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Overview

The Librarian Utility breaks down into the following sections:

Action Buttons

The action buttons on the Librarian Utility are as follows:

Sending Changes from the Librarian Utility to the TerraPlayer Radio

When you close the Librarian Utility at the end of a session, it will automatically send

any changes made to the TerraPlayer Base, where they are picked up by the TerraPlayer

Radio. The changes will not show until they have been picked up by the TerraPlayer

Radio.

Action Buttons

Also available through

Tools option of main

menu.

Music Collection

is where you choose the album, songs, artist, genre, year, radio

station, or playlist for which you want to create an icon.

Available Images

is where you

choose the image

to link as an icon.

Left is a navigator

showing the

folders.

Image Name lists

the image files in

the folder.

The Image

Preview Pane

displays the

selected image.

Unlink Images

Link Images

List Albums

List Artists

List Genres

List Years List Radio Stations

List Playlists

Library Stats

Search for Artwork

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The Easy Way

Creating an Album Icon from a .jpg File

1. Scan the album cover and create an image file

Using an external image scanner (not included), scan the album or CD cover. The

graphic should be saved as a .jpg file using the album title as a filename with the

following format:

Album.jpg

For example:

Coffee Break.jpg

The graphic file should be copied into the album folder with the rest of the audio tracks.

The album folder should have the same name, for example:

Format Example

2. Start Librarian

When the program starts, it

automatically loads all

available files and images.

If an album folder contains a

.jpg with the same name,

that .jpg will automatically

be associated as the icon for

all audio files in that album

folder.

Song collections and

associated images can be

viewed in the Librarian

Utility.

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Advanced Librarian Utility

The Music Library

The Music Library contains information about all the audio files on your PC, and on all

networked PCs. This database also stores the location of the actual audio files, so the

system knows where to go to transmit a track to a TerraPlayer receiver. The database

does not store the audio files themselves—just the song information and location.

This database is built and maintained automatically. The Base Transceiver searches the

PC(s) for all audio files, then builds the library. The Librarian utility then gets what it

needs from the Base Transceiver to build it’s own music library.

Music

Library

Access the Music Library Database from the main menu of the Librarian window by

selecting File ►Library Database, or by clicking on the Music Library Stats button.

The Music Library Database window contains the following:

n Default JPG directory. If you store all of your image files in a single

directory, you need to define the filepath for that location here.

o Database Name. Displays the filepath and name of the physical database.

p Images on File. Displays the total number of image files in the database.

q Image Database Size. Displays the total size of the database.

r Error Log Count. Lists the number of error logs. Click the ? button to view.

TerraDigital Support may require these logs in troubleshooting.

s Radio Memory Available. Lists the amount of database memory available

for storing metadata on radio stations.

t Count/Images table. Lists the number of songs, albums, genres, years,

playlists, and radio stations in the database. Lists the number of image files

associated with each.

p q

Music Library

-Filepath to

Song.mp3

-Music Info

Album Icon

Song.mp3

-Filepath

Music Info

Album Icon

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Custom Icons

The JPG Directory

When you want to associate a custom graphic with an audio file (or a genre, artist, album,

year, or playlist), you will first need to create a folder called ‘JPG’. The JPG folder can

be located anywhere, but it is easiest to maintain if you keep it in the same folder as your

music collection. The JPG folder is where you should store custom graphics.

1. Create a JPG folder

Using the Windows Explorer, create a folder called ‘JPG’.

You may want to keep it under the main folder of your

music collection, for example:

2. Access the Music Library Database

Music

Licrary

Access the Music Library from the main menu of the Librarian Utility by selecting File

►Library Database, or by clicking on the Music Library Stats button.

3. In the ‘Default JPG Directory’, enter the name of the JPG folder

If you know the filepath to the JPG, you can

manually type it in the Default JPG Directory

field.

To browse, first click on the Default JPG

Directory field to activate the field. Then click

on the ‘…’ button next to the field to open a

browse navigator. Navigate through the hard

drive and select the JPG folder.

Once done, click OK.

4. Close the Music Library Database when finished

After the folder has been assigned as the JPG directory, it will appear in the Default JPG

Directory field, as shown below. When finished, click Exit.

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Create a custom icon

You can create icons to represent different categories: artists, albums, radio stations,

playlists, or years. Each one of these has a default icon:

Artist Album Genre Radio Playlist Year

For most albums, the default icon will be replaced by a copy of the real album cover

downloaded over the Internet from an online data source when converting a CD with the

Ripper Utility, or updating Music Information with the MusicInfo Wizard.

However, album icons, like genre, artist, song, radio, playlist, and year icons, can also be

replaced with a custom graphic of your own selection or design.

1. Create a .jpg

The Librarian Utility will automatically scale the graphic for display on the touchscreen

before it stores the graphic in the Music Library, but you should try and keep the shape of

the graphic roughly square. For example, if you wanted to create a graphic for use as an

icon for a playlist, it might look something like this:

CoolestPlaylist.jpg

You should save the file with a descriptive name, such as ‘CoolestPlaylsit.jpg’ for our

example. The file should be stored in the Default JPG Directory.

2. Select a View and the Level, and select the desired item

Depending on the item with which you’d like to associate an icon, select the

corresponding view from the Action buttons:

Or you can select on of these from the View option of the main menu.

) Refer to View Options on page 76 for more information.

4. Locate and select the image file

In order to search your entire PC or network for all .jpg image files and load them into

the database, click on the Find button. Any graphics files the Librarian Utility finds will

be added to the Music Library.

To access a specific folder, navigate to that folder using the Available Images navigator

on the lower right.

A list of image files will appear in the Image Name field.

Album Artist Genre Year Radio Station Playlists

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5. Link the image file to the

Once you have selected the image file and the album, artist, genre, or year with which

you wish to associate an icon for, click the Link Artwork button:

The selected image will be associated as an icon for subsequent display on the

TerraPlayer.

