PhatNoise Music Manager User`s Manual
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1. ey TS PHATNOISE PhatNoise Inc 1950 Sawtelle Blvd Suite 200 Los Angeles CA 90025 Users Manual PhatNoise Product Code 6101 PMMUM ry Con oh 02 Ph Ss Inc All N i 4 pHAT yates PhatNoise Music Manager User s Manual Installing the software 3 Using the CD Manager 9 Using the Music Manager 13 Updating Firmware 39 Using content from Audible 45 SUPPO rego wa sean ete 59 PhatNoise Section 1 Installing the software e You must install the PhatNoise Music Manager before you connect the USB cradle to your computer e The PhatNoise Music Manager requires the Windows Operating System Win dows 98 Second Edition Windows Millennium Windows 2000 or Windows XP To configure the software properly it is very important to follow these steps in order 1 Exit all running Windows programs 2 If the DMS Cartridge is inserted into the USB cradle remove it now 3 Insert the PhatNoise Music Manager software CD into your computer s CD ROM drive The PhatNoise Music Manager software installation program will automatically launch 4 If the PhatNoise Music Manager software installation program does not launch automatically follow these steps to run the software manually otherwise skip to the next step a Click the Start button in the lower left corner of your screen and select Run The Run dialog box appear2. Curent Setup VW Audi Native Brand Stereos version 4 01 Select an installation package from the Fet 12 3 2002 Yersin Kernel with larger buffering to help prevent skipping WA player wont cut aff end of track CHOOSE YOUR RLU flesh 10 Press the Next button one more time This screen summarizes the options you have chosen Press Update PhatNoise DMS when you are done and the firmware will then be downloaded to your DMS Cartridge Make sure you are choosing the correct options Reprogramming the PhatBox for an r 1 A incorrect head unit may damage your system P 43 4 PhatNoise a Sav EfEve oT F DHS 11 The wizard will close Now press the Save Eject DMS button After completing these steps your DMS cartridge is set to reprogram the PhatBox with the firmware you just downloaded Now the PhatBox can be updated using the following steps 12 While your car radio is off insert the DMS cartridge into your PhatBox 13 Turn on the radio and verify that the PhatBox powers on the green light begins to blink 14 While the green light is blinking the PhatBox is reprogramming itself This will take about 7 minutes Do not pull the cartridge out while the lights are blinking 15 You may turn off the radio and lock the car the PhatBox will turn itself off when done 16 When the PhatBox is done reprogramming all the PhatBox lights will turn off Now the PhatBox is ready for nor
3. Voice Prompts Cover Art tab 32 Downloading cover art for your music 3 8 Hardware Options Firmware Setup Profiles PhatNoise DMS Maintenance DMS Database Voice Prompts Cover Art DMS Database i NOTE Regenerating the DMS database will NOT affect the DMS playlists Fix DMS Database The DMS database is only used to generate DMS Voice Prompts and to supply metadata information for the car player Voice Prompting V Enable Voice Prompts Voice ATT DTNV 1 2 Mike M Hear Voice Sample Voice Rate Slow Fast Voice Volume 0 100 Fix Voice Prompts Click here to regenerate all voice prompt files Generate Voice Prompts for Track Titles DMS Cover Art eee Cover At Downloading during Eject Fix Cover Ayt Click here to try downloading cover art for all music files and discs on z the DMS erasing any previously downloaded cover art on the DMS Requires Intemet connection 3 If you would like to have the music manager download missing cover art every time you eject the cartridge check the box titled Enable Cover Download during Eject 33 3 8 PhatNoise Hardware Options Firmware Setup Profiles PhatNoise DMS Maintenance DMS Database Voice Prompts Cover Art DMS Database NOTE Regenerating the DMS database will NOT affect the DMS playlists Fix DMS Database The DMS database is only used to generate DMS Voice Prompts and to supply metadata information for the car pl
4. The Search Box 3 3 PhatNoise he Genres z Disable iGrary Browsing BIDUMS H J all Genres A HEE All Artists ee Beth Jones WP award Time T Blender W Best of Classical DJ Freddy W Blender Express Mail Wi Digitize This T Grand Prix v Don t Know Why Mobile Army W mix It Up Rick s Jamhouse W Rockin Boots The Gangles WP Sunday Night T Unknown Artist Wi the Best of Beth Jones A Various Artists PF This is Express v Unknown Album View Genres i artist bum cee ts gt eee ym CEP 5 4 f Bx Ae Pe a P m Browse View Click the Browse View button while in the Library or Device View and the window will display a list of all your Artists and a list of all your Albums just above the list of all your songs To display a list of all your Genres click on View Genres or right click on All Songs and choose Enable Genre Browsing e Clicking on a specific Genre Artist or Album will cause only those songs in that category to be displayed below The Browse View is hierarchical e Clicking on a Genre will display all the Artists Albums and Songs for that Genre e Clicking on an Artist will display all the Albums and Songs for that Artist e Clicking on an Album will display all the songs on that Album You can select up to 15 items by using holding down the SHIFT key or the CTRL key while clicking 16 The Library View Finding Music 3 3 Artist rio vario B
