Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Digital Music Server ELAN Home Systems
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USERS GUIDE ® V ersion 4. 1 Fir mwar e.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 1 USER GUIDE COPYRIGHT NO TICE ....................................................2 PRECA UTIONS ..........................................................2-3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS & NO TICES .
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 2 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright 2002 ELAN Home Systems and Imerge Ltd. All rights reserved. The ELAN VIA!dj Digital Music Server software and this documentation are copyright materials.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 3 USER GUIDE COPYRIGHT NO TICE This equipment must not be used for unauthorized duplication of CDs or any other works protected by copyright. No license to infringe copyright is granted by the sale of this equipment.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 4 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 LIGHTNING - For added protection for this product during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and discon- nect the antenna or cable system.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 5 USER GUIDE Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. CA UTION: TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT , FULL Y INSERT .
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 6 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 SPECIFICA TIONS GENERAL System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hard Disk Based Audio Server Po wer requirements . . . . . . . . . . .AC 100-240V ~50Hz/60Hz Po wer Consumption .
CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS FRONT P ANEL ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 7 USER GUIDE 1 USB Allows the VIA!dj to communicate with supported USB devices such as PDAs. 2 DISC TRA Y Insert a disc with the label side up.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 8 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 1 DA T A Allows the VIA!dj to send control information to other supported devices. 2 USB Allows the VIA!dj to communicate with supported USB devices such as PDAs.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 9 USER GUIDE The remote control supplied with the VIA!dj is a “Universal” remote control. This means that other devices, such as a television or amplifier , may be controlled using this remote control.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 10 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 10 ✖ CANCEL button The cancel button is an action key—on some menu screens this is used to cancel an operation which you no longer wish to continue. If the TV device is selected this button will hide text services.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 11 USER GUIDE CONFIGURING Y OUR REMO TE TO CONTROL O THER DEVICES The TV and Amp devices on the VIA!dj remote control may be individually configured to control a range of televisions and amplifiers from well known manufacturers.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 12 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 THE VIA!DJ SCREEN THE FOLLO WING DIA GRAM SHO WS THE KEY FEA TURES OF A TYPICAL VIA!DJ SCREEN: 1 INDICA TES THE TITLE OF THE CURRENT SCREEN. 2 Function/T itle of the current selection, shown highlighted on the screen.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 13 USER GUIDE © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 13 TO USE THE ALPHANUMERIC KEYP AD As part of the registration process you will need to enter your name, address and other information into the VIA!dj.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 14 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 If you have selected Use Ethernet follow the on-screen instructions to specify how your VIA!dj obtains an Ethernet IP address.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 15 USER GUIDE experience slightly longer delays when accessing music from the VIA!dj’s hard drive while it is recording. RECORDING FROM A CD • Push the OPEN/CLOSE key on the front panel to open the CD tray .
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 16 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 TO MAKE A CUST OM CD RECORDING The custom recording option lets you choose which tracks to record, the sound quality of the recording, and allows you to enter album information.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 17 USER GUIDE CD Information The CD information screen allows you to choose how to enter the album name, artist name, ge.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 18 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Albums Display a list of albums in the library sorted alphabetically by album title. Artists Display your music library grouped by artist name. Genres Display your music library grouped by genre.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 19 USER GUIDE Or : • Press < to return to browsing by artist. To browse the library b y g enre Either : • Use the ^ or keys if necessary to highlight the Genres option in the Library menu.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 20 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 can select it directly by number using the alphanumeric keys on your VIA!dj remote control. • Press the ALBUM button to to display the albums in your library .
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 21 USER GUIDE 1 Indicates the Output currently selected 2 Re-syncs the video display to the audio output selected in your zone 3 Used to select VIA!dj analog outputs 1, 2 and 3.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 22 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 The existing playlists will be displayed: If you have not previously created a playlist this list will be empty .
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Or : • Select Edit Playlists from the Librar y menu and high- light the playlist you want to change. • Press ✔ Select to open the playlist for editing. • Use the ^ or keys to highlight the Edit tracks option and press ✔ Select key .
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS USER GUIDE Page 24 © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 For example to enter S press the 7 key four times, because S is the fourth letter on the 7 key . • Press the DELETE key on your VIA!dj remote control to delete letters.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 25 USER GUIDE TERMS AND CONDITIONS Displays the terms and conditions of the XIV A Customer Service Agreement.
O THER MUL TIROOM CONTR OL SYSTEMS Y our VIA!dj is also compatible with a number of leading multi- room control systems. The Contr oller port on the rear of the system uses a versatile protocol called XiV A-Link which allows access to most of the VIA!dj functions remotely .
CONDOR 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007, 031, 009, 1 19, 013, 014, 015, 016, 097, 018 CONIC 1 1 1 CONTEC 055, 102, 018 CONTINENT AL EDISON 135, 107, 139, 042 COSMOS 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007,.
INTERFUNK 004, 007, 146, 042, 073, 081, 154, 012, 121, 123, 040 IRRADIO 1 1 1, 021, 027, 018, 1 16 ITC 158 ITS 008, 017, 018, 309, 151 ITT 153, 073, 1 17, 081, 01 1, 012, 121, 123, 124, 125, 126, 036,.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 29 USER GUIDE PHILIPS(F) 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007, 009, 154, 013, 014, 015, 016 PHOENIX 031, 021, 081, 1 19 PHO.
TENSAI 001, 002, 003, 004, 004, 006, 007, 009, 1 19, 017, 013, 014, 015, 016, 158, 018 TENSON 018 TESLA 146 THOMSON 034, 035, 106, 1 12, 135, 107, 139, 042, 081, 040, 059 THORN 153, 060, 052, 062, 001.
ELAN HOME SYSTEMS © ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 Page 31 USER GUIDE NEW FEA TURES Rear panel Digital IN, Digital Optical IN and Analog IN now enabled for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P 31 ‘Quick Add’ .
To record from the line-in connector s: Once you have created a new session the Line-In Record screen allows you to begin the recording process: If your Line-in Source is the Analog Input , you will need to set the recording Gain to an appropriate level.
To c hang e the name of the new track: While the recording is in progress change the name of the new track as follows: • Highlight the Recording option and press Edit. • Edit the track name using the alphanumeric keys on your VIA!dj remote or by using the text grid on the VIA!dj front panel.
PRESETS Presets are simple playlists that can be used in the same way as a preset station on your radio tuner . For example, you may have a preset which plays a particular album, a preset that plays all the albums by a particular artist, or a preset that plays all the music in a particular genre.
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© ELAN Home Systems 2004 • All rights reserved. 02/04 • Second Edition • P/N: 9900075 REV C.
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