by Ripstation from Formats Unlimited Inc and 2009 Contact Imerge Ltd Unit 6 Bar Hill Business Park Saxon Way Bar Hil...

Page 35: ... an unauthorized third party your warranty is considered to be null and void The warranty is void if The product was operated stored in abnormal use or maintenance conditions The product is repaired modified or altered by an unauthorized person The product was subjected to abuse neglect electrical fault improper packag ing accident or acts of nature The product was installed improperly The serial ...

Page 36: ... paid for the product from direct indirect incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of the product it s accompanying software or it s documentation XiVA does not offer refunds for any product Further information Further to the warranty information contained within if you have any other issues or queries then please do not hesitate to contact XiVA at Tel 44 0 1954 783600 Normal bu...

Page 37: ...your end life equipment in a sound way The crossed out wheeled bin symbol invites you to use those systems If you need more information on the collection reuse and recycling systems please contact your local or regional waste administration CE Declaration of Conformity In accordance with the following Directive s 2006 95 EC The Low Voltage Directive 2004 108 EC The Electromagnetic Compatibility Di...

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