Xiva music M8, User Manual

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Page 2: ...od Linn DS Logitech MCE Naimnet Netgear Philips Pinnacle PS3 Roku Slim Devices Sonos Sony Xbox 360 Yamaha and any media player or device that can browse a network share This manual includes guides for brands which have been tested with the musicm8 in the Configuring Media Players section on page 11 For other brands please see the manufac turer s User Guide Contents Set Up 1 The Home Page 7 Using t...

Page 3: ...nnection is required Dial up internet connection is not sup ported Please ensure that the disc slot is not obstructed When a disc has been recorded it is automatically ejected from the slot If the slot is blocked when the disc is ejected this can result in damage to the drive musicm8 Default Settings Your musicm8 has been preconfigured with XiVA s recommended default settings for ease of use and q...

Page 4: ...net cable to your musicm8 the port is marked on the back of your unit with the LAN network symbol When connected you should see a green light on your musicm8 network port Connecting the power supply to your musicm8 Connect your power supply to a mains power socket Plugs vary in each country Connect the power supply output to your musicm8 unit Your musicm8 power connection is labelled DC IN and is ...

Page 5: ...tions for any other purpose is not supported Power up your musicm8 Press the power button briefly to turn on your musicm8 The power button is located just below the cd slot on the front of the unit You will see the small blue light on the front of the unit glow when it turns on After a few moments your musicm8 will beep to let you know that it has started up For most media players no further confi...

Page 6: ...you don t know your musicm8 s IP address you can download the XiVA IP Tool from XiVA com musicm8 downloads musicm8iptool zip If the musicm8 web interface does not appear after following these steps please refer to the Troubleshooting Guide on page 32 Step 3 Recording your first CD with musicm8 Recording CDs is quick and easy just insert the disc with the label on the right into your musicm8 and wa...

Page 7: ...nd Vista For quick access to your shares click My Computer and when Windows Explorer opens type musicm8 into the address bar You will see folders with titles such as Shared on musicm8 and Pictures on musicm8 listed For permanent easy access right click on your chosen share for example pictures and select Map Network Drive Choose a drive letter perhaps P for pictures from the drop down list The Fol...

Page 8: ...Auto Updates When you then click Download and Apply All Updates the unit will update itself to the latest version and reboot automatically To check for the latest software updates available for musicm8 click the Check for Updates option on the left sidebar or visit http www xiva com musicm8 Follow the steps listed to download and install updates Now your pictures share will always appear in Window...

Page 9: ...gure and use the additional servers installed on your musicm8 device Please refer to Configuring Media Players with your musicm8 on page 11 before changing these settings Twonky Opens the Twonky vision pages should you need to set any advanced options Squeezecenter opens the Squeezecenter pages should you wish to change any advanced options Firefly opens the Firefly media server pages for advanced...

Page 10: ...ect the files and or folders you want to copy copy them and paste them into your musicm8 shared folder Windows 2000 XP Vista Go to the files or folders of music that you want to copy Highlight your chosen file or files If you need to highlight more than one you can hold down the CTRL or Shift keys on your keyboard or drag a box around the files you wish to copy Once highlighted you can either righ...

Page 11: ... Main menu select Space After about 30 seconds when the screen has refreshed it will tell you whether or not your drive is compatible and has been successfully connected Open the NAS menu select Backup and press OK at the dialog box To set to Flac Go to Advanced Menu Encoding Options check the Flac box and press update To set up a Sonos system From the Sonos Desktop Controller Music menu select Se...

Page 12: ...r selected USB hard drive Automated Backup Your musicm8 can perform a scheduled backup your media to a USB hard drive formatted as FAT32 When Automated Backup is enabled for the first time your musicm8 will back up its complete contents to the USB hard drive Please allow time for this process to complete Once the initial backup is complete your musicm8 will check every 15 minutes for new or change...

Page 13: ...dd Select Rescan Content Directories and then Save Changes Twonky Server is now configured Twonky has been configured to rescan your music collection every 5 minutes to allow for optimal user convenience You can manually configure your rescan interval by selecting Server Set Up then select Sharing from the Basic Set Up tab Here you will see the Rescan in Minutes menu Enter the interval in minutes ...

Page 14: ...tent to your share select Rescan Music Library select Look For New And Changed Music from the drop down menu then select Rescan Further Slim Server setup information and troubleshooting steps are available from the Help section of the Slim Server web interface Once Slim Squeeze Center has been successfully configured connect to Squeeze Network using the Squeezebox remote Select Music Library using...