5. Discs with the same names and numbering are available via the Playlist mode on your Home Player or PhatBox Downloading cover art for your music 3 8 3 8 Downloading cover art for your music The PhatNoise Music Manager features a utility to automatically search and download cover art images forthe songs on your DMS cartridge These images can be viewed from compatible PhatNoise products such as the PhatNoise Home Digital Media Player and the PhatNoise CD Manager desktop software album art cannot be viewed on the PhatNoise car audio systems The album and artist names from every song will be used for this search and the resulting downloaded images are stored on your DMS Here s how to turn this feature on Blue Mote Blue Note ib HAR OWA RE fa Sd om O onnecte ppal OHS All Supported Devices isc Name Tern aa a PhatNoise DMS a 06 My Shared Folder 4000048 999999 a a A A 1 In the device view mode click on the Hardware Options button 31 3 8 PhatNoise Hardware Options Firmware Setup Profiles PhatNoise DMS Maintenance DMS Database Voice idaki Cover Art Installed Firmware Current Setup Audi Native Brand Stereos version 6 00 Click here to launch the Firmware Configuration Wizard Click here to modify your fimware s properties and to install plugins Properties Advanced 2 Click on the DMS Database
6. PhatNoise Car Audio System this section will explain step by step how to update the software inside of it or firmware using the PhatNoise Music Manager PhatNoise periodically releases updates to the firmware in order to fix problems or to provide feature upgrades A notice of firmware updates may appear on the PhatNoise website or you may be contacted via the email address you registered with PhatNoise when you loaded your PhatNoise Music Manager Software onto your PC In the event of a firmware update follow these steps 1 Insert the DMS cartridge into the USB Cradle 2 Launch the PhatNoise Music Manager by double clicking the icon on your desktop 39 3 Press the Device button 4 PhatNoise Connected Devices All Supported Devices E All Supported Devices Nornad Il CE Burner Phathaise X MiS Your PhaNose DMS was successfully detected Click on the Go Button GO k dT TITLES 4 Click the text PhatNoise DMS and then press the GO button pia ls HAROWARE os DHAS OPTIONS Or 5 Press the Hardware Options button 40 Updating Firmware 4 6 Press the Start Wizard button to begin the update process Hardware Options a r is i Ea Finnware Setup Protes Phat cme DMS Mamntenance DMS Database Voice Prompts Inelaled Firnivesre Curent Setup Vi Audi Edition Brand Stereos version 4 01 Pick Fene te lerri ties FAT aeae ConBeneotion AE Stat wWesd Chi
7. Users New Users Now vou can use the Get a 30 day risk free trial Fhat oise Music Manager to 4udible and start to manage all of your listening to great audio Audible files Chick below content Simply retum to enter your user name here to enter your account and password info Click Herel Click Herel nternet connection required Cancel 47 5 2 PhatNoise The Audible User Name Entry dialog box gives you the following three options Tell Me More New U e Welcome Tell Me More Click the Tell Me More Button to get more information about audible com Pe E misting Users How you can use the Phat oze Music Manager to manage all of your Audible Files Click below to enter your user name and password Click Here i e Existing Users Click Here Click the Existing Users Click Here Button if you already have an audible com account 48 Getting Started with Audible 5 2 Audible User x User Name Phatnaise Pas sword a e Lancel Enter your audible com username and password Then press the OK button Synchronize Subscriptions Se E xl Audible subscriptions are maintained on a per user basis This will not affect any Audible files you have already downloaded to your computer would you like to synchronize your subscriptions From the Audible servers This operation requires a connection to the Internet Note This operation can be performed
8. at any time by choosing Synchronize Subscriptions from the Audible Options page A dialog box will appear asking if you would like to synchronize your subscriptions with the Audible com servers We recommend you press the Yes button 49 5 2 PhatNoise New User Get a 30 day rek tree trial to Audible and start listening to great audio content Simply return here to enter your account mfo Click Here Internet conmection required e New Users Click Here Click the New Users Click Here Button to create anew audible com account and take advantage of our special introductory offer You will be taken to the new user signup page at audible com Please follow the instructions on the site Once you have registered at the audible com site return back to the PhatNoise Music Manager Go to the step Existing Users Click Here above and enter in your new username and password You are now ready to download Audible content for use with the PhatNoise Music Manager and your PhatNoise Car Audio System 50 Audible Content on the PhatNoise DMS 5 3 5 3 Audible Content on the PhatNoise DMS Audible files are transferred to the PhatNoise DMS in much the same way as mp3 files are transferred to the PhatNoise DMS The only difference is that most Audible files are indexed according to chapter or section breaks in the content A new track will be added for each index point This will allow for easy navigation in the car
9. 1 Click the Create playlist button Enter a name for this playlist choose Empty Playlist then press Ok 2 Click on the All Songs playlist 3 Find the songs you wish to include in the playlist and then highlight the desired songs 4 Drag the desired songs into your playlist 21 3 5 PhatNoise Creating a Dynamic Playlist Each time you select a Dynamic Playlist in the PhatNoise Music Manager software the list of criteria in that playlist is checked against the MP3 collection on your computer s hard drive All songs that match the criteria are automatically added to your dynamic playlist Dynamic playlists can also be synced with the playlists on your DMS cartridge 1 Click the Create playlist button Enter a name for this playlist choose Dynamic Playlist then press Ok 2 The playlist properties window will automatically appear 3 To add criteria to a playlist select the criteria to add The criteria category selected will determine what is displayed in the criteria window O AlternRock O Ambient O Avantgarde For example if Artist is selected then a list of all Artists is displayed 22 Creating Playlists 3 5 If File Path is selected an input box appears at the bottom of the criteria window Enter the path and press Add If Most Recent Songs is selected then an input box will appear at the bottom of the criteria window Enter the number of most recent songs to add and press Add 23 3 6 PhatN
