McIntosh MS500

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IMPORT Music to the MS500
With an Externa1 USB Drive connected to one of the
MS500 Rear Panel USB Connectors, the “IMPORT”
option will become available.
1. Start the Import process by clicking on the but-
ton “OK, Import the volume” (Figure 39). During
the “Import” functioning, various messages will
appear in the window indication the “Importing
status”. Refer to figure 41, 42 and 43.
Note: After an external drive is connected to the
MS500 and the “ADD” option is activated it
can not be disconnected until after the import
process copies all of the music files it finds on
the externally connected storage drive. De-
pending on the amount of music files on the
drive, the copying process could take some
time.
2. Start the import process by clicking on the but-
ton “OK, Import the volume”. Refer to figures 44
and 45.
3. Then select local music, click on albums, and select
the music just Imported into the MS500.
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Figure 44
Figure 45
MOUNT External Storage Drive to the MS500
With an Externa1 USB Drive connected to one of the
MS500 Rear Panel USB Connectors the “MOUNT”
option will become available.
1. Start the Mount process by clicking on the button
“OK, Mount the volume” (Figure 40). During the
“Mount” functioning, various messages will ap-
pear in the window indication the “Mount status”.
Refer to figure 46.
Note: Do not remove the external drive after the
“Mount” option is activated.
2. If when the external drive is to be removed from
the MS500, select “Unmount”. Refer to figure 47.
Figure 47
Figure 46