Niles DMS4 - Manuals

5 www.nilesaudio.com IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS READ INSTRUCTIONS - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. KEEP INSTRUCTIONS - The safety and operating instructions should be kept for future reference. HEED WARNINGS - All warnings on the product a...

6 IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICES The serial number for this equipment is located on the rear panel. Please write this serial number down and keep it in a secure place. This is for your security. Use the correct power cord for your country: Waste electrical products must not be disposed of with household w...

7 www.nilesaudio.com FEATURES AND BENEFITS INTROduCTION Congratulations on purchasing your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server from Niles. The DMS4 Digital Music Server is a revolutionary way of filling your home with music.Your DMS4 Digital Music Server stores and catalogs your music col...

8 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS FRONT vIEw Niles DMS4 Out Albums CD Setup M E N U 6 10 7 2 1 4 3 5 9 8 11 12 14 DMS4 4 S T R E A M D I G I T A L M U S I C S E R V E R 15 13 This section provides information about the controls and connections available on your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Serve...

9 www.nilesaudio.com REaR vIEw IR RECEIVER The IR Receiver connection allows remote control information to be carried from other devices directly into the DMS4 Digital Music Server. CONTROLLER The Controller port provides serial communication with supported devices. USB Allows the DMS4 Digital Music...

10 REmOTE CONTROl The following diagram explains the function of the keys on your DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control: 0 + _ + _ ; STANDBY key Puts the television user interface of the DMS4 Digital Music Server in to and out of Standby mode. Audio Server key Press this key to select the DMS4 Di...

11 www.nilesaudio.com ä OPTIONS key Press this key on any library screen to view a list of available options. If pressing this key has no effect, then there are no options available on the current screen. p MARK key This key is used in the Audio Library to select multiple items and then perform an a...

12 REmOTE CONTROl usE IN a mulTI- ROOm sYsTEm Your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control can be configured so that every button press indicates to the system which output is to be controlled. This means that whenever infrared is received by the DMS4 Digital Music Server the T...

13 www.nilesaudio.com CONNECTING YOUR DMS4 DIGITAL MUSIC SERVER BasIC CONNECTIONs The diagram below illustrates the basic connections required to use your DMS4 Digital Music Server. Note : Do not make any connections to the DMS4 Digital Music Server while the power supply is connected and switched o...

14 INTEGRaTING THE dms4 dIGITal musIC sERvER INTO aN INTEllICONTROl ® ICs sYsTEm A single IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server is capable of playing different music in multiple rooms, or zones, simultaneously. This section explains how the DMS4 Digital Music Server can be integrated into a...

15 www.nilesaudio.com RECORDING AND PLAYING MUSIC This chapter explains how to operate your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server, including recording CDs onto the hard disk, navigating the Audio Library to select music for playback and organizing your music collection. THE maIN mENu The ma...

16 RECORdING musIC Your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server can make new recordings onto the hard disk by recording music directly from an audio CD placed in the CD tray.Your DMS4 Digital Music Server can access the Internet to automatically retrieve information about the CD. This informa...

17 www.nilesaudio.com PlaYING musIC This chapter explains how to play music that you have recorded onto your DMS4 Digital Music Server. It also explains how to locate the music you wish to play in a number of different ways. The Audio Library The television user interface has been designed to allow ...

18 PlaYING musIC FROm THE audIO lIBRaRY The following sections contains a detailed explanation about selecting items in the Audio Library for playback. Displaying the Audio Library Either: Press the à Library key on your DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control from any screen Or: Use the U or V key...

19 www.nilesaudio.com Use the U , V , S and T keys to move around the grid of available covers To play the entire album: Press the O Play key on your DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control to begin playback immediately, or press the M Add to... button to add this album to the play queue To select ...

20 Browsing the Audio Library by Year Use the U or V keys to highlight the Years option in the Audio Library Menu Press the T key to display the Years screen The TV screen will display the years available in your Audio Library : Fig. 3-12 DMS4 TV interface showing browsing by Year screen Use the U o...

21 www.nilesaudio.com empty. Press the U or V keys to step between playlists, or press the appropriate letter on your DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control to jump directly to the item in the list beginning with that letter Press the O Play key on your DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control to ...

22 THE sEaRCH FuNCTION The search function can be used from any Audio Library screen to reduce the items in the current list to only those that contain a particular word or collection of characters.To use the search function, press the 9 Search key on your DMS4 Digital Music Server remote control fr...

23 www.nilesaudio.com THE NOw PlaYING sCREEN The illustration below shows the Now Playing screen. Whenever you select an item in the Audio Library for playback, this screen is displayed. You can also choose to display this screen at any time by pressing the • Now Playing key on your DMS4 Digital Mus...

24 Switching Audio Outputs Depending on the configuration you have purchased, your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server may be capable of playing different music in several rooms simultaneously. If you wish to play music in a particular room, you must first choose the correct audio output....

25 www.nilesaudio.com ORGANIZING YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION This chapter describes the features built into your DMS4 Digital Music Server to help you organize the music in your Audio Library , including information about creating playlists of your favorite tracks, deleting albums or tracks you no longer ...

26 The following screen is displayed: Fig. 4-2 Adding music to a playlist on a DMS4 Use the U or V keys to select the playlist to which you would like to add the selected album Alternatively, use the M New key to create a new playlist as described in the previous section. Press the ä Add key to add ...

