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24 DMC BASICS

 Turning On the DMC 1000
The DMC 1000 has four power states, each 
designed to minimize unnecessary power con-
sumption.
•  Full-Off Mode (Dim Blue) – The DMC 1000, 

including its hard-disc drive, is fully powered 
down, but is ready to be turned on using the 
front panel or remote control.

•  Sleep (Standby) Mode (Amber) – The DMC 

1000 will not respond to any commands other 
than to power on.

•  Server Mode (Amber) – Server Mode has no 

function.

•  Full-Power Mode (Bright Blue) – The DMC 

1000 operates normally.

See Table A7 in the Appendix for a description of 
each mode and the DMC 1000’s response to the 
power controls.
NOTE: There is technically a fifth state of “no 
power,” in which the power cord is unplugged 
and/or the rear-panel Master Power Switch is 
turned off in the circle position (0). However,  
it is unlikely you will see this situation in normal 
use.
Press the front-panel Power Control or remote 
Power On Button to turn on the DMC 1000 when 
the Power Indicator is dim blue or amber. 
When the Power Indicator is bright blue, press 
the front-panel Power Control or remote Power 
Off Button to switch to Server Mode (Power 
Indicator turns amber), or press and hold either 
control to turn the DMC 1000 fully off (Power 
Indicator turns dim blue).
When the DMC 1000 is in Server Mode (Power 
Indicator is amber and Server Mode message is 
displayed), press the Power Off Button on the 
remote to switch to Sleep Mode (Power Indicator 
remains amber). 
Using the DMC 1000
After turn-on, the DMC 1000 will display its 
Main Menu (see Figure 9). If the Media Library is 
loaded with content, any cover art will appear in 
a mosaic in the background.

Figure 9 – Main Menu
From the Main Menu, you may play content 
from the Media Library or select another source 
for playback. You may program a Play Queue of 
items for immediate playback, or a Playlist that is 

stored for later retrieval. Record an audio stream 
from a device connected to the Auxiliary Inputs, 
or copy a playlist to any of the portable media, 
including a recordable CD, a memory card or a 
USB drive. You may also control audio playback 
in up to four separate zones at a time. The DMC 
1000’s sophisticated yet easy-to-use on-screen 
menus will guide you at every stage.
Playing DVDs and CDs
With the DMC 1000 turned on, press the Open/
Close Button on the front panel or remote. Gently 
place the disc in the tray, making sure to seat it 
properly. Refer to the Media Compatibility section 
for details on which disc types may be played in 
the DMC 1000. Other disc types will not play. 
The DMC 1000 will take a few moments to read 
and identify the disc.
If the disc is a DVD, it will automatically begin 
playing. Although we recommend using the disc’s 
own menu system for navigation, audio track 
selection and subtitle language selection, see the 
DVD Playback section for instructions on using 
the DMC 1000’s commands for these functions.
If the disc is an audio CD, the DMC 1000 will 
automatically copy it to the Media Library at high 
speed, displaying the progress of the recording as 
a percentage. The DMC 1000 is capable of play-
ing back the recording almost as it is being made 
(if your unit has been set up for Play and Record 
operation). Once the recording is completed, you 
may remove the disc and continue to listen to the 
content as it is played from the Media Library.
When a CD or other music content is added 
to the Media Library, the DMC 1000 accesses 
Gracenote MusicID, which includes a vast online 
database containing identifying information for 
almost every commercial CD in existence, as well 
as cover art for the vast majority of CDs. This 
powerful service enhances the listening experi-
ence, as the user is able to view album, artist 
and track information and the cover art during 
playback. This information is then stored in the 
Media Library. A copy of the database resides 
in the DMC 1000 so that even when it is not 
connected to the Internet, the identifying infor-
mation for most popular CDs (except for cover 
art) is retrieved and stored with the audio in the 
Media Library. However, for the latest and most 
complete version of the database, we recom-
mend connecting the DMC 1000 to a high-speed 
Internet access point. Music recognition technol-
ogy and related data are provided by Gracenote. 
Gracenote is the industry standard in music rec-
ognition technology and related content delivery. 
For more information, visit www.gracenote.com.
NOTE: When no cover art is available, the DMC 
1000 will display a generic musical-note icon. 
This may occur if the DMC 1000 is not connected 
to the Internet, if a noncommercial disc is loaded, 
or in rare instances when there is a gap in the 
database.

DVD Playback
The DMC 1000 supports all of the features and 
options of standard DVDs. However, not all discs 
offer each option at all times. If the “Function 
Prohibited” icon (Ø) appears, then you are 
attempting a function that is not available at that 
time or with that media, and it does not indicate 
a problem with the DMC 1000.
Disc Playback Features
Skipping tracks or titles/chapters
To move forward or backward through the tracks 
on a CD or the titles or chapters on a DVD, press 
skip on the front panel or Previous/next on the 
remote. 
Fast Motion Playback/Fast Search
1.  To move forward or backward through the 

DVD or CD disc being played at fast speed, 
press Search on the remote. Once one of these 
buttons is pressed, the fast search will con-
tinue until Play is pressed.