Change Icon Associations

If a song or album is already associated with an icon, but you’d like to associate it with

another, you can select the album/tracks in the Music Collection field, select the new

image in the Available Images field, then drag and drop.

If you want all the tracks within a given album to be associated with a new icon, select all

of the tracks and drag and drop them on the Image Preview Pane. If you want to

associate individual tracks with unique individual images, you can click on the Image

Preview Pane, then drag and drop it onto each individual track, or vice versa

Click the Find button

to load all shared image

files, or…

Use the navigator to

locate a specific folder.

Select the image file in

the Image Names field.

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View Options

The information in the Librarian Utility can be viewed in different modes according to

the types of icons you’d like to create:

Album View

Default. Displays information sorted alphabetically by album title. Can be used to

search by album, or to assign image files to albums or songs.

Activate by clicking the Album view button.

Also activated from the main menu by selecting View ►Album-Song.

Artist View

Displays information sorted alphabetically by artist name. Can be used to search by

artist, or to assign image files to artists, albums, and songs.

Activate by clicking the Artist view button.

Also activated from the main menu by selecting View ►Artist-Album-Song.

Genre View

Displays information sorted alphabetically by genre. Can be used to search by

genre, or to assign image files to genres, artists, albums, and songs.

Activate by clicking the Genre view button.

Also activated from the main menu by selecting View ►Genre-Album-Song.

Year View

Displays information sorted numerically by release year of album. Can be used to

assign image files as icons for specific years. Activate by clicking the Year view

button.

Also activated from the main menu by selecting View ►Year-Album-Song.

Radio View

Displays all radio stations that have been configured. Can be used to assign image

files as icons for specific radio stations.

Also accessed from the main menu by selecting View ►Radio Stations.

Playlist View

Displays all playlist files. Can be used to assign image files as icons for playlists.

Also accessed from the main menu by selecting View ►Playlists.

No Art Filter

You can switch the display of image files in the Librarian Utility on and off. Select the

following from the main menu: View ►No Art Filter.

Refresh Current View

You can refresh the current view in the window by making the following selections from

the main menu: View ►Refresh Current View.

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Adding Images

There are several ways of adding new image files to the Available Images field.

Add Available Images

Selecting Tools ►Add to Available Images from the main menu will bring up a navigator

allowing you to add any specific folder to Available Images.

Auto-Find Images

Find

Artwork

Perform a search for all image files in file shared folders by clicking the Find Artwork

button, or by selecting Tools ►Auto-Find Images from the main menu. Either will add all

image files found in file shared folders to the Available Images field.

Update Music Information for Selected Songs

You can also edit Music Information directly in the Music Library Database using the

Librarian Utility. For example, you can select an album or several tracks from an album,

then select Tools ►Update Music Information for Selected Songs from the main menu, and the

Librarian Utility will search an online data source to download any available information

over the Internet.

This affects only the Music Information in the Music Library Database. In order to work

with Music Information stored with the audio files, you must use the MusicInfo Utility.

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Buy CDs Now

At the TerraPlayer touchscreen, you can indicate if you would like to buy a CD by

pressing the Buy Now button on the Music Information screen for that album. When you

press Buy Now, the TerraPlayer will keep track of that album in a list of CDs you would

like to purchase.

To view these albums, select Actions ►Buy CDs Now from the main menu of the

Librarian Utility. The Librarian utility will query the Amazon website for any releases of

this album that it might have for sale.

You can select a release by date by clicking on the checkbox beside the Album name. If

you still want to buy the album, click the BUY NOW button. When you click BUY

NOW, this item will be added to your Amazon shopping cart, and you can then close the

transaction to place the order next time you visit Amazon.

Tap Buy Now to

add to a list of

albums you’d like

to buy.

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Setting Up AM/FM Radio Station Display Names with Local Call Letters (TR-100 only)

The Display Name of a radio station is the text that is displayed in the TerraTouch OS.

You can set up the Display Names with call letters (for example: WKRP, WJNK) for

AM/FM radio stations (BT-100 only) for a given geographic location. When you do this,

radio station icons in the TerraPlayer will list the call letters as well as the frequency for

each radio station.

Before (no call letters)

After (with call letters)

Access AM/FM Radio Maintenance

To access the AM/FM Radio Maintenance window, select the following from the main

menu of the Librarian Utility:

File ►AM/FM Radio Maintenance

Assigning radio station call letters

Assign radio station call letters to the frequencies as follows:

1. Access AM/FM Radio Stations

From the main menu of the Librarian Utility, select the following: File ►AM/FM Radio

Maintenance. The Librarian Utility will then query the TerraPlayer Radio, via the

associated Base Transceiver, and will list the frequencies that have been auto-detected by

the TerraPlayer Radio. The first time you access the list of auto-detected frequencies, the

call letters for those frequencies will not appear – we will assign those next.

2. Search for the call letters of your state

In the Display Stations by State fields, select the state in which you live from the pop-up menu,

then click the Find Station button. This will bring up a list of the radio stations in your state.

Note: If you select another state it will call up the stations for that state, and the call letters will

not correspond to the stations in your area.

Access AM/FM Radio

Stations

The TerraPlayer

automatically detects the

frequencies you receive

and lists them here.

Select stations

After Find Stations for

your state, the radio

station call letters will

appear here.

Search your state call

letters

Pick your state and click

Find Stations.

Display

Name with

radio station

call letters.

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3. Select stations

Choose the call letters for your area by double-clicking on each. As you do, the station

information will appear in the list on the left, and will be stored in the Music Library

Database, from where the TerraPlayer Radio will retrieve the information.

