Yamaha MCX-2000 setup guide Operating a Client Remotely

Operating a Client Remotely

Once you’ve created a MusicCAST network, each MusicCAST client becomes able to access the MCX-2000 and share most audio sources on the server, including the music archive, FM radio stations and audio signals from external inputs. In fact, each client automatically retrieves the latest catalog of songs, artists, albums, genres and radio stations, and lets you initiate audio streaming by selecting an audio source on the client side (client request).

You can also initiate audio streaming to each client from the server side. Besides the Broadcast feature that streams a single audio source selected on the MCX-2000 to one or more clients at the same time (page 89), you can even issue a client request on the server side—using one of the Client Control functions. It’s another value of the MCX-2000 as the center controller in your MusicCAST network. This section describes how you can manage your MusicCAST clients remotely.

nFor more information on how to stream audio to your clients, based on the client request, see the manual that came with your MusicCAST client.

1Select Top Menu > Client Control for the following screen.

View Play Info: Shows the Play Information screen for the selected client. If the audio source selected on the client is a song from the MCX-2000 music archive, you can further add or remove the bookmark using the Submenu > Bookmark command in the Play Information screen as using the BOOKMARK button on the client remote control.

Playback: Lets you start or stop playback of the audio source currently playing on the selected client.

Timer: Lets you turn on or off the timer playback feature (page 89) on the selected client.

Power: Lets you turn on or off the selected client, or change its power mode. If you select Sleep, the client enters sleep mode showing “Remote Sleep” (forced sleep mode by the MCX-2000 operation). You can awake the client by pressing its controller button if it’s not locked (see Lock).

Lock: Use this to prevent operations on the selected client. With ON, the client only accepts volume control with the VOL –/+ and MUTE buttons, time display (when the MENU button is double clicked for the current time) and stop playback of what’s being played (you cannot resume playback). This function is useful if your client is in a public place.

Client list screen

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Edit Client title: Lets you edit the selected client’s name using the character palette or a PS/2 keyboard connected to the MCX-2000 (page 75). Read the following note.

Receive PCM Stream: Lets you specify whether the selected client prioritizes PCM song data for playback of archived songs. With ON, the MCX-2000 streams PCM data for the selected archived song to the client. However, PCM songs can simultaneously be streamed to up to 3 clients—3 wired clients, or 2 wired clients plus a single wireless client. So, even if you’ve enabled this parameter for two or more wireless clients, the MCX-2000 will stream songs in MP3 format to the second and following wired clients.

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This client list screen lets you view the current status of each registered client. While checking each client status, you can remotely control general client activities using the Submenu commands in this screen. Move the selection (highlight) to one of registered clients, and select a Submenu command you want to use:

Recall Play: Makes the selected client start ‘continued’ playback of a song currently playing on the MCX-2000 server or another client specified in a dialog box (page 90).

Control all Clients: Provides options to control all clients at a time—starting or stopping playback of the audio source currently selected at each client, as well as enabling or disabling the timer playback feature on each client (page 89).

nIf you arrange the client list using the Change Client order command from the Submenu in the Manual Configuration screen (page 43), client names you specified with the above Edit Client title command will be reset to the default (Client #).

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