Yamaha NX-N500 Owner's Manual

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PREPARATIO

PLAYBACK

NFIGURATIO

APPENDIX

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Supplied accessories....................................... 4

FEATURES

What you can do with this unit ..................... 5

Mastering useful apps (MusicCast CONTROLLER)................5

Sources that can be played back on this unit........................5

Part names....................................................... 6

Front panel ................................................................................6

Rear panel..................................................................................7

Remote control..........................................................................8

PREPARATIONS

PREPARATIONS................................................ 9

Connecting to network ................................ 12

Connecting with the MusicCast CONTROLLER................... 12

Connecting without the MusicCast CONTROLLER............. 14

PLAYBACK

Playing back music stored on media servers

(PCs/NAS)........................................................ 18

Setting the media sharing of music files ............................ 18
Playback of PC music contents............................................. 19

Playing back music on mobile devices

(Music Play).................................................... 20

Playback of mobile device music contents ......................... 20

Listening to Internet radio .......................... 21

Selecting an Internet radio station...................................... 21
Registering favorite Internet radio stations

(bookmarks)........................................................................ 21

Registering songs stations being played

back (Preset function) .................................. 22

Registering a song/station by remote control ................... 22
Recalling a registered song/station by remote control .... 22

Playing back iPod/iTunes music via a

network (AirPlay) .......................................... 23

Playback of iPod/iTunes music contents ............................ 23

Playing back music via Bluetooth................ 24

Registering a Bluetooth device with the unit (pairing)....... 24

Playing back audio from a Bluetooth device on the unit... 25
Disconnecting Bluetooth connection ................................... 25

Playing back music on a PC (USB DAC) ....... 26

Installing the dedicated driver (Windows only) ................. 26
Playing back music on a PC .................................................. 26

Listening to music from a playback

device ............................................................. 27

Playback from devices with an optical digital audio

output .................................................................................. 27

Playback from devices with an analog audio output ........ 27

CONFIGURATIONS

Updating the unit’s firmware via the

network.......................................................... 28

Updating with MusicCast CONTROLLER ............................. 28
Updating from this unit ........................................................ 28

Specifying unit settings with a web

browser .......................................................... 29

Configuring with Windows

(using a specified web browser)....................................... 29

Configuring with Mac OS ...................................................... 29
Displaying/changing settings............................................... 30

Restoring the default settings .................... 32

Restoring the default settings (Factory reset).................... 32
Restoring the default network settings .............................. 32

APPENDIX

Troubleshooting............................................ 33

General.................................................................................... 33

Bluetooth.................................................................................. 34

Remote control....................................................................... 34

Network................................................................................... 35

Supported devices and file formats............ 36

Supported devices ................................................................. 36
File formats............................................................................. 36

Specifications ................................................ 37
Trademarks.................................................... 38

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