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Creating a Playlist in My Music, My Music, Albums, Artists, Playlists, Songs, Genres, Add To Queue

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Creating a Playlist in My Music A playlist is a customized list of songs you can keep to play later or record to CD. Using playlists, you can group various digital music files together and determine the order in which you want the files to play. You can create a playlist that includes several tracks from various CDs or even a playlist that contains background music for a slide show. You can create playlists in Windows Media Player or from within Media Center. To create a playlist: 1 Select My Music, and then select either Albums, Artists, Playlists, Songs, or Genres. 2 Use the arrow buttons to navigate to the music you want to add to your playlist. 3 Press OK to select a song. 4 Select Add To Queue. A confirmation displays that the music was added to the list of music in the queue. 5 Select the inset window in the lower-left corner to go to the Queue. 6 On the Queue screen, select Edit Queue, and then select Save As Playlist. 7 Use the numeric keypad to enter a name for the playlist, and then select Save. n If your PC is connected to the Internet, the CD track titles and cover art appear in Media Center. Playing Music Files 39

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Playing Music Files
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Creating a Playlist in My Music
A
playlist
is a customized list of songs you can keep
to play later or record to CD. Using playlists, you
can group various digital music files together and
determine the order in which you want the files
to play.
You can create a playlist that includes several tracks
from various CDs or even a playlist that contains
background music for a slide show.
You can create playlists in Windows Media Player
or from within Media Center.
To create a playlist:
1
Select
My Music
, and then select either
Albums
,
Artists
,
Playlists
,
Songs
, or
Genres
.
2
Use the arrow buttons to navigate to the music
you want to add to your playlist.
3
Press OK to select a song.
4
Select
Add To Queue
. A confirmation
displays that the music was added to the list
of music in the queue.
5
Select the inset window in the lower-left corner
to go to the Queue.
6
On the Queue screen, select
Edit Queue
,
and then select
Save As Playlist
.
7
Use the numeric keypad to enter a name for
the playlist, and then select
Save
.
n
If your PC is
connected to the
Internet, the CD track
titles and cover art
appear in Media
Center.