The SD card slot option provides additional functionality to the Millennium Carillon. The option board the slot is mounted to contains additional memory that holds pre-recorded sound files. The slot will accept SD cards formatted on a PC (FAT32 format) to which you have copied MP3 files. These files can also be played from the carillon when named as described below.
Provided files on the user card
- 6491 Amazing Grace -
- 6492 Amazing Grace (March off)
- 6493 The Battle is Over
- 6494 Goin’ Home
- 6495 I’ll Fly Away
Add your selections to the SD card
Remove card from carillon
Removing the name plate on the lower right of the front panel provides access to this slot (if installed). If a card is already in the slot, push on it to eject and then remove it. After the steps below, reinstall the card with the contacts down.
Extract MP3 file from CD
There are many free solutions that can be downloaded from the internet. We have had success using a Windows program called CDex Version 1.79 (CD extraction). The official website is cdex.mu but if you have issues downloading and getting the program to run, call us for downloading instructions.
CDex settings
The CDex program will create directories in your Music folder for the extracted files. Make the following settings changes so that you can name the files as you extract them:
- Remove the track number from filename:
options > settings > Directoies & files
delete %7 from Filename Format
- Set encoding parameters (in this order, not from top to bottom of screen)
options > settings > Encoders
select Lame MP3 Encoder
Quality = Very High Quality
VBR Method = Disabled
Bitrate Min = 128 kbps
Mode = Mono
MP3 file naming requirements
Copy MP3 file to SD card
Management Suite
Add SD titles to onscreen title catalog.
Add selections to random Grp9 playlist for scheduling.