AudioTron
Reference Manual
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AudioTron Digital Music System Configurations
An AudioTron digital music system consists of the following key components:
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One or more AudioTrons connected to powered speakers or stereo system(s).
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An HPNA or Ethernet network.
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A PC with a fairly large hard drive for storing digital music.
CD
Portable
Digital
Player
Living Room
Den
Bedroom
Powered
Speakers
- Hard Drive stores CD and downloaded music
- Internet connection downloads new songs
- PC jukebox software transfers CD to hard drive
- Transfer hard-drive music to portable player
- AudioTron plays music via network connection
Internet
C
- Dial up modem
- Cable Modem
- DSL
- Satellite
AudioTron
Stereo
System
Music Server (Host)
HPNA or
Ethernet
Network
C
AudioTron
Figure 1
AudioTron uses your PC and a network to distribute music throughout your home
.
The above example illustrates an AudioTron digital music system where two AudioTrons are used
for distributing music to the bedroom and living room. In this setup, the PC “Music Server” or
“Host” provides several functions:
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The hard drive stores a library of digital music files in MP3, WMA or WAV formats, obtained
by transferring audio CDs to the hard drive with a PC “jukebox” program, such as Voyetra’s
AudioStation (included with AudioTron).
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An Internet connection lets you download legal music files from music sites on the Internet,
further expanding the music library.
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Music can be transferred from the PC to a portable digital audio player for listening to music
while travelling.
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If the PC is equipped with a CD-R drive, custom audio CDs may be created from the songs in
the PC music library. The custom CDs can be played in a portable CD player or car CD player
that supports playback of CD-R audio discs.
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The music library can also be enjoyed at the PC location in the Den by playing the music on
the PC speakers with a PC jukebox program (e.g. the Voyetra AudioStation program included
with AudioTron.)
The following sections describe several variations of this system, ranging from a basic “single PC
to single AudioTron” setup, to an elaborate “multi-PC to multi-AudioTron” setup.