HUSH AVX User manual

HUSH AVX Music Server
User Guide Version 1.0

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DigiFi™ CD tray for ripping, including but not limited
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Hush™ AVX Music Server
User Guide

Introducing the HUSH™ AVX Music Server.
The HUSH™ AVX Music Server stores up to 1600 CDs
and plays them through your existing Hi Fi system.
The Server is controlled using the DigiFi™ interface,
which is hosted on a handheld PDA.
The PDA is connected to the Server by wireless LAN.
The DigiFi™ interface makes it easy and intuitive to
select and play albums or tracks, and to create, edit
and listen to playlists.
Encoding formats currently supported are WAV, WMA
and MP3.
How to use this User Guide
The AVX has been designed by music lovers for music
lovers.
HUSH™ Technologies ask that, in order to get the best
out of the AVX Music Server and the DigiFi™ software
interface, you carefully read this User Guide.
This User Guide is divided into three sections.
Section 1 is the ‘How To’ guide. It explains in step-by-
step detail how to complete the fundamental operations
on the DigiFi™ Interface.
Section 2 is the ‘Reference’ Guide. It provides
reference information for more advanced operation.
Section 3 is the ‘Troubleshooting’ section. It provides
the answers for the most common technical issues.
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Introduction
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Contents 1. How To
1.1 Use the Interface
1.2 Hardware Buttons
1.3 General Controls
1.4 Rip CDs
1.5 Change Formats
1.6 Play an Album
1.7 Select a Song
1.8 Queue the Tracklist
1.9 Save the Tracklist
1.10 Clear Now Playing Tracklist
1.11 Create a Playlist
1.12 Edit Existing Playlist
1.13 Create Random Playlist
1.14 Search for Album or Track
2. Reference Guide
2.1 Switching On and Off
2.2 Now Playing
2.3 Music Library
2.4 Ripping and Encoding
2.5 Clear Now Playing Tracklist
2.6 Save Now Playing Tracklist
2.7 Create Random Playlist
2.8 Create New Playlist
2.9 Edit Existing Playlist
2.10 Assign Playlist to Genre
2.11 Search for Album or Track
2.12 Advanced Menu
2.13 Maintain Music Library
2.14 CD Database Lookup
2.15 Maintain Genres
2.16 CD Database Genre
2.17 Rooms
2.18 Linked Rooms
2.19 Status & Messages
2.20 System Settings and Functions
2.21 Use of PDA Buttons
2.22 Alerts
2.23 Scheduled Tasks
2.24 Upgrading
2.25 PDA Backup or Restore
3. Troubleshooting
3.1 My Server will not Power On
3.2 My PDA will not Power On
3.3 The Interface Starts on the PDA
but doesn’t Connect to the Server
3.4 My Server will not Power Off
3.5 No Music Comes from my Hi-Fi
3.6 The Quality of the Music from my
Server is not Good Enough
3.7 The Interface Starts on the PDA
but Periodically Disconnects
3.8 I am Having Problems Ripping CDs
3.9 CDs Rip but Tracks are Missing or
Gaps Appear in the Music
3.10 Artist, Album and Track Details
are not Appearing for Newly
Ripped CDs
3.11 Album Covers are not Appearing

1. How To

1.1 Use the Interface
The DigiFi™ interface is based on a simple tab system.
It’s easy to use and intuitive to learn.
Just tap on a tab or button navigate.
There are 4 screens you’re likely to use the most:
— Music Library — Albums
— Music Library — Tracks
— Now Playing — Tracklist
— Now Playing — Currently Playing
The Music Library — Albums
Where you’ll find your music collection displayed.
Music Library — Details
Lets you see all the tracks on your album or playlist.
Now Playing — Tracklist
Shows you the current tracks being played and
queued.
Now Playing — Current Track
Shows you the current track being played.
For normal listening, it is a simple matter of ‘toggling’
between the Music Library and Now Playing screens
to play albums — and using the Tracks screen to select
separate tracks.
DigiFi™
The DigiFi™ Hush AVX Music server is powered by
Digital Fidelity Limited’s DigiFi™ software system.
1. How To
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Music Library —
Albums
Music Library —
Tracks
Now Playing —
Tracklist
Now Playing —
Current Track

