Seagate FreeAgent ater User Guide - Page 23

Playing Music, Setting Up Continuous Play and Shuffling

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Supported Playlist Formats Your media player supports playlists in these formats: M3U .PLS Playing Music To select and play music: 1. On the Home screen, select Music, then press OK. OR On any screen, press Menu, select Music, then press OK. The Music screen opens. The Music screen lists all the music files discovered on all the devices connected to your media player, sorted from A to Z. View your music in thumbnail format instead of in a list by selecting View Thumbnails, then pressing OK. 2. Use the arrow buttons to scroll through the list, or press Menu to quickly sort the music files to suit your needs. Select Sort A-Z, Sort Z-A, Sort by Newest, or Sort by Oldest, then press OK to reorganize the music list. Select Show Albums, Show Artists, Show Genres, Show Years, or Show Playlists, then press OK to list your music by a category other than song title. TIP: See "Finding Music" on page 28 for more ways to find what you're looking for. 3. Select the song you want, then press Play/Pause ( ) or OK to start the song. 4. Use the remote to control playback just as you would on a CD or digital music player. (See "Using the Remote" on page 12 for more information.) 5. Press the Volume buttons on the remote to adjust the sound. Setting Up Continuous Play and Shuffling While music is playing, you can set your media player to play your songs in a continuous loop, shuffle your songs into random order, or repeat the same song over and over. To customize playback: 1. Navigate to the music you want to hear (see "Playing Music" on page 23). 2. Press Play/Pause ( ) or OK to start the music. 3. To customize the playback, press Menu. • To play all songs continuously in the order in which they're listed on your media player, select Continuous Play, then press OK. • To play all songs continuously in random order, select Shuffle Loop, then press OK. 23

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Supported Playlist Formats
Your media player supports playlists in these formats:
M3U .PLS
Playing Music
To select and play music:
1.
On the Home screen, select
Music
, then press
OK
.
OR
On any screen, press
Menu
, select
Music
, then press
OK
.
The Music screen opens. The Music screen lists all the music files discovered on all the
devices connected to your media player, sorted from A to Z.
View your music in thumbnail format instead of in a list by selecting
View Thumbnails
,
then pressing
OK
.
2.
Use the arrow buttons to scroll through the list, or press
Menu
to quickly sort the
music files to suit your needs.
Select
Sort A–Z
,
Sort Z–A
,
Sort by Newest
, or
Sort by Oldest
, then press
OK
to
reorganize the music list.
Select
Show Albums
,
Show Artists
,
Show Genres
,
Show Years
, or
Show Playlists
,
then press
OK
to list your music by a category other than song title.
TIP:
See “Finding Music” on page 28 for more ways to find what you’re looking for.
3.
Select the song you want, then press
Play/Pause
(
°
) or
OK
to start the song.
4.
Use the remote to control playback just as you would on a CD or digital music player.
(See “Using the Remote” on page 12 for more information.)
5.
Press the
Volume
buttons on the remote to adjust the sound.
Setting Up Continuous Play and Shuffling
While music is playing, you can set your media player to play your songs in a continuous
loop, shuffle your songs into random order, or repeat the same song over and over.
To customize playback:
1.
Navigate to the music you want to hear (see “Playing Music” on page 23).
2.
Press
Play/Pause
(
°
) or
OK
to start the music.
3.
To customize the playback, press
Menu
.
To play all songs continuously in the order in which they’re listed on your
media player, select
Continuous Play
, then press
OK
.
To play all songs continuously in random order, select
Shuffle Loop
,
then press
OK
.