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Music Server
MS300
User’s Manual
McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. 2 Chambers Street Binghamton, New York 13903-2699 Phone: 607-723-3512 FAX: 607-724-0549
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The lightning flash with arrowhead, within The exclamation point within an equilateral an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert triangle is intended to alert the user to the user to the presence of uninsulated the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the “dangerous voltage” within the product’s literature accompanying the appliance. enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. WARNING - TO REDUCE
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS! PLEASE READ THEM BEFORE OPERATING THIS EQUIPMENT. 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produ
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10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus. 11. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer. 12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over. 13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning stor
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TABLE OF CONTENTS THANK YOU MS300 USER MANUAL 1 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1B -1C The team at McIntosh TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 would like to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing PRODUCT INTRODUCTION 7 a McIntosh MS300 TRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKS 7 product. McIntosh is ABOUT THIS MANUAL 8 committed to providing RECORD YOUR SERIAL NUMBER 8 our customers the MANUAL DISCLAIMERS 8 most technologically WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS 8 advanced, yet easier- WARRANTY INFORMATION 8 than-ever to use
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Connecting Kenwood CD/DVD Changers 23 Connecting Pioneer CD/DVD Changers 24 Loading Discs Into Changers 25 Quick Lookup 25 Automatic Bulk Recording 26 Select Tracks to Record 26 IMPORTING MUSIC FILES 27 System Requirements 28 Audio File Requirements 28 Cover Art Image Requirements 28 Importing from a PC 29 Importing from a Mac 30 RECORDING FROM OTHER EXTERNAL SOURCES 32 ERASING CD-RW DISC 33 LISTENING TO MUSIC 34 BROWSING YOUR MUSIC LIBRARY 34 SHOW AND HIDE TRACKS 34 PLAYING THE CURRENT TITLE 35
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MANAGING YOUR MEDIA 41 CREATING PLAYLISTS 41 CREATING GROUPS 43 ADDING INTERNET RADIO STATIONS 45 UPDATING THE INTERNET RADIO STATIONS LIST 46 EDITING MUSIC INFORMATION 47 Editing Disc Info 47 Automatically Lookup Information for This Disc 48 Searching for the Original Cover 49 Tips for Searching for Covers 49 Selecting an Existing Cover 50 Editing Track Names 51 EDITING RADIO INFORMATION 52 EDITING PLAYLISTS 53 EDITING GROUPS 54 DELETING MUSIC 55 DELETING PLAYLISTS 56 DELETING GROUPS 57 CREATIN
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Testing the Your Connection 68 Ethernet Settings 69 Dialup Settings 70 SETTING THE MS300 SERVER SETTINGS 71 CONFIGURING A MS300 SERVER 72 CONFIGURING A MS300 CLIENT 72 PEER TO PEER MUSIC SHARING 73 SELECTING THE AUDIO ENCODER TYPE 74 SETTING THE DISC INSERT PREFERENCES 75 VIDEO OUTPUT PREFERENCES 76 Centering the MS300 Screen 77 Adjusting your TV’s Brightness 78 Adjusting your TV’s Contrast 79 Adjusting your TV’s Sharpness 80 Adjusting your TV’s Color and Tint 81 LOOKING UP DISC INFORMATION 82 A
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CONNECTING TO YOUR MS300 USING A WEB BROWSER 95 USING THE WEB USER INTERFACE 95 USING THE WEB BROWSER AS A MUSIC CLIENT 96 BACKUP AND RESTORE 97 MS300 MUSIC BACKUP 97 MS300 MUSIC RESTORE 97 TROUBLESHOOTING 98 NETWORK PROBLEMS 98 SOFTWARE UPDATE PROBLEMS 98 RECORDING PROBLEMS 98 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 99 McINTOSH PRODUCT SUPPORT 99 SPECIFICATIONS 100 Audio Specifications 100 Video Specifications 100 General Specifications 100 FCC Part 15, Subpart B 101 GRACENOTE® END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT 102 PACKI
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TRADEMARKS & SERVICE MARKS The McIntosh logo is a trademark of McIntosh Laboratory, Inc.. Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote®. Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery. For more information visit www. gracenote.com. CD and music-related data from Gracenote, Inc., copyright
