USING YOUR MUSIC
SERVER WITH AN OPUS
MULTIROOM SYSTEM
Your Music Server may be installed with an Opus Multiroom
System for a complete multiroom audio solution. Using the
Opus wall panels and remote control you can access a
simple menu interface that allows you to browse through the
music library on your Music Server and listen to individual
music selections.
Each output on the Music Server is distinct and independently
controlled, enabling more than one person to control audio
playback without affecting the playback of others.
CONNECTING YOUR MUSIC SERVER TO
THE OPUS MCU
In order to connect your Music Server to an Opus MCU you
will need a TXT500 interface unit. The illustration below
shows the connections required:
Note: ensure that all units are switched off before making
any connections.
•
Connect Analogue Outputs 1, 2, 3 and 4 on your
Music Server to the AV1, AV2, CD, and DVD
connnections respectively on the Opus MCU.
•
Connect the AV1, AV2, CD, and DVD infrared
emitter outputs to the Infrared In 1, 2, 3, and 4
inputs respectively on the Opus TXT500.
•
Connect the All IR output from the Opus MCU to the
IR receiver connection on the back of the DH9500.
•
Connect the CD/DVD Opus text output on the Opus
MCU to the Opus Text 2 connection on the TXT500,
and the AV1/AV2 Opus text output to Opus Text 1.
•
Use a null modem cable to connect the RS232 port
on the TXT500 to the Controller port on your Music
Server.
Once the connections are complete switch on the Music
Server, then the TXT500, then the Opus MCU.
CONTROLLING THE MUSIC SERVER
The music collection on your Marantz DH9500 may be
accessed through the Opus Multiroom System in one of the
following two ways:
1.
Using the Music Server remote control - the Opus
wall panels may be used to send remote control
information back to your Music Server for browsing
browsing through your music library using the TV
user interface. For more information see the
chapter Using your Music Server in a Multiroom
System on p.31.
2.
Using the Opus wall panel and remote control - the
Opus wall panel comprises an eight character display
and seventeen push button keys, of which only a
subset are used to access your music library. The
following table gives a description of the keys used:
Key
Action
CD
Select output 3.
DVD: Select output 4.
DVD/AV1
AV1 (press and hold): Select output 1.
SAT: not available to the Music Server.
SAT/AV2
AV2 (press and hold): Select output 2.
Use these buttons to step backwards and
forwards through items in your music library. For
R , Q , G and F
more information see the chapter called Playing
Music overleaf.
Pressing the play button whilst browsing your
music collection will play the highlighted album,
A/C
playlist, or preset. If an artist or genre is
highlighted then all the albums in that group are
played in turn.
Allows you to select how you will browse through
your Music Server library. Pressing this button
once will browse by album title; press the button
FAV-1
again to browse by artist name. Continue
pressing the button to browse the library by
genre, playlist or preset.
STOP
Stops playback or exits from browse mode.
An example of how to select music from your library is given
in the following Playing Music chapter.
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