'MEGAMIX RADIO' - SETUP & OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS

A SOFTWARE SETUP
1 Double - click 'SETUPM98'
2 Software will load
3 Click 'FINISH'
4 Shortcut icon will appear on screen, double click the icon
5 First Time Running' will appear, Click OK
6 Re-start Computer for the software to load
7 Include shortcut in startup items, so that it will automaticaly start when the computer is switched on
B SOFTWARE SETTINGS

When computer re-starts, and software opens, carry out the following actions to set up the software:
1 Go to PROGRAMMING > OPTIONS
2 Go to 'Media Tables', and clear music styles and music categories. To do this, select the style/category, then delete from bottom window and click 'SET'
3 After this action, all 3 windows should be clear.
4 Go to GENERAL Tab. The bottom widow will say 'C/WINDOWS//WRITE//EXE. Change the word 'WRITE' to NOTEPAD'.
5 Go to CUSTOMER TABLES' and use the same method as point 2 to delete all information. Then click 'OK' to save all changes.
C MUSIC INPUT
1 All songs must be input into the MUSIC (D) Hard Drive, in the correct configuration. This means that songs for morning should be in the morning folder, etc.
2 Open MEGAMIX program
3 Go to PROGRAMMING > OPTIONS > MEDIA TABLES, to make the music program
4 Go to MUSIC STYLE, to setup folders for Morning, afternoon, evening. In the botom window type the name, then click 'SET' for each name.
5 Carry out the same procedure as point 4, in MUSIC CATEGORY (Monring ,afternoon ,night).
6 Go to PROGRAMMING and select IMPORT EXISTING MEDIA FILES
7 On the right side of the window, the 4 boxes need to be set to tell the program where to send the music files. To select music for the morning:
MEDIA STYLE SONG
STYLE MORNING
CATEGORY MORNING
SEX GROUP
8 Then click on 'ADD FILES TO LIST', and go to MUSIC HD (D), Morning Music folder
9 Select one or many songs you would like to play in the morning, then choose 'open'
10 The songs you have just selected will appear in the Media Files window.
11 Then click 'ADD TO MEDIA DATABASE, and the chosen songs will be added to the Morning playlist in the program
12 When you have completed this action, the files will disappear from the Media Files Window
13 Repeat the above actions for all other times (afternoon, night). When you have chosen all files required, click 'OK'
14 Now your music has been input into the Media Database
C SETTING UP TIMINGS / MUSIC SCHEDULE
1 Go to PROGRAMMING > SCHEDULE MUSIC STYLES
2 First set the Title of the timing in the 'TITLE' window. We will set up a morning program on Monday for this example
3 Set the title to 'MORNING'
4 Set start time (if 6am start, select 06:00)
5 Set end time (if 1pm end, select 13:00)
6 The box 'SKIP COMMERCIAL BREAK' must be checked
7 The AUTOMATIC JINGLE song step should be set to NONE
8 The HOW MANY JINGLE should be set to NONE
9 In the SEQUENCE TO AUTOMATIC PROGRAM window, Check the MORNING box, in style and category
10 Then click the 'SET' button to save all settings
11 After this action, you will se in the Music Categories Per Day window on the Left of the acreen, the first timing has been set
12 To set timings for afternoon and evening music programs, repeat the above steps
13 When all timings have been set for the playlist, select 'OK'
14 In the main window, click on the wand in the left hand corner, and select 'AUTOMATIC' to activate the timings and start the music
If the music does not start automatically, go to 'PROGRAMMING>SCHEDULE MUSIC STYLES', then to the day and time that you are currently at. Make sure
15 the timing has a music schedule for that time and click on the schedule.The music should then begin.
15 The music will play from the selected categories, in a random order from start to edn time of the schedule
Note: If your song files are not as long as your music schedule (eg. Music schedule is 4 hours, but total play time of songs is 3 hours), the program will
continue to loop the songs in a random order until the timing is complete. If there is a gap in the schedule, no music will play for that timeframe.
D MANUALLY PLAYING SONG FILES

In the main window, the list on the left hand side will show the next 6 sequence of songs to be played. If song 1 is playing, and you would like to play a
different song after the currently playing song, manually, carry out the following steps:
1 Click the 'change button on the song you would like to change
2 When you click the button the MEDIA DATABASE window will open
3 Select the song you would like to play
4 Then click 'OK'
If you are changing the current song, the new song will play after the current song finishes. If however, you would like to immediately stop the current song
5 and start the new selection, click the 'RUN button next to the song window
E ADDING NEW SONG FILES TO THE DATABASE

To add new songs to any of the categories, carry out the following:
1 Go to PROGRAMMING > IMPORT EXISTING MEDIA FILES
2 Choose the style + category (should always be the same) you would like to add to
3 Seelct the songs, click OK, then click ADD TO MEDIA DATABASE. The song(s) will be added
Then carry out the below DATABASE UPDATE procedure
F DELETING SONG FILES FROM THE DATABASE
1 Go to PROGRAMMING > MEDIA
2 Choose the style + category (should always be the same) you would like to remove from, or select the 'TYPE' tab to see all songs
3 Select the song, then click the 'DELETE' button.
4 Then carry out the below DATABASE UPDATE procedure
Note: When you delets songs from the Database, the file will not be deleted from the hard Disk
G UPDATING THE DATBASE - IMPORTANT!
After adding or deleting any song files, or making any changes to the database, you must 'UPDATE THE DATABASE' as follows:
1 Go to 'TOOLS > UPDATE DATABASE
2 The UPDATE MEDIA FILES DIALOG box will open. Make sure the 'If media file not found delete from database' box is checked
3 Click 'UPDATE'
4 After clicking update, you will see all lastest songs in the database in the window.
Click CANCEL' to close the wondow. Your updates have already been saved.
Note: If you do not update the Database after any changes, the program will search for deleted files or will not play added files..Software error will occur
H CHECKING THE LOG FILE

