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CDPlayer from Jupiter Software Page 1
CDPLAYER
FROM JUPITER SOFTWARE
The information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does
not represent a commitment on the part of Jupiter Software. The software may
be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the licence agreement.
All rights reserved. This manual contains proprietary information which is
protected by copyright. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed,
stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language in any form
whatsoever without the prior written consent of the publisher.
Jupiter retains title to and ownership of the programs. You are licensed to
use the programs for a trial period of 30 days. After this period you must
either register as a user or remove the programs from your system. See
ORDER.FRM for details of how to register.
Please read the Licence agreement contained in a separate file.
For further information or support contact -
Jupiter Software
63 Parkside
Wimbledon
London
SW19 5NL
England
Tel No. (+44) 081-946 4826
Fax No. (+44) 081-879 0090
EMail - CompuServe: 100140,2134
or pbrace@cix.compulink.co.uk
Jupiter Software is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals
(ASP)
Copyright (c) 1993 Jupiter Software
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CONTENTS
Page
A INTRODUCTION 3
B BASIC OPERATIONS
1 Run CDPlayer
Command line option 4
2 The CD Handset 4
3 Display area 5
4 Function Keys 5
C DISC CATALOGUE 8
1 Entering/editing the record for the
current disc 8
2 Browsing through your catalogue 9
3 Editing during browsing 11
D INSTALLATION 12
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A INTRODUCTION
CDPlayer(TM) is a DOS audio CD playing program which provides all the
functions associated with a normal CD player, together with the ability to
catalogue and search your CD collection.
Features include:
Custom programme play
Single track play
Shuffle play
Repeat on any play function
Track skip
Music search
Replay track
Pause
On screen volume control
On screen balance control
Disc catalogue allowing the storage of the following for each disc:
Disc name
Composer/artist
Music type
Disc reference
Individual track details
Browse through catalogue - with word search
On screen display of elapsed and remaining time for both the current
track and the disc.
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B BASIC OPERATIONS
1 Run CDPlayer
To load CDPlayer, simply change to the sub-directory containing the
program, by typing the following:
X: <Enter>
CD \CDPLAYER <Enter>
where X is replaced with the drive on which CDPlayer has been installed.
Then type:
CDPLAYER <Enter>
alternatively, if the directory containing CDPlayer is included in the DOS
path, you may type CDPlayer at the DOS prompt no matter where you are
within the system. However, if you do this you must inform the program
where your disc catalogue files are stored using the command line option,
see below.
The CDPlayer handset will be displayed and the system will interrogate the
first CD drive to see if a disc is loaded and if it is playing - if the
disc is playing, play will not be interrupted by running CDPlayer. If a
disc is found the information relating to the disc will be loaded and the
handset will display information which is relevant to it. If no disc is
found in the first drive, the system will show an error status in the
handset display. This error status will disappear as soon as a disc is
inserted into the drive. You may change the CD at any time without
reloading CDPlayer. The program will register that you have switched
discs and load the information relevant to the new disc.
Command Line Option (see end of manual for more options)
If, when loading CDPlayer, the directory containing CDPlayer is the
default it is not necessary to use any command line options. The program
will use the default directory to load your CD database. However, if
your database files are not resident in the default directory you must
inform the program where the files reside. This is done by using the
command line parameter "/D=". The path holding the data files is
specified after the equals sign. For example, if you are running
CDPlayer from the root directory C and the data files are contained in a
directory called CDPLAYER the following would be entered:
CDPlayer /D=C:\CDPLAYER
Whenever CDPlayer needs to access the database it will look in the
default, or specified, directory for files with the following names:
DISCS.IX
DISCS.DAT
If they are not found it will create these two files to store a new
database.
2 The CD Handset
The handset is made up of three areas:
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Figure 1 - The CD Handset
Display - showing the play mode, track being played
and track and disc time elapsed and
remaining
Play controls - using the numeric key pad to provide the
"buttons" normally available on a CD Player
Selection controls - using alpha keys for play mode selection and
catalogue functions
To the right of the handset a scroll bar indicates the current volume
setting. An up arrow appears at the top and a down arrow at the end,
indicating that you press these keys to increase and decrease volume.
At the foot of the function key display a scroll bar indicates the
current balance setting. The arrows displayed at either end indicate
that pressing these will adjust the volume balance between the speakers.
Pressing "*" will centralize the control.
Not all drives support variable volume and on these drives the volume
will be constant if the slider is anywhere but at the bottom, or fully to
the side. In these cases play will be muted on one or both speakers.
A window is also displayed showing the name of the disk and the title of
the current track, as recorded in the entry for the disc in the disc
catalogue, see section C. This window can be suppressed by including a
command line parameter of /S when running CDPlayer.
3 Display Area
The display area at the top of the handset, see figure 1, is made up of
four lines of information relating to the current disc being played.
Line 1
To the left of line 1 is displayed the current mode of play, this
can be one of four modes:
Disc - play the whole disc from the currently selected
track
Track - play the selected track only