MCX-1000
111
MCX-1000
Advanced MusicCAST functions
3939
Ad
v
anced MusicCAST
functions
The Mu
si
cCAST
s
yst
em ha
s man
y
oth
er ad
v
anc
ed ca
pab
il
it
ie
s
w
h
ic
h this Quic
k
Ma
n
ual
doe
s not
a
tt
empt
to e
x
pl
ai
n.
This s
e
c
ti
on p
ro
v
id
es
a b
rie
f s
u
mmary o
f t
h
es
e f
unc
ti
ons
and
a pa
g
e
ref
e
ren
ce t
o
t
h
e
sec
ti
on
of t
he MCX-1
000
o
r MCX-
A10 o
w
ne
r’
s man
ua
l wh
ere y
ou ca
n fi
nd a more
i
n
-dep
th e
xpl
a
nat
io
n.
■
Mak
ing
an A
u
di
o CD
Use
the MusicCAST
se
rver to make original
CDs from the
songs
stored
in
on
it
s
har
d
disk
drive.
See page 90 in
th
e
MCX-1000 owner
's
manual.
■
Duplica
ting CDs
in y
our co
llec
tion
Use
the MusicCAST
server to ma
ke duplicates o
f Audio CDs
in your colle
ction.
The CDs the
Music
CA
ST se
rve
r
make
s
ar
e
only
copyable in compliance with
SCMS
regulations
(s
ee pag
e
13
6 in the MCX-1000
own
er
’s
manual fo
r an explanation of
SCMS).
See page 85 in
th
e
MCX-1000 owner
's
manual.
■
Cont
ro
lling a Y
A
MAHA A
V
rec
eive
r t
h
rough
a
n
RS-2
3
2
C
co
nnec
tion
Connect a Y
A
MAHA
A
V
receiver to the
MusicCAST
server
with a cross-type RS-232C
cable,
and
then u
se the
Mu
sicCAST
server to change Y
A
MAHA
SU
RRO
UND PROGRAMS, alter
vo
lume
settings, or switch th
e receiv
er between
standby and
po
wer on modes.
See page 91 in
th
e
MCX-1000 owner
's
manual.
■
Contr
o
lling MusicCAST c
lients
fr
o
m
a
Mus
ic
CAST se
rv
er
Co
ntrol
playback on Mu
sicCAST clients
fro
m a Mu
sicCAST
server
.
See page 92 in
th
e
MCX-1000 owner
's
manual.
■
Using
t
he Timer f
unc
tion to
c
ont
ro
l rec
or
d
in
g
a
nd pla
y
bac
k
Use the
T
imer to automatically start and stop recordin
g
and
playback
on the
MusicCAST server
and clients at the time you
designate.
See page
10
2
in
the MCX-
1000 own
er
's
manual.
■
Using
the
MusicCAST serve
r to pla
y
ba
c
k
A
u
dio
CDs
Use
t
h
e
MusicCAST s
erver
as
a
st
anda
rd
CD pl
aye
r t
o
playback
CDs.
See page 48 in
th
e
MCX-1000 owner
's
manual.
■
Usi
ng
t
he Mu
si
cCAST
s
erver t
o
pl
a
y
bac
k MP3
CDs
Use
the MusicCAST
server to listen to MP3 CDs
from your
co
ll
ec
tion
.
See page 52 in
th
e
MCX-1000 owner
's
manual.
■
Configuring t
he Mus
icCAST s
ystem net
w
ork
man
uall
y
Manually conf
igure the MusicCAS
T system
network to suit
yo
ur needs.
See page 108 in the MCX-1000 ow
ner
's manual and page 28 in
the MCX-A10 owner
's
manual.
■
Vie
w
ing inf
ormation on th
e dat
a con
tained in
the Mus
icCAST s
e
rv
er
V
iew information
on the
cu
rrent firmware
vers
ion,
MP3
encoding status, and data contai
ned in the MusicCAST server
.
See
p
age
130 in the MCX-1000
owner
's manual.
■
Conn
ect
ing the
M
usi
cCAST serve
r to an
Int
e
rne
t-
bas
ed Grace
not
e CDDB
se
rv
ic
e
S
et
t
h
e Musi
cCAS
T serve
r to ac
ce
ss an Inte
rnet
-ba
se
d
Gracenote
CDDB service when
ever
you
lo
ad a CD
in
to the
disc
tray
, to gain
information about
the so
ngs, artists, genres,
and n
ame
of the
CD.
See
p
age
131 in the MCX-1000
owner
's manual.
■
Rec
or
d
in
g
m
usic f
rom e
x
tern
al components
Record
audio
material to the
hard disk drive in the MusicCAS
T
server
from an external compo
nent connected to the
MusicCAS
T serve
r.
See p
age 26
in
the MCX-1000 owner
's man
ual.
■
Listen
in
g t
o
rad
io
s
tations us
ing
the
Mu
si
cCAST
c
lie
nt
Use
the MusicCAS
T client to li
st
en
to
radio stations throug
h a
Y
A
MAHA
A
V
receiver connected
to
the MusicCAST ser
ver
via a cros
s-type RS-232C cable.
See page 49 in the MCX-A10
owner
's manual.
■
Set
ti
ng
t
h
e da
te
a
nd time in the
M
u
sicCAST
s
yst
em
In
ad
dition to u
sing the
internal
clock
an
d calendar to activate
the T
imer
functions, the MusicC
AS
T server
uses date and time
information to manage data stored
in its hard disk drive. Y
ou
can set the time and date yourself,
or connect the
MusicCAST
ser
ver to a server
o
n
t
h
e Internet
which will
automat
icall
y
update the MusicCAST server
date
and
time setting
s.
See p
age 1
17 in the MCX-1000
owner
's
manual.
■
Ad
v
a
nced configuration utilities
Set other
miscellaneou
s
par
ame
te
rs t
o
e
n
han
ce
th
e
performance of your
MusicCAST sy
stem.
See p
age 1
15 in the MCX-1000
owner
's
manual.
Listening fr
om the Musi
cCAST c
lient
38
Skipping to a diff
erent song
Press
to skip to the ne
xt song, or press
once
to re
tur
n
to the
beginning of
the currently pla
y
ing song or
twice to
skip to the beginning of the pre
v
ious song dur
ing pla
y
ing.
Sear
c
h
ing f
o
rwar
d or bac
k
war
d within a song
T
o
sear
ch
f
o
rw
a
rd, press
, and
to sea
rch ba
c
k
w
a
rd
,
p
re
s
s
, du
ri
ng
p
la
y
ba
c
k
.
T
h
e
MusicCAST client d
oes
not
output
an
y sound d
u
ri
ng these
oper
a
tions
.
NO
TE
You
cannot
skip or search throug
h songs when
playback is paused.
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