Gateway 610 Gateway 610 Media Center User's Guide - Page 46

Getting started with My Music My Music lets you enjoy a complete music experience from the Media Center. You can listen to CDs, view artists information, create your own music playlists, categorize and listen to music by genres, search for music selections, and more. The Media Center lets you play these digital audio file types: File type (format) CD audio File extension .cda Windows Media .asx, .wm, .wma, .wmp, .wmx audio files Windows audio .wav files MP3 .mp3 and .m3u Adding music files to the Media Library The Media Center My Music works hand-in-hand with the Windows Media Player. Use the Windows Media Player to add, delete, categorize, and organize music. Then use the Media Center My Music to view, sort, play, and search for music. To add music files on your computer to the Media Player's Media Library 1 With the mouse, click Start, then click Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player opens. Tip: Additional audio formats may be supported if you install new codecs (compressor/decompressor software used to compress and decompress digital media files) to play the audio file. 2 On the left side of the Media Player, click Media Library. The first time you click Media Library, a message tells you that the Media Player needs to 46 search your computer for music files.