Other media playback, Playing music files, Connecting a usb or an e-sata drive – Cambridge Audio AZUR 651 User Manual

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Playing music files

To play digital music files stored on an optical disc or external drive, select

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Music

"

from the Home Menu. A file browser will appear to assist you in

navigating the files and folders.
The first step is to select the

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Data Disc

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or external device that contains

the music files. The player will take a moment to read the disc and list the

folders and music files.

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In the music browser, you can perform the following operations:
Press the

buttons or Page

buttons to move the cursor and

select music files.
When a music file is highlighted by the cursor, press the Enter or

/ button to start playback.

Press the Green colour button to add the currently highlighted music file

to the Playlist. A Green check mark will appear in front of the file name,

and the Playlist count in the lower left corner of the screen will increase

by one.
Press the button to move the cursor to the selection menu in the lower

left corner of the screen. This menu contains the following choices:
All Music – List all music files in a flat view without any directory structure.
Playlist – List only music files added to the Playlist.
Browser – List folders and music files according to the original directory

structure on the disc or USB drive.
Now Playing – Show the status of the currently playing music file. Press

the button to move the cursor back to the file listing.
If a music file starts playing and there is no other user operation, the

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Now

Playing

"

screen will appearafter a few seconds. You can also get to this

screen using the

"

Now Playing

"

menu. This screen can show the following

information:
Playback status – / ,
Playback mode – Shuffle, Random, Repeat One, Repeat All
Playback progress – Track and time
Other embedded information – If the music file contains supported

album art image and tags, those will be displayed.

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As well as normal CD’s, SACD’s, DVD’s and BD’s the 651/751BD can play

some music, movies and photo files either from optical datadiscs (such

as CD-R, DVD-R etc.) or external memory such as USB flash-drives/thumb-

drives or e-Sata hard-drives.

Connecting a USB or an e-Sata Drive

The 651/751BD is equipped with two USB 2.0 ports, one on the front of

the unit and the other on the back, and also an e-Sata port at the back.

You may use either USB port to plug in a USB drive or use the e-Sata port

with an e-Sata drive loaded with digital music, movies and photo files.
The USB ports are rated to provide a maximum of 5V, 1A power to the

attached device. This is usually sufficient to bus power (i.e. self power)

USB flash drives and flash memory card readers, but may not be sufficient

for USB hard disks.
To use the e-Sata port, an external power supply is needed to power up

the e-Sata drive. Note that the e-Sata port does not support “hot-

plugging”. To avoid damaging your e-Sata drive, always plug-in/unplug

the e-Sata drive when the 651/751BD is turned off.
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• This unit supports Mass Storage Class Bulk Transport devices only.

Most USB thumbs drives, portable hard disk drives and card readers

conform to this device class. Other devices such as MP3 players, digital

cameras, and mobile phones that include their own memory

management may not be compatible.

• Supported USB drives must be formatted with the FAT (File Allocation

Table), FAT32 or NTFS (New Technology File System) file system.

• In some cases, an incompatible device may cause the player to stop

responding. If this occurs simply turn off the power, remove the device,

and turn the player back on.

• The player accesses the USB drive in read-only mode. In order to

minimize the risk of data corruption, it is recommended that you only

unplug the USB device when playback has completely stopped.

• DO NOT attempt to plug in a USB drive into the e-Sata port, or plug in

an e-Sata drive into the USB port, as this could damage both the drive

and the port.

The Home Menu

When a drive or an optical disc stored with media files is inserted, the

player presents a

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Home menu

"

to assist you in navigating and playing

the files. You can also bring up the Home menu with the button on the

remote control. The Home menu is the starting point for accessing media

files.

Depending on what type of media files that you intend to play, you can

choose from

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Music

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,

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Movie

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and

"

Photo

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categories. The

"

Setup Menu

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selection will bring you to the player’s Setup Menu just like pressing the

Setup button on the remote control.
Two further menu items are provided for future features.
The Internet menu may be used in the future for online streaming

audio/video services. The My Network menu may allow the 651/751BD

to access content over a network via UPnP AV from suitable servers.
Both features are experimental works in progress and not guaranteed

parts of the 651/751BDs functionality. See the 651/751BD support page

at www.cambridgeaudio.com for the latest details on these menus and

any software updates available from Cambridge Audio.
Note streaming services are usually regional so any services that may be

made available will usually vary from country to country also.

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HDD1

01 / 11 items

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Artist: Various

Album: J.S. Bach

Genre: Classical

All Music
Playlist
Browser
Now Playing

0

USB1

..

Music

Back

Add to Playlist

Other media playback

HDD1

HDD1

01 / 11 items

Title: Prelude I C major

Artist: Various

Album: J.S. Bach

Genre: Classical

All Music
Playlist
Browser
Now Playing

0

USB1

..

Music

Back

Add to Playlist

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