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MCX-1000
99
MCX-1000
1515
Storing CDs on the MusicCAST server
Storing CDs on the MusicCAST ser
ver
The f
ir
s
t thing y
ou sho
uld d
o
to us
e y
o
u
r MusicCAST ser
ve
r is
t
o
st
ore
songs
f
ro
m
a
Music CD on its
har
d disk drive
.
The MusicCAST ser
v
er can act as a CD pla
y
er
, pla
y
ing a single
CD at
a time
. Ho
w
e
v
e
r,
it can also
stor
e lar
ge
n
umb
er
s of
CDs on it
s ha
rd
d
isk dr
iv
e
, to
get
he
r with
so
ng,
ar
ti
st
,
a
n
d
a
lb
u
m tit
le
s
, a
llo
win
g
easy
a
c
ce
ss to
th
e
songs on
y
o
ur
CDs whene
v
e
r y
o
u
w
ant.
Y
ou can
select a s
ong
fo
r pla
y
bac
k
ju
st b
y
choosing an
a
rtist,
a
lb
u
m,
o
r
gen
re
n
ame
, and
t
h
e
n
choo
sin
g
a song
.
Y
o
u
can
list
e
n
to
an
y
so
ng
st
or
ed
on
th
e
MusicCAST
ser
v
er
wit
h
a
MusicCAST
clien
t,
using the same
simple
method of selecting an
ar
tist, alb
u
m, or
gen
re
.
When the MusicCAST ser
v
er sto
res ma
ter
ial in it
s inter
n
al hard disk d
riv
e
, it also
stores
the relati
onships
betw
e
en the songs
, ge
nres
, alb
u
ms
, an
d ar
tists
of the CDs y
o
u store
. Th
e dia
g
ra
m b
e
lo
w
depicts
the
relationships betw
een these f
o
ur g
roups
.
W
h
e
n
y
o
u
lo
a
d
a C
D
in
to
th
e
CD
tr
a
y,
th
e
Mu
sic
C
AST s
e
rv
er
a
tte
m
p
ts
t
o
find
r
e
le
v
a
nt
in
fo
rm
a
tio
n o
n
th
e
so
ng
s
,
genres
,
alb
u
ms
, and
ar
ti
sts
on the C
D
from
its
b
u
ilt-in Gr
acenote
CDDB
®
data
ba
se
, or
fro
m
the Inter
n
et-b
ased
Gr
a
c
e
note CDDB ser
vice
.
•
The MusicCAST server
is set
to access
its built-in
Gra
cenote
CDDB database
by
defa
ult, and not to
acce
ss the
Inter
n
et-based
Grac
enote
CDDB
service. See
pa
ge 119
in the
MC
X-1000 owner
’s manual for an explana
tion
of how to change these settings.
•
Provision of
the Internet-based
Gr
acenote
CDDB
datab
ase
service is su
bject to
termination without notice.
•
Both the Internet-based
and
built-in
Gracenote
CDDB databa
ses m
ay occasionally display
the wr
ong data, but
you
can
edit
this in
fo
rmatio
n by h
and after yo
u
store the CD in the MusicCAST ser
ver
hard disk drive
(see
page
21).
•
If the Gracenote CDDB databases do not fi
nd any information about the CD you
are storing, you
can
enter song, al
bum, artist,
and
genre data
by hand
when storage
is complete (see
pag
e
21).
Wh
y should I store CDs on the MusicCAST ser
ver?
Ho
w does the MusicCAST ser
ver store songs fr
om CDs?
HDD
store
CD
artist
sele
c
t
album genre
HD
D
Alb
ums
SONG 1 SONG 2 SONG 3 SONG 4
· · · ·
Ar
tists
Genres
ca
n have many
can
have
many
have only 1
have only 1
Music recognition t
echnology and
rela
ted
da
ta are provided by
Grac
en
ote
and the
Grace
note CD
DB Music
Recognition Service
SM
.
CDDB is a
registere
d
trademark of G
race
note.
The Gr
acenote logo and logotype,
the Gracenote CDDB logo and
logotype, and
the
“Powered by Grace
note C
D
DB
” logo
ar
e tra
demarks of Grace
note Music Recognition Servic
e
and MRS are service
marks of Gracenote.
Configuring y
o
ur MusicCAST netw
ork
14
11
Th
e Music
C
AST c
li
ent
attemp
ts
t
o
conn
ect
to
the Music
CAST ser
v
er y
ou sele
c
t.
The following screen
s
appear on the MusicCAST
client on-
screen
display in order:
Mus
icCAST
se
rv
e
r
12
Th
e Client
ID of t
h
e Mus
icCAST c
lie
nt y
ou are
attempting
to configure appear
s on the on-
sc
ree
n
displa
y
of the Music
CAST ser
v
er
.
Mus
icCAST
se
rv
e
r
13
Use
/
/
/
on the MusicCAST ser
v
er remote
co
ntr
o
l to mo
v
e
th
e cur
so
r to
“
OK
”
on
t
he
on
-
sc
ree
n
displa
y
of y
our Mus
icCAST s
e
rv
er a
nd
pr
ess SELECT
.
The
MusicCAST
server restarts
its network
hardware. Th
is
will tak
e five minutes at most.
The following screen appears on
the
on-screen display
of your
MusicCAST client. The Auto Config
uration process is complete.
HINT HINT If t
h
e
Auto Configurat
ion
pr
oce
ss does not
appear t
o
work
correctly, ref
er to
the tr
oubleshooting sections in the
MCX-1000 and
MCX-A10 owners man
uals
.
HINT HINT The MusicCA
ST server
can only conne
ct to seven MusicCA
ST
clients simu
ltaneou
sly, and doe
s
not attempt to connect to
other clients if it alrea
dy ha
s 7 clie
nts registered.
To
remove
unwanted MusicCAST clients, us
e /
/
/
to
move
the
cursor on
the MusicCAST server
on-
scr
een
display to
a client
ID,
then move the cursor
to
“CLR
” and press SELECT.
When
finished
removing
clients, move
the cursor to
“OK
” and press
SELE
CT. Carry out Auto Configur
ation again
to connect the
MusicCAST to othe
r MusicCAST clients.
HINT HINT See page
104 onwards in
the MCX-1000 owner
’s manual
an
d
page
28 onwards in the MCX-A10
owne
r’
s manual
for deta
ils
on ho
w to
co
nfigure your Musi
cCAST network man
ually or
conn
ect
it
to
t
h
e in
ternet
.