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Music library setup, Update Music Index Now

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Chapter 4: Managing and Playing Music 4-3 Music library setup Adding a shared folder To make another shared folder available to your Sonos system: 1. From the Settings menu, tap Music Library Management -> Music Library Setup. 2. Tap Add New Share. 3. Choose one of the following options: • Tap Scan my network for shares to search for shared folders on your network that your music system is not currently accessing. Touch to select a share from the list. If prompted, type a login and password, and then tap Done. • Tap Enter the location of a share to add a new share that is not currently displayed as an option. • Type the path for the shared folder (example: \\computer\sharename, where computer is the network name for your computer or NAS device, and sharename is the name of the top level shared folder, such as \\linkstation\music_share.) If prompted, type a login and password and then tap Done. Stop accessing a shared folder 1. From the Settings menu, tap Music Library Management -> Music Library Setup. The shared music folders that are currently accessible to your Sonos system are displayed. 2. Tap the folder you wish to stop using, and tap Remove. Your music folder remains untouched on your computer, but you can no longer access it from the Sonos system. Updating the music index During the setup process, all of your available music folders are indexed for easy selection. If you add new music to a folder that is already indexed, simply update your music index to add the new music to your Sonos music library. 1. From the Settings menu, tap Music Library Management -> Update Music Index Now. 2. Tap Yes. Contributing artists Contributing Artists are those who appear on individual tracks within an album, including those on a compilation or soundtrack album. You can set your preferences to show or hide these individual artists within a Contributing Artists view. 1. From the Settings menu, tap Music Library Management -> View Contributing Artists. 2. Tap On or Off. The View Contributing Artists preference setting you select applies only to this controller. If you have another Sonos controller, you can select a different contributing artist view for it.

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Chapter 4:
Managing and Playing Music
4-3
Music library setup
Adding a shared folder
To make another shared folder available to your Sonos system:
1.
From the
Settings
menu, tap
Music Library Management
->
Music Library Setup
.
2.
Tap
Add New Share
.
3.
Choose one of the following options:
• Tap
Scan my network for shares
to search for shared folders on your network that your music system is not currently
accessing. Touch to select a share from the list. If prompted, type a login and password, and then tap
Done
.
• Tap
Enter the location of a share
to add a new share that is not currently displayed as an option.
•
Type the path for the shared folder (example: \\
computer
\
sharename
, where
computer
is the network name for
your computer or NAS device, and
sharename
is the name of the top level shared folder, such as \\
linksta-
tion\music_share
.) If prompted, type a login and password and then tap
Done
.
Stop accessing a shared folder
1.
From the
Settings
menu, tap
Music Library Management
->
Music Library Setup
.
The shared music folders that are currently accessible to your Sonos system are displayed.
2.
Tap the folder you wish to stop using, and tap
Remove
.
Your music folder remains untouched on your computer, but you can no longer access it from the Sonos system.
Updating the music index
During the setup process, all of your available music folders are indexed for easy selection. If you add new music to a folder
that is already indexed, simply update your music index to add the new music to your Sonos music library.
1.
From the
Settings
menu, tap
Music Library Management
->
Update Music Index Now
.
2.
Tap
Yes
.
Contributing artists
Contributing Artists
are those who appear on individual tracks within an album, including those on a compilation or
soundtrack album. You can set your preferences to show or hide these individual artists within a
Contributing Artists
view.
1.
From the
Settings
menu, tap
Music Library Management
->
View Contributing Artists
.
2.
Tap
On
or
Off
.
The View Contributing Artists preference setting you select applies only to this controller. If you have another Sonos
controller, you can select a different contributing artist view for it.