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Browsing through your music files

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10.1. Browsing through your music files Here you see the music library screen with the cover-roll album art display on the left. Scroll the albums vertically to see all the albums stored on your device or scroll it horizontally to see your Favorites, Recently added, Recently played, or All albums. If your music files do not include cover art, then a standard cover icon will appear. You can browse through your music by album, artist, or song name, via your created play lists, your favorites, or as files and folders in the storage* system. If some of your music files do not contain information tags, they will be classified as (Unknown) in the Music Library. If not already present, the music player widget can be placed on one of the five home screens to give you quick access to your recently added and recently played music. * In addition to the internally stored music, you will see the option External in Storage. This allows you to play music from media servers or from a file server over your WiFi network. 10.1.1. Creating playlists A playlist is a list of audio tracks that the music player will automatically play one after the other (in order or randomly). You can play, create and edit as many playlists as you want. To create or add to a playlist, find a song or an album in the music browser and hold your finger down on it to bring up the list of options. Select Add to playlist, and then you have the option of putting it into an already established playlist or creating a new play list. When you delete a playlist (hold your finger down on the name of playlist then select delete), you are only deleting the list and not the music itself. 10.1.2. The favorites list The "Favorites" is where you keep the music you play the most often. To add a title, an album, or an artist to your favorites list, just hold down on the item and a few options will appear. Choose Add to favorites. The item will be marked with a star icon . To access your favorites list at any time, go to the cover-roll browsing screen and flick the albums left/right until you see the music called Favorites. To remove an item from your favorites list, roll it into view and then hold your finger down on it and choose Remove from favorites.

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10.1. Browsing through your music files
Here you see the music library screen with the cover-roll
album art display on the left. Scroll the albums vertically to
see all the albums stored on your device or scroll it
horizontally to see your
Favorites
,
Recently added
,
Recently
played
, or
All albums
. If your music files do not include cover
art, then a standard cover icon will appear.
You can browse through your music by album, artist, or song
name, via your created play lists, your favorites, or as files
and folders in the storage* system. If some of your music files
do not contain information tags, they will be classified as
(Unknown) in the Music Library. If not already present, the
music player widget
can be placed
on one of the five home
screens to give you quick access to your recently added and
recently played music.
* In addition to the internally stored music, you will see the option
External
in
Storage
. This allows you to
play music from
media servers
or from a
file server
over your WiFi network.
10.1.1.
Creating playlists
A playlist is a list of audio tracks that the music player will automatically play
one after the other (in order or randomly). You can play, create and edit as
many playlists as you want. To create or add to a playlist, find a song or an
album in the music browser and hold your finger down on it to bring up the list
of options. Select
Add to playlist
, and then you have the option of putting it into
an already established playlist or creating a new play list.
When you delete a playlist (hold your finger down on the name of playlist then
select delete), you are only deleting the list and not the music itself.
10.1.2. The favorites list
The "Favorites" is where you keep the music you play the most often. To add a title, an
album, or an artist to your favorites list, just hold down on the item and a few options will
appear. Choose
Add to favorites
. The item will be marked with a star icon
. To access
your favorites list at any time, go to the cover-roll browsing screen and flick the albums
left/right until you see the music called
Favorites
. To remove an item from your favorites
list, roll it into view and then hold your finger down on it and choose
Remove from
favorites
.