Niles Audio DMS4 manual recording and playing music, the MAIN menu, Output, Set Up, Audio Library

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recording and playing music

This chapter explains how to operate your IntelliControl® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server, including recording CDs onto the hard disk, navigating the Audio Library to select music for playback and organizing your music collection.

the MAIN menu

The main functions of your DMS4 Digital Music Server are accessible via the Main Menu. The Main Menu is the first screen to be displayed when your DMS4 Digital Music Server is switched on.

Alternatively:

•From any screen of the television user interface, press the JMenu key on your DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control

The Main Menu will be displayed:

Output

Select this function to choose which of the available audio outputs you wish to control.

Changing the controlled audio output is explained in greater detail in the section called Switching Audio Outputs on page 24.

Set Up

Select this option to display the Set Up screen. From here you can access the Settings screen, the Look Up Album Details screen and the Media Back Up and Restore feature.

When you select the Set Up option, the following screen is displayed:

Fig. 3-1 DMS4 TV interface main menu screen

The options available from the Main Menu are as follows:

Audio Library

Select this function to display the Audio Library screen. The Audio Library stores all of the music you record on to the hard disk of your DMS4 Digital Music Server.

See page 17 for information regarding the Audio Library and navigation techniques.

CD Tray

Select this function to display the CD Tray screen. The CD Tray function is used to record or play CDs from the CD drive.

See the chapter entitled Recording Music on page 16 for more information about the CD Tray screen.

Now Playing

Select this function to display the Now Playing screen for the currently selected audio output. You can also view this screen by pressing the •Now Playing key on the remote control.

The Now Playing screen is explained in more detail in the section entitled The Now Playing Screen on page 23.

Play Queue

Select the Play Queue option to view the library items queued to play on the currently selected audio output.

For details about using the play queue feature see the section entitled The Play Queue on page 25.

Fig. 3-2 DMS4 TV interface Set-Up menu screen

The following options are available on this screen:

Look Up Album Details

Select this function to display the Look Up Album Details screen. If you have an Internet connection, use this function to retrieve album details from the Internet.

Refer to the section entitled Recording Music, which starts on page 16, for more information about this function.

Network Back Up and Restore

Select this function to display the Network Back Up and Restore screen. This function allows you to back up all of the music in your Audio Library to a selected location.

The section explaining network back up and restore begins on page 40.

Settings

Select this function to display the Settings screen. From here you can view and amend important settings used by your DMS4 Digital Music Server.

For more information refer to the chapter titled System Settings on page 34.

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