Gateway 610 Gateway 610 Media Center PC User's Guide - Page 51

Playing My Music

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Playing My Music You can play music CDs with Windows XP Media Center's My Music. After you've added your CD collection to the Media Player's Media Library, you'll have a variety of music to listen to directly from your Media Center PC. You can play individual songs, CDs (albums), shuffle play, and customize your music files for special occasions with a personalized music playlist. After you've tailored music files with the Media Library, sit back and enjoy listening to your favorite music with the Windows XP Media Center. To listen to a CD in the Windows XP Media Center 1 Insert the CD you want to listen to. 2 If the Windows XP Media Center TV or Guide is open, Media Center asks if you want to play the CD. Highlight Yes, then click OK. - OR - If the Windows XP Media Center is not open, the default music player may start playing the CD. If you want the Windows XP Media Center to be your default CD player, see "To set Windows XP Media Center as the default CD player" on page 48. - OR - Press the My Music button. The My Music menu opens. 3 Highlight the CD selection, highlight Play or Shuffle, then press the OK button. The Now Playing menu opens and the CD plays. 45

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3
Highlight the CD selection, highlight
Play
or
Shuffle
,
then press the
OK
button.
The
Now Playing
menu opens and the CD plays.
You can play music CDs with Windows XP Media Center’s
My Music. After you’ve added your CD collection to the
Media Player’s Media Library, you’ll have a variety of
music to listen to directly from your Media Center PC. You
can play individual songs, CDs (albums), shuffle play, and
customize your music files for special occasions with a
personalized music playlist. After you’ve tailored music
files with the Media Library, sit back and enjoy listening to
your favorite music with the Windows XP Media Center.
To listen to a CD in the Windows XP Media
Center
1
Insert the CD you want to listen to.
2
If the Windows XP Media Center TV or Guide is
open, Media Center asks if you want to play the CD.
Highlight
Yes
, then click
OK
.
- OR -
If the Windows XP Media Center is not open, the
default music player may start playing the CD. If
you want the Windows XP Media Center to be your
default CD player, see “To set Windows XP Media
Center as the default CD player” on page 48.
- OR -
Press the
My Music
button. The
My Music
menu
opens.
Playing My Music