CasaTunes Getting Started Guide

The purpose of this guide is to take you step-by-step through the CasaTunes installation. These steps include:
1. Determining your configuration setup
2. Completing your CasaTunes worksheets
3. Setting up your hardware for CasaTunes
4. Installing the CasaTunes software
5. Configuring your CasaTunes software

Determining your configuration setup
Before proceeding to use CasaTunes, you need to decide which PC you are going to install the CasaTunes Multi-Room Music Server on. This guide assumes your multi-room music system is already installed.

In order for CasaTunes to function correctly, you must connect the audio outputs from your music server to the source inputs on your music system, and you must also setup a serial connection from your music server to your music system in order for CasaTunes to be able to control your music system.

There are two different installation options to choose from.
Option 1
You can physically locate your CasaTunes Music Server PC next to your multi- room music system. With this option you must connect the outputs from your sound card to the source inputs on your music system. If you are using a sound card that supports more than one stereo output, you can connect each of these stereo outputs to a different input source on your music system.

Your CasaTunes Music Server PC will also need to have at least one serial port (sometimes referred to as a COM or RS232 port). You must connect a serial cable from the serial port on the PC to the serial port on the music system. The serial port on your music system is typically located on the rear of the device.

Option 2
You can use one or more Barix Exstreamer devices, or networked music players with CasaTunes. The advantage of using these devices is it allows you to use any PC in your home as your CasaTunes music server, and you do not have to physically locate the PC next to your music system.

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