Yamaha MCX-2000 User Manual

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MCX-2000 Owner’s Manual
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Using a Playlist
The playlists on the MCX-2000 give you new and creative 
ways to enjoy the songs you’ve stored to your music archive. 
Each playlist simply lets you combine and arrange archived 
songs as you like, but a finished playlist can be used in many 
ways. Not only can playlist songs be played on the 
MCX-2000 itself, but they can also be streamed to any 
MusicCAST client (page 88), if required, along with the timer 
playback feature (page 89). You can even use playlists to 
compile your own custom CDs (page 73). This section 
shows you how to manage your playlists.
Creating a Playlist
You can create a playlist in one of two ways. The most 
seamless way is to save a bookmark list as a playlist; you 
can simply add the bookmark to songs in a song list view or 
each song’s Play Information screen, and then go to the 
Bookmarks screen and save the current bookmark list as a 
playlist using the relevant Submenu command (page 50). 
The other way is to create a ‘blank’ playlists first with a 
suitable name, and then you can edit or compile it by adding 
necessary songs later. Here, we explain how to create a 
blank playlist.
Select Top Menu > Library > Music Archive > Playlists for 
the following screen.
Select the New Playlist command from the Submenu. The 
character palette appears, prompting you to type the name 
for a new playlist. Specify the name using the palette or 
using a PS/2 keyboard connected to the MCX-2000, and 
then select OK in the character palette (page 75).
Confirm the new playlist appears in the Playlists screen.
Other Submenu commands available from the Playlists 
screen:
Play: Lets you play the selected playlist, from the first song 
in the list. In the Play Information screen, you can select 
other playlists using the group selection buttons (+/–). For 
other playback controls, see “Play Information and Controls” 
(page 50).
Information: Shows a dialog box that provides detailed 
information about the selected playlist.
Add Link: Lets you add a song to the selected playlist. You 
can search for the desired song by navigating down from a 
‘mini’ Music Archive menu, in the same manner you search 
for a song in the music archive.
Edit title: Lets you edit the selected playlist’s name using 
the character palette or a PS/2 keyboard connected to the 
MCX-2000 (page 75).
Delete this Playlist: Lets you delete the selected playlist 
and its content (links). When you select this command, a 
confirmation dialog box appears. Select OK if you’re sure. 
Deleting a playlist doesn’t delete the original song data.
n Once created, each playlist shown in the Playlists screen is managed 
in the same way. You can add or remove songs from a playlist, even 
when it was ‘converted’ from a bookmark list.
Playlists screen