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■ Play CDs or selected music tracks from your created Windows Media Player Library that you access in Media Center. ■ Select and edit a personalized list of songs from your library. ■ Delete songs from a music library or a queue list. ■ Burn your favorite songs to CDs. ■ Back up your music tracks to a DVD or to an HP Personal Media Drive. Adding Music to My Music Library When you add music files to your My Music library, they are placed into the music library in Windows Media Player. The added music files can immediately be found and played back by using My Music in Media Center. You can also add music files to your music library from within the Windows Media Player program. For more information about adding and deleting music files to the library, use the Windows Media Player Help menu. Adding music files from your hard disk drive 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, and then select My Music. 2 Press the More Information button on the remote control, and select Add Music. 3 Select Add folders, and then select Next. 4 Select Add folders on this computer, and then select Next. 5 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select a location. Press the OK button to expand a folder. When you find the folder that contains your music folder, select it by making sure an arrow appears next to the folder. Repeat this step to add additional folders, select Next and then Finish. 6 Select OK. n You can store your music files in the My Music folder or in other folders on your hard disk drive, but you need to add those files to the Windows Media Player Library for Media Center to be able to find and play them. Playing Music Files 37

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Playing Music Files
37
Play CDs or selected music tracks from your
created Windows Media Player Library that
you access in Media Center.
Select and edit a personalized list of songs
from your library.
Delete songs from a music library or a
queue list.
Burn your favorite songs to CDs.
Back up your music tracks to a DVD or to an
HP Personal Media Drive.
Adding Music to My Music Library
When you add music files to your My Music library,
they are placed into the music library in Windows
Media Player. The added music files can
immediately be found and played back by using My
Music in Media Center.
You can also add music files to your music library
from within the Windows Media Player program.
For more information about adding and deleting
music files to the library, use the Windows Media
Player Help menu.
Adding music files from your hard disk drive
1
Press the Media Center Start button
on
the remote control, and then select
My
Music
.
2
Press the More Information button on the
remote control, and select
Add Music
.
3
Select
Add folders
, and then select
Next
.
4
Select
Add folders on this computer
,
and then select
Next
.
5
Use the arrow buttons on the remote control
to select a location. Press the OK button to
expand a folder. When you find the folder
that contains your music folder, select it by
making sure an arrow appears next to the
folder. Repeat this step to add additional
folders, select
Next
and then
Finish
.
6
Select
OK
.
n
You can store your
music files in the My
Music folder or in
other folders on your
hard disk drive, but
you need to add
those files to the
Windows Media
Player Library for
Media Center to be
able to find and play
them.