System information

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numbers, space or backspace. The unit feedbacks your search and auto jumps the cursor to the best match. Pressing
“Search” again restarts the search, and any command other than letters, numbers, space or backspace will end the search
(cursor keys, etc).
FLAC Support
FLAC, or Free Lossless Audio Compression, is a form of audio compression that creates compressed audio files that are 1/2
the size of WAV files with NO loss of audio quality. AudioReQuest now allows you to encode CDs in this format. There is
also an Advanced Menu item to convert all existing WAV files to FLAC.
Improved GENRE Support
AudioReQuest included Genre support in software 1.7.52, however editing needed to be done on the Web Server. With
software 1.8.1 you can now edit Genre tags directly on the AudioReQuest. Simply press Alt-Z (Edit) while highlighting an
Artist, Album or Song to modify both the Basic and Extended genre fields. Also, you can quickly edit just the Genre field of
the mode you have set (Basic or Extended) by pressing Alt-J.
COVER ART Support
AudioReQuest now supports Cover Art!! We have added a new AlbumArt GUI theme and a new Elan AlbumArt theme for
viewing the images on your TV, monitor, or Elan panel. Using the Web Server you can quickly and easily search for cover
art images online and load them to the AudioReQuest. You can even search your AudioReQuest for all albums without
cover art, allowing you to quickly access them to make changes. Can’t find an image for your album? You can create your
own picture of whatever you like to be displayed while that album plays.
Here are steps to add cover art to your albums:
Open the web server, and click the Advanced link.
Click on the “Upload Cover Art With JAlbumArt” Java applet. If you do not have the latest Java plug-in, there is a link to
java.sun.com for you to download on any platform including Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
Click on an album name you wish to add cover art to.
You will see buttons at the bottom of the list to Browse for Cover Art on your hard drive and to Find AlbumArt on the web.
You can either upload your browsed AlbumArt or click and drag from Windows Internet Explorer to the cover art box.
Repeat steps 3-5 to add cover art to your remaining albums.
CONTINUOUS PLAY
Continuous Play is a new playback mode similar to Repeat and Shuffle. Prior to 1.8.1, playback would stop when it reached
the end of the current list or start over from the beginning if repeat were on. With continuous play, when the end of the
current list is reached, playback will continue to the next logical list song following the Navigation hierarchy. For example, if
you select "Dave Matthews Band: Everyday: The Space Between", it will begin playing "The Space Between" and will
continue by playing all of the songs in the album "Everyday". With Continuous mode ON, when the AudioReQuest reaches
the end of Everyday, it will play the next album under Dave Matthews Band (Under The Table and Dreaming, for example).
If there are no more albums by Dave Matthews Band, it will play the first album of the next artist in the hierarchy. When the
final album of the final artist is reached, play will continue to the first album of the first artist and repeat.
PLAY ON BOOT
This new feature allows you to play music with one button press, even if no music had been queued since boot-up. Simply
issue a discrete play command, and music will start playing from All Songs.
PLAY NOW
Play Now allows Genres, Artists, Albums, or Playlists to be played without needed to plunge through the hierarchy to the
song level. Simply highlight an artist or album name and press Shift-Now Playing on the remote and all songs under that
item will begin playing.
NEXT/PREVIOUS ARTIST AND ALBUM
Similar to the commands we already have for Next/Previous Playlist and Genre, these commands allow you to quickly cycle
through your Artist or Album lists. Simply press on of the key combinations shown below to cycle through your music.
CLEAR NOW PLAYING
As a shortcut to the already existing Clear Now Playing command (Alt-Now Playing), pressing stop 3 times in 1 second will
act as a Clear Now Playing command.
ARQFIND
ARQFind is a new protocol that allows automatic setup of AudioReQuest units for Netsync as well as automatic
configuration of products like JRemote and Crestron in the future.
ARQLINK SETUP IN GUI
Prior to software 1.8.1, setting up ARQLink was only possible through the Webserver. We have now added a menu option to
setup ARQLink directly on the AudioReQuest.