There are four fast-play speeds. Each press of the 
Search Buttons will cycle to the next speed in the 
following order: x2, x4, x8, x16,  indicated by a 
number of arrow indicators on the right top of 
the screen.
2.  Press PLAY at any time to resume normal 

 playback.

note that there will be no audio playback during 
fast-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This 
is normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surround 
processors cannot process the digital audio 
streams during fast-play modes; audio will be 
heard during fast-play of conventional CD’s.
Freeze Frame and Frame Advance  

(with DVD only)
1.  Press PAUSE when a DVD is playing to freeze 

the picture.

2.  Each time you press one of the STEP (FWD or 

REV) buttons, the picture advances one frame.

3.  Press PLAY to resume normal playback.
Slow Motion Playback (with DVD only)
1.  When a DVD disc is in pause or freeze frame 

mode, you may move slowly forward or back-
ward through the program being played at one 
of the speeds by pressing the Slow Buttons 
on the remote. Each press of the  buttons will 
move to the next speed, indicated by a number 
of arrow indicators on the right top of the 
screen.

2. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.
note that there will be no audio playback during 
slow-forward or -reverse play of DVD discs. This 
is normal for DVD, as A/V receivers and surround 
processors cannot process the digital audio 
streams during slow modes. Slow play is not 
available for CD.

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Notes: Playback features may not be available 
during the opening credits of a movie. This is 
intended by the disc author and is not a failure of 
the DMC 1000.
Playback of a DVD with 96kHz/24-bit audio 
requires the use of circuitry normally used for 
other features. Accordingly, Slow Play Reverse 
and Step Advance features are not available with 
these discs.
Depending on the structure of a VCD disc, the 
functions Slow Reverse and Step Reverse may be 
prohibited or have no function and Fast Playback 
(Search) may not function.
Chapters and Titles
DVDs contain one or more features organized as 
titles. We recommend selecting titles using the 
disc’s menu system, where they are identified  
by name. 
Because titles can run for several hours, they are 
generally divided into chapters, each of which 
is typically no more than a few minutes long, 
encompassing one or more scenes. Chapter selec-
tion allows you to go straight to your favorite sec-
tion of the movie, or to easily skip past sections 
you’ve already viewed. Most discs offer a chapter 
selection menu that includes thumbnail images 
for easy identification.
To select a chapter or title by number, press the 
Find Button on the remote to display the Find 
Menu. See Figure 10. Pressing any numeric Key 
will also display the Find Menu, with the number 
shown in the Chapter cell. Press the Enter Button 

to jump directly to that chapter.

Figure 10 – Find Menu
To select a title by number, navigate to the Title 
cell, enter the title number and press the Enter 
Button.
To begin play from a specific time location within 
the title, also known as “Time Search,” navigate 
to the Time cell and enter the desired starting 
point. Press the Enter Button, and play will imme-
diately begin at the selected time.
You may also select a title or chapter, using the 
Status Display.

When a DVD is playing, you may press the 

Status Button D at any time to view a quick 
summary of the disc’s playback status. The Status 
Bar not only gives you a snapshot of the unit’s 
current state; it also provides an easy way to 
select a different title, chapter or track, or use the 
time search feature. 

Figure 11 – Status Display
•  Title: This displays the current title on the  

left, and the total number of titles on the disc 
on the right. 

•  Chapter: This displays the current chapter on 

the left, and the total number of chapters on 
the disc on the right.

•  Time Display: This section of the display 

shows the time corresponding to the type of 
display indicated in the Time Display Type. 
The Time Search function enables you to start 
playback at any point in the program. Use the 

M N

 Navigation Buttons 9 to highlight 

this display, and the numbers will change to 
dashes. You may then use the Numeric Keys 
to enter the numbers corresponding to the 
time on the disc at which you wish play to 
commence. Press the Enter Button 6, and 
play will immediately begin at the selected time 
position.

•  Time Bar: This display is a graphic 

 representation of the time elapsed for the title 
being played. As the disc plays, the number 
of bars will increase to reflect approximately 
what  percentage of the title has been played 
thus far.

Repeat Play: This setting controls whether the 
tracks are repeated.

Figure 12 – Play Mode Menu

•  Track: Repeats the track currently playing 

until play is manually stopped. The “Repeat” 
Indicators will light in the front-panel display.

•  All: Repeats all tracks on the disc until play is 

manually stopped. 
The “Repeat” and “All” Indicators will light in 
the front-panel display.

