Operation Manual

Playing back songs
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The MusicCAST system stores its music data as
follows:
You can play songs stored in the MusicCAST
server by :
• Selecting a specific artist
• Selecting a specific album
• Selecting a genre
• Letting your MusicCAST client playback a
random selection of songs
• Selecting a pre-chosen list of songs (a playlist) to
listen to
• Playing songs from a bookmarked location on
your MusicCAST server
Music playback on the MusicCAST client
The MusicCAST client can playback music stored in a MusicCAST server over a wired or wireless
network. Two kinds of files are available for playback: MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3), and PCM (Pulse
Code Modulation). PCM files give better sound quality, but can only be played back on one MusicCAST
client at a time. On some screens the MusicCAST client may display a “
*
” beside some song names. The
songs are not available for playback unless you have specifically designated your MusicCAST server to
distribute PCM files to this MusicCAST client. See page 125 in the MCX-1000 owner’s manual.
■ Playback groups
The selection criteria you use to choose a song for
playback also defines the playback group. For
example, selecting an album from the Album menu
for playback sets album as the playback group and
plays back all songs in the album. Playback
continues in the order the songs are registered, or in
alphabetical order depending on the playback group
setting. Playback group also defines the limits
within which the Random Playback, Repeat
Playback, and Song Skip functions operate.
Use GROUP+ to skip to the next item (for example,
“Album” in the playback group, or GROUP– to
skip to the previous item.
Note
• Sometimes GROUP– and GROUP+ appear to
have no effect on the MusicCAST client. This is
because there are no more items registered to the
playback group. For example, pressing GROUP+
when the playback group is “albums of artist” and
no other albums are registered to the artist has no
effect on the MusicCAST client.
Albums
Song 1
Song 2
Song 3
Song 4
.
.
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Artists Genres
can have
many
has only 1
has only 1
can have
many
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