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Selecting music, What is scrobbling?, Last.fm, Music Services, Start a New Station, Tag Radio

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Sonos Controller for Mac or PC 4-21 Selecting music 1. Select Last.fm from the Music Services tab. 2. Choose one of the following options: • Select Start a New Station to enter the name of your favorite artist, or tag such as indie or alternative, and Last.fm will play a custom radio station featuring music you're sure to love. • Select Tag Radio to select from the most popular tags. • Select Recent Stations to make a selection from stations you have recently listened to. • Select My Stations and choose from the following: • My Library - plays music based on your listening history • My Loved Tracks - a custom station that exclusively plays the music that you've marked as loved using your Sonos Controller (available only to Last.fm users with a paid subscription) • My Neighborhood - plays music from Last.fm users with similar music taste • My Recommendations- Last.fm selects and plays music based on what you've listened to (uses scrobbling) Note: If you are new to Last.fm, you may see the message, "Unable to play " appear for one or more of the My Stations options listed above. It simply means that you have not yet accumulated enough listening history to make these choices useful. This message will disappear over time. What is scrobbling? 1. You can set a preference to have your music selections scrobbled while listening to Last.fm on your Sonos system. This means that every song you listen to is sent to Last.fm and used to create a personal music profile on Last.fm's Website, which in turn you can share, or use to discover more music you love. 2. The scrobbling feature is optional, and is available to both free Last.fm subscribers and paid subscribers. 3. To turn scrobbling on or off, click the Music Services tab, select Last.fm, and click the Turn Scrobbling On (or Off) button.

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Sonos Controller for Mac or PC
4-21
Selecting music
1.
Select
Last.fm
from the
Music Services
tab.
2.
Choose one of the following options:
• Select
Start a New Station
to enter the name of your favorite artist, or tag such as
indie
or
alternative
, and Last.fm will
play a custom radio station featuring music you're sure to love.
• Select
Tag Radio
to select from the most popular tags.
• Select
Recent Stations
to make a selection from stations you have recently listened to.
• Select
My Stations
and choose from the following:
•
My Library — plays music based on your listening history
•
My Loved Tracks — a custom station that exclusively plays the music that you've marked as
loved
using your Sonos
Controller (available only to Last.fm users with a paid subscription)
•
My Neighborhood — plays music from Last.fm users with similar music taste
•
My Recommendations— Last.fm selects and plays music based on what you've listened to (uses scrobbling)
What is scrobbling?
1.
You can set a preference to have your music selections
scrobbled
while listening to Last.fm on your Sonos system. This
means that every song you listen to is sent to Last.fm and used to create a personal music profile on Last.fm's Website,
which in turn you can share, or use to discover more music you love.
2.
The scrobbling feature is optional, and is available to both free Last.fm subscribers and paid subscribers.
3.
To turn scrobbling on or off, click the
Music Services
tab, select
Last.fm
, and click the
Turn Scrobbling On (or Off)
button.
Note:
If you are new to Last.fm, you may see the message, “Unable to play <station name>”
appear for one or more of the
My Stations
options listed above. It simply means that you
have not yet accumulated enough listening history to make these choices useful. This
message will disappear over time.