Page 15: ...refly requires minimal setup Click on the Configuration tab from the Firefly main menu The main fields will be pre filled with musicm8 s default settings musicm8 Default MP3 Directory media Music If you have enabled dual encoding you need to add a new folder for example media MP3 in which MP3 tracks will be stored leaving the FLAC or WAV tracks to be stored in media Music Once configured click Sub...

Page 16: ...m8 content through iTunes select musicm8 from the Shared Library menu and select a track Windows Media Player To access musicm8 through Windows Media Player select Library from Windows Media Player Menu and select Add to Library Click the Add button and navigate to your musicm8 music share Once you ve saved the change your musicm8 content will be appear in your Windows Media Player Library ...

Page 17: ...one playback device or as a remote control for UPNP media players To setup the Nokia N800 with musicm8 follow the steps listed Download and install Media Streamer on your N800 Media Streamer can be found at the following location http tableteer nokia com tableteer os2008 feat_mediastreamer xhtml Once installed Media Streamer will be listed under Extras Select Media Streamer musicm8 will be listed ...

Page 18: ... Ensure you have the Wii connected to your network If it is not then please consult the Wii manual to do so Click Internet Start WWW Type the following web address http yourIPaddress 3689 fireplay html e g http 192 168 1 20 3689 FirePlay html Username blank Password musicm8 Click the Add to favorites icon and you are all set In use just go to Internet favorites click the ireplay icon and use the W...

Page 19: ...menu then select Set Up Music Library From the Set Up Music Library menu select Add A Share You will see the Sonos Set Up Wizard From the Sonos Set Up Wizard select Add Music Stored In Folders That Are Currently Stored On My Network and select Next musicm8 will be listed as a Network share Browse to musicm8 Music and select this location You can now browse musicm8 content once your music file inde...

Page 20: ...musicm8 music folder musicm8 Music Enter Add NOTE Your musicm8 automatically builds a playlist called recentlyadded m3u which is a playlist of the music you have added in the last 30 days For large collections this is invaluable to listen to your most recent additions To use it on your Sonos remote go to Music Library Imported Playlists select RecentlyAdded and play it If you have entered the medi...

Page 21: ... process is entirely automatic and only takes a minute or so You will be noti fied when it has finished by three short bleeps from the unit at which point you know that everything has been successful and you can remove your media card The process will not remove the pictures from your camera but will provide a back up and it will only update the photos not previously transferred to the musicm8 sto...

Page 22: ...nd be available to all devices on your network Note that any new podcast feed URLs can take up to a day to appear In the Main Menu on the left sidebar click Manage Podcasts Add any podcast feed URL into the text box and click Add Each new episode will now be downloaded to musicm8 music podcasts on the next daily update Use the Delete button to remove unwanted podcasts feeds ...

Page 23: ...e utility for your operating system it supports Windows Mac and Linux 2 Edit Your preferences Open the newly installed application Choose File Preferences Click Change Browse to Network musicm8 music Click OK Under Media Library Choose Do Nothing then click OK And finally go buy some music Simply visit your local Amazon page and go to the MP3 downloads pages when you buy any new content it will au...

Page 24: ...tions select an unused directory If all directories are in use select Add New Content Directory Input the path to your shared video folder musicm8 default video share is media video From the media type drop down select Video only Click Save Changes Your video directory has now been successfully added Twonky Media will now serve your video files to a selection of media players Photo Sharing To add ...

Page 25: ... To enable DYNDNS open the NAS menu and click DYNDNS Control then click Enable or Disable DynDNS configuration 1 Click here to visit the DynDNS website and select Create Account 2 Create an account Key in a username of your choice valid email address and a password DynDNS will then send you a confirmation email which you must verify by clicking the link in the email ...

Page 26: ...Add a hostname 4 Add your new hostname Choose a hostname that you can easily remember it can be anything you wish Select an extension from the drop down box again any one that you like Click Add to Cart This service is free so although you have to go through the Checkout you ll not be charged for it ...

Page 27: ... in your browser and port forward ports 80 and 3689 to the IP address of your musicm8 For information on how to do this visit portforward com and type in your router model number And finally access your musicm8 unit No matter where you are open your web browser and type http yourhostname mobile into the address bar to play your music view your photos and manage your files Note where it says yourho...

Page 28: ...elected musicm8 will encode to both FLAC and MP3 MP3 files will be stored in musicm8 MP3 FLAC files will be saved to musicm8 Music WAV MP3 selected musicm8 will encode to both WAV and MP3 MP3 files will be stored in musicm8 MP3 WAV files will be saved to musicm8 Music Your files are stored this way to avoid duplicate entries when files have been indexed A detailed overview of audio compression can...