10. 2 Support 6 9 Watch for an error window indicating any broken links in the playlist If no error window appears this disc is ok and you can skip to step 11 below n Search bien PHATNOI IMANAGRR EEE Help Options Macplayer te Genres Artists Albums Playlist IME Now Playing IF All Songs A All Audible Content IE All Playlists Media Explorer Q View Genres Titie Genre Recover Songs Broken File Links Found E One or more songs in this disc were not found on the X PhatNoise DMS These songs are displayed in light red italic print and will not play from this view or in the car Connected Devices It is recommended that you repair the broken links by Z All Supported Devices choosing Recover Songs fj O01 Blender Been Th PhatNoise DMS F ii sik ere once E P PAA E Default Cancel Disc 1 Disc 2 Blender Money amp Disc3 Blender Multi tasking 6 Blender Out of Line Blender Paralyzed Blender Rest is a Weapon Blender Walking on the Surface le le le a a eS cocoon ONNAN A ADD g E DELETE E osc Bain 4 DISC x DISO PROPERTIES tah 10 Select Remove Broken Songs 11 Select the next disc and repeat steps 9 through 11 for each disc on your DMS 12 Click Save Eject and the Music Manager will save your settings 13 Click Ok and remove the DMS cartridge from the cradle For more help For contact information and
11. MS button E Q S7TRHoC Saving Your Changes When you have finished organizing your Audible content click the SAVE EJECT DMS button Ey SAWEJEJECOCT j OMS Playing Audible content in your car A playlist with Audible content on it will auto resume The Auto resume feature allows the PhatBox to remember where playback stopped in a playlist For example suppose you are listening to an Audible playlist and you switch to a different playlist At any point you return to the Audible playlist the PhatBox will remember where you left off and will resume at that point 57 5 3 PhatNoise 58 Section 6 Support Common Questions e amgetting a Codebase error The PhatNoise Music Manager database files have been corrupted To fix the database close the PhatNoise Music Manager software and run the Database Doctor from the PhatNoise Music Manager folder on the Start Menu If this does not fix the problem delete the folder Data in the PhatNoise Music Manager installation directory This is usually C Program Files PhatNoise Music Manager Please note that this will erase the entire user s database and playlist files All the songs will need to be reloaded and the playlists will need to be redefined e When transferring files to the DMS cartridge a message appears Long Filenames not supported The DMS has been mounted incorrectly or improperly formatted Cancel the current copy operation eject the ca
12. PhatNoise DMS Assigning a track to each index point is meant to assist you in finding your place in longer audiobooks and or periodicals 54 Audible Content on the PhatNoise DMS 5 3 Dynamic Audible Subscription Discs It is possible to create discs that will automatically update with issues of Audible subscriptions To create a dynamic audible subscription disc follow these steps 1 Click the Disc Wizard button from the PhatNoise DMS view This dialog helps you create discs for your below and click Create Disc to automat Create from Playlist w Audible Subscription Snapshot R 2 Choose Audible Subscriptions from the Create From drop down list 55 5 3 PhatNoise Audible Subscription The Morning Read from The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Weekend Journal Create 1 Disc per sl Ereate Ls w ee 3 Select one or more Audible subscriptions and click one of the Create buttons Add Audible Subscription to DMS isc zj Do you want to include all issues of the subscription s Press Yes to include all issues Press No to only include the most recent issue Yes N Mo 4 You will then be asked if you d like to include all of the issues of the subscription or only the most recent issue Click yes or no as desired 56 Audible Content on the PhatNoise DMS 5 3 To update the Audible Subscription Discs Discs will automatically be updated when you click the Sync D
13. To transfer Audible files to the PhatNoise DMS follow these steps 1 Insert the PhatNoise DMS cartridge into the USB cradle 2 Click on the Device View button 51 5 3 PhatNoise Connected Devices All Supported Devices E All Supported Devices Nornad Il CE Burner Phathaise X MiS 3 Click on the PhatNoise DMS text under the All Supported Devices panel Your FhatNose DMS was successfully detected Click on the Go Button k dT i UTGES 4 Click on the red GO button 52 Audible Content on the PhatNoise DMS Explorer _ Playlist Now Playing if Al songs All Audible Content IB al piMists E Media Explorer 5 3 5 On the top portion of the Device view click on the All Audible Content text in the Playlist panel l whe SE Ee a E or ee J PhatNoise DMS 6 Drag an audible file to a DMS disc 53 5 3 PhatNoise 7 f DISGO SHC ES WizAro OS i he torier t Gude to the Galaxy Section J he H onkery Guide fo the Galaxy Section 2 The AtchAukers Guide fo the Galax n Section 3 he Hicaba t Guide fo the Galaxy Sactan 4 Devices 719 Name DMS he Acker Guide to ihe Galaxy Section 5 he Atovivers Guide fo the Galaxy Section 6 ne AitcVvukers Guide fo the Galaxy Section 7 Te AWokers Suce to the Galax F Sectian amp 7 You will notice that the Audible file will be added and each section break will correspond to a track on the
