CD storage and playback.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
To ensure trouble free ripping and CD play back, please ensure that your discs are both clean
and scratch free. If not your Encore may take excessive time to rip or not be able to do so at
all.
CDs can be ripped (stored on the Encore internal hard disk drive), or just played.
To play a CD, select “CD Player” from the Main Menu and insert the disc into the Encore. It will start playing the CD
automatically.
If any other screen is chosen, then inserting a CD will automatically start the ripping process. Ripping a CD can take
approximately 10‐12 minutes depending on the length of the CD. Once ripped to the hard disc drive the new
material can take a few minutes to show in the library.
Ripping can occur at the same time as any other operation on the Encore. You are free to listen to music already on
hard disc drive, internet radio or any of the legacy inputs whilst ripping occurs.
When ripping is complete the disc is ejected and the Encore is immediately ready for the next one. There may be a
delay of a few minutes before the new disc appears in the My Music menu, as catalogue information is updated.
The Encore’s default setting is to rip a CD. It will do this whenever a CD is inserted regardless of what else it is
playing at the time. An icon will be displayed when ripping is in progress. For example, you could be listening to
Internet Radio, music from the hard drive, or a selected input and when a CD is inserted it will automatically rip
without interrupting anything. The display will continue showing whatever the Encore is doing and a small icon will
appear to confirm it is ripping at the same time.
Why have we selected cd ripping as the default setting?
The Encore is primarily a storage system with inputs, internet radio and CD playing. We expect that the vast majority
of users will store their computer music and CD collection on the Encore’s hard drive and then access it to play all
their music. Therefore, we think that ripping a CD is likely to be the most important function for the CD drive, hence
it being the default setting.
For more detailed information about your Encore including recent changes, tutorial videos and a complete manual,
please visit
http://encore.musicalfidelity.com
