3 Output Audio Server - Coming Soon

3 Output Audio Server
Installation and User Guide
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1.2
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2. Server installation guide
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Description of rear panel connections
Description of front panel connections
Description of remote control handset keys
Installing the server
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Initial settings
3.1
3.2
IP address and connection to a Local Area Network (LAN)
Using a web browser on a PC or MAC to apply further settings
4.
Transferring Music
4.1
4.2
4.3
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Browsing to the music folder and transferring music
Ripping CD’s from a PC or MAC and storing them on the server
Using music from a USB hard drive
5. Playing back music from the server
5.1 Using a web browser
5.1.1 Selecting the right audio output
5.1.2
Browsing music
5.1.3
Playing music
5.2 Using a Systemline Colour Touch Screen
5.2.1 Selecting the audio output
5.2.2
Browsing music
5.3 Using the server front screen
5.4 Using Windows Media Player or iTunes
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6. Creating and using ‘Users’ 17
6.1
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Adding ‘Users’
Tagging music to users
7. Creating and using ‘Playlists’
Table of Contents
1. Controls and Connections 18
8. Editing track, artist, album or genre name 18
9. Deleting music from the server
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10.Supported audio file formats and
database Creation
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10.1 MP3 (.mp3) files
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10.2 WAV (.wav), WMA (.wma), MP4 (.aac .m4a), Wavepack (…),Flac (…) files 19
11.Updating software on the server
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Appendix 1.0
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Appendix 2.0
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Product Specification
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1. Controls and Connections
1.Controls and Connections
Server rear panel connections
1.1 Description of Rear Panel Connections
1. Mains Switch – use this to power the unit on for the first time and to power it off when it will not
be used for an extended period.
2. Mains Inlet – connect the supplied IEC mains lead for your country to this socket. Please read
the warnings at the front of this guide for safety information on mains connections.
3. RS232 Port – for the connection of third party control devices, e.g Systemnet Hub, Systemline
S6.2.
4. USB 2.0/1.1 – connect USB compatible devices here, e.g USB Hard Drive where additional
music is stored.
5. Ethernet Port – for connection to a network, this is required to operate the server using a web
browsing device such as a PC or Mobile device.
6. Infra-red Input – connect a modulated IR input from S6.2 or a AM8 hub here.
7, 8, 9. Analogue Audio Outputs - Three discrete stereo audio output channels are provided. They
can each be used to connect to the line level input of Systemline Modular or Systemline S6.2. In
any case use standard RCA connectors and cables to make the connections.
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1.2 Description of Front Panel Connections
1. USB Port – for your convenience a front mounted USB 1.1/2.0 compatible connection is
provided. Connect USB compatible devices here, e.g USB Hard Drive where additional music is
stored.
2. Home Key – returns the user interface to the top-level menu from anywhere within the menu
browsing structure. Useful if you get lost.
3. Cursor Keys - these allow full navigation of the user interface with familiar up, down, left, right
and select (OK) functionality.
4. Skip Forward Key – press to advance to the next track in the play list.
5. Skip Back Key – press to return to the previous track in the play list.
1. Controls and Connections
Server front panel connections
6. Stop Key – press to stop the currently playing track and return to the first track of the play
queue.
7. Play/Pause Key – always plays or pauses the currently selected track.
8. LCD Display – a 4 line, 16 character display that enables the user to navigate the user interface.
9. IR Receiver Window – IR commands from the Server handset are received at this point. If using
an IR re-transmission system such as a MIM4 or IRM module (Systemline Modular), affix window
emitters here.
10. Power Key – when off or in standby (red LED showing) the unit can be powered up with a
single short press. When ON, (green LED showing), the unit can be turned off with a single short
press.
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Not Used
1. Controls and Connections
Not Used
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Remote Control
1.3 Description of Remote Control Handset Keys
1. 1-9, 0 - These will directly select a track on the current play queue.
2.
- Turns random and repeat on and off.
3.
- This selects all IR codes to control output 1.