27 www.nilesaudio.com EdITING THE audIO lIBRaRY Your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server labels the albums, artists and tracks in your Audio Library with names which identify the track you are listening to, and these help you locate items when you are browsing through the Audio Library . ...

28 The following screen, listing all of the cover art images stored on your DMS4 Digital Music Server, is displayed: Fig. 4-7 Assigning a cover art image to an album on a DMS4 via the TV interface Use the U or V keys to scroll through the cover art imagesPress the O Select key to associate a piece o...

29 www.nilesaudio.com THE FRONT PANEL INTERFACE In addition to the user interface displayed on your television screen, the IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server also has a user interface accessible via the LCD display and buttons on the front panel of the unit. This is an abridged version o...

30 CONFIGuRING sETuP OPTIONs The configuration options available in the Settings menu of the television user interface are also available via the front panel user interface. Press the front panel action button corresponding to the Setup label on the LCD display The following screen is displayed: Fig...

31 www.nilesaudio.com INTELLICONTROL ® ICS WALL-MOUNTED & iREMOTE ® INTERFACES The IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server can be controlled via the IntelliControl ® ICS user interfaces. Refer to Figure 2-2 on page 14 for the system integration and wiring. The IntelliControl ® ICS wall-mo...

33 www.nilesaudio.com Press and release any Genres listed on the screen and the user will now be presented will all of the albums for the chosen Genre. Fig. 6-12 ICS CONTACT interface: accessing the Genres menu Years and Eras are listed on the second screen of the Main Menu, to access the second scr...

34 SYSTEM SETTINGS This chapter describes the advanced settings that you can access from your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server’s Settings menu. To access the Settings menu: Press the J Menu key on your remote control to display the Main Menu Use the U and V keys to highlight the Set Up...

35 www.nilesaudio.com Tv sETTINGs This section is used to specify if your DMS4 Digital Music Server is configured for PAL or NTSC use. Fig. 7-5 DMS4 TV interface TV Settings screen (PAL/NTSC) Note : your DMS4 Digital Music Server will be set to NTSC by default. You may need to amend this setting if ...

36 Fig. 7-9 DMS4 TV interface Network Back-up Settings screen For more information about the use of these settings, refer to the section titled Network Back Up And Restore , on page 40. Cd RECORd sETTINGs On this screen you have the option to change the way in which your DMS4 Digital Music Server re...

37 www.nilesaudio.com USING YOUR DMS4 DIGITAL MUSIC SERVER WITH A HOME COMPUTER Your IntelliControl ® ICS DMS4 Digital Music Server has a number of advanced features which can be accessed via a computer connected to your home network. THE REmOTE usER INTERFaCE Your DMS4 Digital Music Server’s televi...

38 mEdIa TRaNsFER In addition to recording directly from the CD tray, it is also possible to transfer music and cover art images to and from your DMS4 Digital Music Server, using a computer on your home network. This feature allows you to transfer music files from your DMS4 Digital Music Server to a...

39 www.nilesaudio.com Importing Files to your DMS4 Digital Music Server Double click on the folder entitled Import . An empty folder window will be displayed To Import Music Files Navigate to the location of the music files on your computerUse your mouse to select the files you wish to import and dr...

40 Once your Media Library has been updated with the music from your DMS4 Digital Music Server you can update your portable player as follows: Click the Copy to CD or Device option from the Media Player toolbar.Select the Album, Artist, Genre or Playlist you wish to copy from the Items to Copy list....

41 www.nilesaudio.com APPENDIX A Hdd audIO RC5 Control 000 Output 1 001 Output 2 002 Output 3 003 Output 4 004 Tv ADMIRAL 157, 146, 010, 125 ADYSON 111 AIWA 059 AKAI 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, 151, 016, 009, 010, 011, 012, 013, 014, 015 AKURA 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006, 007, 008, 086,...

45 www.nilesaudio.com WHITE WESTINGHOUSE 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 031, 006, 007, 146, 009, 119, 013, 014, 015, 016 WINTERNITZ 059 YOKO 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 031, 006, 007, 008, 009, 010, 017, 013, 014, 015, 016, 158, 097, 079, 018 ZANUSSI 088, 089, 041, 109, 010, 125 ZOPPAS 088, 089, 041, 109, 12...

46 TERMS & CONDITIONS xIva™ sOFTwaRE CusTOmER sERvICE aGREEmENT Your DMS4 Digital Music Server is powered by XiVA™ Software by Imerge Limited (“Imerge”) licensed to Niles for use in the DMS4. This agreement explains the terms and conditions that will apply to your use of the Imerge XiVA™ Softwar...

47 www.nilesaudio.com mICROsOFT ENd-usER lICENsE aGREEmENT You have acquired a device (“DEVICE”) that includes software licensed by Imerge Ltd. from an affiliate of Microsoft® Corporation (“MS”). Those installed software products of MS origin, as well as associated media, printed materials, and “onl...

49 www.nilesaudio.com LIMITED WARRANTY Niles Audio Corporation (“NILES”) warrants this IntelliControl ® ICS product to the original purchaser to be free of manufacturing defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from date of purchase.This Warranty is subject to the following addit...

©2007 Niles Audio Corporation 12331 S.W. 130 Street, Miami, FL 33186. Telephone: (305) 238-4373. All rights reserved. Niles, the Niles logos, IntelliControl ® , IntelliFile ® , and iRemote ® are registered trademarks of Niles Audio Corporation. XiVA™ is a trademark of Imerge Ltd. All other trademark...