14. all of the discs with a yellow star will be updated if new matching content is available If a disc has fresh content after syncing the yellow star will turn blue and the new files will be highlighted Be sure to click Save Eject DMS to save the changes 37 3 11 PhatNoise 3 11 Information on ID3 Tags The PhatNoise Music Manager software allows you to organize play and create digital music files These music files come in many different formats but the most popular is the MP3 format While this manual usually refers to MP3 files the same actions apply to any digital music file format An MP3 file is a compressed audio file that can be listened to on the computer An MP3 file is made of two parts the audio data and the ID3 tag The audio data uses high quality music compression to make storage and movement of music easy The ID3 tag enables the PhatNoise Music Manager to organize music files The ID3 tag and music data is analogous to a book jacket and the pages inside the book Whereas the pages contain the book s story the book s jacket contains the author s name the book title and a short summary An ID3 tag contains information about the Artist Song Title Album Title and Genre and the rest of the MP3 file is the audio content MP3 files possessing an incorrect ID3 tag will be improperly filed much like a book with the wrong book jacket would be misplaced in a library 38 Section 4 Updating Firmware If you have a
15. ayer Voice Prompting IV Enable Voice Prompts Voice ATT DTNV 1 2 Mike x Hear Voice Sample Voice Rate Slow Fast Voice Volume il 0 100 Fix Voice Prompts Click here to regenerate all voice prompt files Generate Voice Prompts for Track Titles m DMS Cover Art IV Enable Cover At Downloading during Eject Fix Cryer Art Click here to try downloading cover art for all music files and discs on a the DMS erasing any previously downloaded cover art on the DMS Requires Intemet connection 4 If you would like the music manager to update your cartridge with cover art now press the Fix Cover Art button When the music manger downloads cover art it may first ask to regenerate the q OD database on your DMS cartridge This is usually a good idea but may take a few gy moments to finish 34 Downloading cover art for your music 3 8 Hardware Options td Firmware Setup MVE i corm eii x over Art m DMS Databd Multiple Matches Detected PhatNoise Music Manager has detected more than one possible match for album cover art Please select the appropriate image 5 playlists s andto Fix DMS Unknown Title Bob Marley Please be patient This ma Disc 2 chill Downloading cover art Preview not Reggae Roots Garland j Sob Marley Available 1988 Fix Voice Generat itae Chances Are i
16. ck here bo display the propesbes forthe inclaled firmware Properties Phaihtome Car Product Installed Product PhatNowe Car Audio System VW Audi Edition Click here bo update the firmare of a diferent Phatoise product Select Product TequIes a conmecton to ihe inlemet 7 The wizard will begin Press Next to skip the introductory screen 41 4 PhatNoise Head Unit meal ae The PhatNoise DMS amp not cumently set up for any headunit Lef cliek te sealed your Head Unit ot AF Maodualabsi Double click any headunit to teea picture WELCOME VW Audi Native Brand Stereos bern Se Fae AS Dehaes fides Audi Concert Audi Concert I Audi Symahory Audi Symphony 11 CHOOSE YOUR WEADONIT FIRMWARE c l SUMMARY Refresh lhe Head Unii ay Irtenet Opliars Jes Check toa Updates from tre Fheoisa Websta Macip Prony Settnig a Requires a conmechon to the Inbermet Carical Hels 8 Press the Check for Updates from PhatNoise Website button to load the latest set of head unit firmware available for download If the Version number of the firmware package is higher than the version number in your Current Setup it is newer firmware Left click on the firmware package you want to download there may be only one 9 Press the Next button The window will display information about this particular version of firmware 42 Updating Firmware Firmware
17. e DMS Cover rpa Enable oo oe Accept Selected Item Cancel gi Cancel All Cover Art connection OK Cancel Apply 5 When generating cover art the music manager searches an Internet database for the pictures Sometimes there can be more than one match for the album name If this is the case the music manager will prompt you to choose which album best describes the songs you have Choose one of the album covers and press Accept Selected Item or press Cancel to skip this song If you would like to cancel the entire operation and not download any more cover art press Cancel All Cover Art 35 3 9 PhatNoise 3 9 Ejecting the DMS Save Eject DMS When you are finished preparing the contents you want to transfer to your DMS click Save Eject DMS This step will copy all new songs databases and other system files to the cartridge When done a message will be displayed and the DMS cartridge drive letters will be removed from Windows indicating that you can remove the DMS cartridge from the USB cradle TEOx IONS edie e e Wait until the software displays a message indicating it is safe to remove the DMS cartridge from the USB cradle e Removing the cartridge before this message appears will corrupt the hard drive Do not remove the DMS cartridge from the USB cradle while the green light is on e The Home Player and PhatBox can handle as many as 9999 separate Disc Playlist numbers with up t
18. e desktop 3 Press the Device button 60 Support 6 4 Choose PhatNoise DMS and then press the GO button Your Phathose DMS was successfully detected Click on the Go Button GO k ieee call 5 Click Hardware Options SHC CaS HARDWARE gs OPTIONS Or 61 6 PhatNoise 6 Click the DMS Database Voice Prompts tab Hardware Options N Fimware Setup Profila N DMS Database T s NOTE Regenerating the DMS database will NOT affect the DMS playlists Fx DMS Database The DMS database is only used to generate DMS Voice Prompts and to X supply metadata information for the car player Voice Prompting MV Enable Voice Prompts Voice ATT DTNV 1 2 Crystal 7 Hear Voice Sample Voice Rate i Slow Fast Voice Volume e 0 100 Fix Voice Prompts Click here to regenerate all voice prompt files Generate Voice Prompts for Track Titles DMS Cover At Enable Cover At Downloading dunng Eject Fix Cover Art Click here to try downloading cover art for all music files and discs on SL the DMS erasing any previously downloaded cover art on the DMS Requires Intemet connection OK Cancel Apply 7 Choose Fix Database then choose Fix Voice Prompts and click Ok when done 8 In order to find the corrupt track you will need to select each disc on your DMS cartridge one by one to see if an error window appears Start by selecting the first disc on your DMS cartridge 6