•  Off: normal playback of the current track 

 followed by all remaining tracks on the disc, 
unless the Random or Programmed play 
 functions have been selected.

The Repeat A-B function allows you to select any 
portion of a CD and have it repeat  continually 
until the unit is manually stopped. 

Figure 13 – A-B Repeat Display
To initiate a Repeat A-B playback sequence, 
 follow these steps while a disc is playing:
1.  Press the A-B Repeat Button P on the 

remote when you want to choose the begin-
ning point; the Repeat icon appears in the 
upper right corner of the screen, followed by 

A-

 to indicate the beginning of the passage to 

be repeated.

2.  Press the A-B Repeat Button P again 

to choose the end point. Repeat A-B has 
been set, and the A-B section will be played 
 continuously.

3.  Press the A-B Repeat Button P on the 

remote again to cancel Repeat A-B mode.

During CD playback, some listeners may prefer to 
turn off the DMC 1000’s video circuitry. Although 
the video section is electrically isolated from the 
audio section, some users may prefer to turn 
the video displays off during audio playback to 
 prevent any possibility of interference between 
audio and video. You may also wish to turn the 
video display off if you find the menu system 
 distracting or unnecessary during CD playback.
IMPORTANT NOTE: It is strongly recommended 
that plasma video display owners use the Video 
Off feature to avoid burn-in.
To turn the video displays off while a CD is 
 playing, simply press the Video Off Button 
Q

. Press the button again to restore the video 

output. The V-Off Indicator G will light to 
remind you that the video displays have been 
turned off. note that the video output will 
 automatically be restored each time the  

DMC 1000 is turned on.

26 OPERATIOn

Audio Playback From the Media Library
The DMC 1000’s Media Library makes it easy to 
store all of your audio content in one place for 
convenient playback in your main home theater 
room, in three remote “zones” (if you have set 
up the DMC 1000 as part of a multizone system),  
or anywhere else when you transfer the content 
to portable media.
When you first turn on the DMC 1000, the 
assumption is that you will most likely want to 
listen to content stored in your Media Library, and  
the Main Menu (see Figure 14) is configured that 
way.

Figure 14 – Main Menu
Press the Enter Button to select the highlighted 
“Play” option, and the DMC 1000 will offer you 
a variety of sorting options. Large music collec-
tions may be easier to manage when sorted by 
artist or album. As shown in Figure 14, you may 
select from one of six possible sorts, or views, of 
the Media Library.
Cover Art: Displays a mosaic of album covers 
retrieved by Gracenote MusicID when the DMC 
1000 is connected to the Internet. Cover art 
may be organized alphabetically by name, by 
artist or in the order added, starting with the 
most recent additions. As described below, use 
the 

M 

N 

K 

L

 navigation Buttons to move 

the “magnifying glass” to the desired album, 
and press the Enter Button to see the playback 
options.
Tracks: Displays all tracks individually in alpha-
betical order. The tracks may be organized alpha-
betically by name, artist, album or in the order 
added, starting with the most recent additions.
Artists: Displays all artists in alphabetical order. 
Select an artist and press the Enter Button to 
view his or her albums.
Albums: Displays all albums in alphabetical 
order. Select an album and press the Enter Button 
to display its tracks.
Playlists: Displays all playlists you have pro-
grammed.

Genres: Displays your library organized into gen-
res. Select a genre and press the Enter Button to 
view all artists tagged with that genre. 
navigate to the desired sorting option and press 
the Enter Button to view the Media Library (see 
Figure 15).

Figure 15 – Media Library
The Media Library lists the items (in this case, 
albums) in your collection, with the current selec-
tion highlighted by a magnifying bar. The cover 
art, or an icon if the cover art could not be found, 
is highlighted. Press the Enter Button to expand 
the album into a track view. 
NOTE: You may have noticed that letters appear 
above the numeric Keys on the remote. The DMC 
1000 is capable of using alphabetic characters as 
well as numbers, which allows you to search the 
Media Library by entering the numeric Key corre-
sponding to the first letter of your selection. Each 
numeric Key represents three letters. The first 
press jumps to the selections beginning with the 
first letter in the group, and the character-entry 
dialog box appears. You may enter additional let-
ters to refine your search or change the first letter 
by navigating to the Clear command and repeat-
edly pressing the numeric Key until the desired 
letter appears in the text bar. navigate to the 
Done command when you have finished entering 
a search term. Alphanumeric entry is also used 
to edit content tags and to name playlists. See 
Figure 16.

Figure 16 – Character-Entry Dialog Box
Use the 

F

/

G

 navigation Buttons to scroll 

through the playback options described below. 
The availability of each of these options and 
commands depends on how the Media Library is 
sorted.

•  Play Now: The current selection is played 

immediately, replacing other content in the 
Play Queue. The Play Queue is a list of content 
in line to be played. It is saved until the DMC 
1000 is powered down to Full-Off mode (dim 
blue). 

