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Transferring music files to your phone, To copy music files onto the phone’s microSD card

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Music 272 Transferring music files to your phone Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone's microSD card, so before you open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer onto the microSD card. Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats, so it can play music that you purchase from online stores, music that you copy from your CD collection, and so on. Music supports audio files in numerous formats, including MP3, M4A (iTunes application AAC, DRM-free), AMR , MIDI, and OGG Vorbis. To copy music files onto the phone's microSD card 1 Connect the phone to your computer with a USB cable and mount the microSD card. See "Connecting to a computer via USB" on page 74. 2 To organize your audio files, you can use the computer to create a music folder at the top level of the microSD card. 3 Use the computer to copy music and other audio files into the folder that you created on the microSD card. You can use subfolders on the microSD card to organize your music files. Or you can simply copy the audio files to the top level of the microSD card. If the music files have accompanying artwork in JPEG format, rename the art file albumart.jpg and include it in the same folder as the music files. 4 If you have created any playlists, create a subfolder for them in your music folder on the microSD card and copy the playlists into it. 5 Unmount the microSD card from the computer and disconnect the phone. Warning! To prevent damage to the files on your microSD card, follow your computer's instruc- tions and the instructions in "Connecting to a computer via USB" on page 74. NOUG-2.1-update1-105 Nexus One User's Guide

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Music
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Nexus One User’s Guide
Transferring music files to your phone
Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone’s microSD card, so before you
open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer onto the microSD card.
Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats, so it can play music that you
purchase from online stores, music that you copy from your CD collection, and so on.
Music supports audio files in numerous formats, including MP3, M4A (iTunes
application AAC, DRM-free), AMR , MIDI, and OGG Vorbis.
To copy music files onto the phone’s microSD card
1
Connect the phone to your computer with a USB cable and mount the microSD
card.
See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 74.
2
To organize your audio files, you can use the computer to create a music folder at
the top level of the microSD card.
3
Use the computer to copy music and other audio files into the folder that you
created on the microSD card.
You can use subfolders on the microSD card to organize your music files. Or you
can simply copy the audio files to the top level of the microSD card.
If the music files have accompanying artwork in JPEG format, rename the art file
albumart.jpg and include it in the same folder as the music files.
4
If you have created any playlists, create a subfolder for them in your music folder
on the microSD card and copy the playlists into it.
5
Unmount the microSD card from the computer and disconnect the phone.
Warning!
To prevent damage to the files on your microSD card, follow your computer’s instruc-
tions and the instructions in “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 74.