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20. es The Best of Beth Jones Rock Now Playing Pa True to ki Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Rock IES al ean On displa Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Rock H All Audible Content Piano Outro Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Rock Been There Blender Blender Punk Headrush Blender Blender Punk Let it Show Blender Blender Punk Money Burns Blender Blender Punk Multi tasking Blender Blender Punk Out of Line Blender Blender Punk fj Per PF Disc HAROWARE SAVE EJECT A wizARo OPTIONS DMS Song Name OF Seth Jones The Sest of Beth Jones 07 PhatNoise DMS DEO JONE INE DECS OF DEM Lone t z z a a e n 2 Slender Seen There mp3 m RP m D Ge JT j AND amp Default a Siender Head Slender Let it Shom mp Slender Mult tasking mo Slender Out of Line mp DISCO PROPERTIES 3 Drag the selected songs onto the bottom left space of the window to create a virtual Disc Playlist of these songs 29 3 7 PhatNoise 30 E Blender Connected Devices All Supported Devices sang Mame PhatNoise DHS H o Deth Jones Mhe Best of Geth A g Default Dender Been Mere mp3 Gc Disc 1 My Music fender earn Gender af if Show mo3 Gender iii fain F fender Out of Line ma 4 Give the Disc a name by clicking on the disc name twice when you play this Playlist this disc name will be displayed by your Home Player or read aloud to you by your PhatBox in the car These Virtual
21. features of the software click on the Help button or press F1 while in PhatNoise CD Manager To transfer your CD music collection to a DMS cartridge 1 Double click on the PhatNoise CD Manager icon on your computer s desktop PhatNoise CD Manager 2 Inserta DMS cartridge into the USB cradle PhatNoise CD Manager will detect the DMS cartridge and after reading its contents will display any music files in the right hand window pane 2 PhatNoise DMS Fda Gise BeleteGisc Save Eject DMS TEN o Dec 1 Koap Waltz For Koop Dia Lowe is Here Disc 367 10 Yearn in The Life ise i 26 36 Avaliable eb 35 JEH 3 Place an audio CD in your computer s CD ROM drive PhatNoise CD Manager will automatically detect and load the CD and display it s contents in the left hand window pane If you are connected to the internet this will include Album Art Artist Name Album Name and a listing of the music tracks 4 To transfer all the music files and album art to the DMS cartridge click on the large button in the middle of the window labelled ADD CD TO DMS 5 The CD will automatically eject when the transfer is complete Insert another CD to continue transferring your music collection You can use other applications while PhatNoise CD Manager is transferring files to a DMS cartridge 10 Using the CD Manager 2 6 When you are done adding CDs and you d like to remove the DMS cartridge pres
22. he DMS cartridge Creating Playlists 3 5 3 5 Creating Playlists A playlist is a collection of songs It can simply be a collection of songs you choose static or a playlist based on criteria dynamic Creating a Static Playlist and Adding Songs ANAGER Ve Help Optona MIAEpayEr T O X Search Ee Now Playing IE All Songs Concerto 1 Various Artists A All Audible Content Concerto 2 Various Artists J Ba Playlists Sonata 1 Various Artists tS i 3 Playlist Sonata 2 Various Artists fa Prelude 1 arious Artists Best of Classical Prelude 2 arious Artists Best of Classical Love my whe Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Rock 2 wh Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Rock Yy y5 Beth Jone z Beth Jone Never Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Rock True to kool Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Rock On display Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Rock Piano Outro Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Rock Al Vy Been There Blender Blender Punk i Headrush Blender Blender Punk Let it Show Blender Blender Punk Money Burns Blender Blender Punk Multi tasking Blender Blender Punk Out of Line Blender Blender Punk Rest is a Weapon Blender Blender Punk Walking on the Surface Blender Blender Punk fF Phat Beats DJ Freddy Mix It Up Hip Hod How Phat It Is DJ Freddy Mix It Up Hip Hop Jam on it DJ Freddy Mix It Up Hip Hop Mix it up DJ Freddy Mix It Up Hip Hop gt 2 Ready to Play Paralyzed Blender MP3 192kbps 44kHz 0 00
23. he USB cradle by the cables alone Do not remove the DMS Cartridge from the USB cradle when the green activity light is on Do not attempt to service any part of the product yourself Servicing should only be done by qualified service personnel 64 Support 6 Safety and Handling Precautions e Do not place this system where it will be subjected to direct sunlight and high temperatures e Do not place this system where it will be subjected to hot air from the heater or any other high temperature location e Do not place this system in an area of high humidity or where large amounts of airborne dust dirt are present Copyright and Patent Notices Copyright 2004 PhatNoise Inc All Rights Reserved All trademarks service marks and tradenames includ ing without limitation PHATNOISE PHATNOISE CAR AUDIO SYSTEM PHATNOISE MUSIC MANAGER PHATBOX SSA VOICE DPGT PHATNOISE HOME DIGITAL MEDIA PLAYER and DMS are proprietary to PhatNoise Inc Gracenote is CDDB Inc d b a Gracenote CD and music related data from Gracenote CDDB Music Recog nition ServiceSM 2000 2001 2002 Gracenote Gracenote CDDB Client Software 2000 2001 2002 Gracenote U S Patents Numbers 5 987 525 6 061 680 6 154 773 and other patents issued or pending CDDB is a registered trademark of Gracenote The logo and logotype the Gracenote CDDB logo and logotype and the Powered by Gracenote CDDB logo are registered trademarks of Gracenote Music R
