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JB-199 III Premier

When attempting to update songs, countless popup windows (Queue Song Info) appear across the Control Panel.
When this happens, close the karaoke program by pressing the “X” mark at the top right hand side of the Control Panel.
Restart the karaoke program. Go to the Control Panel and uncheck the “Rotation” in the middle of the left hand side of the Control Panel.
Then proceed with the song update.

When the karaoke program in a JB-199 player or PlayCDG program is not functioning as expected, one can reset the Windows Registry of the program to refresh it as follows:

1. Close the karaoke program program.

2. At the Windows desktop, click on Start and type in \”Regedit\” followed by Enter into the Search Programs and Files field.

3. You will be asked \” Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?\”. Click \”Yes\”.

4. A pop up window of Registry Editor will appear. Double click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

5. Double click on \”Software\”. Right click on \”CAVS Multimedia Inc.\”Select \”Delete\”.

6. You will be asked \”Are you sure …\”Click \”Yes\”.

7. Close the Registry Editor.

8. Restart the karaoke program.

9. You wll be asked \”Do you want to allow …\”. Click \”Yes\”.

10. If you are asked \”Do you wish to recover your productkey for …?\” Click \”Yes\”

11. You will be asked \”Please check your internet connection to update the online status.\” Confirm that you computer has internet connection and click \”OK\”.

12. The karaoke program will start. Click on the Help button at the top left corner and select Online Upgrade.

13. Follow the instruction to upgrade to the latest version of the karaoke program.

14. Having refreshed the karaoke program, you need to reset the program options to your customized setting. For the Customer Interface or 3D Customer Interface, go to Tools > Setting at the top left corner and select your options. You should also load your song list, most likely the Master Playlist, into \”My Server\” that is found on the lower left section of the program sections. Once the program is back in your customized setting, closed the program by pressing the X mark on the top right corner. All option settings will be saved for the future start.

END

Sub Categories: 
PC Karaoke Player >> PlayCDG KJ Deluxe 64 LT

This instruction show how to customize the song numbers in a playlist. It applies to CAVS JB-199 III, JB-199 IV, JB-199 mini, and JB-199 mini II models.

Open the playlist in ‘My Server’ or in a playlist slot (1 – 10).
Highlight/mark the song (or all songs) that you wish to change the song numbers of. You can use a single click to select a single song, single click followed by Control-Clicks for additional songs, or use Click followed by Shift-Click for multiple songs.
Right click on the highlighted song(s) and you will see a popup menu with following choices.

  • Index – Index all the songs as currently listed starting from 1 and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Start Number – For a highlighted song, index it with a start number inserted and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Filename – For all highlighted songs, index with filenames that are numerical, such as the song files in old JB-199 I or II.

Only the above three methods are allowed for renumbering the songs. Manual editing individual song numbers are not allowed for possible user errors.

This instruction shows the most common causes of no audio problem in CAVS karaoke player.
The setting is as follows:
• CAVS Karaoke player is connected to an external sound system using the analog (Red and White) RCA connectors (left most) on the back panel.
• CAVS Karaoke player is turned on and playing a song.
• The external sound system is turned on and set to correct input/output.
When experiencing no audio, check the following settings:
1. In the control panel of the karaoke program, go to Tools > Settings and set the ‘Sound’ to “Primary Sound Driver”.
2. In the control panel of the karaoke program, set the ‘Volume’ level of music to ‘50’ or higher. Refer to the User Manual to find the Volume level control.
3. In the Windows, go to Start > Settings > System > Sound and set the ‘Output’ to ‘Speakers (Realtek® Audio)’.

JB-199 IV Online

The karaoke program keeps closing after starting. And resetting the Windows Registry by running Regedit does not help.

The karaoke program is likely tangled in the initial configuration due to incomplete Windows updates or user errors.
1. Open the File Explorer in Windows and go to Documents > JB-199IV or JB199Mini or PlayCDG Online (depending on which karaoke player you are working on).
2. Right click on the file JB-199IV.ini or JB199Mini.ini or PlayCDGOnline.ini. If the file name extension .ini is not showing, click on View at the top of the File Explorer and check “File name extensions”.
3. Select Delete from the menu to delete the file JB-199IV.ini or JB199mini.ini or PlayCDGOnline.ini.
4. Restart the karaoke program.
5. The karaoke program will restart with the factory default setting. Go to Tools > Setting and configure your options.