Page 29: ... the status of the disc currently being recorded If there is no disc in the CD drive status will display No CD in drawer When a disc has been loaded and a metadata lookup is being performed Record ing Status will display Disc found waiting for data When a disc has been loaded and a metadata lookup has been successful record ing will begin Recording Status will display the CD artist album name trac...

Page 30: ...ions from software updates to bug fixes XiVA occasionally release new scripts Scripts and instructions on how to run them can be found by visiting http www xiva com musicm8 IMPORTANT Only scripts that have been approved by XiVA should be run using this facility Scripts from other sources may be damaging and will void your musicm8 warranty ...

Page 31: ...musicm8 can be assigned manually instead If you wish to manually configure the IP settings of musicm8 you can do so by deselecting Use DHCP and supplying the rest of the settings yourself When manually configuring IP settings Netmask and Gateway are both required as well as both DNS servers If you have only one DNS server you must enter the same address for both DNS Server 1 and DNS Server 2 It s ...

Page 32: ... is not recommended unless you have previous experi ence with workgroup settings Create a Shared Folder To create shared folders on your musicm8 select Create a Shared Folder from the Network menu In the New Share Name field type the name you wish your share to have for example shared Click Update The share will now be created at the following location musicm8 shared Delete a Shared Folder To dele...

Page 33: ...musicm8 for use with squeeze these should not need to change You will then be able to access your musicm8 as you would normally Connecting your musicm8 wirelessly using a wireless bridge You can connect your musicm8 wirelessly using a wireless bridge such as a Belkin Wireless G Gaming Adapter For information about this device please see this link http catalog belkin com IWCatProductPage process Pr...

Page 34: ...g shared folders by simply dragging and dropping your desired files into the folders I can t see the musicm8 web interface in my browser First try typing musicm8 local instead of just musicm8 If that doesn t fix it check that your network connection is working by typing www google com into your web browser If you cannot see the Google search page verify that your router is working properly and tha...

Page 35: ...er rescan time to prevent this occurrence in the future Check that your UPnP output device supports playback of your media If your 3 UPnP device does not support a specific audio type your musicm8 can encode to other formats which your UPnP output device may support To change the encoding setting on your musicm8 under the Recording menu click En coder Settings Your musicm8 can encode to FLAC MP3 W...

Page 36: ...e Sharing screen click Rescan Content Directories This will prompt 4 Twonky to rescan and add all the correct media to your UPnP devices If this is not successful reboot your musicm8 via the front panel or the Web UI The reboot option is in the Miscellaneous drop down within the Web UI I inserted the memory card from my camera but no pictures were copied to my Pictures folder Now I see error messa...

Page 37: ...ing location musicm8 BluRayBackup How can I change the username and password At present the username and password cannot be changed We expect to pro vide this facility in a future release The pictures folder contains a folder named qdig files What is this The folder called qdig files within your pictures directory is purely to help with the display of images when you browse the picture viewer on y...

Page 38: ...metadata and cover art 1TB storage Web browser configuration Auto network share Full iTunes DAAP support Integrated UPnP server Slim Squeezecenter 7 and Twonky DLNA Compliant Full backup ability Shared folders for video audio and photos Network VGA USB PS2 Camera picture sync Recently added playlist generation for Sonos Size 300 H x 65 W x 260 D mm 110 240 V Power requirements 65W max ROHS and CE ...

Page 39: ...stributed under its GPL conditions FLAC is distributed under the BSD license GD3 is used under license form Get Digital data TwonkyMedia is used under license from Packet Video Slim Squeezecenter is used under its GPL conditions Firefly is used under its GPL conditions All other software is Powered by Ripstation from Formats Unlimited Inc and 2009 Contact Imerge Ltd Unit 6 Bar Hill Business Park S...

Page 40: ...tion or associated insurance costs to or from a XiVA dealer or XiVA Service Centre These statements do not affect your statutory rights as a consumer under applicable national legislation in force nor your consumer s rights against the dealer from whom you purchased the product Please do not return your product directly to XiVA as this will result in unnecessary delays in the repair process In ord...

Page 41: ...ur end life equipment in a sound way The crossed out wheeled bin symbol invites you to use those systems If you need more information on the collection reuse and recycling systems please contact your local or regional waste administration CE Declaration of Conformity In accordance with the following Directive s 2006 95 EC The Low Voltage Directive 2004 108 EC The Electromagnetic Compatibility Dire...