Helpful

Hint

Overlapping radio stations in some places may have different call letters

for the same frequency. If you are in a location where radio station

frequencies overlap, please make sure that you have the correct call letters

for the radio station in your area.

Manually editing Display Name or Format

You also have the option of manually editing the Display Name or format information for

an AM/FM radio station. This feature will be useful if you live in an area on the border

of two broadcast zones, and a radio station from another geographic location overrides

one on the same frequency in your own location.

If you notice that one radio station overrides the broadcast of another, you can change

the call letters by double-clicking on the field for that frequency in the Display Name

column, and manually typing in the new call letters. Or, you can type anything else

you’d like in the field, and the text will be displayed in the TerraTouch OS once those

changes have been transmitted to the TerraPlayer Radio.

Double-click on

a field in the

Display Name

or Format

columns to

manually edit the

text.

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Radio Alerts from the TerraPlayer Remote Control

If you have indicated that an audio file is broken or the Music Information is corrupt, you

can find those audio files listed in the Radio Alerts window of the Librarian Utility.

From here, you can look at which audio files are listed, and decide which ones you want

to fix.

1. Access Alerts from Radio

From the main menu, select the following: File ►Check Alerts from Radio.

The Librarian Utility will check with the Base Transceiver to see which have been listed.

This will bring up the Radio Alerts window, which shows the name and filepath of each

flagged file in the Music File column, and the message in the Alert column:

The messages in the list correspond to the buttons on the TerraPlayer Remote as follows:

Button Action Radio Alerts Message

BROKENBROKEN

BROKEN. Flags a track on the PC if the

audio file is broken.

BAD AUDIO

GFL

FLAG. Flags a track if the Music

Information is corrupt.

INVALID MUSIC DATA

2. Replace broken audio files

Files marked ‘BAD AUDIO’. If a file was converted from your CD collection, you can

use TerraPlayer Ripper to reconvert the audio file from the original audio CD.

) For information on converting audio CDs into digital audio files, refer to Chapter 7:

The Ripper Utility on page 84 .

Files marked ‘INVALID MUSIC DATA’. You can use the Music Info Utility to fix

Music Information.

) For information on editing Music Information, refer to Chapter 9:

The MusicInfo on page 98 .

3. Select fixed audio files and click the Remove Checked button

To the left of each listing in the Music File column, click the checkbox of each file you

have replaced or repaired, then click Remove Checked. This will remove audio files

from the list.

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Chapter 7:

The Ripper Utility

You already have a vast collection of CDs that you would like to play through the

TerraPlayer? No problem—the Ripper Utility can convert, or ‘rip’, audio CDs into audio

files. And there are a range of options available to accommodate both novice users and

power users.

Internet Connection and the Ripper Utility

It is recommended that you log in and maintain a live Internet connection during a

session with the Ripper Utility, so it can download Music Information from a data source

on the web.

Accessing the Ripper Utility

The Ripper Utility can be accessed by clicking on the Ripper button of

the TerraLaunch window.

Overview

The Ripper Utility breaks down into the following sections:

Select Source

is where you choose the

CDs.

CD-Rom field and

Refresh CD button

accesses drive.

With internet connection,

album information is

automatically filled.

You can select individual

tracks in the song list.

Select

Destination is

where you

choose the

folder to put

your audio

files.

Choose

Action

is where you

choose how

you rip.

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The Easy Way

Ripping a Collection of Audio CDs in Batch Mode

For the novice user, or for anyone wanting to convert a large number of audio CDs at one

time, there is Batch Mode. In Batch Mode, the Ripper Utility reads the CD,

automatically downloads Music Information from an online data source over the Internet,

and creates digital audio files. Then, it spits out the CD when done and asks you for

another one. You can check in on the computer once in awhile to throw in a new CD,

then go around doing other things.

1. Select the music folder

In the Select Destination field, select the shared folder for your audio collection. This is

where the converted files will be stored.

2. Select Batch Mode

Click on the Batch Mode button. The Ripper Utility will prompt you to place a CD in

the drive.

3. Place the CD in the CD-ROM drive

Insert the audio CD in the CD-ROM drive. If you are logged on to the Internet, the

Ripper Utility will automatically fill out Music Information. The “Powered by

Gracenote” prompt will appear while this is happening.

As each track is ripped, a progress bar will appear over the song title. By default, the

converted tracks will be saved in a filepath along the following format:

…\Artist Name\Album Title

For example:

Once it’s done, the Ripper Utility will prompt you for another CD—it makes it easy to

convert your entire collection.

Place the CD in the

CD-ROM drive…

A prompt will appear

while downloading

Music Information…

Then TerraPlayer will

automatically rip the

CD.

Click

Batch

Mode…

Select the

shared

folder

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Advanced Ripper Utility

For the power user, there are Advanced Options. Advanced options include: manual

Music Information editing, read/write buffer options, jitter correction, encoder options,

and proxy server parameters if you are running on a network with an Internet connection

through a proxy server.

Ripping a CD – Entering Music Information Manually

Sometimes, the Music Information for an album or track might not be available from the

online data source. This may be the case for very new or very rare albums, and you may

need to enter the Music Information manually.

1. Select the CD and enter information

Insert the audio CD to be ripped into the CD-ROM drive, then select the drive in the CD

Rom field. If the album is not in the online data source, you will be prompted to decide

if you want to submit the information yourself. If you want the Music Information you

enter for the CD to be uploaded to the online data source, click Yes. If not, click No.

Type the name of the album in the Album field. Enter the year the album was release in

the Year field. Select or deselect the tracks you wish to convert by clicking the

checkboxes by each track.

You can add the name, artist, and genre by double-clicking on a track to open the Edit

Track window. Use the << and >> buttons to scroll through each track.

If you want to convert only a single track, deselect the check boxes next to the other

tracks. To listen to a track before ripping it, highlight the track then click the button at

the bottom of the track list.