END

When attempting to update songs, countless popup windows (Queue Song Info) appear across the Control Panel.
When this happens, close the karaoke program by pressing the “X” mark at the top right hand side of the Control Panel.
Restart the karaoke program. Go to the Control Panel and uncheck the “Rotation” in the middle of the left hand side of the Control Panel.
Then proceed with the song update.

JukeServer is showing as terminated with errors and the customers are not able to connect their phones or tablets to the karaoke player.

Click on the JukeServer icon in the task bar and you will see an error message, for example, as below.

    Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 10.0.40.2:5000
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (net.js:1320:16)
    at listenInCluster (net.js:1368:12)
    at doListen (net.js:1505:7)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:83:21)
    Emitted ‘error’ event on WebSocketServer instance at:
    at Server.emit (events.js:400:28)
    at emitErrorNT (net.js:1347:8)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:82:21) {
    code: ‘EADDRINUSE’,
    errno: -4091,
    syscall: ‘listen’,
    address: ‘10.0.40.2’,
    port: 5000
    }

Go to HELP in the Control Panel of the karaoke program and select “Restart Juke Server”.
The JukeServer will restart showing a message, for example,

    Folder: C:\PlayCDG\esongbook, Index: backend/bundle.js
    LocalHost: 192.168.1.245, Port: 5000
    Model: PLAYCDG, Size: 4096, Type: Cloud
    NODE_ENV: production HOST: 192.168.1.245 PORT: 5000
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 763 home ..\
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 769 profile initialize.
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 773 song_init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 776 config {“file”:”Master Playlist.txt”,”host”:”192.168.1.245″,”port”:5000}
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 778 song_init OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 779 init() => true
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 780 Last loading file => Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 782 init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 784 song_init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 786 config {“file”:”Master Playlist.txt”,”host”:”192.168.1.245″,”port”:5000}
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 787 song_init OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:17 734 Server is running on port 5000…
    2024/09/06 04:31:17 735 Open http://192.168.1.245:5000 in browser
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 405 state 1 hash f168b313c2a7928ae4001adea69d53fb syncfile Master Playlist.json
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 474 master 8445 language 1 eng
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 476 init – reload OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 906 ws.connection ws-connect 1 0
    2024/09/06 04:31:20 075 clientId 0 localhost
    2024/09/06 04:31:20 080 mixer false
    2024/09/06 04:31:20 082 socketMixer=> false 0
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 346 load.file Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 347 init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 349 song_init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 353 config {“file”:”Master Playlist.txt”,”host”:”192.168.1.245″,”port”:5000}
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 355 song_init OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 937 state 1 hash f168b313c2a7928ae4001adea69d53fb syncfile Master Playlist.json
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 026 master 8445 language 1 eng
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 027 init – reload OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 029 load.result 8445
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 057 queue=> 0 8445
    2024/09/06 04:31:25 547 queue=> 0 8445
    2024/09/06 04:32:22 192 Program is using 101.7M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:33:23 553 Program is using 101.9M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:34:24 617 Program is using 102.1M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:35:25 733 Program is using 102.4M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:36:26 959 Program is using 102.6M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:37:28 087 Program is using 101.8M bytes of Heap.

Note that the JukeServer is most likely to terminate with error when the karaoke player is placed in a new network environment and the player is started for the first time.
Restart the JukeServer as described above, and it will start normally thereafter.

“Read a zero value from registry, please delete this particular value, instead of setting it to zero:capture_height”
If the error message as above appears when starting the karaoke program, follow the steps below.

1. Type in “REGEDIT” at the Windows search bar and select to start Registry Editor.
2. On the left column, expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE and select “screen-capture-recorder”.
3. On the right side, right click on “capture_height” and select Delete. Confirm Yes to delete.
4. Exit out of Registry Editor.

Restart the karaoke program.