4.
- This selects all IR codes to control output 2.
5.
- This selects all IR codes to control output 3.
6.
- This will send a ‘Playlist’ command, this should be followed by a number to select a
particular playlist to play.
7.
8.
9.
, OK - These navigate around the menu structure on the front display.
BACK
- This will send the menu back one step on the display.
- This will send the menu screen back to the home page, showing the status of all
three outputs.
10.
- This will play music from the current play queue position.
11.
- This will stop the current play queue and return it to track 1.
12.
- This will pause the currently playing music.
13.
- This will skip forward one track.
14.
- This will skip back to the start of the current track if pressed after 3 seconds from
the start of the track. If pressed within three seconds it will skip back to the previous track.
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2.1 Installing the Server
You must connect a null modem (supplied with S6.2 and Modular Advanced six port hub) to one of
the configurable serial ports. You then connect up to three phono to phono stereo audio cables to
the audio system and connect an Ethernet patch cable to the house network router. This Ethernet
connection will allow use of PC’s with web browsers to manage and browse the music library as well
as allow other 3rd party control devices such as an iPad running DemoPad software to control the
server.
2. Systemline Audio Server Installation Guide
2. Systemline Audio Server Installation Guide
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3. Initial Settings
3. Initial Settings
There are some initial settings which you should apply in order to operate your
Systemline Server easily.
3.1 IP address and connection to a Local Area Network (LAN)
It is essential that you connect the server to a LAN which contains a DHCP server, this is found
in most domestic broadband routers and automatically allocates network devices an IP address
when they connect. Connect your server to the network using a standard Ethernet patch cable,
Select Setup
Select IP Address Setting
Note down IP Address
Server display
you should find that the status LED’s on the
socket illuminate.
You can find out the servers IP address by
navigating to the settings menu and selecting
IP Address Settings on the front panel display
and using the menu buttons as shown below.
Make a note of the IP address, as you will need
it when using a web browser on a PC or mobile
device. This IP address has been given out
by the DHCP server running on the router and
may change, we advise you to give it a fixed
IP address by setting one in the web interface.
You can set the server back to DHCP here
as well as set back to default settings which
disable DHCP mode.
3.2 Using a web browser on a PC or MAC to apply further settings
Once you have the IP address of the server as outlined above, you can open up an internet
browser of you choice on a PC or MAC which is connected to the same network and browse to
the web server on the audio server. Open the audios servers web page by typing the IP address
into a browser of your choice, as shown below for 192.168.1.11.
Opening page of the web interface
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3. Initial Settings
You should find that a web page appears, you can now apply other settings via this interface by
pressing the spanner button next to the three zone buttons on the left.
The configuration page on the web interface
The host name is the friendly name of the server on your network which will allow you to use a
standard file browser to add music or delete music files. It does not come with a set hostname.
You can set a name of your choice by simply typing in the name and press ‘Save’. Section 4
explains how to transfer music and manage files on the server using this host name.
The Domain name is set by the router on your network and should not be changed. Most domestic
networks will have this set to ‘localnet’
The IP address will be initially set by the router using DHCP. You can change this to a fixed IP
address to ensure that you can always connect to it using a web browsing device. You must know
the fixed IP address range from the router, you can do this by connecting to the routers web server
and looking at the IP address range settings, or contact the network administrator who will give
you a fixed IP address.
You must change the DHCP enabled settings from Yes (default) to No, and then enter the IP
address in the box as well as subnet mask, gateway and DNS settings. Check that all the numbers
entered are correct first and then press ‘Save’ to apply these settings, it may be necessary to
reconnect the browser to the new IP addresses.
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4. Transferring Music
4. Transferring Music
4.1 Browsing to the music folder and transferring music
If you have a digital music library on a PC, NAS or USB drive you can transfer this onto the audio
server by copying it across the LAN using your PC. You can open up a file browser such as ‘My
Computer’ and type in \\hostname\music (using the host name that you have added in section
3.2), in our example it will be \\systemline\music
and press return.