24. he faster transfer speed plug the cradle into a USB 2 0 port A HI SPEED USB Device Plugged into non HI SPEED USB Hub w 4 HI SPEED USB device is plugged into a non HI SPEED USB hub For assistance in solving this problem click this message Recycle Bin Installing the USB Cradle 1 1 start 3 Myeomputer TE Contra Panel 4 After an initialization period an Autoplay dialog box will appear 5 Let the Autoplay feature finish 1 1 PhatNoise PHISYS F Windows can patom the same schon each lime you insert desk ot commect a devoe wih ihe bard of file ej Fichses Wheat do pou wart Windows lo do e nng elcid c Se Print the pachures gi g Wigaed LJ View a sideshow of he mages LINO Aa Pech aa r Open folder to view flez a Ling indore E eee g m s 6 Next dialog boxes will appear for two new drives labelled PHTDTA and PHTSYS 7 For each dialog box select Take No Action and check Always do the selected Action then Click OK 8 Your USB Cradle has been successfully installed and your DMS cartridge is ready for use Section 2 Using the CD Manager The quickest and easiest way to transfer your CD collection to a DMS cartridge is with the PhatNoise CD Manager You can also use the PhatNoise Music Manager to encode CDs and transfer music files to a DMS cartridge This section introduces the core features of the PhatNoise CD Manager software To learn about other
25. help go to http www phatnoise com customer_service index php 63 PhatNoise PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL INSTRUCTIONS Digital Media Storage Cartridge Precautions Do not remove the DMS Cartridge from the USB Cradle until downloading is complete Do not leave the DMS Cartridge in locations with high temperatures and high humidity such as on a car dashboard or in the rear window where it will be subject to direct sunlight Do not subject the DMS Cartridge to extreme cold temperatures Do not drop the DMS Cartridge or subject it to a violent shock Do not spill liquid on the DMS Cartridge or submerge the DMS Cartridge in liquid The only effective protection for data and other material stored on the DMS Cartridge is the regular backing up of that data by you the consumer PhatNoise Inc shall not be responsible for the loss of any such data or other material PhatNoise USB Cradle Precautions Never spill liquid of any kind on the cradle Do not place the cradle on an unstable cart stand or table The product may fall causing serious damage to the product Do not use any object to probe the opening of the product and do not put any body parts or other foreign objects in the opening of the product this may result in bodily injury and can also damage the product Avoid severe impact Do not drop the cradle on a solid surface or drop a heavy object on the cradle Take care when plugging and unplugging cables Do not hold t
26. ii E Ready to Play Paralyzed Blender a ee ay a 3 Media Explorer The Media Explorer lets you view the files in your database as they are laid out in the file system This is helpful if you have already organized your music into Windows folders To access the Media Explorer click on its icon in the left side window pane of the Library View The Media Explorer looks and functions just like Windows Explorer a Note that the first time you click it there is a slight delay as the software builds the tree x of folders dynamically W 17 3 3 PhatNoise Bern Janes The Best of Beth Jones Beth Jones The Best of Beth Jones Beth Jones The Rest f Rath Tones petn Janes he Best of Bath Jones Search Box Type search terms into the search box and the matching songs will be automatically displayed below as you type You may search the contents of any playlist All Songs or the results of a browse view search using the search box The search function displays all songs for which all or part of the artist album genre path or file name matches the search terms 18 The Encode View Converting an Audio CD to computer files 3 4 3 4 The Encode View Converting an Audio CD to computer files The CD Encoder View allows you to create computer files from your CDs The easiest and fastest way to transfer CDs to your DMS cartridge is with PhatNoise CD Manager see Using the CD Manager on page 9 The PhatNoi
27. mal operation 44 Section 5 Using content from Audible 5 1 Introduction Audible is a huge collection of audio programming delivered digitally over the Internet anywhere any time At audible com you can choose from over 4 500 audiobooks and 14 000 other audio programs You can download those programs to your computer and listen immediately or you can transfer them to your PhatBox and listen on the go 5 2 Getting Started with Audible This guide is a brief introduction to using the PhatNoise Music Manager with Audible content For a thorough explanation of the Audible service visit Audible s website at www audible com and view the PhatNoise Music Manager Help File by pressing F1 while the program is running 45 5 2 PhatNoise Creating a new Audible com account To get started please perform the following steps 1 Go to the Library View by clicking the Library Button Pj Playing IR All So ngs A All Audible Content fe All Playlists ie E Media Explorer 2 Click All Audible Content 46 Getting Started with Audible 5 2 3 When you click the All Audible Content link for the first time you will be presented with the following dialog box Audible User Name Entry Welcome Welcome to Audible Now get the best audio content delivered right to your Phat oise Car Sudia Product There are over 20 000 audio books magazines and newspapers ta choose from Tell Me More Existing