When the karaoke program in a JB-199 player or PlayCDG program is not functioning as expected, one can reset the Windows Registry of the program to refresh it as follows:

1. Close the karaoke program program.

2. At the Windows desktop, click on Start and type in \”Regedit\” followed by Enter into the Search Programs and Files field.

3. You will be asked \” Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?\”. Click \”Yes\”.

4. A pop up window of Registry Editor will appear. Double click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

5. Double click on \”Software\”. Right click on \”CAVS Multimedia Inc.\”Select \”Delete\”.

6. You will be asked \”Are you sure …\”Click \”Yes\”.

7. Close the Registry Editor.

8. Restart the karaoke program.

9. You wll be asked \”Do you want to allow …\”. Click \”Yes\”.

10. If you are asked \”Do you wish to recover your productkey for …?\” Click \”Yes\”

11. You will be asked \”Please check your internet connection to update the online status.\” Confirm that you computer has internet connection and click \”OK\”.

12. The karaoke program will start. Click on the Help button at the top left corner and select Online Upgrade.

13. Follow the instruction to upgrade to the latest version of the karaoke program.

14. Having refreshed the karaoke program, you need to reset the program options to your customized setting. For the Customer Interface or 3D Customer Interface, go to Tools > Setting at the top left corner and select your options. You should also load your song list, most likely the Master Playlist, into \”My Server\” that is found on the lower left section of the program sections. Once the program is back in your customized setting, closed the program by pressing the X mark on the top right corner. All option settings will be saved for the future start.

END

Sub Categories: 
PC Karaoke Player >> PlayCDG KJ Deluxe 64 LT

For JB-199 players with built-in web sever to function optimally, we recommend to reboot the player at least once a day. And this chore can be scheduled to be performed automatically using the Task Scheduler in Windows.
For instruction on how to set up the Task Scheduler, refer to the guide below.

How to set a Task Scheduler in Windows to reboot the JB-199 player automatically once a day

1.Type in ‘Task Scheduler’ into the search field of the Task bar. The Microsoft Search will show the ‘Task Scheduler’. Click on the ‘Task Scheduler’.
2.In the next screen, click on ‘Creat Basic Task…’. When a popup window appears, type in the name and description such as ‘CAVS JB-199…’ to indicate its purpose for your reference.
3.Select ‘Daily’ and press ‘Next’.
4.Select a time to reboot the player, which should be the least busy time of use. Press ‘Next’.
5.Select ‘Start a program’. Press ‘Next’
6.Type
shutdown -r -c “JB-199IV Online Reboot” -t 10 -f
into the Program/script field. Press ‘next’ and ‘Yes’.
7.Press ‘Finish’.
END

This instruction show how to customize the song numbers in a playlist. It applies to CAVS JB-199 III, JB-199 IV, JB-199 mini, and JB-199 mini II models.

Open the playlist in ‘My Server’ or in a playlist slot (1 – 10).
Highlight/mark the song (or all songs) that you wish to change the song numbers of. You can use a single click to select a single song, single click followed by Control-Clicks for additional songs, or use Click followed by Shift-Click for multiple songs.
Right click on the highlighted song(s) and you will see a popup menu with following choices.

  • Index – Index all the songs as currently listed starting from 1 and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Start Number – For a highlighted song, index it with a start number inserted and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Filename – For all highlighted songs, index with filenames that are numerical, such as the song files in old JB-199 I or II.

Only the above three methods are allowed for renumbering the songs. Manual editing individual song numbers are not allowed for possible user errors.

This instruction shows the most common causes of no audio problem in CAVS karaoke player.
The setting is as follows:
• CAVS Karaoke player is connected to an external sound system using the analog (Red and White) RCA connectors (left most) on the back panel.
• CAVS Karaoke player is turned on and playing a song.
• The external sound system is turned on and set to correct input/output.
When experiencing no audio, check the following settings:
1. In the control panel of the karaoke program, go to Tools > Settings and set the ‘Sound’ to “Primary Sound Driver”.
2. In the control panel of the karaoke program, set the ‘Volume’ level of music to ‘50’ or higher. Refer to the User Manual to find the Volume level control.
3. In the Windows, go to Start > Settings > System > Sound and set the ‘Output’ to ‘Speakers (Realtek® Audio)’.