1.2 Hardware Buttons
Button 1
Switch the DigiFi™ Interface on and off.
Button 2
Takes you to the Now Playing screen. Once there, it
lets you toggle between Tracklist and Current Track
views.
Button 3
Takes you to the Music Library. Once there, it lets you
step through A-Z, Genre, Playlist and Other views.
Button 4
Takes you to Ripping and Encoding. Once there, it lets
you toggle between Now Ripping and Now Encoding
views.
Central button
Up/Down changes volume.
Left/Right changes track.
Stylus
Use the stylus to tap your selections.
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Stylus
Hardware
Buttons
Central button

1. How To
1.4 Rip CDs
Just place a CD in the tray and close.
The AVX will do the rest.
You can tell it’s ripping by the flickering blue light.
After a short time the CD tray will pop out.
You’ll notice that the Refresh button on the Now
Playing screen has turned red.
You can tap this button and the track information
will be automatically updated.
Or you can place another CD in the tray and go on
ripping.
Just tap Refresh at the end of your session for an
automatic bulk update.
1.3 General Controls
The backspace symbol can take you back to the
previous screen.
Volume can be adjusted by tapping this icon and
moving the slider.
To pause the current track, tap the pause icon.
To select the repeat function, tap the repeat icon.
To select the shuffle icon, tap the shuffle icon.
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Currently
playing track
Toggle
between Now
Playing and
Music Library
tabs
Volume is
adjusted by
tapping the
volume icon
Repeat and
shuffle icons
Backspace
symbol can
take you back
to previous
screen
General
controls to
pause, replay
or skip tracks
Toggle
between
Tracklist and
Current Track
screens
Activity
indicator
The progress
bar will indicate
the progress of
Refreshing
If the refresh
button turns
red, there are
new CDs to
be added to
the library.
Tap on the
button to start
the Refresh
process

1. How To
Tap the Settings button.
From within Settings screen, tap on High Quality tab.
The default is WMA (compressed).
To change to either WAV (uncompressed) or MP3
(compressed) simply tap on the drop-down menu
marked Format, then highlight the format you want.
Tap Ripping Monitor to view current ripping progress.
Alternatively, tap the Now Playing or Music Library
tabs.
For more details on frequency and bit rate please refer
to Reference Section, 2.4.7.
1.5 Change Formats
CDs can be ripped in one of three formats:
WAV (uncompressed);
WMA (compressed);
MP3 (compressed).
WAV will provide the highest quality fidelity, though will
use approximately 10 times the storage space of WMA.
To change format, tap the Ripping and Encoding tab
on the Menu.
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Tap the Ripping
and Encoding
option on the
Menu
Tap the
Settings button
From within
Settings
screen, tap on
High Quality
tab
Select the
format

1. How To
1.7 Select a Song
Go to Music Library.
Select an album.
Select Tracks.
Highlight a track.
To play the track, tap Play Track. The track will play and
the Now Playing screen will appear.
Alternatively, you can tap Add Track. This adds the
track to the Now Playing queue.
You can change tracks in two ways:
Either tap once on the one you want to listen to.
Or tap the forward or back buttons.
Method 1:
1.6 Play an Album
Most people start by using the A-Z function on the
Music Library screen.
Tap All and the list of all artists ripped will appear.
Alternatively, you can tap a letter to quickly locate a
particular album or artist.
To select an album, highlight it.
Then tap Play Album.
The DigiFi™ will automatically play the album and the
Now Playing screen will appear.
This shows the album and artist details, the track
length, and the tracks now in the queue.
You can either add albums or individual tracks to this
queue (Add Album, Add Track), and you can change
tracks on this screen.
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Tap on an
album to select
Then tap on the
Play Selected
button
Currently
playing Tracklist
This shows the
album and
artist details,
and the track
length
Tap here to
return to the
Music Library
from where you
can add
albums or
individual
tracks to the
Tracklist
Then tap the
Tracks button
Tap on an
album to select
Tap on a track
to select
Tapping Add
Track adds the
track to the
Now Playing
Tracklist
To play the
track, tap Play
Track. The
track will play
and the Now
Playing screen
will appear