User manual CAMBRIDGE AUDIO AZUR 640H

[. . . ] azur 640H Music server User's manual 2 ENGLISH Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 End User Licence Agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Technical specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Limited warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Rear panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Front panel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Remote control of matching products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Introduction to AudioFile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Getting started with your 640H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12 Extra features of the 640H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15 Custom installation (C. I. ) use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Product upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Networking your 640H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Setting up IP addresses for your network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PC/PDA control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Album art management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Introduction Thank you for purchasing this Cambridge Audio 640H Music Server. In the last few years hard disk technology and compressed audio formats such as MP3 and AAC have revolutionised the way we listen to and store music. Yet despite these technological advances, so far there hasn't been a solution which combines true audiophile standards of e reproduction with a high capacity storage server in a cost-effective package. This, we hope you'll agree, changes with the launch of the 640H with AudioFileTM ­ a suite of proprietary embedded software developed to manage storage, transfer and playback of music in a real hi-fi environment. [. . . ] Data entry into these menus is available from the remote control, but It is advised to connect a keyboard (USB or PS/2 types can be used) if you wish to enter a large amount of track and/or album names. 1 Playing a CD After you have made all the connections to the 640H and turned the unit on, the first menu screen displayed is the Main Menu. To play a CD, open the CD tray, insert a CD and the CD menu will open automatically (Fig. 2). 2 There is a short delay before you can play the CD whilst the 640H searches for CD details. If there is an internet connection the album title and track names will be displayed. If you are not connected to the internet it will display "CD Album X". Once the CD has loaded it can then be played by pressing the Play button. When loaded, all tracks are automatically selected to be played. To unselect, choose CLEAR ALL and then you can select specific/individual tracks to be played. Network features To get the most from your 640H you can connect it to your PC/Mac and the internet. This will allow you to: · Automatically download album/track details when your rip a CD · Archive and store your music on your PC/Mac · Transfer album cover art onto the 640H · Share music with your PC/Mac · Access to internet radio stations For more information and the latest news on the AudioFile software, a please visit the Cambridge Audio website: www. cambridge-audio. com Storing CDs To copy the CD onto the hard drive of the 640H, select the STORE CD option in the CD menu. From here, the whole album or individual tracks can be stored if desired. Continue to the STORE CD option and select START to begin copying to the hard drive. Alternatively, the Record button on the front panel may be used. Before storing to the hard drive, you may want to choose the file compression format. CD's can also be played as they are ripped onto the 640H's hard drive. The first track will start to play after it has been ripped. 9 Getting started with your 640H continued File compression formats Music being stored on the 640H can be stored in a number of different file formats (Fig. To choose the compression format, go to CD/STORE CD/FORMAT. The default is "Uncompressed", meaning the CD will be copied in it's original format, the recommended highest quality format. Naming CDs If you do not have internet access or are storing "home-made" CDs, the details of these CDs will be need to be entered manually into the 640H. It is advisable to connect a keyboard to the 640H for manual data input, and a list of keyboard shortcuts is provided: Keyboard shortcut F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6, F7 F8 F9 F10 3 [, ] <arrow> keys Enter Home Back space Page Up/Down Insert Pause/Break Function Play Pause Stop Skip backwards one track Skip forward one track No function Mute CD tray open/close INFO/NOW PLAYING screen Fast rewind/fast forward (INFO/NOW PLAYING screen only) Navigation (as on remote control) Select Home (return to main menu) Back Pages up and down in a menu list Shortcut to the LOOK IN menu Shortcut to the RESCAN LOCATION menu The lower the MP3 file format chosen, the more the music is compressed, reducing the file size and allowing more music to be stored on the hard drive (ie from 300 uncompressed songs to 30, 000 compressed songs). Note: The lower the file size, the more the sound quality is effected. Background compression As ripping and compressing music to the hard drive of the 640H can take some time, a `Background compression' feature is available (Fig. 4). When connected to the internet (refer to the `Networking your 640H' section of this manual for more information), the 640H automatically searches for the genre, track, artist and album names for the loaded CD (original CDs only). If the CD is then stored onto the 640H, so are these CD details. When the CDs details are being searched for on the internet, it is possible that more than one set of album details may be returned. [. . . ] For installation instructions and software download links, click on the Azur 640H link at: www. cambridgeaudio. com/support. php 8. After you have entered the correct information, click APPLY to store the settings. This may take a few seconds to take effect: Album art management Album art can be transferred to your 640H from compatible networked sources (e. g PC or Mac). Album art can be found on various websites and copied into your personal computer files as a JPEG/JPG/GIF/BMP file. [. . . ]