Windows Defender Firewall needs to be properly setup in the JB-199 IV so that the player is protected at all times and yet communicate with the phones and tablets that are connected online.
1. Go to Control Panel (of Windows) > Windows Defender Firewall.
2. Click on “Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall”.
3. Click on “Change Setting”.
4. Located the item “Node.js: Server-side JavaScript”. If found, check the item and also check both “Private” and “Public”. If not found, click on “Allow another app…”
5. Click on “Browse” and select the file C:\JB-199IV\esongbook\node.exe. Click Open.
8. Click on “Network types…”. Check both Private and Public. Click OK.
9. Click Add. Click OK. Close out the Control Panel.
Now you are done setting up the Windows Defender Firewall. The phones and tablets will communicate with the JB-199 IV through the Windows Defender Firewall.

Category: JB-199 IV Online

JB-199 mini

This instruction show how to customize the song numbers in a playlist. It applies to CAVS JB-199 III, JB-199 IV, JB-199 mini, and JB-199 mini II models.

Open the playlist in ‘My Server’ or in a playlist slot (1 – 10).
Highlight/mark the song (or all songs) that you wish to change the song numbers of. You can use a single click to select a single song, single click followed by Control-Clicks for additional songs, or use Click followed by Shift-Click for multiple songs.
Right click on the highlighted song(s) and you will see a popup menu with following choices.

  • Index – Index all the songs as currently listed starting from 1 and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Start Number – For a highlighted song, index it with a start number inserted and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Filename – For all highlighted songs, index with filenames that are numerical, such as the song files in old JB-199 I or II.

Only the above three methods are allowed for renumbering the songs. Manual editing individual song numbers are not allowed for possible user errors.

JB-199 mini II

The karaoke program keeps closing after starting. And resetting the Windows Registry by running Regedit does not help.

The karaoke program is likely tangled in the initial configuration due to incomplete Windows updates or user errors.
1. Open the File Explorer in Windows and go to Documents > JB-199IV or JB199Mini or PlayCDG Online (depending on which karaoke player you are working on).
2. Right click on the file JB-199IV.ini or JB199Mini.ini or PlayCDGOnline.ini. If the file name extension .ini is not showing, click on View at the top of the File Explorer and check “File name extensions”.
3. Select Delete from the menu to delete the file JB-199IV.ini or JB199mini.ini or PlayCDGOnline.ini.
4. Restart the karaoke program.
5. The karaoke program will restart with the factory default setting. Go to Tools > Setting and configure your options.

END

When attempting to update songs, countless popup windows (Queue Song Info) appear across the Control Panel.
When this happens, close the karaoke program by pressing the “X” mark at the top right hand side of the Control Panel.
Restart the karaoke program. Go to the Control Panel and uncheck the “Rotation” in the middle of the left hand side of the Control Panel.
Then proceed with the song update.

JukeServer is showing as terminated with errors and the customers are not able to connect their phones or tablets to the karaoke player.

Click on the JukeServer icon in the task bar and you will see an error message, for example, as below.

    Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 10.0.40.2:5000
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (net.js:1320:16)
    at listenInCluster (net.js:1368:12)
    at doListen (net.js:1505:7)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:83:21)
    Emitted ‘error’ event on WebSocketServer instance at:
    at Server.emit (events.js:400:28)
    at emitErrorNT (net.js:1347:8)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:82:21) {
    code: ‘EADDRINUSE’,
    errno: -4091,
    syscall: ‘listen’,
    address: ‘10.0.40.2’,
    port: 5000
    }

Go to HELP in the Control Panel of the karaoke program and select “Restart Juke Server”.
The JukeServer will restart showing a message, for example,