Accessing the server music folder
Alternatively you can also type \\IP address\
music where you insert the IP address of the
server such as \\192.168.1.13\music. This
will open up the music folder on the server.
Simply copy and paste, or drag music folders
containing, music files into this folder. The server
will scan music as it is added and then add them
to the database for you to play. In the picture
below the host name is systemline which has
been added in the configuration window of the
web interface. You may be asked for a password,
simply type in guest and press OK.
4.2 Ripping CD’s from a PC or MAC and storing them on the server
There are many software applications which
Rip CD’s and store the content in various
formats in a set location. The most popular
programs to use are Windows Media Player
and iTunes. The audio server is a network
server which can be used to store your CD’s, it
is possible to set the Rip software to store the
CD in the audio server music folder rather than
the default location of the PC C drive.
You can do this by using the IP address, host
name, or by mapping the servers music folder
as a network drive.
Appendix 1.0 and 2.0 show how this can be
done for Windows Media Player and iTunes
using a Windows XP machine. This is intended
as a guide as other operating systems are
available and do change from time to time.
Copying music from your library into the server
4.3 Using music from a USB hard drive
If you already have music stored on a FAT32 formatted USB hard drive then you can plug this into
any of the USB slots on the server. It will scan the music on the USB drive and identify files that it
can play. It will use ID3 tags on MP3 files to add artist, album, track and genre; it will use the folder
location for all other compatible audio files.
It will take a moment or so for the server to scan all the files and add them to its database, the time
depends on the number of tracks on the USB drive. Once complete the server will allow you to
browse this music as part of the main database and play it, and also add tracks to playlists.
If you remove the USB drive then all music on the drive will be removed from the database and you
will no longer be able to browse and play music from it.
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Once you have set up the servers IP address, and transferred music into the server you can play
music using a Systemline colour touch screen, web browsing device or from the front panel. You
can only play playlists from the front panel, including an all music playlist.
5.1 Using a web browser
Open up a web browser on your PC, the server supports the following:
Internet Explorer 8.0 + 9.0
Google Chrome
Opera
Safari
Firefox
Type the IP address of the server into the browsers search tab. You should be presented with the
opening page of the servers web interface.
5.1.1 Selecting the audio output
The server has three audio outputs available for you to play music; you select which output by
pressing one of the three output buttons as shown below. The current output selected is in grey,
selected music will play through this output.
Audio output option
5.1.2 Browsing music
There are a number of ways in which you can browse the music library and select some music.
You can type in a word to search all categories, you can browse music genres first, and you can
browse artists, albums and playlists.
You can search for a particular music track, album or artist by entering the text into the text filter.
The server will then present you with any tracks having this word in track name, album or artist. I
have typed ‘beatles’ as an example.
Search listing
5. Playing back music from the server
5. Playing back music from the server
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5. Playing back music from the server
You can browse through available genres by pressing the genre filter, these are then listed
alphabetically. You can play all music on a particular genre by pressing the green play symbol
shown next to each genre as shown below.
This will stop what is currently playing and play all
music that that particular genre on the output that is
currently selected.
Genres
If you press a particular genre you will then
be presented with all tracks having this genre
alphabetically. If you simply want to see artists within
this genre press the artist filter, and they are then
listed. You can then go one step further by pressing
an artist and then press album filter. You will then
be presented with albums by the selected artist,
all having the selected genre. The example below
started with a selection of ‘Metal’ as a genre, ‘Black
Sabbath’ as an artist and then the list of available
albums.
You can cancel the filter objects by simply pressing the red cross button.
You can browse through the entire list of Artists by pressing artist filter, these are then listed
alphabetically. Press the next button at the bottom of the page to view the next list of artists. You
can play all music on an artist by pressing the green play now symbol.
You can browse the entire list of albums by pressing the album filter, these are then listed alphabetically and
you can press the next button to view the next page. You can play the album by simply pressing the green
play now symbol.
