Operation
Audio Playback From the Media Library
The DMC 1000’s Media Library makes it easy to store all of your audio content in one place for convenient playback in your main home theater room, in three remote “zones” (if you have set up the DMC 1000 as part of a multizone system), on a device connected to a home network, or any- where else when you transfer the content to portable media.
When you first turn on the DMC 1000, the assumption is that you will most likely want to listen to content stored in your Media Library, and the Main Menu (see Figure 14) is configured that way.
Figure 14 – Main Menu
Press the Enter Button to select the highlighted “Play” option, and the DMC 1000 will offer you a variety of sorting options. Large music collec- tions may be easier to manage when sorted by artist or album. As shown in Figure 14, you may select from one of six possible sorts, or views, of the Media Library.
Cover Art: Displays a mosaic of album covers retrieved by Gracenote MusicID when the DMC 1000 is connected to the Internet. Cover art may be organized alphabetically by name, by artist or in the order added, starting with the most recent additions. As described below, use the M / N /K/LNavigation Buttons to move the “magnifying glass” to the desired album, and press the Enter Button to see the playback options.
Tracks: Displays all tracks individually in alpha- betical order. The tracks may be organized alpha- betically by name, artist, album or in the order added, starting with the most recent additions.
Artists: Displays all artists in alphabetical order. Select an artist and press the Enter Button to view his or her albums.
Albums: Displays all albums in alphabetical order. Select an album and press the Enter Button to display its tracks.
Playlists: Displays all playlists you have pro- grammed.
Genres: Displays your library organized into genres. Select a genre and press the Enter Button to view all artists tagged with that genre.
Navigate to the desired sorting option and press the Enter Button to view the Media Library (see Figure 15).
Figure 15 – Media Library
The Media Library lists the items (in this case, albums) in your collection, with the current selec- tion highlighted by a magnifying bar. The cover art, or an icon if the cover art could not be found, is highlighted. Press the Enter Button to expand the album into a track view.
NOTE: You may have noticed that letters appear above the Numeric Keys on the remote. The DMC 1000 is capable of using alphabetic characters as well as numbers, which allows you to search the Media Library by entering the Numeric Key corre- sponding to the first letter of your selection. Each Numeric Key represents three letters. The first press jumps to the selections beginning with the first letter in the group, and the
Figure 16 – Character-Entry Dialog Box
Use the F / G Navigation Buttons to scroll through the playback options described below. The availability of each of these options and commands depends on how the Media Library is sorted.
•Play Now: The current selection is played immediately, replacing other content in the Play Queue. The Play Queue is a list of content in line to be played. It is saved until the DMC 1000 is powered down to
•Add to Queue: The current selection is added to the end of the Play Queue, and the media currently playing continues until it is finished. The Play Queue may be accessed from the Main Menu.
•Add to Playlist: The current selection is added to a new or existing playlist. A dialog box will pop up, asking you to select from the existing playlists or create a new one (see Figure 17). The DMC 1000 is programmed with several empty playlists named to fit different moods or occasions, including Dance and Dinner. Up to four playlists are shown at a time. The playlists may be accessed from the Main Menu.
Figure 17 – Select a Playlist
•View Artists: Available when the Media Library is sorted by genre, this command dis- plays all artists within the selected genre.
•View Albums: Available when the Media Library is sorted by artist, this command expands the current artist to view all of his or her albums in the library.
•View All Tracks: Expands the current album into a track view.
•Open Playlist: Available when the Media Library is sorted by playlists, this command opens the list.
•Edit Name: Available when the Media Library is sorted by playlists, this command allows you to rename the playlist if you no longer want to use the name selected when the playlist was created.
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