    Folder: C:\PlayCDG\esongbook, Index: backend/bundle.js
    LocalHost: 192.168.1.245, Port: 5000
    Model: PLAYCDG, Size: 4096, Type: Cloud
    NODE_ENV: production HOST: 192.168.1.245 PORT: 5000
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 763 home ..\
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 769 profile initialize.
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 773 song_init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 776 config {“file”:”Master Playlist.txt”,”host”:”192.168.1.245″,”port”:5000}
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 778 song_init OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 779 init() => true
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 780 Last loading file => Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 782 init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 784 song_init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 786 config {“file”:”Master Playlist.txt”,”host”:”192.168.1.245″,”port”:5000}
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 787 song_init OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:17 734 Server is running on port 5000…
    2024/09/06 04:31:17 735 Open http://192.168.1.245:5000 in browser
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 405 state 1 hash f168b313c2a7928ae4001adea69d53fb syncfile Master Playlist.json
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 474 master 8445 language 1 eng
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 476 init – reload OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 906 ws.connection ws-connect 1 0
    2024/09/06 04:31:20 075 clientId 0 localhost
    2024/09/06 04:31:20 080 mixer false
    2024/09/06 04:31:20 082 socketMixer=> false 0
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 346 load.file Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 347 init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 349 song_init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 353 config {“file”:”Master Playlist.txt”,”host”:”192.168.1.245″,”port”:5000}
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 355 song_init OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 937 state 1 hash f168b313c2a7928ae4001adea69d53fb syncfile Master Playlist.json
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 026 master 8445 language 1 eng
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 027 init – reload OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 029 load.result 8445
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 057 queue=> 0 8445
    2024/09/06 04:31:25 547 queue=> 0 8445
    2024/09/06 04:32:22 192 Program is using 101.7M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:33:23 553 Program is using 101.9M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:34:24 617 Program is using 102.1M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:35:25 733 Program is using 102.4M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:36:26 959 Program is using 102.6M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:37:28 087 Program is using 101.8M bytes of Heap.

Note that the JukeServer is most likely to terminate with error when the karaoke player is placed in a new network environment and the player is started for the first time.
Restart the JukeServer as described above, and it will start normally thereafter.

“Read a zero value from registry, please delete this particular value, instead of setting it to zero:capture_height”
If the error message as above appears when starting the karaoke program, follow the steps below.

1. Type in “REGEDIT” at the Windows search bar and select to start Registry Editor.
2. On the left column, expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE and select “screen-capture-recorder”.
3. On the right side, right click on “capture_height” and select Delete. Confirm Yes to delete.
4. Exit out of Registry Editor.

Restart the karaoke program.

When the karaoke program in a JB-199 player or PlayCDG program is not functioning as expected, one can reset the Windows Registry of the program to refresh it as follows:

1. Close the karaoke program program.

2. At the Windows desktop, click on Start and type in \”Regedit\” followed by Enter into the Search Programs and Files field.

3. You will be asked \” Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?\”. Click \”Yes\”.

4. A pop up window of Registry Editor will appear. Double click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

5. Double click on \”Software\”. Right click on \”CAVS Multimedia Inc.\”Select \”Delete\”.

6. You will be asked \”Are you sure …\”Click \”Yes\”.

7. Close the Registry Editor.

8. Restart the karaoke program.

9. You wll be asked \”Do you want to allow …\”. Click \”Yes\”.

10. If you are asked \”Do you wish to recover your productkey for …?\” Click \”Yes\”

11. You will be asked \”Please check your internet connection to update the online status.\” Confirm that you computer has internet connection and click \”OK\”.

12. The karaoke program will start. Click on the Help button at the top left corner and select Online Upgrade.

13. Follow the instruction to upgrade to the latest version of the karaoke program.

14. Having refreshed the karaoke program, you need to reset the program options to your customized setting. For the Customer Interface or 3D Customer Interface, go to Tools > Setting at the top left corner and select your options. You should also load your song list, most likely the Master Playlist, into \”My Server\” that is found on the lower left section of the program sections. Once the program is back in your customized setting, closed the program by pressing the X mark on the top right corner. All option settings will be saved for the future start.

END

Sub Categories: 
PC Karaoke Player >> PlayCDG KJ Deluxe 64 LT

For JB-199 players with built-in web sever to function optimally, we recommend to reboot the player at least once a day. And this chore can be scheduled to be performed automatically using the Task Scheduler in Windows.
For instruction on how to set up the Task Scheduler, refer to the guide below.

