Yamaha rx-a2000 User Guide

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You can enjoy playback of audio files stored on PCs connected to this unit via your network. To play back audio files on your PC, you need to install Windows Media 
Player on the PC and configure the media sharing setting of Windows Media Player.
Windows Media Player setup
1
Install Windows Media Player on your PC.
You can download the installer of Windows Media 
Player from the Microsoft website, or use the upgrade 
function of the installed Microsoft Windows Media 
Player.
2
Turn on your PC then allow media sharing.
Activate Windows Media Player first, enable the media 
sharing and then select this unit as a device to which 
the media is shared.
Playback of PC music contents
The PC music contents can be operated from the menu 
displayed on the TV screen. 
You can operate the PC contents from the Now Playing 
view or the Browse view.
Operating from the Browse view
a
Repeat icon
b
Shuffle icon
c
Play icon
d
Current directory name
e
Menu items
f
Album art / Input icon
g
Screen button area
Buttons for available operations are displayed. See 
“Screen buttons on the Browse view” for details.
h
Current menu number / Number of all menu items
Screen buttons on the Browse view
To use these buttons, first press 
iCursor
 
E
. Then 
select the desired one with 
iCursor
 
B / C
 and 
iENTER
.
10 Pages Up
10 Pages Down
Goes to 10 pages forwards or backwards.
1 Page Up
1 Page Down
Scrolls the list to the next or previous page.
Now Playing
Switches the display to the Now Playing view.
1
Press 
dNET
 repeatedly to select “PC” as 
the input source.
2
Press 
iCursor
 
B / C
 to select a PC server 
and music file to play back.
• To select a PC server, folder or file, press 
i
Cursor
 
B / C
.
• To confirm the selection, press 
i
ENTER
.
• To return to the previous menu, press 
i
RETURN
.
3
Press 
iENTER
 to start playback.
The Now Playing view appears during playback.
Playing back tunes on the PC
RETURN
NET
ENTER
SOURCE
RECEIVER
AV
AUDIO
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V-AUX
4
3
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2
USB
MULTI
PHONO
TUNER
DOCK
SIRIUS
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If you do not use a DHCP server, configure the 
network parameters (IP address, etc.) of this unit 
manually (
NOTES
• 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.
• You can connect this unit to up to 16 PC servers, and 
each server must be connected to the same subnet as 
this unit.
For a complete list of status messages that appear on 
the front panel display and GUI screen, see “USB and 
Network” (
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