•  Add to Queue: The current selection is added 

to the end of the Play Queue, and the media 
currently playing continues until it is finished.  
The Play Queue may be accessed from the Main 
Menu.

•  Add to Playlist: The current selection is 

added to a new or existing playlist. A dialog 
box will pop up, asking you to select from 
the existing playlists or create a new one (see 
Figure 17). The DMC 1000 is programmed 
with several empty playlists named to fit dif-
ferent moods or occasions, including Dance 
and Dinner. Up to four playlists are shown at 
a time. The playlists may be accessed from the 
Main Menu.

Figure 17 – Select a Playlist
•  View Artists: Available when the Media 

Library is sorted by genre, this command dis-
plays all artists within the selected genre.

•  View Albums: Available when the Media 

Library is sorted by artist, this command 
expands the current artist to view all of his or 
her albums in the library.

•  View All Tracks: Expands the current album 

into a track view.

•  Open Playlist: Available when the Media 

Library is sorted by playlists, this command 
opens the list.

•  Edit Name: Available when the Media Library 

is sorted by playlists, this command allows you 
to rename the playlist if you no longer want to 
use the name selected when the playlist was 
created.

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•  Edit Info: This command is available for tracks 

and albums only. A dialog box appears, allow-
ing you to edit the identifying information, 
including renaming tracks. See Figure 18. The 
box is slightly different when the Media Library 
is sorted by tracks. A character-entry dialog box 
appears when you select any field for editing. 
See Figure 16 and the note on the previous 
page. Select the Find Info command to activate 
Gracenote MusicID. 

Figure 18 – Edit Info Dialog Box

•  Delete: Select this command if you wish to 

remove the content from the Media Library. Be 
aware that the DMC 1000 does not play audio 
CD content directly from the disc. If you load 
the CD again, it will be recopied to the Media 
Library.

Cover Art Sort
You may have noticed the cover art mosaic that 
appears in the background of the Main Menu 
when you turn on the DMC 1000. With the Main 
Menu on screen, select the Cover Art sorting 
option for the Media Library and the focus shifts 
to this mosaic. Use the navigation Buttons  
to move the “magnifying glass” to the desired 
album cover, identifying the artist and album. 
Press the Enter Button to display the playback 
options: Play, Add to Queue, Add to Playlist, 
View Album, Edit Info and Delete Album. Select 
View Album to switch to the regular Media 
Library view with the album expanded to view the 
tracks. The other playback commands function in 
the same way as in the Media Library view.

NOTE: When no cover art is available (e.g., if 
the DMC 1000 was not connected to the Internet 
when the CD was loaded, if the disc is noncom-
mercial or if there is a gap in the database), 
the album will not appear in the Cover Art sort, 
although you may select it when viewing the 
Media Library by Tracks, Artists, Albums, Playlists 
or Genres. A musical note icon, such as the one 
shown in Figure 18, will appear in place of the 
missing cover art.
Data Media 
The DMC 1000 recognizes media containing data 
files in the MP3, JPEG and WAV formats. 
Load a data CD in the disc player, or insert a 
memory card in the appropriate card slot, or 
connect a USB drive to either USB Port, and the 
device will be available for selection as a media 
source in the Main Menu. See Figure 19.

Figure 19 – Source Selection
When a data source is selected, the only sorting 
options are Audio and Photos. Select one, and 
the regular Media Library will appear, except that 
unlike audio CDs, which are organized as albums 
containing individual tracks for each song, data 
sources are organized as folders containing indi-
vidual files for each song or still image. However, 
navigation of the content is similar to audio. See 
Figure 20. 

Figure 20 – Data CD
Press the Enter Button to expand a folder, or 
select the Go Up command to collapse it. The 
other commands function as usual, and the Add 
to Library command allows you to import the 
content to the Media Library for playback after 
the media has been removed from the DMC 
1000.
The Play Queue and Playlists
The DMC 1000 allows you to program playlists 
that are saved for future playback, plus a play 
queue of items for immediate play.
The Play Queue
The Play Queue is simply a list of all items that 
are queued up to be played. There are two ways 
to add an item to the play queue:
1.  Display the desired content on screen by 

selecting the correct source (the Media Library, 
a card slot, a data CD or a USB device) and 
selecting the audio or still-image content. 
Scroll to the desired content, e.g., a song track 
or file, use the 

F

/G 

navigation Buttons to 

highlight the Play now command, and press 
the Enter Button. The existing Play Queue will 
stop and add the selected item, which will 
begin playing immediately. The previous Play 
Queue items will be deleted.

2.  With the desired content on screen and 

the item selected, use the 

F

/G

 navigation 

Buttons to highlight the Add to Queue com-
mand. Press the Enter Button to add the item 
to the end of the Play Queue.