On this site I explain the details of how the jukebox works in two stages, because it would be unnecessarily difficult to explain and understand it all at once. The first stage is the minimal jukebox, which is a fictional jukebox containing just enough components to make it work. The second stage is our jukebox, which for various reasons is rather more complicated than the minimal jukebox.

Pages about the minimal jukebox are:

• Components: The bits of hardware and software used, and how they relate to each other.
• Adding CDs: The procedures used to add new CDs to the jukebox.
• The Jukebox Database: What's in the jukebox database, which is created by adding CDs to the jukebox.
• The Server: What's happening in the server PC when you're using the jukebox.
• The Remote Control: How the remote control works