2. Select the folder where the converted files will go

In the Step 2: Select Destination area, use the cursor and/or scroll bars to locate and

highlight the shared folder for storing the ripped audio files. If you want to store them in

a new folder, you can create one by clicking the Advanced… button in the Step 3:

Choose Action area.

3. Rip the CD

In the Step 3: Choose Action area, click the Rip Selected button. The Ripper Utility

will being converting the songs on the CD into the default MP3 format, and a progress

bar will appear next to each selection to indicate the status of each file as it is being

ripped. It’s that easy. There are other options available, as well:

) Pick Image… Refer to Pick Image… on page 87 for information.

) Advanced… Refer to Advanced Ripper Options on page 87 for information.

Select CD,

edit Music

Information

Select

destination

folder

Rip the CD

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Pick Image…

Pick Image allows you to manually associate an image file with a ripped D. The image is

then available for display as an icon on the TerraPlayer Radio touchscreen.

When you click the Pick Image… button a Select window will appear, and you can

navigate to the folder containing the image file (.jpg format) that will be then be

associated with the album.

Advanced Ripper Options

Using Advanced Options, you can fully customize and control a variety of ripping

parameters to suit your needs. A detailed description of each of the advanced options is

covered in the rest of this section.

Click on the Advanced… button, and the Advanced Options window appears.

General Options

The ‘Ripper Options’ screen opens up on the ‘General’ tab. The options below are

available on this tab.

Overwrite existing file without prompting

If this option is selected and there is a file with the same filepath and filename, then the

Ripper Utility will overwrite that existing file without prompting for permission.

Default: On.

File and Directory Naming Options

There are fields for defining the filename convention files will be written under, and the

filepath where they will be written.

First, you need to define the folders where the ripped files will be stored. You can define

a path up to three folders deep. The folder structure you choose may define how you

wish to store your audio files.

In order for this option to work, each folder level must also have a corresponding name in

the conversion options. For example, if you select …\Track Genre\Album Artist\Album

Name\Track Name as the directory structure, you will need to define each of those when

you select your source, as shown here:

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If none of these have been defined, the folders will not be created. Or if one of them has

been left out, it will create a folder at that level, but the folder will be unnamed.

The default folder naming convention is:

…\Album Artist\Album Name

For example:

…\Zoot Brute\Final Vinyl

But if you wanted to redefine the path to add a genre folder, you would select ‘Album

Genre’ in the first field, then move ‘Album Artist’ and ‘Album Name’ into the fields to

the right. So the following selections:

Would result in a path like the following example:

…\Rock\Zoot Brute\Final Vinyl

You also need to define the naming convention used for the audio files. The filename

can be defined by up to six elements, broken up by a separator. By default, the ripper

defines a filename using two elements and a separator: Track Number and Track Name

are the elements, and a hyphen is the separator. For example:

…\01 – Ever Ending Story.mp3

Say you want to include the Artist Name and Album Name in the filename. You would

select those options in the respective fields of the ‘Custom File Name and Separator

Selection’ fields. So the following selections:

would name the file along the lines of the following example:

…\01 – Zoot Brute – Final Vinyl – Ever Ending Story.mp3

Album Name,

Song Title,

Artist Name,

and Genre

must all be defined

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Reader Options

When you select the ‘Reader’ tab, you can change the performance parameters of the CD

reader while it is reading the audio CD for converting files. The options below are

available.

Read Mode

The quality the CD will read with is defined by the Read Mode.

¾ High Performance. This mode reads at the fastest speed possible. This mode

works only with systems that have Adaptec ASPI drivers installed, and will not

appear as on option in system without them. ASPI can be downloaded from the

Adaptec website (www.adaptec.com).

¾ Compatible. Compatible will use the CD-ROM driver native to your system.

Read/Write Buffer Size

You can redefine the size of the buffer to adjust the Ripper Utility’s performance.

Move the slider to the right to increase the buffer, or to the left to decrease. Click on the

Default button to reset the buffer size.

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High Performance Options – Jitter Correction

Jitter occurs when a CD-ROM drive cannot find a

specific frame, or sector, while it is reading. This

results in pops or breaks in the audio. Jitter

correction is a way of improving audio through

overlapping or multiple reading of the same frames

to help ensure a high-quality conversion.

On an audio CD, the tracks are written and read in

spirals, much like on vinyl. Unlike vinyl, these

spirals are not one single, continuous groove – they

are individual frames (sectors) in sequential order.

Each successive frame is marked with a time-code

to maintain a sort of ‘continuous groove’. They are

read in blocks.

For example, a drive set to read blocks of 15 frames from the CD above would read them

in the order below:

Since each frame is read only once, a lagging processor may lose data and jitter errors

may occur. Jitter correction adds overlapping frames within each read block, ensuring a

continuous data stream. For example, a correction of 5 frames would tell the drive to

read in the following order:

Overlapping frames help maintain the ‘continuous groove’ as the CD drive and computer

exchange audio data. Jitter correction can be activated or deactivated in the Ripper

Utility by setting High Performance Options:

Jitter Correction… tells the drive when to use correction:

• None. No jitter correction.

• Always. Always use jitter correction

• On Error. Only use jitter correction when errors

occur.

Jitter Frames… sets the number of overlapping frames.

Compatible Mode Options – Jitter Correction

Jitter/Error Correction activates/deactivates jitter correction or sets specific modes.

None… disables jitter correction.

Always… uses settings in High Performance Options –

Jitter Correction fields.

Double Precision... is optimized for use in converting old

and used CDs.

Paranoid… is optimized for use in converting scratched

and unreadable CDs.

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Encoder options

When you select the ‘Encoder’ tab, you can change the format and write parameters the

Ripper Utility uses in creating the file. The options below are available.