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Thank you for purchasing the MS300 Music Server from McIntosh. ABOUT THIS MANUAL This MS300 User’s Manual is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the main features and benefits of the McIntosh MS300 Music Server. For more technical information, please refer to the MS300 Advanced User’s Guide available on the McIntosh web site www.mcintoshlabs.com or from your McIntosh Dealer. RECORD YOUR SERIAL NUMBER The serial number for this unit is located at the rear of the device. Please rec
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McIntosh shall not be liable for damage or loss of data including but not limited to music recorded to storage devices. It is the customer’s responsibility to maintain the original media and/or appropriate backup copies within the specific rights of the media’s copyright holder. CONTACT INFORMATION McIntosh may be contacted by using the following information. Once you have worked with your local McIntosh Dealer, we encourage you to contact us if you are in need of any further assistance. Offic
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COPYRIGHT This manual is copyright ©2005, 2006 by McIntosh Laboratory, Inc.. All rights reserved. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS Following are terms used throughout this manual: • Button - refers to a graphic item on the display screen. • Group - a collection of similar music titles. Standard genre groups are provided and custom groups can be created by the user. • Highlight - highlighting is used to indicate the user’s selection on screen. When the selection moves up, down, left, or right, the high
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for bit duplicates of the original. • Guide - a grid or list of information, used to browse your media library. • Player - the screen used to display the currently playing media. Quick Setup • If you have more than one changer, repeat these steps to connect the 5. POWER UP! 1. UNPACK YOUR NEW MS300 • Plug each changer into an AC outlet. • Unpack the MS300 and accessories (save the box). additional changers to communications ports and audio jacks 2 and 3 • Plug the MS300 into an AC outlet. respe
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SETUP This manual assumes that you followed the printed “Quick Setup Guide” that came with your MS300. If you have not properly connected your MS300 to your audio/video system, please go back and follow the “Quick Setup Guide” before continuing with this User Manual. Off = unit on POWER STATES After the MS300 unit is plugged in, the Standby LED located next to the power button will flash red until the startup process is complete. Please wait. This may take several minutes. When the Standby LED
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Power button once to turn on the MS300. FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW 17 15 1 2 3 9 10 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 16 1 - GUIDE 2 - MUSIC SOURCE 3 - RADIO SOURCE 4 - OPEN/CLOSE DRIVE 5 - TRANSPORT: RECORD 6 - TRANSPORT: STOP 7 - TRANSPORT: PAUSE 8 - TRANSPORT: PLAY 9 - CDRW DRIVE 10 - TEXT DISPLAY 11 - TRANSPORT: BACK 12 - TRANSPORT: NEXT 13 - SELECT 14 - FAVORITES PAGE 13 MS300 User’s Manual SETUP
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15 - NAVIGATION 16 - POWER: STANDBY/ON 10 3 4 8 9 2 11 1 7 5 6 17 - IR RECEIVER REAR PANEL OVERVIEW 1 - POWER 2 - IR IN / S-LINK / DATE IN / POWER CONTROL IN 3 - DIGITAL AUDIO COAX OUT 4 - DIGITAL AUDIO OPTICAL OUT 5 - DIGITAL AUDIO OPTICAL IN 6 - DIGITAL AUDIO COAX IN 7 - ANALOG AUDIO OUT 8 - VIDEO OUT 9 - ANALOG AUDIO IN PAGE 14 MS300 User’s Manual SETUP
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10 - COMMUNICATION PORTS 11 - ETHERNET MS300 modes. PAGE 15 MS300 User’s Manual SETUP
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REMOTE CONTROL OVERVIEW ENTERING TEXT WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL The remote control can be used to enter text in all text fields. This text entry capability is provided to allow you to fill out short text fields – such as those that occur in the setup and edit screens. The MS300’s wireless keyboard should be used when extended typing is required. Entering Numeric Entry Mode In fields where the MS300 expects only numeric characters to be entered (such as phone number fields), an indicator will appe