28. o 9999 songs per Disc number The total number of songs on the DMS Cartridge must not exceed 30 000 36 Syncing Dynamic Playlists 3 11 3 10 Syncing Dynamic Playlists The PhatNoise Music Manager has a one click synchronization feature This allows you to easily update the Dynamic Playlists on your DMS cartridge with new music you may have stored on your computer s hard drive Explorer PI ayl ist i BE My Music Playlist Media Explorer E C 2 aS My Music fi Best of Clas BE Beth Jones Blender POSC ma SNO HARDWARE fae SavVESEJEOT gt Pee it bMS A options GF OHS G Disc Name al PhatNoise DWS afr E S ADAE EEEE tm my f Vanour Lares Ser or Qaencal OT Concerto iano La LL a wy Qo Concerto 22m T h Sonata 7 moF ma ca P ii a OF Sandia 27 a oy WB 5 Frelge 2m kanour Libres Ser of Garaa 0a Prelude 2 mp7 a Peth Jones Me Dert of Gebh Jones OF Love my wapno peth Jones he fest of Gebh Jones of Gn bhe comer mo Aso sis I n mi P Rath te ob oe ue oo ear ar z G DELETE Disc DISC PROPERTIES liapareiea i r i 1 In the Device view a yellow star next to the Disc icon denotes a dynamic playlist This playlist is set to find songs that match certain criteria In the example above the My Music Disc reflects all songs that are stored in the folder My Music 2 When the Sync DMS button is pressed
29. oise 3 6 The Device View Managing the DMS Cartridge 1 Display the Device view by clicking the Device button Fi Prelude 2 various Artists 3 Beth Jones Beth Jones Beth Jones E Beth Jones k IF all Songs x Beth Jones e Beth Jones tock k k k H All Audibl Beth Jones e Beth Jones Beth Jones e Beth Jones Beth Jones z eth Jones ock Beth Jones e Beth Jones Rock Blender Blender Punk Blender Blender Punk J All Supported Devices All Supported Devices Nomad II CD Burner PhatNoise DMS R Select a device The Device view is organized in two parts e The PhatNoise Music Manager Playlist and Windows Explorer panels on the top e The All Supported Devices panels and the contents panel on the bottom 2 Insert the DMS cartridge into the USB cradle The LED lights on the cradle will flicker when the cartridge has been properly inserted 24 Adding Music to the DMS Cartridge 3 3 Activate the PhatNoise DMS cartridge by clicking PhatNoise DMS in the All Supported Devices panel When the DMS cartridge is connected properly a red GO button appears click on it to activate your DMS cartridge Connected Devices All Supported Devices Nomad Il CO Burner Phathoise INAS X a If a blue Reconnect button appears click on it to activate your DMS cartridge If the 7 P DMS cartridge has not been configured properly a configuration wizard will launch Fp For more information refer to A
30. ppendix A Updating the Firmware 3 7 Adding Music to the DMS Cartridge The DMS cartridge stores all music in Playlists also called Discs or Virtual Discs The Home Player and PhatBox can play these playlists directly or sort all the music by Album Artist or Genre There are different ways of placing content on your DMS cartridge depending on how you like to organize your music CD Based f most of your music will come from CDs use PhatNoise CD Manager to encode your music see Using the CD Manager on page 9 and use the Home Player or PhatBox like a large CD player with browsing capabilities The Home Player or PhatBox automatically organizes your music by Album Artist and Genre 25 3 7 PhatNoise Alternatively you can follow these steps using PhatNoise Music Manager to load your music from CDs to the DMS cartridge Explorer Playlist Ea Fi Erpe mm C ip My Musk BE Gest of Clana B beth Jones B Hiid BE 0 Freddy BE Geis PHE Rick s rhaa z Dist Mame All Supported Devices FPhalMoize DRS To creste s 1 Find the base folder where all your encoded CDs are located using the Media Explorer In the example above it is under My Music 26 Adding Music to the DMS Cartridge 3 7 Title A ii bum E My Music B Playlisti 4 83 Media Explorer C E My Music Ba Best of Classical BE Beth Jones Ba Blender E DJ Freddy Ba Download Rick s Jamho
31. r s database 3 Choose a folder on your computer for example C My Music that contains songs you want to load into the PhatNoise Music Manager database and then click Load Songs 4 To load songs from additional folders click on the Load Songs button on the main window of Music Manager 13 3 2 PhatNoise 3 2 The Four Program Views Library Encode Device and Web The four icons on the left of the program s main window are used to access the four different parts views of the software PHATNOISE MUSIC MANAGER TY Help OptonET WIREpIEVEr TT 3 Sd eet CRESS PENSE ES DANE Te Search I e Title Artist Album Concerto 1 v Beth Jones Piano Outro Beth Jones Best o es tock Been There lender Punk Blender Punk Blender Punk 5 Blender Blender Punk Pa Mult ng Blender Blender Punk Out of Line Blender Blender Punk Blender Blender Punk Blender Blender Punk 45 Ready to Play Paralyzed Blender z MP3 192kbps 44kHz 0 00 A 14 The Library View Finding Music 3 3 3 3 The Library View Finding Music To display the library of music you have loaded into the Music Manager click on the Library button The Library View initially displays All Songs in a single list At any time you can double click on a song title and it will start playing The main ways of finding music with the PhatNoise Music Manager are 1 The Browse View 2 The Media Explorer 3
32. rtridge close the PhatNoise Music Manager restart the PhatNoise Music Manager and try the operation again e When a DMS cartridge is inserted into the USB cradle neither the green nor the red light turn on The external AC DC power adapter is not connected Make sure the connection is firmly connected or 59 6 PhatNoise The DMS cartridge is not inserted all the way Apply gentle pressure with your hand to the top of the DMS cartridge to see if this makes the lights come on If the lights go off right away after you remove your hand the lever switch inside the USB cradle may be out of alignment In this case contact the customer service e USB cradle is not recognized properly Make sure the computer is running Windows 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 or Windows XP WinNT 4 0 and Windows 95 do not have proper USB support If you have only USB 1 0 on your computer try installing a USB 2 0 card instead Not only does this resolve many USB problems by installing a modern chipset it will run much faster as well e Voice prompts are missing in the car 1 Insert the DMS cartridge 2 Open the Device view and select the DMS 3 Press the Hardware Options button 4 Open the DMS Database Voice Prompts tab and click Fix Voice Prompts e My player says have a corrupt track How do repair a corrupt track 1 Insert the DMS cartridge into the cradle 2 Launch the PhatNoise Music Manager by double clicking the icon on th
