ELAN Home Systems Digital Music Server User Manual

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Or:

• Press

to return to browsing by artist.

To browse the library by genre
Either:

• Use the

keys if necessary to highlight the

Genres

option in the

Library

menu.

• Press

✔

Select

to confirm your selection.

Or:

• Press the

GENRE

key on your VIA!dj remote control.

The display(s) shows the genres available in your library:

Genres are displayed in alphabetical order.

• Press

to step between genres.

To play all albums in a selected genre:

• Press

✔

Play

to begin playback.

To play a particular album from the selected genre:

• Press

Open

to display all the available albums in the

selected genre.

• Use the

keys to step between albums.

Either:

• Press

✔

Play

to play the currently selected album.

Or:

• Press

Open

again to select a track from within this album.

Or:

• Press

to return to browsing by genre.

To browse the library by playlist:

Playlists allow you to create your own selections of tracks and
save them with a name of your choice such as

Party Musi

For more information about creating a playlist see

To Create a

New Playlist p. 21-22.

Either:

• Use the

keys if necessary to highlight the

Playlists option in the Library menu.

• Press

✔

Select

action key to confirm your selection.

Or:

• Press the

PLAYLIST

key on your VIA!dj remote control.

The front panel and TV screen both display the Playlists avail-
able in your library:

Playlists are displayed in alphabetical order.

Note:

If you have not yet created any playlists the list will be

empty.

• Press the

keys to step between playlists, or

press the appropriate letter on your VIA!dj remote control
to jump directly to the item in the list beginning with that
letter.

• Press

✔

Play

to begin playback.

SELECTING ITEMS DIRECTLY USING YOUR
VIA!DJ REMOTE CONTROL

You can select an album, artist, genre or playlist directly by the
first letter of its title using the alphanumeric keypad on your
VIA!dj remote control.

To select an album, artist, genre or playlist by name

• Display the appropriate library menu for the item you

want to find (e.g.

Artist

menu).

• Press the alphanumeric keypad key corresponding to the

first letter of the item you want to select.

For example:

to find the artist Santessa press the

ARTIST

key

to display the

Artist

menu, then press the

key four times

because S is the fourth letter on the

key. The front panel and

TV screen show the first artist beginning with the letter S.

If there are several artists beginning with the letter S press the

key to step through until you find the artist you are looking

for.

To select a track by number:

• Display the list of tracks in the album or playlist.

• Press the key on the alphanumeric keypad corresponding

to the track number you want to select.

Selecting an album by number:

Each album you have recorded onto the Hard Disk of your
VIA!dj is allocated a sequence number, from zero upwards.
If you know the number of the album you want to listen to you