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Install Philips Songbird The first time you connect the player to a PC, • a pop-up screen is displayed for you to install Philips Songbird (see ‘First- time setup’ on page 12); To install Philips Songbird later, 1 On the player, make sure that you have selected the following options: • In > [PC connection preference], select [MSC]; • In > [CD installer], select [Enable]. 2 On the PC, select My Computer (Windows XP / Windows 2000) / Computer (Windows Vista / Windows 7). » The Philips Songbird drive is displayed. 3 To start installation, double click the Philips Songbird drive. Collect media files from the PC Set the watch folder Create a central folder On a PC, create a central folder to save all media files, for example, D:\Songbird media. In Philips Songbird, set the central folder as the watch folder. Each time you launch Philips Songbird, songs are added to/ removed from Philips Songbird as they are on the central folder. First-time launch The first time you launch Philips Songbird on a PC, do the following as prompted to import existing media files into Philips Songbird: Select the iTunes media folder to• import an existing iTunes library; Select the central folder to search• and import the existing media files. » The central folder is set as the watch folder of Philips Songbird. 16 EN ENEN To set iTunes media folder To set the watch folder 1 On Philips Songbird, go to Tools > Options... 2 Select Media Importer, and then the iTunes Importer tab. 3 Verify your library location and options. 4 Click the Import Library button next to the library location. » The software imports the iTunes library into Philips Songbird. In Philips Songbird, set the watch folder as follows: 1 Select Tools > Options. 2 In Options, select Media Importer. Then, select the Watch Folders tab. 3 In Watch Folders, tick the checkbox as shown. 4 Click Browse, and select the central folder (e.g.D:\Songbird media) as the watch folder. » In Philips Songbird, media files are added or removed as they are in the central music folder. English EN ENEN 17 Import media files Search online Import media files from other folders 1 Select an online service: In Philips Songbird, • Select an option under Services; • go to File > Import Media to select • Alternatively, in the search box, click folders on the PC. the down arrow to select an online » Media files are added under service. Library. • or, go to File > Import a playlist to select playlists on the PC. » Media files are added under Playlists. Get contents from online » You enter the webpage of the online source. sources 2 Search for your media file. You can access and purchase content from • If necessary, use the search box to online sources. Find the available online services enter a keyword. under Services on the source selector pane. Note • Before you download or purchase content from online services, subscribe to the online service and log in to your account. • Some of the services are available in certain countries. 18 EN ENEN Play online Note • Before you play music from Rhapsody, subscribe to the service and log in to your account. On the Rhapsody webpage, • To play the entire playlist, click Play All; • To play a song, select the song and click next to it. Add to Philips Songbird To transfer songs from Rhapsody to Philips Songbird, add the songs to a playlist in Philips Songbird (see ‘Create playlists in Philips Songbird’ on page 21). On the Rhapsody webpage, • To add the entire playlist to Philips Songbird, click Add All; • To add a song to Philips Songbird, select the song and click next to it. Search in Philips Songbird Philips Songbird is structured as follows: a Player pane: Click the buttons to play media files in the media library of Philips Songbird. b Source selector pane: Click to select a source of contents; Click / to show or hide the subsources. • Library: media library of Philips Songbird; • Devices: player that is connected to the PC; • Services: online media sources; • Playlists: Playlists that you create or generate in the media library of Philips Songbird. c Contents pane: View contents in current source of contents. English EN ENEN 19 d Information pane: From the internet sources, MashTape can collect information available about the media file being played. e Artwork pane: Drag the up arrow to display the pane. Search by metadata In the media library of Philips Songbird, media files are sorted by metadata. To search for media files by metadata, click the icon to select the list or filter pane view. List view In the list view, media files are listed by metadata. To select what metadata to display, 1 In Library > Music or Videos, right click the bar of metadata tags. » A list of metadata tags is displayed. 2 Click the tag that you want to display on the metadata bar. Filter pane view In the filter pane view, media files can be filtered by three metadata tags. To select a filter pane, 1 Right click the bar of metadata tags. » A list of metadata tags is displayed. 2 Clic...

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