How to set a Task Scheduler in Windows to reboot the JB-199 player automatically once a day

1.Type in ‘Task Scheduler’ into the search field of the Task bar. The Microsoft Search will show the ‘Task Scheduler’. Click on the ‘Task Scheduler’.
2.In the next screen, click on ‘Creat Basic Task…’. When a popup window appears, type in the name and description such as ‘CAVS JB-199…’ to indicate its purpose for your reference.
3.Select ‘Daily’ and press ‘Next’.
4.Select a time to reboot the player, which should be the least busy time of use. Press ‘Next’.
5.Select ‘Start a program’. Press ‘Next’
6.Type
shutdown -r -c “JB-199IV Online Reboot” -t 10 -f
into the Program/script field. Press ‘next’ and ‘Yes’.
7.Press ‘Finish’.
END

This instruction show how to customize the song numbers in a playlist. It applies to CAVS JB-199 III, JB-199 IV, JB-199 mini, and JB-199 mini II models.

Open the playlist in ‘My Server’ or in a playlist slot (1 – 10).
Highlight/mark the song (or all songs) that you wish to change the song numbers of. You can use a single click to select a single song, single click followed by Control-Clicks for additional songs, or use Click followed by Shift-Click for multiple songs.
Right click on the highlighted song(s) and you will see a popup menu with following choices.

  • Index – Index all the songs as currently listed starting from 1 and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Start Number – For a highlighted song, index it with a start number inserted and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Filename – For all highlighted songs, index with filenames that are numerical, such as the song files in old JB-199 I or II.

Only the above three methods are allowed for renumbering the songs. Manual editing individual song numbers are not allowed for possible user errors.

MCG Manager

This instruction show how to customize the song numbers in a playlist. It applies to CAVS JB-199 III, JB-199 IV, JB-199 mini, and JB-199 mini II models.

Open the playlist in ‘My Server’ or in a playlist slot (1 – 10).
Highlight/mark the song (or all songs) that you wish to change the song numbers of. You can use a single click to select a single song, single click followed by Control-Clicks for additional songs, or use Click followed by Shift-Click for multiple songs.
Right click on the highlighted song(s) and you will see a popup menu with following choices.

  • Index – Index all the songs as currently listed starting from 1 and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Start Number – For a highlighted song, index it with a start number inserted and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Filename – For all highlighted songs, index with filenames that are numerical, such as the song files in old JB-199 I or II.

Only the above three methods are allowed for renumbering the songs. Manual editing individual song numbers are not allowed for possible user errors.

PlayCDG KJ Deluxe 64 LT

When attempting to update songs, countless popup windows (Queue Song Info) appear across the Control Panel.
When this happens, close the karaoke program by pressing the “X” mark at the top right hand side of the Control Panel.
Restart the karaoke program. Go to the Control Panel and uncheck the “Rotation” in the middle of the left hand side of the Control Panel.
Then proceed with the song update.

When the karaoke program in a JB-199 player or PlayCDG program is not functioning as expected, one can reset the Windows Registry of the program to refresh it as follows:

1. Close the karaoke program program.

2. At the Windows desktop, click on Start and type in \”Regedit\” followed by Enter into the Search Programs and Files field.

3. You will be asked \” Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?\”. Click \”Yes\”.

4. A pop up window of Registry Editor will appear. Double click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

5. Double click on \”Software\”. Right click on \”CAVS Multimedia Inc.\”Select \”Delete\”.

6. You will be asked \”Are you sure …\”Click \”Yes\”.

7. Close the Registry Editor.

8. Restart the karaoke program.

9. You wll be asked \”Do you want to allow …\”. Click \”Yes\”.

10. If you are asked \”Do you wish to recover your productkey for …?\” Click \”Yes\”

11. You will be asked \”Please check your internet connection to update the online status.\” Confirm that you computer has internet connection and click \”OK\”.

12. The karaoke program will start. Click on the Help button at the top left corner and select Online Upgrade.

13. Follow the instruction to upgrade to the latest version of the karaoke program.

14. Having refreshed the karaoke program, you need to reset the program options to your customized setting. For the Customer Interface or 3D Customer Interface, go to Tools > Setting at the top left corner and select your options. You should also load your song list, most likely the Master Playlist, into \”My Server\” that is found on the lower left section of the program sections. Once the program is back in your customized setting, closed the program by pressing the X mark on the top right corner. All option settings will be saved for the future start.

