Niles Audio manual DMS4 and IntelliControl ICS User Interface Functionality

DMS4 and IntelliControl® ICS User

Interface Functionality

The Master Keys on the IntelliControl® ICS user interface provide “one-touch activation” of the sources on the GXR2 Modular MultiZone Receiver. After a Master Key is pressed and the source starts playing the user is greeted with the Now Playing screen for that source. From this “main screen” the user now has control over the source. With a DMS4 Digital Music Server properly integrated with the GXR2 Modular MultiZone receiver, the user now has at his fingertips the following control;

Advancing the DMS4 to the Next or Previous song in the play queue

Pausing the current song in the queue along with Play

Putting the DMS4 into a Shuffle mode to play the songs in the queue in random order, entering the Menu of the DMS4 where the user can now navigate all of the music on the DMS4

Playing Music from the DMS4 Library using The CONTACT Keypad

Pressing the Menu button the user can search through and play the music based on tracks, artists, albums, playlists, genres, years and eras.

Fig. 6-6 ICS CONTACT interface: accessing the DMS4 music library via the menu

To enter the TRACKS menu just press the TRACKS button. The user is now presented with ALL and the TRACKS from the DMS4 in alphabetical order.

Fig. 6-7 ICS CONTACT interface: accessing the DMS4 tracks menu

If the user wants to play all of the tracks listed he would press and release the ALL button. If music was playing at the time the ALL button was pressed, that music would stop and then music would start playing from the first song of the tracks list (essentially replacing whatever was playing). If the user presses a track listed on the screen, any music that was playing would stop and the chosen track would start playing (essentially replacing whatever was playing).

Press & Hold the All button and all of the listed tracks will be added to the end of the Play Queue of the DMS4. Performing a Press & Hold on any track listed has the same effect of adding that track to the end of the Play Queue.

To enter ALBUMS from the main menu just press the ALBUMS button. The user is now presented with ALL and then all of the albums on the DMS4 in alphabetical order. As in the tracks menu if the user presses the ALL button, all of the ALBUMS will now replace whatever was playing in the Play Queue. A Press

&Hold of the ALL button will add all of the albums on the DMS4 to the end of the Play Queue.

Press and release any album listed on the screen the user will now be presented will all of the tracks on the chosen album.

Fig. 6-8 ICS CONTACT interface: accessing the DMS4 Albums menu

To enter ARTISTS from the main menu just press the ARTISTS button. The user is now presented with ALL and then all of the artists on the DMS4 in alphabetical order. As in the tracks menu if the user presses the ALL button, all of the ARTISTS music will now replace whatever was playing in the Play Queue. A Press

&Hold of the ALL button will add all of the albums from all artists on the DMS4 to the end of the Play Queue.

Press and release any artist listed on the screen the user will now be presented with all of the albums for the chosen artists.

Fig. 6-9 ICS CONTACT interface: accessing the DMS4 Artists menu

To enter the PLAY Q from the main menu just press the

PLAY Q button. The user is now presented with all the selections (individual tracks, full albums and Playlists) that will play from the current Play Q.

Fig. 6-10 ICS CONTACT interface: accessing the DMS4 PLAY Q screen

To enter PLAYLISTS from the main menu just press the PLAYLISTS button. The user is now presented with all of the Playlists on the DMS4 in alphabetical order. Press and release any Playlist listed on the screen the user will now be presented with all of the tracks and albums contained in that Playlist.

Fig. 6-11 ICS CONTACT interface: accessing the DMS4 Playlists menu

To enter GENRES from the main menu just press the GENRES button. The user is now presented with ALL and then a list of all of the Genres on the DMS4 in alphabetical order. As in the tracks menu if the user presses the ALL button, all of the music of that Genre will now replace whatever was playing in the Play Queue. A Press & Hold of the ALL button will add all music from all Genres on the DMS4 to the end of the Play Queue.

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