Niles Audio DMS4 IntellicONTROL ICS Wall-Mounted iREMOTE interfaceS, User Interface Descriptions

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IntellicONTROL® ICS Wall-Mounted

&iREMOTE® interfaceS

The IntelliControl® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server can be controlled via the IntelliControl® ICS user interfaces. Refer to Figure 2-2 on page 14 for the system integration and wiring. The IntelliControl® ICS wall-mount and iREMOTE® user interfaces share some common features detailed in Fig. 6-1.

Master Keys

Previous & Next Track Buttons

Fig. 6-1 Common Features for all IntelliControl® User Interfaces

User Interface Descriptions

The Master Keys are labeled for the sources and allow the user to change what is being listened to in that zone. For the examples in this section one of the Master Keys will be labeled DMS4 and allow the user to choose to listen to one of the streams of music coming from the DMS4 Digital Music Server. The PREV & NEXT buttons allow the user to skip to the previous or next song in the play queue of the DMS4. All of the user interface controls have VOLUME UP, VOLUME DOWN and MUTE which allow the user to adjust the volume level of the loud speakers in the room where the control is.

The SINGLE, DISPLAY and CONTACT are wall-mounted keypads. The iREMOTE® is a wireless remote control that can be taken throughout the house to control the IntelliControl® ICS multi-zone system.

NOTE: The CONTACT TT is a CONTACT Keypad in a tabletop caddy. All references to CONTACT include CONTACT TT.

The DISPLAY, CONTACT keypads and iREMOTE® have a visible feedback area, which will provide the user information (metadata) from the IntelliControl® ICS DMS4. This metadata is the artist, album and song title information contained in the music stored on the DMS4 Digital Music Server. This metadata information also allows the user to navigate their way through all of the music stored on the DMS4. The following sections detail how the user should use the metadata on these control interfaces to navigate and control the DMS4 Digital Music Server.

Fig. 6-2a Now Playing screen on user interfaces

Fig. 6-2b Close-up of the Now Playing screen on user interfaces

The DISPLAY and iREMOTE® interface controls are virtually identical in their functionality. Both interface controls have Menu navigation controls, alphanumeric buttons and soft keys (as shown in Fig. 6-3) that allow the user to “move” through the menu screens for control over the DMS4.

Soft Keys

Alphanumeric Keys

Menu Navigation

Fig. 6-3 User interface navigation on the DISPLAY and iREMOTE®

The Menu Navigation buttons are the UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT and SELECT, and these buttons are used to cycle through a list of choices in the display area.

The Alphanumeric buttons are laid out like a cell-phone and are used for music search features on the DMS4. The soft keys are buttons just below the LCD screen and change their functionality based on what DMS4 menu the user is on.

Soft Keys Alphanumeric Keys Menu Navigation

Fig. 6-4 ICS DISPLAY & iREMOTE® interface: close up of control display, alphanumeric and navigation keys

The CONTACT keypad has the same areas of control for the DMS4, however it is a touch screen interface, so instead of pressing hard buttons the user will touch the screen for some of the control features. When the CONTACT keypad shows a list of choices, the user does not have to use an UP or DOWN hard buttons, he just touches the screen of his choice.

Fig. 6-5 ICS CONTACT soft keys and touch screen interface

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