Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6, User Manual

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This is a search function menu inserted by the Stream Magic 6 into the browse tree 

of UPnP servers that support an external search function.
Where available you can select Alphanumeric search and then enter the name or 

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Simply select each character in order using the 

Navigation/Select

 dial, rotate to 

each character and then press in to select. You can also use the Skip buttons to 

move forward/back a character, 

 to enter a character and 

 to delete a 

character.

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 button or navigate to the 

 symbol and press 

the Enter button on the remote or press the 

Navigation/Select

 dial.

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matches your chosen text.
You can then simply select your chosen item and press the Enter or 

 button on 

the remote to start it playing.

The 'Now Playing' screen

Selecting a new Station, Stream or Media item will start playback and display the 

'Now Playing' screen.
The current Artist/Album and Track or Station name will be shown with the relevant 

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time.

You can also display the now playing screen at any time by pressing i on the remote 

control or front panel.

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Accessed via the remote or Stream Magic app only. Press the 

 button to toggle 

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The Stream Magic 6 displays a 

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If the currently selected media item/folder contains fewer than 1000 tracks 

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playback such that all are played once in a random order and then playback stops.
If more than 1000 tracks are contained the Stream Magic 6 will instead pick a track 

at random for playback then pick another one randomly (and without reference to 

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any track may be repeated randomly.

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Accessed via the remote or Stream Magic app only. Press the 

 button to toggle 

Repeat On or Off.
If the currently selected media item is a track the Stream Magic 6 will repeat that 

track, if it is an album or artist etc. the Stream Magic 6 will repeat all tracks in 

that item. 
The Stream Magic 6 displays a   in the 'Now Playing' screen when Repeat is On.

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The Stream Magic 6 can also playback audio content from standard USB hard-

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connect it to the front or back USB socket of the unit. 
Press the  button to get to the top menu. Select the 'Media' menu and then the 

'USB Media' item.

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'By Artist'.

Queue

The Stream Magic 6 features a queue function that allows you to select multiple 

albums and/or tracks you’d like to be played in order.
When in the UPnP or USB Media selection menus, if you highlight a track/artist or 

album name etc and press and hold the 

Navigation/Select

 dial (or Enter on the 

remote handset), the Stream Magic 6 will add the current item to the Queue. If it 

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queue' will be displayed and that item will be appended to the queue.

All component parts of that media item will be added, if the item is a track then only 

that track will be added but if the item is an album or an artist then all that albums 

or artists tracks will be added. 
To view the Queue simply navigate back to Queue item in the Media menu or press 

the Reply button whilst a queue is playing. Tracks that are a component part of a 

media item will be shown indented by a   below their parent media item as below.

The displayed menu shows the queued content for playback, you can navigate to 

any item and select it (via Enter or 

 ) to jump to playing that item. 

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also be used to delete items from the Queue. The currently playing item will have 

a   next to it.
At the bottom of the Queue a Clear Queue command is available for deleting the 

whole queue.
During Queue playback the Stream Magic 6 displays a   in the 'Now Playing' 

screen.

Pressing stop will stop the Queue playing but not delete it. Putting the Stream 

Magic 6 into standby will delete the Queue. Putting the Stream Magic 6 into Idle 

mode will not delete the Queue.
To view the Queue at any time simply navigate back to Queue item in the Media 

menu or press the 

 button whilst a queue is playing.