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This instruction show how to customize the song numbers in a playlist. It applies to CAVS JB-199 III, JB-199 IV, JB-199 mini, and JB-199 mini II models.

Open the playlist in ‘My Server’ or in a playlist slot (1 – 10).
Highlight/mark the song (or all songs) that you wish to change the song numbers of. You can use a single click to select a single song, single click followed by Control-Clicks for additional songs, or use Click followed by Shift-Click for multiple songs.
Right click on the highlighted song(s) and you will see a popup menu with following choices.

  • Index – Index all the songs as currently listed starting from 1 and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Start Number – For a highlighted song, index it with a start number inserted and sequentially thereafter.
  • Index with Filename – For all highlighted songs, index with filenames that are numerical, such as the song files in old JB-199 I or II.

Only the above three methods are allowed for renumbering the songs. Manual editing individual song numbers are not allowed for possible user errors.

This instruction shows the most common causes of no audio problem in CAVS karaoke player.
The setting is as follows:
• CAVS Karaoke player is connected to an external sound system using the analog (Red and White) RCA connectors (left most) on the back panel.
• CAVS Karaoke player is turned on and playing a song.
• The external sound system is turned on and set to correct input/output.
When experiencing no audio, check the following settings:
1. In the control panel of the karaoke program, go to Tools > Settings and set the ‘Sound’ to “Primary Sound Driver”.
2. In the control panel of the karaoke program, set the ‘Volume’ level of music to ‘50’ or higher. Refer to the User Manual to find the Volume level control.
3. In the Windows, go to Start > Settings > System > Sound and set the ‘Output’ to ‘Speakers (Realtek® Audio)’.

PlayCDG Online

The karaoke program keeps closing after starting. And resetting the Windows Registry by running Regedit does not help.

The karaoke program is likely tangled in the initial configuration due to incomplete Windows updates or user errors.
1. Open the File Explorer in Windows and go to Documents > JB-199IV or JB199Mini or PlayCDG Online (depending on which karaoke player you are working on).
2. Right click on the file JB-199IV.ini or JB199Mini.ini or PlayCDGOnline.ini. If the file name extension .ini is not showing, click on View at the top of the File Explorer and check “File name extensions”.
3. Select Delete from the menu to delete the file JB-199IV.ini or JB199mini.ini or PlayCDGOnline.ini.
4. Restart the karaoke program.
5. The karaoke program will restart with the factory default setting. Go to Tools > Setting and configure your options.

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When attempting to update songs, countless popup windows (Queue Song Info) appear across the Control Panel.
When this happens, close the karaoke program by pressing the “X” mark at the top right hand side of the Control Panel.
Restart the karaoke program. Go to the Control Panel and uncheck the “Rotation” in the middle of the left hand side of the Control Panel.
Then proceed with the song update.

JukeServer is showing as terminated with errors and the customers are not able to connect their phones or tablets to the karaoke player.

Click on the JukeServer icon in the task bar and you will see an error message, for example, as below.

    Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 10.0.40.2:5000
    at Server.setupListenHandle [as _listen2] (net.js:1320:16)
    at listenInCluster (net.js:1368:12)
    at doListen (net.js:1505:7)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:83:21)
    Emitted ‘error’ event on WebSocketServer instance at:
    at Server.emit (events.js:400:28)
    at emitErrorNT (net.js:1347:8)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:82:21) {
    code: ‘EADDRINUSE’,
    errno: -4091,
    syscall: ‘listen’,
    address: ‘10.0.40.2’,
    port: 5000
    }

Go to HELP in the Control Panel of the karaoke program and select “Restart Juke Server”.
The JukeServer will restart showing a message, for example,