Some MP3 files may cause a disruption to this system and not be able to play, if the program detects a corrupt file, virus on a file, or incorrect MP3 encoding.
Files which can play normally on your Laptop or home system, may not play on this software due to the above file status. The program will accpet the file and
seem to be able to play, but files of this type will cause the program to be disrupted in the way of crashes, no music output, and sometimes constant repeating
of the last song as the next fuile cannot be played. This needs to be monitored, as the only way to find this problem is to regularly check the system and the
log file for incorrect operation, as detailed below. If you do notice any kind of unususal or disrupted operation of the system, ypu can use the LOG FILE to
determine which song(s) are causing the problem. The following points will describe how to check the log file and what to look out for:
1 Go to REPORT>SONGS LOG
2 This list is the log file of all songs played from the start of operation ,or from the last time you cleared the log file.
3 This list includes name, date, time, & duration of each song

If there has been a problem with any of the song playback, you will see that there are 2 start times very close together. For example if a song started at 18:52,
4 and the duration of the song is 03:12, the next song should start 3:12minutes after. If however, the next song start time is only a few seconds from the
previous song start time, the first song is corrupt in some way, and must be deleted.

5 If this problem does occur, you must remove the song from the Database list, shot down the software, remove the song from the HD file then re-start. After
software re-start, remember to UPDATE THE LOG FILE
6 This problem will also occur if any one song file is greater than 8-10MB. The software cannot load the file into it's memory and operation will be disrupted.
I DELETING THE LOG FILE
1 To completely clear the log file,go to PROGRAMMING>OPTIONS>GENERAL. |You will see CLEAR EVENT FILE button. Click this button to clear the log
2 The log file should always be printed then cleared, every 2 weeks.
J AUTO / MANUAL MODE
In auto mode, the software will randomly select from the category chosen in the relative play time. The program should always be in this mode..
In manual mode, the software will not play any songs unless manually selected from the database.
To switch between auto and manual mode, Go to MODE>MAUNAL or AUTO and select the tick beside the selection you require
K CLEAR THE ENTIRE DATABASE - ALL SONGS REMOVED FROM DATABASE!
If you would like to completely clear the Song Database, (not the songs from the Hard Disk), you cannot dom this from the software. You must delete the
audio DAT file from the hard disk as this is the log of all songs. NOTE: If you delete the entire database, you will completely remove all songs from the
software and will have to input all songs into the respective categories again from the start. TImings and categories will not be deleted. To clear:
1 Exit the MEGAIX Program
2 Go to MY COMPUTER>C DRIVE>AUDIO>MEGAMIX>DATA
3 Locate the DAT file called AUDIO
4 Delete the file. You have now deleted all database song files from the software
5 Re-open the software. All Database songs are cleared. As soon as you play a new song, the AUDIO DAT file is automatically re-created on the C Drive.
L CHANGING SONG VALUES AND VOLUME

1 To change a song value (Song name, album etc), or song volume, go to PROGRAMMING>MEDIA
2 Double click on the song which you would like to change
3 Use the 'GENERAL' Tab to change song information, and the 'MIXING' Tab to change song start & end times, and volume
When changes are complete, click 'OK' and these settings will be saved into the database information.
NOTE: When clicking on the 'mixing' tab, you must click the 'PAUSE' button as soon as you go into the page, or the song will automatically start and cause a
double song playback until you pause it.

M USING INSTALLED 'ACOUSTICA' SOFTWARE TO CONVERT DAMAGED / UNREADABLE FILES

You will find the launch button for this software on the desktop of both computers. This software can convert MP3 to WAV files, but can also convert MP3 back
to MP3, with restored values. If some of the song files you have input to the system seem to stick or cause the software to crash, or seem to be 'skipping' and
not being played (you will notice this if the time for a song is 00:00, which means it was not played), use this software to convert again and try to re-input into
the system.
1 Locate the files you want to convert, and move them (not copy) from the category folder into the 'QUARANTINE' folder in the D Drive
2 Go to PROGRAMMING > MEDIA and delet the songs from the database then UPDATE THE DATABASE
3 To select the destination folder of the converted files, double-click on the software desktop Icon. GO to options and choose destination folder.
4 Right-Click on the mouse with the curson over the QUARANTINE folder, and you wil see the option to 'CONVERT TO> - Choose MP3
5 Your files will be converted. When complete, locate the files and re-input to the system followin above steps and UPDATE DATABASE.
6 To check if files have been repaired, use the 'CHANGE' button to select one of the converted songs.

N FOLDERS ON THE HD

You will find the following folders on the Hard Disk of BOTH computers:
1 SONG FOLDERS - All files in your Megamix Database (morning afternoon, night etc)
The folder entitled 'OTHER ITEMS' contains
2 QUARANTINE - For damaged files
3 MANUAL & SOFTWARE - Installers for 'MEGAMIX' & 'ACOUSTICA' Software, and 'MEGAMIX' User's Manual
4 MP3 CONVERTED - Destination folder for all files converted with 'ACOUSTICA' MP3 software
On the Hard Disk of COMPUTER MUSIC 2
1 On COMPUTER MUSIC 2 you will find ALL MUSIC BACKUP. This is a backup folder of all the songs in your music library to date 7/07/06
This folder should be updated with all new song additions, and backed up to a secondary Storage Media every 2-4 weeks