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AllVOCOdeviceshavebuiltinUSBportsalongwithsoftwarewhichreadsupto5000musicfilesona
USBdrive.SlidetheUSBstickintothefrontorbackUSBontheVOCOdeviceandtheserverwillread
themusicandmakeitaccessiblesolongasthat
Zoneserverisselected.Forexample,ifyourV‐Spotis
called“Bedroom”selectthe“Bedroom”serverintheMyMusicTab.USBcontentmustbeformattedin
a“fatorntfs”format.
Computer(MacorPC)UsingVOCOVMSSoftware:
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Gotomyvoco.comandselectSupportandyouwillfindDownloadssection.Download
freeVOCOMediaServer(VMS)softwareforyourMacorPCComputertostreammusic
fromyourcomputertoaVOCOdeviceonthesame network.Duringthesetupprocess
selectthedirectorywhereyoukeep
yourmusicsuchasiTunesorMusicFolder.Nameyourlibrary
accordingly(John’sPCorMary’sMac)sothatyouknowwhatmusicsourceyouareselectinginthe
VOCOControllerAPP.
WhiletheinternalZonedeviceserversupportsupto5000songsandcanonlysynchronizeamaximum
of2‐3zones,atypicalPCorMaccansupport50,000songsand7‐10zones.Forlargersetups,useofan
externalserversuchasaComputerorNASdriveandEthernetusageworksbest.
InstructionsforInstallingVOCOMediaServer(VMS)SoftwareforPCandMac
Users:
AfterinstallingVOCOVMSSoftware,theVOCOComputerSoftwareControlPanelwillopenonyour
computer.TheVOCOComputerSoftwareControlPanelallowsyoutoscanyourmediacollection.
NamethemusiclibrarysoyoucaneasilyidentifythismusicsourceontheVOCOControllerAPPonyour
mobile
device.TodothisclickontheLibrarytabonthetopoftheControlPanel,nameit,andthenclick
ontheOKb u tton atthebottomofthepage.ThenselectthenameofyourComputerServeryouchose
onyourVOCOControllerAPPintheMyMusicTab
andstreammusictoyourdevicesfromyourPCor
MAC.*BesurethecomputerisconnectedtothesamenetworkasyourVOCOdevices.
WhentheVOCOVMSSoftwareisdownloadedontoyourcomputerthedefaultsettingofthesoftwareis
topullthemusicthatisstoredin
yourMusicfolderonyourcomputer.However,youmaydirectthe
softwaretopullmusicfromanyfolderontheComputer.TodothissimplyclickontheBrowsebutton
nexttothemusicfolderandselectthefolderyouwouldliketheVOCOVMSSoftwaretoaccess.After
youhave
selectedafolderclickontheStatustabonthetopofthewindow,thenclicktheRescan
buttonnexttothe“Lookfornewandchangedmusic”option.
Ifyouaddnewsongstoyourmusiccollectionyoumustrescanyourmusiccollectiontomakethem
accessibletoa
VOCOdevice.ClickontheRescanbuttonlocatedontheStatustabafteryouhaveadded
thenewsongstothefolder.OncetheVOCOVMSSoftwarehasfinishedtherescanselectOKandthe
controlpanelwillclose.
PlayingSongsFromMobileDevices:
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IntheVOCOControllerAPPselectCONTENTmenuand“PlayFromThisDevice”tabto
accessandstreamthemusicstoredonyourAppleorAndroiddevice.Ensureyour