Yamaha MusicCAST MCX-CA15 Owner's Manual - About This Manual
About this manual
The Owner’s Manual CD-ROM contains PDF files for both the MCX-C15 Owner’s Manual (C15_Manual_E.pdf) and Version
Upgrade Manual Vol. 2 (VersionUp_Manual_E.pdf).
For details about the MCX-C15 features, please refer to the PDF file for the MCX-C15 Owner’s Manual.
This manual describes information on the new features installed when upgrading the MCX-1000 and MCX-A10. Note that
upgrading your MusicCAST system with the Version Upgrade Vol. 2 also adds the features of the Version Upgrade Vol. 1.
Refer to the “Version Upgrade 2” section in this manual for the features relevant to the Version Upgrade Vol. 2 and to the “Ver-
sion Upgrade 1” section for the features relevant to the Version Upgrade Vol. 1.
Table of Contents
Version Upgrade 2
Functions added in Version Upgrade 2 ..............2
Restricting access to functions
(Lock function) ...................................................... 3
To enable/disable locks for specific functions.... 4
To operate locked functions
(password access) .......................................... 5
To change/reset the password........................... 6
Editing library items on a computer
(Browser Edit function) ........................................ 9
Recommended environments ............................ 9
About the Editing library screen ......................... 9
To connect the computer to the MusicCAST
server via a network...................................... 10
To edit a name of a library item ....................... 12
To create a new playlist ................................... 13
To add an item to a playlist .............................. 15
To delete an item from a playlist ...................... 16
To move/copy an item from a playlist to
another playlist.............................................. 17
To change the playback order of an item
within a playlist.............................................. 19
Retrieving album information from the
Gracenote CDDB ................................................. 21
To retrieve/update album information .............. 21
To check the availability of information
for an album .................................................. 23
Creating playlists from bookmarks ................... 24
To create a playlist from MusicCAST server
bookmarks .................................................... 24
To create a playlist from MusicCAST client
bookmarks .................................................... 25
Setting the date and time ................................... 27
To set the date and time automatically
(with the NTP server) .................................... 27
To set the date and time manually................... 28
To switch between 12-hour and 24-hour
formats .......................................................... 29
Resetting specific data or settings.................... 30
To reset song statistics .................................... 30
To reset network settings................................. 33
To reset function key settings .......................... 34
Editing tuner preset names................................ 35
Version Upgrade 1
Functions added in Version Upgrade 1 ............. 2
Recall Play ............................................................ 3
What is “Recall Play”?....................................... 3
Using a MusicCAST client as a destination
component ..................................................... 3
Using the MusicCAST server as a destination
component (Server operation only)................ 6
Broadcast.............................................................. 7
What is “Broadcast”?......................................... 7
Starting Broadcast............................................. 8
Stopping Broadcast........................................... 9
Changing target MusicCAST client settings...... 9
Removing a MusicCAST client from Broadcast
playback (MusicCAST client
operation only) ............................................. 11
Adding a MusicCAST client into currently playing
Broadcast (MusicCAST client
operation only) ............................................. 11
Function keys ..................................................... 12
What are the “function keys”? ......................... 12
Assigning a function to a function key............. 13
Controllable Yamaha AV receivers................... 18
Additional controllable Yamaha AV
receivers ...................................................... 18
Checking the list of controllable Yamaha AV
receivers. ..................................................... 18
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