User manual MCINTOSH MS750 750 GB MUSIC SERVER

[. . . ] Music Server TM Gracenote CDDB® Client Software, copyright 2000-2006 Gracenote. This product and service may practice one or more of the following U. S. Patents: #5, 987, 525; #6, 061, 680; #6, 154, 773, #6, 161, 132, #6, 230, 192, #6, 230, 207, #6, 240, 459, #6, 330, 593, and other patents issued or pending. The Gracenote logo and logotype, and the "Powered by Gracenote" logo are trademarks of Gracenote. MS750 Owner's Manual McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 FAX: 607-724-0549 The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. WARNING - TO REDUCE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRICAL SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. [. . . ] · PC or Mac connected to the same local ethernet network as the MS750. Audio File Requirements · MP3 audio files recorded at 96k, 120k, 160k, 192k, 320k, or VBR encoding. · WAV files (automatically converted to FLAC or MP3 based on the Recording Preferences). · The cover art file must be embedded in the AAC, MP3, or FLAC file using ID3v2 tags. Importing from a PC Make sure your PC is connected to the same network as your MS750 and follow these steps to mount, transfer, and import music files from your PC to your MS750. Press the SETUP push-button on the remote control to display the Setup menu. Enter a name for your MS750. Note: This step only needs to be done once. On the PC: 1. Enter two backslashes "\\" and the name of your MS750 (the name you entered into the Server Settings) and click the OK button. The MS750 will automatically import, add, and catalog each file into your Music Guide. Importing from a Mac The MS750's File Server acts like a Windows File Server on your network, therefore you will need to connect using the MacOS X's built-in Windows networking client. Follow these steps to mount, transfer, and import music files from your Mac to your MS750. Go to the Finder and select "Connect to Server. . . " from the Go Menu. Type "smb://750" and the name of your MS750 (the name you entered into the Server Settings) and click the Connect button. You should see the SMB Mount dialog appear on your computer. 30 How to Operate the MS750, con't 4. You will then have a new drive mounted on your desktop called "Import". The MS750 will automatically import, add, and catalog each file into your Music Guide. · Recording from the External Inputs creates one Title with one Track and adds the Title to the Music Guide. Please refer to the "Managing Your Media" section for more details. Erasing a CD-RW Disc You can use the MS750's built-in CD burner to erase the contents of a re-writable CD. Press the RECORD push-button on the remote to display the Record menu. Confirm that you want to proceed with completely erasing the disc by selecting the ERASE button on screen. · When the MS750 completes erase disc function, it will be ejected. Browsing your Music Library Now that you have gotten your music into your MS750, it's time to enjoy it! [. . . ] Blank CDs marked with "Data" can not be used when creating Red Book audio CDs. You must purchase and use blank media marked as "Audio" or Music" CDs. 45 TM Gracenote® End-User License Agreement USE OF THIS PRODUCT IMPLIES ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS BELOW. This product contains technology and data from Gracenote of Emeryville, California ("Gracenote"). The technology from Gracenote (the "Gracenote Embedded Software") enables this product to do disc identification and obtain music-related information, including name, artist, track, and title information ("Gracenote Data"), which is included on the Gracenote Database (the "Gracenote Database"). [. . . ]