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n If your playlist doesn't appear in HP Tunes, make sure your songs are in your iTunes music library. You may need to close and open Media Center to update your display. Creating a Playlist with iTunes A playlist is a customized list of songs that you saved together and can 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 slideshow. You can use iTunes or HP Tunes in Media Center to create playlists. 1 Click Start on the taskbar, choose All Programs, iTunes, and then click iTunes again. 2 Click File, and then select New Playlist. 3 Type a name for your playlist. 4 Select Library. 5 Drag your music files from the iTunes music library to your Playlist icon. 6 Select your Playlist icon to check whether your songs were added. Your playlist is now available in the HP Tunes area of Media Center. n Once you create a now playing list, you can save it as a playlist that you can play again and again. Creating and Editing a Now Playing List with HP Tunes A now playing list is a temporary list of songs that are scheduled to be played in the order they were selected. A now playing list acts like a group of songs you select to play on a jukebox. You can continue to add songs, or you can delete songs from your now playing list. You also have the option of saving your now playing list as a playlist. 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, or, with your mouse, click Start on the taskbar, and then click Media Center. 2 Select HP Tunes. 3 Select Songs. 4 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control or the arrow keys on the keyboard to select a song, and then press OK on the remote control or press the Enter key on the keyboard. 5 Select Add to Now Playing. 6 Select OK. 7 Press the Back button on the remote control or press the Backspace key on the keyboard to return to the song list. Select View Now Playing and then Edit Now Playing to select songs to move or delete. Or Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add more songs to your now playing list. 38 HP Media Center PC Software Guide

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HP Media Center PC Software Guide
Creating a Playlist with iTunes
A
playlist
is a customized list of songs that you
saved together and can 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 slideshow. You can use
iTunes or HP Tunes in Media Center to create
playlists.
1
Click
Start
on the taskbar, choose
All Programs
,
iTunes
, and then click
iTunes
again.
2
Click
File
, and then select
New Playlist
.
3
Type a name for your playlist.
4
Select
Library
.
5
Drag your music files from the iTunes music
library to your Playlist icon.
6
Select your
Playlist
icon to check whether
your songs were added. Your playlist is now
available in the HP Tunes area of Media
Center.
Creating and Editing a Now Playing List with HP Tunes
A
now playing list
is a temporary list of songs that
are scheduled to be played in the order they were
selected. A now playing list acts like a group of
songs you select to play on a jukebox. You can
continue to add songs, or you can delete songs from
your now playing list. You also have the option of
saving your now playing list as a playlist.
1
Press the Media Center Start button
on the
remote control, or, with your mouse, click
Start
on the taskbar, and then click
Media Center
.
2
Select
HP Tunes
.
3
Select
Songs
.
4
Use the arrow buttons on the remote control or
the arrow keys on the keyboard to select a
song, and then press OK on the remote
control or press the Enter key on the
keyboard.
5
Select
Add to Now Playing
.
6
Select
OK
.
7
Press the Back button on the remote control or
press the Backspace key on the keyboard to
return to the song list. Select
View Now
Playing
and then
Edit Now Playing
to
select songs to move or delete.
Or
Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add more songs
to your now playing list.
n
If your playlist
doesn’t appear in
HP Tunes, make sure
your songs are in
your iTunes music
library. You may
need to close and
open Media Center to
update your display.
n
Once you create a
now playing list, you
can save it as a
playlist that you can
play again and
again.