User`s manual

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Repeat
Accessed via the remote only. Press the button to toggle Repeat On or Off.
If the currently selected media item is a track the Minx Xi will repeat that track, if it
is an album or artist etc. The Minx Xi will repeat all tracks in that item.
The Minx Xi displays a
in the 'Now Playing' screen when Repeat is On.
USB Media
The Minx Xi can also playback audio content from standard USB hard-drives and
thumb drives. Simply copy your media les onto your USB drive and then connect it
to the front or back USB socket of the unit.
Press and hold the button to get to the top menu. Select the 'Media' menu
and then the 'USB Media' item.
The Minx Xi will now scan the thumb drive for media les. Once the scan is
completed, you will then be able to browse the les by selecting 'By Album' or 'By
Artist'.
Queue
The Minx Xi features a queue function that allows you to select multiple albums
and/or tracks you'd like to be played in order.
When in the UPnP or Local Media selection menus, if you highlight a track/artist
or album name etc and press and hold the Navigation/Select dial (or Enter on the
remote handset), the Minx Xi will add the current item to the Queue. If it is the rst
item to be queued playback will start. If it is an additional item 'Added to queue' will
be displayed and that item will be appended to the queue.
All component parts of that media item will be added, if the item is a track then only
that track will be added but if the item is an album or an artist then all that albums
or artists tracks will be added.
To view the Queue simply navigate back to Queue item in the Media menu or press
the Reply button whilst a queue is playing. Tracks that are a component part of a
media item will be shown indented by a
below their parent media item as below.
The displayed menu shows the queued content for playback, you can navigate to
any item and select it (via Enter or
) to jump to playing that item. can
also be used to delete items from the Queue. The currently playing item will have
a
next to it.
At the bottom of the Queue a Clear Queue command is available for deleting the
whole queue.
During Queue play back the Minx Xi displays a
in the 'Now Playing' screen.
Pressing stop will stop the Queue playing but not delete it. Putting the Minx Xi into
standby will delete the Queue.
To view the Queue at any time simply navigate back to Queue item in the Media
menu or press the
button whilst a queue is playing.
Podcasts
The podcast services in your area will be shown.
These typically allow you to choose different types of podcast by subject, date or
perhaps popularity etc. It is important to understand that the menu structure here
is coming from that service and is controlled by them. It may therefore change as
the service updates its features etc. The Minx Xi displays the following submenus.
Podcasts
BBC Podcasts
BlogTalkRadio
Personal Podcasts
Note: The services available vary depending on your geographical location.
There is also a menu item for your own choice of podcasts called Personal
Podcasts. This allows access to podcast links that can input via the www.stream-
magic.com website.
To use Personal Podcasts sign up at www.stream-magic.com and enter the URLs of
podcasts you'd like the Minx Xi to automatically sync to.
My Podcasts
This feature allows you to access podcast on the Minx Xi that are not available in
the Podcasts services we support.
This is done by entering the URL for the podcast you want via the Stream Magic
portal. To do this you need to be registered as per the section under Stream Magic.
Simply login to your account and then click on the 'My Podcasts' link. From your 'My
Podcasts' section, you can add your chosen podcast by entering in the podcast's
name and its URL as prompted by the website. Please note, the podcast URL will
have to be a direct RSS feed which will end with the '.xml' extension e.g. http://
someurl.com/podcast.xml. Once you have podcasts available in your 'My Podcasts'
list, you may access these feeds from your Minx Xi. These podcasts will be available
from the menu item: 'Podcasts > My Podcasts'.
Please note, the podcasts are pushed to your Minx Xi at turn on when the unit
updates stations list and at intervals thereafter.
To cause the radio to download Podcasts and new stations list immediately, turn on
and off your Minx Xi from the front panel.