    Folder: C:\PlayCDG\esongbook, Index: backend/bundle.js
    LocalHost: 192.168.1.245, Port: 5000
    Model: PLAYCDG, Size: 4096, Type: Cloud
    NODE_ENV: production HOST: 192.168.1.245 PORT: 5000
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 763 home ..\
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 769 profile initialize.
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 773 song_init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 776 config {“file”:”Master Playlist.txt”,”host”:”192.168.1.245″,”port”:5000}
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 778 song_init OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 779 init() => true
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 780 Last loading file => Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 782 init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 784 song_init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 786 config {“file”:”Master Playlist.txt”,”host”:”192.168.1.245″,”port”:5000}
    2024/09/06 04:31:16 787 song_init OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:17 734 Server is running on port 5000…
    2024/09/06 04:31:17 735 Open http://192.168.1.245:5000 in browser
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 405 state 1 hash f168b313c2a7928ae4001adea69d53fb syncfile Master Playlist.json
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 474 master 8445 language 1 eng
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 476 init – reload OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:18 906 ws.connection ws-connect 1 0
    2024/09/06 04:31:20 075 clientId 0 localhost
    2024/09/06 04:31:20 080 mixer false
    2024/09/06 04:31:20 082 socketMixer=> false 0
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 346 load.file Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 347 init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\Master Playlist.txt
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 349 song_init C:\PlayCDG\esongbook\data\
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 353 config {“file”:”Master Playlist.txt”,”host”:”192.168.1.245″,”port”:5000}
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 355 song_init OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:21 937 state 1 hash f168b313c2a7928ae4001adea69d53fb syncfile Master Playlist.json
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 026 master 8445 language 1 eng
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 027 init – reload OK
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 029 load.result 8445
    2024/09/06 04:31:22 057 queue=> 0 8445
    2024/09/06 04:31:25 547 queue=> 0 8445
    2024/09/06 04:32:22 192 Program is using 101.7M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:33:23 553 Program is using 101.9M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:34:24 617 Program is using 102.1M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:35:25 733 Program is using 102.4M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:36:26 959 Program is using 102.6M bytes of Heap.
    2024/09/06 04:37:28 087 Program is using 101.8M bytes of Heap.

Note that the JukeServer is most likely to terminate with error when the karaoke player is placed in a new network environment and the player is started for the first time.
Restart the JukeServer as described above, and it will start normally thereafter.

“Read a zero value from registry, please delete this particular value, instead of setting it to zero:capture_height”
If the error message as above appears when starting the karaoke program, follow the steps below.

1. Type in “REGEDIT” at the Windows search bar and select to start Registry Editor.
2. On the left column, expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE and select “screen-capture-recorder”.
3. On the right side, right click on “capture_height” and select Delete. Confirm Yes to delete.
4. Exit out of Registry Editor.

Restart the karaoke program.

When the karaoke program in a JB-199 player or PlayCDG program is not functioning as expected, one can reset the Windows Registry of the program to refresh it as follows:

1. Close the karaoke program program.

2. At the Windows desktop, click on Start and type in \”Regedit\” followed by Enter into the Search Programs and Files field.

3. You will be asked \” Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer?\”. Click \”Yes\”.

4. A pop up window of Registry Editor will appear. Double click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

5. Double click on \”Software\”. Right click on \”CAVS Multimedia Inc.\”Select \”Delete\”.

6. You will be asked \”Are you sure …\”Click \”Yes\”.

7. Close the Registry Editor.

8. Restart the karaoke program.

9. You wll be asked \”Do you want to allow …\”. Click \”Yes\”.

10. If you are asked \”Do you wish to recover your productkey for …?\” Click \”Yes\”

11. You will be asked \”Please check your internet connection to update the online status.\” Confirm that you computer has internet connection and click \”OK\”.

12. The karaoke program will start. Click on the Help button at the top left corner and select Online Upgrade.

13. Follow the instruction to upgrade to the latest version of the karaoke program.

14. Having refreshed the karaoke program, you need to reset the program options to your customized setting. For the Customer Interface or 3D Customer Interface, go to Tools > Setting at the top left corner and select your options. You should also load your song list, most likely the Master Playlist, into \”My Server\” that is found on the lower left section of the program sections. Once the program is back in your customized setting, closed the program by pressing the X mark on the top right corner. All option settings will be saved for the future start.

END

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