Filtering genre and artist
5.1.3 Playing music
Once you have browsed to music you wish to play, simply click over a track, album or artist and
you will be presented with an option window, in this example I will click over ‘Beatles, The’. The
server gives you a choice of what to do in a new window.
Selection options
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You can also play any genre, artist, album or playlist by pressing the
green play symbol next to each entry (software 1.8.0 or higher).
Once you are playing music you can skip track forwards or backwards
or pause the music using the transport keys in the now playing section
at the bottom left of the screen as shown. You can also select shuffle
and repeat modes from this section.
Transport section
5.2 Using a Systemline Colour Touch Screen
You can browse and play music using a Systemline colour touch screen which must be configured to
operate one or more of the servers audio outputs, refer to the S6.2 installation manual to do this.
5.2.1 Selecting the audio output
Press the home page on the touch screen and you will be presented with all the main sources,
each of the outputs will be shown as a separate source and should be labeled. Press the server
output that you wish to use and continue to browse music.
5.2.2 Browsing Music
Press the ‘Select Music’ button from the now playing page if you were not presented with the
browsing screen straight away. If the server was already playing music, then the now playing
screen is shown when you select the source.
You can browse by ‘Genre’, ‘Artist’, ‘Album’ or ‘Playlist’, simply press one of the buttons to browse
by the category you wish.
If you browse by genre, you will be presented with an alphabetical list as shown below.
Keypad browsing screen
5. Playing back music from the server
If you wish to play all music from this artist then press ‘Play now’, this will load all tacks by the
Beatles into the play queue and start playing the first track. If you are currently playing music and
wish to add this selection to the queue, then press ‘Add to play queue’. The current music will
continue to play, but the new selection will continue the music afterwards.
You can view what tracks are in the play queue by pressing over the
output symbol. The current track playing is highlighted in green.
You can simply scroll down the list by pressing the down button, or press ‘A-Z’ to select the
starting letter of a particular genre of your choice. If you select a genre, you will then be presented
with an alphabetical list of artists. If you select an artist you will be presented with an alphabetical
list of albums, selecting an album will then clear the current play queue and play it. If you press
and hold a genre, you will clear the current play queue and the server will play all tracks by all
artists with that particular genre.
If you browse by ‘Artists’ you will be presented with an alphabetical list of artists. You can scroll
down the list by pressing the arrow buttons, or press ‘A-Z’ and the starting letter of a particular
artist. Pressing the desired artist will then give you an alphabetical list of albums from that artist.
Press an album to clear the current play queue and play the album. If you press and hold the artist
of your choice then the server will clear the play queue and play all tracks from that artist from all
albums.
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5. Playing back music from the server
If you browse ‘Albums’ you will be presented with an alphabetical list of albums.
You can scroll down the list, or press ‘A-Z’ to enter the starting letter of an album. Pressing the
album will clear the current play queue and start playing the album of your choice.
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If you browse ‘Playlists’ you will be presented with an alphabetical list of playlists which have been
created using a web browser. You can scroll down this list or press A-Z to enter the starting letter
of a particular playlist. Pressing a playlist will clear the current play queue and start playing the
playlist.
Once you have selected music to play you will be presented with the now playing screen where
cover art (if available) will upload a few seconds after the track information. You can pause and
skip track from this screen as well as enable shuffle and repeat modes. Press ‘Select Music’ to
browse a new music selection.
Keypad now playing screen
5.3 Using the server front screen
You can select a playlist on any output using the front display. Press the home page and then
highlight one of the outputs and press OK.
Press OK again, and you will see a list of Playlists. If no playlists have been created then only ‘All
Music’ will be shown. Use the up and down arrows to select a playlist and press OK. The playlist
will start playing on the selected output and the screen will show the track, album and artist
currently playing.
It is only possible to play playlists from the front panel.