Encoder

The Encoder field defines the format the audio tracks will be converted to. Available

options are .mp3 and .wma.

MP3

If you select .mp3 as the convert format, you can define the settings of the file using the

following parameters.

Bit rate is the setting if you wish to use a Constant Bit Rate (CBR).

Values: None, 32 to 350 kBps.

Sound Quality and Bitrate

Bitrate Bandwidth Sound quality similar to

32 kbps 7.5 kHz AM radio

96 kbps 11 kHz FM radio

128 kbps 16 kHz CD

160-180 kbps

(VBR)

20 kHz Virtually transparent

256 kbps 22 kHz Studio

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VBR Methods are different means of varying the bit rate at which you will rip a CD.

Variable Bit Rate (VBR) is a type of data compression where complex sounds are

encoded at a higher rate, while simple sounds are at a lower rate. The Ripper Utility will

adjust the bit rate according to the complexity of the sound. You can either try the

different options below to find which method produces the compression/sound quality

most to your liking, or use the default setting.

¾ None.

¾ Default.

¾ Old.

¾ New.

¾ MTRH.

¾ ABR.

VBR. None, 8 to 350 kBps.

Channels. Defines whether the track will be written in two-channel stereo, or one

channel mono.

Quality Slider. If you don’t want to bother with the settings above, you can adjust the

sound quality/compression using the Quality slider to determine whether a file will be

converted at the fastest rate with low quality, or at the slowest rate with high quality.

Windows Media Audio

If you select ‘.wma’ as the audio file format for ripping, you can define the settings of the

file using the Windows Media Audio field:

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Music Lookup options

When the TerraPlayer displays Music Information (ID3 tags, metadata) – album titles,

artists, song titles, and even album covers – it pulls the information over the internet from

an online database by a Music Lookup Service provider.

Music Lookup Service

The Music Lookup Service field uses radio buttons to indicate how and where the Ripper

Utility will search for music information.

¾ Deferred/No Lookup. This option deactivates metadata lookup.

¾ Gracenote. Indicates that Gracenote services will be used. If you select this

option, you will need to register using the Register button in the ‘Gracenote’

section.

Gracenote

If you decide to use Gracenote services for music information, you will need to register

with them using the ‘Update Gracenote Registration’ wizard. To learn more about

Gracenote, visit their website (www.gracenote.com).

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Proxy options

If you are on a network with a proxy server, you will need to set up the following in order

to access online data sources over the Internet:

¾ Use Proxy for Music Lookup Services. Check this to activate communication

through a prosy server.

¾ Proxy Name or IP. Enter the HOSTNAME or IP Address of the proxy server.

¾ Port. The port number of the internet proxy server on the LAN. Should be

provided by your system administrator.

¾ User Name. If the proxy server requires a user name for access, enter your

username here.

¾ Password. If the proxy server requires a password for access, enter your

password here.

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Chapter 8:

The MusicInfo Utility and Wizard

Music Information is detail about a song that you get from the album cover: album name,

artist name, song title, etc. This information is added to the audio files and stored in the

Music Library to make it available for display on the TerraPlayer touchscreen. And so,

you can still find the song details in the TerraTouch OS on the touchscreen, without

keeping the CD or album covers around.

Since Music information is data about an audio file, and an audio file is basically a song

converted into a data format, it is sometimes called ‘metadata’—in other words, data

about data. This metadata is stored with the audio file in the form of an ID3 tag. An ID3

tag is a standard format for attaching metadata to an audio file.

The MusicInfo Wizard scans your audio file collection pulls Music Information in bulk

from a data source on the Internet, and writes the ID3 tags for each audio file. So it does

the work for you automatically.

However, there may be CDs in your collection for which no Music Information is

available. So, sometimes you will need to add that information yourself. The MusicInfo

Utility can be used to manually enter or change Music Information stored in an ID3 tag

on per song or album basis.

Music Information

The Music Library stores the following music information for each track:

Music Information (ID3 Tag)

Data Field Definition

File Name of audio file.

Artist Recording artist.

Album Name of the album which the track is from.

Track Position of the track on the album, or song number.

Song Song title.

Genre Genre of track.

Year Original release date of track.

Duration Length of the track.

Internet Connection and the MusicInfo Utility and Wizard

It is recommended that you log in and maintain a live Internet connection during a

session with the MusicInfo Utility, so it can be used to update Music Information

downloaded from a data source on the web. In addition, the Wizard requires an Internet

connection in order to download album covers for your existing files.

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The Easy Way

The Easy Way—Updating Music Information with the MusicInfo Wizard

The MusicInfo Wizard automatically reads all of your audio files and compares them

against an online data source over the Internet, updating your audio files with the most

up-to-date information available.

Depending on the size of your digital audio collection and the speed of your Internet

connection, this process will take some time. Estimated times for changes are given in

the following table:

Download Save Changes

Approximate time per 1,000

digital audio files

30-40 minutes

(T1 connection)

10-25 minutes

(longer times for

converting ID3 v1 tags

to v2)

Important! Before starting the MusicInfo Wizard, it is recommended that you backup

your digital audio collection.

Helpful

Hint

To get only album cover icons: If your digital audio collection already has

Music Information (ID3 tags) that you are happy with, you can run the

MusicInfo Wizard in a way to get only the album covers. To do this, run

through the MusicInfo Wizard, but at the last step, click on the Cancel

button. The wizard will have downloaded the album cover icons, but will

not save the Music Information.

1. Start the MusicInfo Wizard

The MusicInfo Wizard can be accessed by clicking on the Wizard button

of the TerraLaunch window.

2. Select the desired folders then click Next >

The wizard will prompt you to select the drive or folders containing the audio files you

wish to update. By default, it searches all drives. Select the drive or folder, then click on

the Next > button.