33. s b Type the following text in the drop down list box 3 1 PhatNoise d PMM_setup exe ee where d is the letter corresponding to your CD ROM drive c Click OK 5 Followthe on screen instructions to install the PhatNoise Music Manager software the PhatNoise CD Manager software will also be installed at this time 6 When the installation is finished the installation program will ask you to restart the computer After restarting your computer you will find two new icons on your desktop one for PhatNoise Music Manager and one for PhatNoise CD Manager Installing the USB Cradle 1 1 1 1 Installing the USB Cradle ey ag Power Cord Port USB Cable 1 Once you have installed PhatNoise Music Manager and have restarted your computer plug the power connector into the USB cradle Make sure the other end of the power cable is plugged into a wall outlet before connecting the USB cradle to your computer gt f A USB 2 Connect the USB cradle s USB cable to a USB port on your computer 1 1 PhatNoise 3 Insert the DMS cartridge firmly into the USB cradle Avoid slapping the cartridge into place The green and red indicator lights should illuminate The DMS cartridge will then be detected by the operating system r Windows XP If you have USB 2 0 ports installed on your machine but the cradle y R is plugged into a USB 1 0 port Windows will display the message below To take 4A advantage of t
34. s the Save Eject Button You must Save Eject your DMS before removing it from the cradle 7 Insert the DMS cartridge into your PhatNoise player and enjoy your entire music collection PhatNoise CD Manager will store about 300 to 400 CDs on one 20GB DMS cartridge at its default setting of Good quality Specifically music is encoded at 128kbps in mp3 format To store music at Very Good 256 kbps mp3 or CD Exact 703 kbps FLAC format quality level select one of these options in the Options window under the CD Options tab Click on the Help button or press F1 while in PhatNoise CD Manager to learn more about this and other advanced features 2 PhatNoise 12 Section 3 Using the Music Manager This section introduces the core features of the PhatNoise Music Manager software 1 Creating MP3 files from an Audio CD 2 Organizing music files and playlists 3 Transferring MP3s and playlists to the DMS cartridge 3 1 Launching the Music Manager and Loading Music Files 1 Launch the PhatNoise Music Manager software You can do this one of two ways e Double click the PhatNoise Music Manager icon on your desktop or e Click Start select Program Files and select the PhatNoise Music Manager icon 2 The Music Manager splash screen will briefly appear then the Load Songs to Database window will appear If you already have music files on your computer s hard drive you can load them now into the Music Manage
35. se Music Manager CD Encoder View provides much more control over the encoding process including a wider range of encoding formats and data rates 2 8 AOE WAV OGG FUAC Encode Rate Ts 2 M ovin tunes tS Unknown Ger A Year Blame Yout 6 16 f j ES tess Tyler iT p Tite M Birdman aa E pained smi eve Track 01 l Track 02 Track 03 Track 04 Track 05 Track 06 Track O7 Track 08 1 Switch to the CD Encoder View by clicking the ENCODE button 2 Insert the CD into the computer Click on the Load CD button 3 If the computer is connected to the Internet the songs names will appear next to the track number as follows 4 If you are not connected to the Internet the tracks will be listed Track 01 Track 02 etc 19 3 4 PhatNoise 20 5 Edit the Artist Title Genre and Year information if it is missing or incorrect 6 Choose the tracks to encode using the checkboxes 7 Choose the file format to encode in 8 Choose the bitrate of the file to be created For the MP3 format 128kbps will provide good sound quality 256kbps will provide very good sound quality but the music files will be twice as large 192kbps provides a good combination of sound quality and file size 9 Press the Start Encoding button and encoding will begin The encoded music files will be saved to your computer s hard drive See the Device View section for instructions on transferring files to t
36. use DISC HARDWARE x WIZARD OPTIONS Bi ve Gor fi phy Jd 9 42 OF v k J Sy DS D t Je Ci 06 T Seth Janes The Sest fh Jones OF as h Y Na fh Janes The Sest D fh Jones The Sest of n A a The Sest The Sest af 8e f ADD DELETE DISC PRINT X DISC N DISCO PROPERTIES a y 2 Ready to Play Paralyzed z MP3 2 Drag the Folder onto the bottom left space of the window to create a virtual Disc 1 On the bottom right you can see the music contained in this Disc 3 No music files are actually transferred at this time See the section Ejecting the DMS on page 36 for instructions on copying your music to the DMS cartridge 27 3 7 PhatNoise Playlist Based f you like to create custom mixes of music follow these steps 1 You can directly drag a playlist you created earlier listed under All Playlists onto the DMS 2 Or your can quickly create a static playlist as follows Select All Songs then choose the songs you would like to place on the DMS Artist Fa Nes rermind Beth Jones amas lt True to kool Beth Jones Yow Playing Ika i Beth Jones a a CEEI Beth Jones Blender Blender Ey a i aa My Music Hlas Blender EEDE t Ce i Blender Beth Jones Par d Blend Blender Connected Devices Was i z 28 Adding Music to the DMS Cartridge 3 7 Artist Album Beth Jon
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