5.4 Using Windows Media Player or iTunes
It is possible to stream music from the server to a machine running Windows Media Player or
iTunes. You can do this by browsing to the music folder of the server and then selecting a music
track or album that you want to play. Alternatively you can add the music stored on the server to
the Windows Media Player or iTunes library outlined in section 4.2 and 4.3. Once you have done
this simply play music directly from the application.
The server can store specific users and allow you to tag music to each user. In this way a person
or user can browse only the music that they like, and not be presented with the entire library. As
soon as a user is added, the opening page of the touch screens will show all available users, or to
browse the entire library. If a user is chosen, then only music tagged to that user will be presented,
otherwise browsing music is the same as before.
6.1 Adding ‘Users’
Users can only be added to the server using the web
interface. Firstly select ‘User Filter’ and then ‘+ Add
Users’. You can then enter a name for the user as
shown.
You will also need to add a User number, unique to
each one for it to work with Systemline colour touch
screens. Allocate a number for each and take a note
of this, as you will have to enter this number in the
SystemNet application software for each user you wish
to appear on the touch screens.
You can add up to 8 users
6.2 Tagging music to users
You must tag music to each user so that the server knows what to display when browsing. You can
tag a track, artist or album to a user, you will get the option to add music to a user when you select
it from the browsing screen as shown below.
Tagging music to user
6. Creating and using ‘Users’
6. Creating and using ‘Users’
Once you have added music to a user, it will be available to browse when that user is selected and
all non tagged music will be omitted.
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7. Creating and using ‘Playlists’
8. Editing track, artist, album or genre name
7. Creating and using ‘Playlists’
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You can create playlists using the web browser, and playback using the touch screen keypads or
web browser. Using a full size web browser simply press ‘Playlists’ followed by ‘+ Add Playlists’
and enter a name for your playlist in the window. Then browse to music of your choice and when
you select a track, artist or album select ‘Add to playlist’ and chose the playlist that you wish to
add the music to. You can see what is in the playlist by simply selecting it in the playlist section.
Once you have created a playlist you can play this from the web interface by pressing ‘Playlists’
and then press the green play symbol next to the playlist of your choice. If you are using a
Systemline touch screen, press ‘Select Music’ followed by ‘Playlists’, they are then presented
alphabetically. Press the desired playlist and it will stop and clear the current play queue and play
the selected playlist.
8. Editing track, artist, album or genre name
You can change the name of a track, artist or album as it appears on the web interface or touch
screen by pressing the pencil icon next to the entry on the web interface. This will bring up a
window allowing you to enter a new name. This will not make a permanent change to the file itself
but only to the database on the server.
You can edit the id3 tag of mp3 files to make a permanent change. To do this you must browse
to the file you wish to change and then right click over the file and select ‘proporties’ and then
‘Summery’, you will be presented with a window showing the id3 tag information. You can make a
change and press OK.
Editing the id3 tag for mp3 files
You can delete music from the serer by browsing to the music folder and the files that you wish to
delete and deleting them. The server will discover that you have deleted them within a couple of
minutes and remove them from the database. Until this happens it will be possible to continue to
browse the deleted music and attempt to play them.
10. Supported audio file formats and database creation
The audio server will play many types of audio files listed below.
Uncompressed WAV @ 44.1kHz / 16bit 48kHz / 16bit
Windows Media Audio 9 (.wma) 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192 kbs
MPEG-1 Layer 3 (.mp3) 48. 96, 128, 192, 320 kbs
MPEG-4 Audio Layer (.m4a)
Wavepack
Flac
The music library that you browse through on the web interface or touch screens is based on the
information from each file, or the folder location of the file, depending on what type of file it is.
10.1 MP3 (.mp3) files
The audio library is presented on the web interface or touch screen from the information available
from the audio file itself if it is a mp3 format. mp3 files include data tagging called ‘id3 tags’. This
information is used by the server to create the database library on all .mp3 files. The server will
always show id3 tagging information for all mp3 files, so this information must be correct. If you rip
a CD using Windows media player, then the id3 tag will be created for you using information about
the CD available on the internet.
