Yamaha MCX-2000 Using the Timer Playback, Content, Playback, Activate when?, Date, Start, End

Using the Timer Playback

The MCX-2000 lets you program when your favorite music or radio station automatically starts playing — using the timer playback feature. It opens more possibilities to how to use the MCX-2000 and MusicCAST clients in your personal life (or even business). If you’ve programmed a playlist named Wake-up BGM, you can start every morning with songs in that playlist. If you don’t want to miss a radio program, get prepared by registering the radio station at the specified time on the specified date to the timer playback list.

1Select Top Menu > Setup > Timer for the following screen.

Timer playback list screen

2Move the selection (highlight) to a column to specify a program for timer playback, and then press the SELECT button on the remote control.

Timer program list screen

nBecause the MCX-2000 automatically selects and plays a program in the order of specified date and time, you don’t need to care about the list position to register a program.

3Select each parameter below and specify what and when you want to play. During programming, you should note the current date and time indication in the upper right corner of the screen.

1Content, Playback

Select between Radio Preset and Playlist. According to your selection, use the Playback column to specify a radio station from the Presets list (page 60) or a playlist currently stored in the music archive. For Playback, select a target item using a dialog box that appears.

2Activate when?, Date

Specify when you want to play the content specified above. When you select Once, also specify a specific date at the Date column. Other Activate options include Every Day and each day of the week (from Sunday to Saturday) for you to create a ‘daily’ or ‘weekly’ program. The Date column becomes unavailable (-----) when you select other than Once.

nOf course, you cannot ‘backdate’ a timer program. So, if you specify July 1st on July 2nd, the program will start playback in one year later.

3Start, End

Specify when you want to start playing the above program and then stop it. Based on your settings, the playback timer supports up to 24-hour continuous playback (when you set the same time value to both Start and End parameters). If you want to control the playback duration based on the content length (how many songs in the specified playlist, etc.), simply specify “--:--” for the End time. Then the MCX-2000 just triggers playback of the content specified above and removes the program from the program list if it has been specified as Once (one-time playback).

nTime indication is based on the Time Display setting (page 92). If you’re using 12-hour clock, always note the AM or PM display at the End parameter. If you want a one-hour timer playback, say, by specifying 9:00 to 10:00, you need to match AM or PM for both Start and End parameters. Otherwise, you may have a 13-hour continuous playback.

4OK, Cancel, Clear

If you save this program, select OK. Selecting Cancel to abort all changes. Select Clear if you want to delete the current program. In any case, you will return to the timer playback list screen.

nWhile you’re editing (or simply viewing settings) in the timer program list screen, the MCX-2000 doesn’t activate existing timer programs.

4Confirm that a new timer program appears is the list screen. If required, continue creating other programs by repeating steps 2 to 3. You can create up to 10 timer programs for the MCX-2000.

Playback timer is automatically turned on

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