Arcam FMJ MS250 - Manual (Page 25)

MS250
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The Content menu
The Content menu allows you to choose where your MS250 looks for music files. By default, this will
be the hard disk on the MS250 itself, but you can add other devices including network devices that the
MS250 can play files from. This includes some portable MP3 players (those which appear as a disk drive
when connected to a PC).
The options are:
Rescan
Select this option to rescan a device to allow the MS250 to update the record it has of the music stored
on the device. For example, if you add some music files to your networked PC, you’ll need to rescan the
PC to allow the MS250 to find the files so it can play them.
Add location
Select this option and enter the details of a networked device you would like the MS250 to access.
You will need to enter a ‘Friendly name’ for the device (e.g. ‘Bedroom iMac’) along with the Hostname
for the device, a User name and Password. Note that this option is not necessary for non-networked
devices (e.g. MP3 players or USB drives) since these will appear in the list automatically when they are
connected.
Remove location
Select this option to prevent the MS250 accessing a device that had previously been connected. If
you remove a non-networked device such as an MP3 player, you can reinstate it by disconnecting and
reconnecting it to the MS250.
Backup database
Although your MS250 is very robust, in exceptional cases, such as following a power failure or electrical
storm, it is possible that the music database might be corrupted. To insure against this possibility it is a
good idea to make a back up of the database occasionally. It is also a good idea to do this before making
major changes to the database, for example before scanning a new networked device containing a large
number of music files.
Restore database
Choose this option if you want to revert to the most recently backed-up database,
for example if you accidentally removed an album or if it has become corrupt for any
reason.
Reset database
Choose this option if all else fails! This will completely clear the database, removing all
entries. You will then need to rescan the hard disk in the MS250 to re-instate the music
files stored on it.
NOTE
The database only contains pointers
to music files, not the music files
themselves. if you have deleted
music files using the ‘Delete’ option,
you will not be able to recover them
using the ‘Restore database’ option.