It is possible to edit the id3 tag information by browsing to the file using a file browsing window as
described in section 8.
10.2 WAV (.wav), WMA (.wma), MP4 (.m4a), Wavepack (.wv),Flac (.flac) files
The server will look at the folder location of the file to determine the artist and album information
and will use the file name itself for the track information. There is no identification for genre.
9. Deleting music from the server
10. Supported audio file formats and database creation
9. Deleting music from the server
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11. Updating software on the server
11. Updating software on the server
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New software will be released from time to time to enable new features. The software will be
issued as an upgrade file which must be copied into the music folder of the server. The server
must then be rebooted from the front pane, it will boot up and see the upgrade file and continue to
upgrade the software. Once complete it will finish the boot up sequence and the new version can
be verified by pressing the spanner button on the web interface.
The server music folder
Ripping CD’s from a windows XP PC and storing on the server using
Windows Media Player.
You can set Windows Media Player to Rip a CD and store it in the server. You can do this by
selecting the Rip tab at the top and then selecting ‘More options’. If you select the Rip Music tab
you will see that you can select a new location to Rip music. Press change, and then you can type
in the host name of the server back slash music, as shown below for our example where the host
name is ‘systemline’.
Appendix 1.0
Appendix 1.0
Media player Rip location
You should also set the Rip settings format as mp3, this is recommended to get the best out of the
server as it uses id3 tags that are embedded in mp3 files to obtain artist, album, track and genre
information, see section 8 for more details. You should also set the audio quality so that you get
the best sound, or the most storage, 320 Kbps is recommended.
Media player format settings
From now on, any CD that you rip using windows media player will automatically be stored on the
Systemline Audio Server. This will see the new music being added, and will automatically add it to
its database for you to browse and play. You will also find that ripping CD’s using Media Player will
also place cover art in the folder location where the audio server will be able to display it on the
web server and touch screen.
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Appendix 1.0
Managing the Windows Media Player Library
You can point Windows Media Player to the server to access all the music, rather than just music
in the My Music folder. To do this select Library at the top followed by Add to Library, then highlight
the Rip folder that you have added in the previous section and press ‘Add’ as shown.
Importing media location
The Media player will then scan the Systemline music folder and add all contents that it can play to
the library, allowing you to select it and play.
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Ripping CD’s from a PC and storing on the server using iTunes
iTunes can rip a CD and add it to the iTunes library. The iTunes Media folder location has a default
location on the PC, usually in:
C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music
Firstly you will need to change this so that iTunes stores the Riped CD onto the Systemline sever
rather than the PC or MAC. You can add the servers music folder as a network location drive
(shortcut) which can then be selected in the iTunes preferences window, To do this open up
‘Computer’ or ‘My computer’ as a file browser. In the ‘Tools’ tab select ‘Map Network Drive’ as
shown below.
Mapping the server
Appendix 2.0
Appendix 2.0
You can then select a network drive letter of your choice that is not being used, Y in our example
below. You then type in the music folder location as you did in section 4.1, \\systemline\music in
our example.
Selecting a network drive
Once this is done you can then point iTunes to this network location, this is done by selecting the
Edit tab and then preferences which opens up a window. You then need to select ‘Advanced’ and
change the iTunes media folder location to the new mapped network drive as shown.
Locating itunes on the server
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Appendix 2.0
All new music purchased from iTunes or ripped from a CD using iTunes will now be stored in
this location on the server which will scan this and add the music to its database for you to play.
Unfortunately iTunes will not add a separate cover art file in the folder that it creates for the new
music which the server will need to display it on the web interface or touch screens. You must add
this file in separately if you wish to have the cover art displayed. This is done by copying the .jpg
image of the cover art into the album folder and naming it ‘fiolder’ as shown below.
