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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 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, and then select HP Tunes. 4 Select Add to Now Playing. 5 Select OK. 6 Press the Back button on the remote control to return to the song list. Click View Now Playing and then Edit Now Playing to select songs to move or delete. Or 2 Select Songs. 3 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select a song, and then press OK. Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add more songs to your now playing list. Creating Music CDs with iTunes To create a music CD using iTunes: 1 With your mouse, click Start on the Windows taskbar, choose All Programs, select iTunes, and then click iTunes. 2 Click the Edit menu, and select Preferences. 3 Click the Burning tab, and choose Audio CD as the disc format. 4 Click the Use Sound Check check box if you would like all songs on the CD to play at the same volume level, and click OK. 5 Click the File pull-down menu, and select New Playlist. 6 Enter a name for your new playlist, and an empty playlist window opens. 34 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide