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DMC350 User Guide
About This Guide
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About This Guide
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Important Safety
Instructions
Read these instructions.1.
Keep these instructions.2.
Heed all warnings.3.
Follow all instructions.4.
Do not use this apparatus near water.5.
Clean only with dry cloth.6.
Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in 7.
accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.
Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, 8.
heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including
amplifiers) that produce heat.
Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized 9.
or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two
blades with one wider than the other. A grounding
type plug has two blades and a third grounding
prong. The wide blade or the third prong are
provided for your safety. If the provided plug does
not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for
replacement of the obsolete outlet.
Protect the power cord from being walked on 10.
or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience
receptacles, and the point where they exit from the
apparatus.
Only use attachments/accessories specified by the 11.
manufacturer.
Use only with the cart, stand, 12.
tripod, bracket, or table specified
by the manufacturer, or sold with
the apparatus. When a cart is used,
use caution when moving the cart/
apparatus combination to avoid injury
from tip-over.
Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or 13.
when unused for long periods of time.
Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. 14.
Servicing is required when the apparatus has been
damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or
plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects
have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has
been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate
normally, or has been dropped.
The socket-outlet shall be installed near the 15.
equipment and shall be easily accessible.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric
shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or
moisture.
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About This Guide i
Important Safety Instructions ii
Wireless Home Audio Product Family 1
Fill Your Home With Music .....................................1
Conductor (DMC350) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Director (DMC250) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Player (DMP100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Controller (DMRW1000).......................................2
Docking Station for iPod® (MCCI40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Speakers (DMSPK50)......................................... 3
Other Great Linksys Products................................... 3
Media Hub Home Entertainment Storage (NMH 300 and 400 Series) . . . . . . . . . . 3
Wireless-N Gigabit Router (WRT310N) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router (WRT610N) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Sample Home Conguration ................................... 4
Product Overview - Conductor 5
Before You Begin ........................................... 5
Features .................................................
5
Front Panel .............................................. 5
Back Panel ............................................... 6
Connecting Accessories 7
USB Devices .............................................. 7
Docking Station for iPod ...................................... 7
IR Remote Control Functions 9
Setting Up Your Conductor 10
Setup with EasyLink Advisor ...................................10
Common Uses 11
Playing Your Music......................................... .12
How do I Play Music from My iPod? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
How Do I Play Music From My PC or iTunes Library? .....................12
How Do I Access Music on My USB Drive? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
How Do I Connect External Audio Devices? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Internet Music and Radio Stations............................... .14
Rhapsody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
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RadioTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Managing Music Libraries .....................................15
Creating and Using Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Playing a Favorite...........................................16
Creating Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Using the Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
General Functions ..........................................19
Playing to Multiple Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Volume Control ............................................20
The Now Playing Screensaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Power On/O and Standby Modes................................21
Using the Cisco Media Software .................................22
Starting the Cisco Media Server Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Adding Music Folders to the Cisco Media Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Using the Cisco Media Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Using Your Conductor 27
Home Screen .............................................27
Carousel ................................................27
Lists ...................................................27
Action Menus .............................................28
Rhapsody ...............................................28
Browsing and Content Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
My Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Search..................................................29
Music Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Playlist..................................................30
My Music ................................................30
Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Genres..................................................31
Search..................................................31
Browse Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
USB Media ...............................................32
Devices (Accessing Your iPod).................................. .32
All Libraries ..............................................33
RadioTime ...............................................34
Favorites ................................................34
Now Playing Queue .........................................35
Settings. ............................................... .35
Source..................................................36
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Play To..................................................37
Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Troubleshooting 42
Disconnecting USB Drives 43
Changing Your Network Connection 44
Changing Network Settings for a Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Changing Network Settings for a Wired Network.......................47
Specications 48
Warranty Information 49
Limited Warranty.......................................... .49
Exclusions and Limitations .....................................49
Obtaining Warranty Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Regulatory Information 51
Safety Warning Statement.................................... .51
California Lead Warning Statement .............................. .51
FCC RF Exposure Statement ................................... .51
Canadian RF Exposure Statement ................................51
Avis d’Industrie Canada concernant l’exposition aux radiofréquences ........51
Australian RF Exposure Statement ...............................51
FCC Part15 Class B Statement.................................. .51
FCC Caution ..............................................51
IC Class B Statement (Canada) ..................................52
Règlement de la classe B d’Industrie Canada ........................ .52
CE – Marking .............................................52
EU Declaration of conformity (DOC) ..............................52
Alert sign! Follows CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
NB-Identication number (if there is any) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
R&TTE Declaration of Conformity ................................52
National Restrictions.........................................54
Third-Party Software or Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Technical Documents on www.linksysbycisco.com/international . . . . . . . . . . . .54
User Information for Consumer Products Covered by EU Directive 2002/96/EC on
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Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) ......................56
Software License Agreement 60
Software in Linksys Products ...................................60
Software Licenses ..........................................60
Schedule 1 - Linksys Software License Agreement ......................60
Schedule 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Schedule 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
OpenSSL License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Original SSLeay License .......................................65
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Fill Your Home With Music
Let your music play all around your home. Enjoy different
songs in different rooms at the same time – or the same
one everywhere in Party Mode. This is designed to let
you stream, play and control your digital music via your
home wireless network. The Wireless Home Audio family
of devices is designed to work with your existing system
to make it easy to customize complete home-filling music
experiences. However you listen, you can configure a
Wireless Home Audio setup perfectly suited to your space,
tastes, and existing equipment. Set up in minutes – no
drilling, no stringing wires.
Cisco, the world’s leader in networking technology,
applied its years of knowledge and expertise to develop
an amazing lossless digital audio delivery solution that
preserves the full depth and richness of the recording,
as originally intended by the artist. Through distributed
decoding technology, each Wireless Home Audio player
receives the unmodified audio source material without
any trans-coding or compression. The audio is then
reproduced by one or more players, synchronized to
within microseconds in case of multiple players, without
any of the compression and echo artifacts so often evident
in other wireless audio systems. All of this means crystal
clear music, exactly as recorded, anywhere in your home.
Conductor
(DMC350)
Director
(DMC250)
Docking Station
for iPod (MCCI40)
Speakers
(DMSPK50)
Controller
(DMRW1000)
Remote Control
(DMRIR500)
Player
(DMP100)
Wireless Home Audio Product Family
Conductor (DMC350)
The Conductor – Wireless-N Digital Music Center is
designed to let you play and command your digital
music wherever you want in your home. And, as part of
the Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio family, it can
become part of your complete, customized full-home
music experience.
The stylish Conductor is an all-in-one Wireless-N music
center that is designed to receive and play digital music
streams over your wireless network through its built-
in speakers and amplifier. It includes a CD-player if you
want to simply pop in a disc. Light and easily portable, it
is designed to go anywhere, so you can move it wherever
you want your music to play: good in the garage, perfect
for the patio, cool for the kitchen.
The intuitive 7" color touchscreen interface is designed
to give you full and simple fingertip control over your
listening experience. Search your music, create playlists,
set up and play music in different rooms. Accesses your
musical libraries on your networked PCs or storage devices,
or millions of songs online through Rhapsody (30-day free
trial included). Accommodates optional Docking Station
for iPod, so you can access your playlists and tunes.
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Director (DMC250)
The Director – Wireless-N Music Player is designed to
enable any sound system or speakers to play your digital
music. The Director has a 3.5" display and can be used as a
standalone or connect to other components.
Connect the Director to your existing audio system and
enjoy digital music in excellent quality. It’s a great way to
give your Home Theater or high-end sound systems the
ability to access and play your digital music library without
wires. Or build a wireless system from scratch. With its
built-in 50-watt per channel amplifier, the Director can
power any stand-alone speakers. Pair it with your high-end
speaker towers, or the Linksys by Cisco Stereo Speaker Kit
(optional). With its compact design and elegant styling,
the Director fits and looks great in any room.
Player (DMP100)
The Player – Wireless-N Music Extender is designed to
enable any sound system or powered speakers to play
your digital sound.
This convenient, compact extender is designed to fit with
your systems wherever they live and connect them to
your wireless home network. A great way to enhance your
home theater setup, premium audio configuration, office
bookshelf unit, or any other way you’re currently enjoying
music. Connect a player to each one and enjoy a multi-
room music experience. Includes Infrared remote control.
Controller (DMRW1000)
The crowning touch of your Wireless Home Audio
experience, the Controller - Wireless-N Touchscreen
Remote is designed to give you complete, colorful at-a-
touch command of your entire Linksys by Cisco Wireless
Home system, from any room in your house. Wireless
Home Audio: the fun, easy way to let your music play, all
around your home.
Large, color touchscreen, thumbwheel, and engaging
interface is designed to let you easily control any one or
every one of your Wireless Home Audio devices, from
anywhere in your home, even when they’re out of sight.
Select listening sources, create and control listening zones
and cue lists, browse and find playlists or individual songs,
and more. Wireless Home Audio frees your music; the
Controller frees you.
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Docking Station for iPod® (MCCI40)
Add your iPod to your wireless music experience and
enjoy your music, podcasts, audiobooks, and all of your
iTunes purchased content all around your home. The
Docking Station for iPod is designed to let you integrate
and control your iPod with your Linksys by Cisco Wireless
Home Audio system.