Adding cover art
The Systemline Audio Server will play .aac (.mp4) files, which is the default file type that iTunes
will use to rip CD’s. However, the audio server does not recognize the tagging information such as
artist and album information on .aac so it looks at the folder location of the file instead see section
8. We recommend you rip CD’s to .mp3 format where all tagging information is recognized by the
server including genre, you can change iTunes to use this format by selecting the Edit tab and
‘Preferences’. You can then select the ‘Import Settings’ in the middle and select .mp3 and the bit
rate of your choice as shown below.
Selecting mp3 encoder
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There are a couple of scenarios that a PC or MAC with iTunes may want to use the music library.
1) Store all the music on the Systemline server and point the iTunes library to this location.
2) Store music on the server as well as the PC or MAC.
In case 1 the music is only available if the machine running iTunes is connected to the network
and can see the Systemline server. If the machine is taken out of the building or network then
it cannot access the stored music. In this case all music is stored on a dedicated server and
always available for all to use with the Systemline multiroom system. If the machine is connected
then any iPod or iPhone can synchronize music from the server.
In case 2 all or part of the music library is duplicated so the machine running iTunes has music
stored on it as well as the Systemline server. In this case if the machine is taken out of the
building it carries music with it. This is more complicated and time consuming to set up as iTunes
will only copy music from a CD or iTunes to one location (usually the server), and the user will
then need to copy the music into a folder on the machine separately.
Appendix 2.0
Managing the iTunes library
1) You will firstly need to copy the current iTunes library onto the server using the method
described in section 4.1, this will store all the music on the Systemline server and allow it to
browse and play it all. You will have to add album cover art into each album folder manually for
it to be displayed on the Systemline touch screens or web interface. Once done and tested you
can delete the music on the original machine if you wish. You will then need to remove this music
from the iTunes database as it is now stored in a new location. You can highlight all the music
tracks in iTunes and press ‘Delete’, this will not delete the files (you may have already done this)
but remove them from the library database. Next you will need to add the Systemline server
as a new location by selecting ‘File’ and ‘Add folder to library’, here you will need to select the
mapped network drive of the server. iTunes will then scan this and add the music back into its
library, this may take some time depending on the size of the libray.
2) In this case you can copy the entire iTunes library from the host machine onto the server but
retain all the files. If you have completed the process of selecting the new location for the media
folder (where new music will be stored), the user will have to copy new music from the server
back onto the host machine manually. This will result in the existing library and new music being
stored onto the server for all to enjoy, but the host machine retaining the library for it to use
separately if needed.
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Product Specification
Product Specification
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Power Supply: 100-250V 50/60Hz
LAN: 10/ 100 Base T Ethernet PHY
USB: USB ver2.0/1.1 (3 ports)
Back Panel I/O Ports: RJ-45 LAN Port, 2 USB Ports, IR Input
Stereo Analog Out RCA x 3
Hard Drive: 320GB
D/A Converter: AKM
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz +/- 1dB (PCM)
THD+N: <0.003% @1kHz 0dB (PCM)
S/N Ratio: >98dB (PCM)
Playback Formats: Uncompressed WAV @ 44.1kHz / 16bit 48kHz / 16bit
Windows Media Audio 9 (.wma) 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192 kbps VBR
MPEG-1 Layer 3 (.mp3) 48. 96, 128, 192, 320 kbps VBR
MPEG-4 Audio Layer (.aac) (.m4a)
Microsoft Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) (MSADPCM) (IMAADPCM)
Microsoft MPEG-1 Layer 1; Microsoft MPEG-1 Layer 2
Waveform Audio (.wav)
Sound File (.snd)
Unix Audio (.au)
Audio Interchange File Format (.aif, .aiff, .aifc)
Dimensions HxWxD: 96 x 438 x 343mm (3.8 x 17.25 x 13.5”)
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Stortford Hall Industrial Park,
Dunmow Road, Bishops Stortford,
Hertfordshire CM23 5GZ
United Kingdom
Web: www.armourhe.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
Our policy is one of continuous product improvement, we reserve
the right to change the designs and specifications without notice.
All information is given in good faith. The manufacturer accepts
no responsibility for errors, omissions or incorrect assumptions
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