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3. Select the desired audio files then click Next >

The wizard will prompt you to select the audio files you wish to update. By default, all

audio files are selected. Unselect audio files you don’t wish to update. You can expand

the window to see all the Music Information columns. Select the drive or folder, then

click on the Next > button.

4. Select the updated audio files to save, then click Next >

The wizard will prompt you with a list containing which files have been cleaned. Select

the ones you wish to save. By default, it selects all. Select the drive or folder, then click

on the Next > button.

A progress bar will appear on the bottom of the window to tell you how much further the

MusicInfo Wizard has to go. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection and the

size of your audio file collection, this may take some time.

When finished, the MusicInfo Wizard will exit to the TerraLaunch window.

Select or deselect

multiple audio files

by clicking and

holding the mouse

button, then

dragging across the

checkboxes.

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Advanced MusicInfo Utility

If you need to write your own music information, you can use MusicInfo.

Accessing the MusicInfo Utility

The MusicInfo Utility can be accessed by clicking on the MusicInfo button of the

TerraLaunch window:

Overview

The MusicInfo window is broken down into the following:

Action Buttons

The action buttons on the MusicInfo Utility are as follows:

Action Buttons

Also available through File

and Tools options of main

menu, or by right-clicking

on a track.

From menu, you can also

Play and Stop a track for

previewing.

Current tags

Lists track

information

(ID3 tag

metadata) for

each track.

Read Selected

Save Selected

Update Selected

Stop

Help

Navigator

Use the navigator to

locate your audio files.

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Modifying Music Information for an Album

Using the MusicInfo Utility, creating or modifying track information is a breeze:

1. Select the folder with the audio files

Using the navigator on the left, search out and highlight the folder with the album.

2. Edit Music Information for all tracks

Make sure all tracks are selected. Double-click on any entry to edit.

3. Save the changed Music Information

From the main menu, select File ►Save to save the changes.

Select the folder with

your audio files.

Edit Music Information

for all tracks

Genre

Click on the arrow

button to open a list of

available genres and

subgenres.

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Updating Music Information for Individual Tracks

Using the MusicInfo Utility, you can also clean selected or individual tracks:

1. Select the folder with the audio files

Using the navigator on the left, search out and highlight the folder with the album.

2. Select the track(s)

In the # column, select the track(s) you want to update.

3. Update the Music Information

Click on the Clean button, and the MusicInfo Utility will update Music Information for

the selected track(s).

Select the folder with

your audio files.

Select Track(s)

Click on the Clean

button to update.

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Chapter 9:

The Playlist Utility

The Playlist Utility lets you create ahead of time lists of music you would like to play

later on. Say you are planning a party and you want to DJ the music, but you don’t want

to stand by the stereo all night because you want to socialize. You can have it both ways

by using the TerraPlayer Utility Suite’s Playlist Utility to organize of all the tunes you

want to play before the party begins. Once you’ve created a playlist, it can be readily

accessed through the Playlist Mode on the TerraPlayer.

Accessing the Playlist Utility

The Playlist Utility can be accessed by clicking on the Playlist button of

the TerraLaunch window.

Overview

The Playlist Utility window is broken down into the following:

Action Buttons

The action buttons on the Playlist Utility are as follows:

Action Buttons

Also available through the

Actions option of the

main menu. Or by right-

clicking on a track in the #

column.

Current

Playlist Area

is where you

add and

reorder tracks

to the playlist.

Tracks can be

reordered by

drag-and-drop.

Navigator

is a directory tree for

accessing the folders on

your computer or network

and selecting tracks.

Create a New Playlist

Open a Saved Playlist

Save the Current Playlist

Add a Track

Remove a Track

Shuffle the Tracks

Remove Duplicates from Playlist

Print the Current Playlist

Help

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Creating a Playlist

Create a new playlist as follows:

1. Create a new playlist

From the main menu of the Playlist Editor window, select File ►New. Or, click the Create

a New Playlist button:

A blank playlist will appear in the current playlist area.

2. Select and add audio files

Find and select the desired track(s) in the navigator. Click the Add button, or drag and

drop the file in the playlist. Repeat this for each file.

3. Save the playlist

From the main menu, click on File ►Save, or click on the save button in the toolbar. The

Base Transceiver will automatically find the playlist, and make it available for play at the

TerraPlayer Radio.

Select the file and click

the Add button

or…

Drag and drop it in the

playlist.

Repeat for all tracks.

Save when finished

by clicking:

Click the New button

or…

Select File ►New from

the main menu.

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Advanced Playlist Utility

View Options

You can select which Music Information will be displayed, and the column width of that

information from the View options menu. The View options menu is available from one

of two places:

Music Information

You can choose to display the Music Information by checking or unchecking the option

in the View menu.

) Refer to Music Information on page 98 for more information.

Automatically Size Columns

Selecting Automatically Size Columns will size columns as wide as possible to show all

text, regardless of window size.

Automatically Expand Columns

Selecting Automatically Expand Columns will fit columns to the window size.

View options are available from the

View in the main menu, or by right-

clicking on the File column.

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Chapter 10:

The Configuration Wizard

In order to find and play audio files on the PC, the TerraPlayer requires that you

configure the folders containing those audio files for file sharing. The Configuration

Wizard can do this for you automatically.

) Refer to Shared Music Folders on page 13 for more information.

Accessing the Configuration Wizard

The Configuration Wizard can be accessed by clicking on the

Configuration button of the TerraLaunch window.

The Configuration Wizard

1. Click the Next button

2. Choose a Base Transceiver (Ethernet installation with multiple Bases only)

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3. Choose the hard drive to search for music

4. Choose the folders containing audio files that you wish to share

5. Click the Finish button

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Appendix A:

Troubleshooting

There are no album covers

Since digital audio files do not come packaged with album covers, they must be

downloaded from on online data source, then ‘associated’, or connected, with the digital

audio files before they will appear on the TerraTouch OS.

