Sonos Controller for PC User Guide - Page 42

Managing and Playing Music

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Managing and Playing Music Available Music Sources • Library (shared folders on your home network) • Music services • Sonos playlists (music queues you have saved for future playback) • Radio (Internet radio stations, radio shows, or podcasts) • Docked iPods • Line-in (external devices such as a CD player or a portable music player) What is your music library? • Your music library includes digital music located anywhere on your home network such as: • shared folders on your computer • shared folders on another computer in your network • network-attached storage (NAS) devices • You can browse your Music Library in various ways. You can enter search criteria to quickly find a particular music se- lection, or you can browse through a category hierarchy to make music selections. Note: If a computer on your network is turned off or is in standby mode, the music folders on that computer will be unavailable to the Sonos system until the computer is turned back on. Your selection choices include: • Artists • Albums • Composers • Genres • Tracks • Imported Playlists • Search • Folders Chapter 4

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Managing and Playing Music
Available Music Sources
Library (shared folders on your home network)
Music services
Sonos playlists (music queues you have saved for future playback)
Radio (Internet radio stations, radio shows, or podcasts)
Docked iPods
Line-in (external devices such as a CD player or a portable music player)
What is your music library?
Your music library includes digital music located anywhere on your home network such as:
shared folders on your computer
shared folders on another computer in your network
network-attached storage (NAS) devices
You can browse your Music Library in various ways. You can enter search criteria to quickly find a particular music se-
lection, or you can browse through a category hierarchy to make music selections.
Your selection choices include:
• Artists
• Albums
• Composers
• Genres
• Tracks
Imported Playlists
• Search
• Folders
Note:
If a computer on your network is turned off or is in
standby
mode, the music folders on
that computer will be unavailable to the Sonos system until the computer is turned back on.
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