Playing music from a cd, The output screen – ELAN Home Systems Digital Music Server User Manual

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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.

• Press the

key followed by the number of the album.

For example:

to select album 27 press

ALBUM,0,2,7

The front panel displays:

• Press the

action key to finish entering the album

number.

• Press the

✔

Play

action key once again to begin playing

the album.

PLAYING MUSIC FROM A CD

Your VIA!dj allows you to play a CD directly without recording it
to the Hard Disk first.

To play a disc:

• Select the output you wish to listen to.

• Press the

OPEN/CLOSE

key on the front panel to open

the CD tray.

• Place a CD in the tray with the label side facing upwards.

• Push the

OPEN/CLOSE

key on the front panel.

NOTE:

if you do not select an output first, the CD will play from

the output that was last selected.

The following prompt is automatically displayed:

Alternatively, if you already have a CD in the tray, select the
CD option from the Main Menu.

• Press

✔

Play

to begin playing the CD.

THE OUTPUT SCREEN

VIA!dj Audio

The VIA!dj has four separate pairs of audio outputs. The three
analog outputs (labeled 1, 2 and 3) are used for whole-house

audio distribution. The fourth output (labeled HT) is a digital
output which can be used to send a digital audio signal to the
digital input on a surround sound processor or A/V receiver in a
Home Theater. The

Output

select buttons are located in the

upper right corner of the VIA! Touch Panel display.

Each of the three analog outputs can be accessed independ-
ently by any VIA! Touch Panel in any zone. This is the
equivalent of having three separate sources connected to your
audio distribution system, each one loaded with your entire
music collection, each one capable of being independently
accessed from any zone in the house. Because the music is
digitally stored on the VIA!dj’s hard drive, any song, even the
same song, can be selected in any zone simultaneously.

For example:

If you are listening to a song on output 1 in one

room and a person in another room selects the same song on
output 2, that person would hear that song from the beginning.
The song in your room would continue uninterrupted.

The VIA!dj Display

Because the VIA!dj has only one video output, it is important to
understand what you may be viewing on a VIA! Touch Panel at
any given moment.

• When first selecting something to play from a VIA! Touch

Panel, the music you hear and the album details dis-
played will match up.

• If a person in another zone selects the same VIA!dj

output that you are listening to, they will automatically be
listening to the same music and viewing the details that
you are. Your music will continue uninterrupted.

• If a person in another zone selects a different VIA!dj

output, your music will continue uninterrupted but the
album on your VIA! Touch Panel will now reflect the
selection that was made by the person in the other zone.

• If you wish to once again view the album details of the

music you have selected, simply press

Active

The

Active

button re-syncs the video display to the audio

output selected in your zone.

Whenever you select an item for playback the following screen
is displayed: