User manual NAIM HDX DESKTOP

[. . . ] The application and its installer can be found on the CD packed with the HDX. In addition to enabling control of HDX music playback, the Desktop Client interface also provides a variety of HDX setup and maintenance functions that are not available from any other interface. To install the Desktop Client application insert the CD into the PC's CD drive, double click on the Desktop Client icon and follow the on-screen prompts. Ensure that the HDX is switched on and connected to the network when the Desktop Client application is run. [. . . ] Maintenance Mode view in which only the Music Library data and Music Library detail windows are displayed. Interrogation of the maintenance screens does not affect the track or playlist currently playing. 5 A pplication M e nus The application menus comprising File, Edit, Action, View and Help provide a variety of tools and functions. They are described in the following paragraphs. 1. 5. 1 The File Menu The File Menu provides network Connect and Disconnect commands, and application Exit command. 1. 5. 5 The Help Menu The Help Menu provides Desktop Client Application installation and version information. 1. 5. 2 The Edit Menu The Edit Menu provides file utilities (rename, etc. ), copy and paste functions, select functions and access to file properties. 1 . 6 N ow P l a y i n g The Now Playing field displays the artist, album, title and genre of the track currently playing. 2 T h e D e sk to p Client Int er face 1. 7 Interface T abs The Interface Tabs serve to select one of three interface maintenance pages: Music Library, Tools and Now Playing. 1. 7. 2 The Tools Tab The Tools tab selects the interface page illustrated in Diagram 1. 8. It provides a set of hard disk player maintenance and setup utilities, listed in the left hand window, that can be selected and their contents expanded by clicking on their associated + graphics. Selecting a utility will open a dialogue box in the right hand window that either provides information, or can be used to specify a variety of hard disk player and network setup parameters. Diagram 1. 8 illustrates the Tools tab with the utilities in the left hand window and displays the Ripping Monitor utility in the right hand window. The full list of tools and utilities is described in Section 1. 18. 1. 7. 1 The Music Library Tab The Music Library tab selects the page illustrated in Diagram 1. 3. The external storage hardware items to which the interface is connected (if any, beyond the HDX's internal storage) are listed in the left hand window. They can be selected and their contents expanded by clicking on their associated + graphics. The display in the right hand window will then show the detail of music files stored on each hardware item. Clicking on the column headings will re-order the list of items sorted by the heading criteria. 1 . 9 I nte rf ac e Ta b s - N ow P l a y i n g 1. 7. 3 The Now Playing Tab The Now Playing tab selects the interface page illustrated in Diagram 1. 9. The page displays the track currently playing, its associated information and the playlist in which it is included. The page also includes a text entry field for naming playlists and buttons for saving, shuffling (randomising) and clearing playlists. For more about creating and managing playlists see Section 1. 13. 3 T h e D e sk to p Client Int er face 1. 1 0 S imple a nd Adv anc e d Se arc h The search tools of the Music Library page enable music files to be located for immediate playback or for addition to a playlist. The Search tools illustrated in Diagram 1. 11 enables searches to be carried out of either albums and artists or individual tracks. It is not necessary to type a full name or title in the search entry field although the more detail that is entered, the more fruitful a search is likely to be. After entering the search text in the entry field and selecting either Albums/Artists or Tracks Only click on the Go button to initiate the search. [. . . ] Click on the + graphic adjacent to the Playlists thumbnail to expand the list of saved playlists then select the desired one. To play the playlist go to the application Actions menu and select Play. 5 T h e D e sk to p Client Int er face 1. 15 A lbum P ro pe rtie s The Desktop Client Application holds more information about specific albums than is displayed in the Player Mode or Maintenance Mode views. The information can be displayed by selecting the album's properties. [. . . ]