Things to look for

Have you run the MusicInfo Wizard while connected to the Internet?

The MusicInfo Wizard will scan your digital audio files. Then with the help of an active Internet

connection it will download both Music Information and album covers. It will download album covers

in the form of .jpg files and store them in the same directory as a given audio file. It will

automatically ‘associate’ the audio and .jpg files and add them to the Music Library.

If you perform this while the TerraPlayer is on, you should reboot the Base Transceiver and the

TerraPlayer Radio.

Have you run the Librarian Utility?

If you already have album cover .jpgs for the audio files, make sure first that they installed in the

same directory as the file, and are named using the album name. Then, if you run the Librarian

Utility, it will read and associate the album cover .jpg file with the digital audio file.

If you perform this while the TerraPlayer is on, you should reboot the Base Transceiver and the

TerraPlayer Radio.

But I’ve already run the Librarian Utility, and some album covers are still not showing.

Take note of which covers are still not showing and check the following:

1. There is a .jpg file of the album cover in the same directory, and that .jpg file is name

using the album cover name.

2. There is only one (1) .jpg in a given directory. The Librarian Utility will not choose a .jpg if

there is more than one in a directory.

Once you’ve verified and/or fixed these, please run the Librarian Utility again, then reboot the Base

and TerraPlayer Radio.

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The TerraPlayer cannot find music on the computer(s)

If the TerraTouch OS comes up, but cannot find music you know to be on the computer

or network:

Things to look for

Is the Base Transceiver connected by USB or Ethernet?

A Base connected through USB will see only the files on the computer it is directly connected to,

whether or not it is on a network. If you want the Base to locate files over a network, it must be

connected via Ethernet.

Are the folders containing digital audio files on all networked computers set for File Sharing,

or otherwise set with proper access permissions?

If you know there are audio files you want to listen to on a networked computer, you must ensure

that the folder(s) they are stored in are configured as shared.

) Refer to Shared Music Folders on page 15 for more information.

For UNIX or Mac OSX machines, file permissions must be set to allow users to access a folder or

directory over the network.

) Refer to Non-Windows Platforms in a Network on page 16 for more information.

Creating Shared Folders on a network requires Admin persmissions

In Windows 2000, NT, or XP, if you are trying to create a Shared folder on a networked computer

you must be logged in with Admin permissions.

File Sharing on Windows XP

-Has File Sharing been enabled?

-Under Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Settings, has DHCP been enabled?

-Have the music folders been set to File Sharing?

File Sharing on Windows 2000?.

-On shared folders: Share Permissions for Everyone, TerraUser, and Adminsitrators must be set to

allow Full Control, Change, and Read.

-On shared folders: Security must be set to allow Full Control, Modify, Read & Execute, List Folder

Contents, Read, and Write.

The TerraPlayer lets me select and play music, but there is no sound

No sound could be caused by loose connections between the TerraPlayer Radio and the

stereo, or by a dropped RF link.

Things to look for

Are the Base Transceiver and TerraPlayer Radio connecting?

To verify if the Base Transceiver and TerraPlayer Radio are currently connected by the RF link,

press the following buttons on the TerraTouch OS: SETTINGS f SYSTEM f NETWORK f

WIRELESS. Check the LINK STATE field. If it is OFFLINE, you will need to join the RF link and

TerraPlayer Radio. To double-check the online status, press the MEMBER LIST button. If the

Node states are OFFLINE you will need to JOIN the Base and TerraPlayer Radio.

) Refer to Register/Join the TerraPlayer Radio and Base Transceiver on page Error! Bookmark not

defined. for information.

Are the RCA-stereo cables loose?

Check the RCA-stereo cables running from the TerraPlayer Radio to the component stereo system

to ensure that the connection is tight.

Is the stereo set up correctly?

On a typical stereo system, the TerraPlayer would be plugged into the AUX channel of the stereo

system. In order to hear the TerraPlayer through the stereo, the AUX channel must be on.

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A Firewall is blocking the TerraPlayer

If you have a firewall, the setting of the security level can affect the TerraPlayer.

Things to look for

Norton Personal Firewall 2003

-High Level Protection. When you install the TerraPlayer Utility Suite, each executable must be

added as permitted application to the “Manual Program Control” list to work properly. When you run

configuration.exe, Firewall will ask you to accept it – if you accept, it should work fine.

-To enable file sharing from the Base Transceiver, ports udp-137 and tcp-139 may need to be set to

allow both inbound and outbound in the advanced firewall settings.

-NetBIOS default settings are set to ‘Block’ by default – these may need to be changed to ‘Permit’.

McAfee Firewall 4.0

-Filter All Traffic. When you run configuration.exe, Firewall will ask you to accept it – if you accept, it

should work fine. TerraPlayer Utility Suite programs will also cause Firewall to prompt you to accept

them – if you accept, they should work fine.

ZoneAlarm

-Program Control at Medium setting. The firewall will prompt you to accept TerraPlayer programs

when they are run, and add them to the list of secure programs.

-In order to allow file sharing, you may need to set the Trusted Zone to medium, then go to the

Firewall > Zones page and set the local network interface to be a Trusted Zone.

SyGate Personal Firewall

-Normal Security Level. Firewall will prompt you to allow TerraPlayer programs when they run – if

you accept, they are added to the list of allowable programs.

-Block All. Will block all programs, even if added to the allowed applications list.

-To enable file sharing from the Base Transceiver, rules for ports udp-137 and tcp-139 may need to

be set to allow both inbound and outbound in the advanced firewall settings.

BlackICE

-To enable file sharing from the Base Transceiver, rules for ports udp-137 and tcp-139 may need to

be set to allow both inbound and outbound in the advanced firewall settings.

