Digital downloading jukebox system with central and local music servers

A method of operating a jukebox having a processor, a digital memory storage, a payment receiving unit, and a plurality of output channels each of which is connected to a respective speaker located at a respectively different geographic zone in a multi-zone establishment, wherein a first output channel and at least a second output channel different from the first output channel are configured to simultaneously output different instances of media, the method comprising:

• providing, using the processor and in the digital memory storage, a storage location storing a plurality of instances of media available for output on the jukebox;
• configuring a first amount of money to be collected, using the payment receiving unit communicatively coupled to the processor, for playing one or more selected instances of media;
• receiving, from a user input device communicatively coupled to the processor, input corresponding to a selection, by a jukebox user, of one or more of the plurality of output channels to which one or more of the selected one or more instances of media is/are to be output;
• in response to the jukebox user selecting more than one of the output channels:
• determine, based on how many of the output channels are selected by the jukebox user and timing of the playing of the selected one or more instances of media, an additional amount of money greater than the first amount of money to charge the jukebox user;
• collect, using the payment receiving unit, an amount of money corresponding to the determined amount;
• and
• outputting, using the processor, to the selected more than one of the output channels one or more of the selected one or more instances of media at the same time based on the input from the jukebox user and whether said collected amount of money is an appropriate amount of money.