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Control Web/Mac/PC Guide

Music Selection

Use the windows at the bottom of the screen to browse your collection and add music to the 
playlist. Begin by clicking one of the six categories in the far-left window: Artists, Playlists, 

Tags, Genres, Decades, 

or Recently Imported Albums. Your selection will expand to a new 

set of options in the window to the right. (The playlists and tags categories will expand only if you 
have previously created at least one Playlist or Tag.)

For example, if you click Artists, the second window will list a set of alphabetical ranges. Clicking 
one of these opens a list of artists whose names start with a letter in that range (ignoring “The” 
and “A”) in the third window. If you then click an artist, the open windows will shift to the left and 
a fourth will open with a list of albums by that artist. Clicking an album will shift the open windows 
to the left again to open a fifth with a list of songs on that album. (If you need to get back to a 
now-hidden window, click the single left arrow 

 at the bottom left of the screen to scroll back 

one window or the double left arrow 

 to jump all the way back to the first window.)

The Albums window displays a   button next to each entry. Clicking one of those buttons will 

bring up a window with a list of playback options for you to select from.

The list presented when you click a   button will depend on the category you’re in. Tags, Genres, 

and Decade offer different options than Albums and Songs for example. 

Options offered may include:

•  Show Album Details  (Albums).  Detailed  information  about  the  album.  This  window  also 

offers options to delete the album from the system (see “Deleting Albums,” page 13) or edit its 
information (see “Editing Album Metadata,” page 7).

•  Queue (Albums and Songs). Add to the end of the Playlist.
•  Play Next (Albums and Songs). Insert in the Playlist after the current track.
•  Play Now (Albums and Songs). Insert after the current track and begin playing immediately.
•  Queue Album Picks (Albums). Add the album’s best tracks to the Playlist. (For more on 

Album Picks, see “Editing Album Metadata,” page 7.)

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Страница 1: ...Control Web Mac PC User Guide...

Страница 2: ...eridian Sooloos Control Web Mac PC User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS What is Control Web PC Mac 3 Getting Started 3 Playback Information and Controls 4 Music Selection and Playlist Creation 5 Editing Album...

Страница 3: ...heck system and library status Turn any computer into a local playback zone for all of your music Although many of these features are available directly on the system some such as metadata editing are...

Страница 4: ...networked external hard drive If Control Web PC or Mac fails to run the most likely reason is a network problem since it must communicate intensively with the Sooloos system in order to function If yo...

Страница 5: ...o have the option of Local Playback Zone Selecting this zone will route sound to the speakers of the computer you are using to access the system Music Selection and Playlist Creation The applications...

Страница 6: ...gain to open a fifth with a list of songs on that album If you need to get back to a now hidden window click the single left arrow at the bottom left of the screen to scroll back one window or the dou...

Страница 7: ...ylist will repeat instead of stopping at the end If you check both Loop and Shuffle all songs in the Playlist will play before it starts over in a new order Remove Clicking this button pops up a menu...

Страница 8: ...ner closes the window The metadata is organized into eight sub pages selected by clicking the tabs along the top Important Note All changes are provisional until you click the Save button at the botto...

Страница 9: ...ers track titles and Track Pick ratings Track times are also listed but are not alterable Remember that all changes are provisional until you click the Save button at the bottom of the window to make...

Страница 10: ...ready associated with the album on the right Clicking the button next to a genre listing expands to a listing of all its subgenres and clicking the button next to a subgenre listing expands to a listi...

Страница 11: ...the list and click the button to expand to a list of subgenres Highlight the new style s subgenre with your mouse Then type the new style s name in the field at the bottom of the window and click the...

Страница 12: ...ove a credit just click the button to its right Moods The Moods tab switches the panel to a list of moods which you select or deselect by clicking the checkboxes next to them Labels Clicking the Label...

Страница 13: ...dow to make them permanent Tapping the X in the upper right corner closes the window and cancels any unsaved changes Any Tag in the list already associated with the album will have a checkmark in the...

Страница 14: ...nt to remove the album from the system Clicking OK at this point deletes the album the only way to recover it after that is to reimport it Clicking Cancel returns you to Album Details Clicking the X i...

Страница 15: ...prove albums with complete metadata If the system locates full metadata for the album on the Sooloos servers it imports the CD without requesting confirmation Prefer local metadata over Sooloos Metada...

Страница 16: ...from a CD in the background as soon as it recognizes it so the progress window may come up indicating some portion of the transfer is already complete Each CD you import displays as a separate transfe...

Страница 17: ...ingly apply the downloaded metadata and prompt you to evaluate and approve them Clicking the Approve button will import the files and their metadata to the system as an album If you disagree with the...

Страница 18: ...uldn t be assembling the album manually to begin with So you usually will want to click the Edit button to open the Edit Album Information window and enter metadata At the very least you re going to w...

Страница 19: ...adata as an album the Edit button to open the Edit Album Information window see Editing Album Metadata page 7 or the Unalbumize button to dissolve the album and re list its contents in the Loose Files...

Страница 20: ...music to iTunes either as links or as files Exporting links requires no storage on your computer but the music is accessible through iTunes only when the Sooloos system is running Exporting the files...

Страница 21: ...to it If you have iTunes open make sure it is not in the iTunes Store then minimize it before starting the export Begin the export by clicking the Export Music to iTunes Library button on the Sooloos...

Страница 22: ...your computer Begin by clicking the Open Sooloos Volume button on the Export page This will open a Finder window on a Macintosh or a Windows Explorer window in the S drive which is how your Sooloos S...

Страница 23: ...network as well as restore previously backed up data from a hard drive to a Sooloos system Start by clicking the Backup tab which will bring up screen with two buttons Backup Start a backup by clicki...

Страница 24: ...ce you ve finished your selection click the Run Backup button at the window s bottom right to begin copying the files The window will close and the backup will proceed in the background To go back to...

Страница 25: ...are any of those you don t want to restore click on their boxes to uncheck them You may also click unchecked boxes to include items not pre selected but this will result in the backup files overwriti...

Страница 26: ...ate Use the dropdown to adjust the data rate of music sent from the Sooloos system for playback on the computer speakers from 64 to 192 kilobits per second kbps In most cases there will be no reason t...

Страница 27: ...ack to track preventing abrupt volume changes To ensure best sound quality Sooloos applies an intelligent volume adjustment at the start of each album or song rather than compression Click the radio b...

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