Yamaha RX-Z11 User Manual

 

Use this feature to enjoy music files saved on your PC or Yamaha 
MCX-2000. MCX-2000 is a music server that enhances the concept 
of Yamaha exclusive MusicCAST, a digital music delivery method 
over a personal network.

Install Windows Media Player 11 on your PC, or 
register this unit on your Yamaha MCX-2000.
• Refer to “Installing Windows Media Player 11 on your PC” 

and “Registering this unit on the Yamaha MCX-2000” on 
page 82.

• This procedure is needed only the first time.
• (PC only) You may need to make some setting of Windows 

Media Player 11 to start the contents sharing. Refer to the 
attached documents of Windows Media Player 11.

Turn on your PC or MCX-2000.
The PC server or MCX-2000 is added to the server list on the 
submenu of PC/MusicCAST.

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Yamaha MCX-2000 may not be for sale in some locations.

• You can connect this unit to up to 15 PC servers and 1 MCX-2000, and 

each server must be connected to the same subnet as this unit.

• Some WAV, MP3, MPEG-4 AAC, and WMA files on your PC may not be 

playable or may be noisy when played.

• (MCX-2000 only) Files marked with an asterisk (*) have not been 

converted to MP3 format. You cannot play back such files immediately 
unless you set the “Receive PCM Stream” setting of this unit to “ON” on 
MCX-2000. For details, refer to the instruction manual of MCX-2000.

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• While a song is being played, the time elapsed is displayed at the bottom 

of the playback information screen.

• You can use Ab / a to skip backward/forward and 

Ah / s to start/stop playback independently from the menu in the video 
monitor.

• You can set the settings for repeat and shuffle mode by using the “Play 

Style” parameters in “NET/USB” (see page 98).

• You can set the front panel display mode by using the “Scroll” parameter 

in “Front Panel Disp.” (see page 112).

■ Installing Windows Media Player 11 on your PC

With Windows Media Player 11, you can play back the audio files 
on your PC. For details refer to the documents of Windows Media 
Player 11.

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You can also play back the audio files on your PC with Windows Media 
Connect 2.0 installed.

Install Windows Media Player 11 on your PC.
You can download the installer of Windows Media Player 11 
from the Microsoft website, or use the upgrade function of the 
installed Microsoft Windows Media Player.

Turn on your PC and then share a folder on the PC.
The Shared folder is added to the server list on the submenu of 
PC/MusicCAST.

• If the operating system (OS) of your PC is Windows Vista, Windows 

Media Player 11 is pre-installed (except some products).

• Some security software installed on your PC (anti-virus software, firewall 

software, etc.) may block the access of this unit to your PC. In such cases, 
configure the security software appropriately.

■ Registering this unit on the Yamaha MCX-2000

You must register this unit on your Yamaha MCX-2000 so that this 
unit can be recognized by your Yamaha MCX-2000. For details, 
refer to the operation manual supplied with your Yamaha MCX-
2000.

Turn on this unit.
• MCX-2000 is added to the server list on the submenu of PC/

MCX.

• The client ID of this unit appears in the OSD of your 

Yamaha MCX-2000 (shown as CL-XXXXX), and this 
completes the automatic configuration procedure.

• The latter part of the client ID of this unit is same as the last 5 digits of the 

MAC address of this unit. For details about MAC address, see page 112.

• To clear the registered client ID of this unit, use the “Manual Config” 

mode of your Yamaha MCX-2000 (refer to the instruction manual of 
MCX-2000) and then set “INITIALIZE” in the advanced setup menu of 
this unit to “NETWORK” (see page 142).

• The client control functions of MusicCAST over this unit other than “View 

Play Info”, “Receive PCM Stream” and “Edit Client title” are not 
available. Avoid using these functions as it will stop the playback on this 
unit.