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Appendix B:

Specifications*

TerraPlayer Radio

Dimensions

TR-100: 13.85″ wide x 4.11″ tall x 10.05″ deep

CR-100: 17.0″ wide x 4.07″ tall x 12.17″ deep

Weight

TR-100: 8.75 lbs.

CR-100: 7.6 lbs.

Power Supply

120 Vac, 60 Hz (U.S. 2-prong plug)

Power Consumption

CR-100: 15 Watts maximum

TR-100: 90 Watts maximum

Fuse

CR-100: 2 AG, 500 mA, Slo-Blo, 250 V

TR-100: 2 AG, 2 Amp, Slo-Blo, 250 V

Compressed Audio Standard

MP3, Windows Media Audio

Streaming Audio Standard

Streaming MP3 support

Maximum Compressed Audio Data Rate

320 Kbps

Audio Output

Stereo (L/R) line-level, RCA connectors

Digital Audio Output

CR-100 only: Optical, TOSlink

Digital-to-Analog Converter

High-quality Burr-Brown, 24-bit, 192 KHz,

106 dB dynamic range

Graphic Equalizer

5-band, low-Q, digital bandpass filters

Processor

200 MHz ARM 9

Flash Memory

32 Mb

RAM

64 Mb

Display

6.2″ diagonal , 640 x 240 pixels, 4096-color,

Color Super Twisted Nematic (CSTN), Liquid

Crystal, Integrated touch screen – 1024 x 1024

(10-bit) resolution

Remote Control

CR-100 only:

RS-232, DB-9, DCE, 9600 baud, N, 8, 1

Operating Environment

+5° to +40° C

Expansion

External – SmartMedia

CR-100 only:

Internal –

Up to 256 MB, SDRAM, 100-pin DIMM

Wireless RF Link

Reliable high-speed link, up to 500’ range

Audio Subsystem

TR-100 only:

6″ full-range speaker element

2″ water-resistant stereo (L/R) tweeter elements

Power: 75 Watts

Headphone Jack

TR-100 only: 1/8″ mini stereo

TerraPlayer Remote Control

IR, 23 keys

Batteries: 2 x AAA (included)

Transmission range: 25′ (typical)

TerraPlayer Base

Power Supply

120 Vac, 60 Hz, external 3.3 Vdc adapter

Power Consumption

2.3 Watts maximum

Dimensions

1-1.58″ (tapered) wide x 4.53″ tall x 4.30″ deep

Weight

0.4 lbs.

LAN Connectivity

RJ-45 10/100 Mbps Ethernet

PC Connectivity

USB 1.1 standard

Wireless Link

Reliable high-speed link, up to 500′ range

Processor

66 MHz ARM 7

Flash Memory

16 Mb

RAM

16 Mb

*Specifications subject to change without notice.

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Appendix C:

Index

AM/FM Radio, 10, 11, 19, 22, 23, 42, 45, 46, 56, 67,

call letters, 56, 58, 67, 75, 86, 87, 88

audio files

broken, 56, 88

Bit rate, 97

component stereo system, 11, 18

component stereo systems, 10

Connection

Ethernet, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20, 114

LAN, 10, 14, 99, 114

USB, 10, 11, 12, 14, 20, 114

Connections, 17, 22

digital audio formats

.mp3, 12, 96, 97

.wma, 12, 96, 97

Digital Audio Jukebox, 2, 10

FAV (Favorites

Adding Favorites, 40

Deleting Favorites, 41

FAV View, 40, 41

Playing Favorites, 41

FAV (Favorites) Mode, 39

filepath, 12, 77, 90, 92, 93

Hardware, 5, 17

Icons and Music, 24

Internet Radio, 58, 84

Add an Internet, 66, 67, 84, 85, 86

License Agreement, 2

MP3, 62, 92, 97, 114

Music Information, 11, 12, 57, 66, 102, 105, 106

ID3 tags, 12

metadata, 12, 77, 98

Music Library, 12, 23, 26, 69, 77, 78

network, 11, 14, 20, 80, 99, 115

Operating Systems

Linux, 11

Mac OS X, 11

UNIX, 11

Windows, 11, 13, 14, 78, 97, 114

Partners

Gracenote, 2, 16, 90, 98, 99, 106, 115

LoudEye, 16

SHOUTcast, 16

requirements, 5, 11, 115

Ripper

buffer, 95

encoder, 96

jitter, 95, 96

Quality Slider, 97

Read Mode, 94

VBR Methods, 97

shared folders, 12, 13, 14, 82

Tap and Double-Tap, 24

TerraPlayer

Base, 10, 14, 15, 20, 22, 48, 49, 72, 73, 114

BT-100, 10, 12, 20, 67, 86

How it Works, 12

Radio, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 42, 45,

56, 114

Registering, 12, 15

Remote, 21, 88, 114

TerraTouch OS, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 23, 24, 31, 39, 48,

49, 69, 87, 92

TerraPlayer Radio, 14, 25, 100, 114

TerraPlayer Utility Suite, 2, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 24, 26,

Librarian, 10, 24, 26, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 81

Monitor, 10

MusicInfo, 10, 11, 66, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110

Playlist, 10, 24, 57, 68, 79, 86, 100, 101, 102, 111

Ripper, 10, 11, 69, 89, 91, 92, 95

WebServer, 10, 69, 70, 89, 100, 106, 108, 111

TerraTouch OS

Library Mode, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 34, 40

Queue Mode, 23, 26, 40, 50, 51, 52

Radio Mode, 23, 40, 42, 43

REMOTE Mode, 53

System Mode, 15, 23, 47

Touch and Hold, Drag and Drop, 24, 26

Touchscreen

Cleaning, 18, 19

wireless, 10, 11, 15, 18, 19, 20, 48, 72, 114

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