Niles Audio DMS4 Recording Music, Recording from a CD, Listening to Music While Recording a CD

Recording Music

Your IntelliControl® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server can make new recordings onto the hard disk by recording music directly from an audio CD placed in the CD tray.

Your DMS4 Digital Music Server can access the Internet to automatically retrieve information about the CD. This information includes the album name, artist name, track names and music genre from the Gracenote Music Recognition Service and an album cover illustration from the XiVA on-line service.

Recording from a CD

•Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the front panel to open the CD tray

•Place a CD in the tray

•Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the front panel again to close the CD tray

Your DMS4 Digital Music Server will now automatically attempt to retrieve information about the CD from the Gracenote Music Recognition Service.

If you do not have an Internet connection, or the CD is not listed in the database, it will be given names such as Album 35, Artist 21, and Track 1, Track 2 etc. and it will be classified in genre Unclassified. Accurate album information can be entered manually at a later date using the Edit Album Details screen (see Editing the Audio Library on page 27).

•Press the JMenu key on your DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control to display the Main Menu

•Use the U or V keys to select the CD Tray option

•Press the OSelect key

The CD Tray screen will display the contents of the CD:

Fig. 3-3 DMS4 TV interface CD Track screen

•Press the MRecord key

Depending on the configuration of your DMS4 Digital Music Server, you may now be presented with the Recording Quality options. By default, the Quick Record set up option is set to enabled and the recording quality will be determined by the Default Recording Quality set up option. If you have set the Quick Record option to disabled, you will be asked to choose the recording quality each time you record a CD.

•Use the U or V keys to choose either Uncompressed WAV, or one of the MP3 or WMA compression options

Note: The higher quality options use more space on your DMS4 Digital Music Server hard disk, so you will not be able to record as many CDs. The amount of recording time left is displayed at the bottom of the screen as you scroll the compression options when recording a CD.

•Press the OSelect key to begin recording

The CD Recording screen, with progress indicator will be displayed:

Fig. 3-4 DMS4 TV interface CD Recording screen

Once recording is complete the new album will appear in the Audio Library.

•Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to remove the disc

If you have selected a recording quality using one of the MP3 or WMA compression settings, the compression process will begin immediately.

If there is no Internet connection present at the time of recording a CD, you can use Look Up Album Details from the Main Menu to retrieve any missing album details from the Internet.

•Press the JMenu key to display the Main Menu

•Use the U or V keys and press the OSelect key to display the Set Up screen

•Use the U or V keys again to select the Look Up Album Details option

•Press the MStart key to begin

Listening to Music While Recording a CD

You can play music from the Audio Library while you are recording a CD.

•If you are already playing music from the Audio Library press the •Now Playing key to return to displaying information about the track you are playing

•If you are not already playing music from the Audio Library or wish to change the music you are listening to, press the àLibrary key on the DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control and select music as normal

At any time you can return to see the progress of your recording by selecting CD Tray from the Main Menu.

Playing a CD

Your DMS4 Digital Music Server can play a CD directly from the CD tray without first recording it to the hard disk.

•Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the front panel to open the CD tray

•Place a CD in the tray

•Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the front panel again to close the CD tray

•Press the JMenu key on your DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control to display the Main Menu

•Use the U or V keys to select the CD Drive option

•Press the OSelect key

•Press the OPlay key

Note: You cannot record a CD while playing from the CD tray.

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