Your iPod is a key part of how you enjoy your music. Now
it can be a part of your Wireless Home Audio listening
experience. This wired accessory makes it a snap to connect
your iPod to a Linksys by Cisco Director or Conductor.
Control the iPod from the Director, the Conductor, or
with either the IR Remote or Wi-Fi Controller. Share your
favorite tunes and playlists, advance tracks, adjust volume
on each Wireless Home Audio device in your home. It
even recharges docked iPods. Perfect for when friends
drop by and want to include their iPods in the wireless
fun. Includes adapters for most common iPod types. If you
think this sounds like a great idea for a party, you’re right!
Speakers (DMSPK50)
The Stereo Speaker Kit is designed to compliment the
Director - Wireless-N Music Player. These elegantly
designed, high-performance vented stereo bookshelf
speakers are tuned and optimized to deliver excellent
music reproduction and are great for use in any room.
When connected to the Director Wireless-N Music Player,
they create a quality wireless audio system which you can
place wherever you want in your home.
Other Great Linksys Products
There are many other great Linksys products that integrate
perfectly with your Wireless Home Audio products.
Media Hub Home Entertainment Storage
(NMH 300 and 400 Series)
Conveniently access and stream your media from a
versatile, high-performance storage hub. Multi-stream
capability lets you enjoy different media at the same time:
watch a movie while your kids listen to music and your
spouse browses photos. Elegant Web-based interface
makes it simple to browse your media. Intelligent
aggregation automatically finds, copies and organizes
media from all the UPnP devices on your network -- even
collecting songs from the same CD stored in different
places into one virtual album.
Wireless-N Gigabit Router (WRT310N)
Connect everybody in your home at once without wires.
Teaming the power of today’s most advanced wireless
N networking technology standard with Gigabit-speed
ports, the Wireless-N Gigabit Router delivers excellent
performance for media-intensive activities and running
multiple applications simultaneously. Easy to use and
setup; includes Mac setup wizard.
Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless
Router (WRT610N)
Built for speed – optimized for media. Music, movies,
gaming: whatever you’re into, the Simultaneous Dual-N
Band Wireless Router delivers double the bandwidth and
media-optimized performance so you can enjoy it more
smoothly, with less lag, all around your home. Easy to use
and setup; includes Mac setup wizard.
Zone 5 - Bedroom
Zone 4 - Oce
Zone 1 - Living RoomZone 2 - Kitchen
Zone 3 - Game Room
Wireless Home Audio Product Family
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Director/Wireless-N Music Player with Integrated Amplifier
Wireless Home Audio
Sample Home Configuration
Click on the image below to launch an interactive Flash
version of a Wireless Home Audio configuration. Place the
cursor over a device to zoom in and obtain details.
Product Overview - Conductor
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Product Overview -
Conductor
Before You Begin
This User Guide is intended to provide details on the
product hardware, user interface, and use of the product.
For initial installation instructions, please refer to the Quick
Installation Guide included with your product.
Features
7s” Wide Touchscreen
Slot-Loading CD (Audio Only)
s
Tos-Link, S/PDIF, RCA and 3.5mm Audio Outputss
Draft-N Wireless with Internal Antennass
Built-In Speakers s
Audio Formats: May be streamed in PCM or MP3, s
Uncompressed Formats: WAV or PCM, Compressed
Formats: MP3, AAC, MP2, WMA
DLNA 1.5 and UPnP Compliant
s
Controlled by either the IR Remote (DMRIR500) or s
the Controller – Wireless-N Touchscreen Remote
(DMWR1000)
Docking Station for iPod interface (Docking Station for
s
iPod, MCCI40 is an optional accessory)
Front Panel
My Library
Artists
Albums
Tracks
My Playlists
My Channels
Power (Blue/Orange) Pressing the Power
button toggles between Power on and
standby mode. Standby mode minimizes
the power consumed by your Conductor
when not in use. Standby mode allows you
to power on your unit using the remote
control or power button on the front panel.
To completely power off the Conductor,
toggle the Power Switch on the Back Panel.
The LED flashes blue while powering up and
connecting to the network. It will remain
solid blue once the device is connected to
the network. When the device is in standby
mode, the LED will appear orange.
WARNING: If the LED is red, there
is an issue with the device.
NOTE: Holding the Power button
for 15 seconds will restore factory
default settings.
WARNING: Restoring factory
default settings may revert to an
older version of the firmware. After
restoring the defaults, the firmware
can be updated manually or it
will be automatically updated if
autoupdates is selected.
Volume The volume slider rotates clockwise
to increase the volume and counter clockwise
to lower the volume.