SpeakerCraft Home Theater Server manual OrganiZing your music collection, Play queue, Playlists

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the play queue

Any item in your Library can be selected for playback in one of two ways:

Press the OPlay key to begin playback immediately, ending playback of any current music selection.

Press the MAdd key and select the [Play Queue] option to add the selected item to the end of the play queue. For example, if you are currently playing an album, the item you have selected will not begin playing until the album has finished.

Any item in the Library can be added to the play queue, from an individual track to an entire genre.

To display the play queue:

Display the Now Playing screen by pressing the

•Now Playing key on your Audio Server remote control.

Press the T key to display the play queue.

To remove a selection from the play queue

Use the U or V keys to highlight the selection you would like to remove from the queue.

Press the äOptions key and chose Delete Selection from the list.

To clear the play queue

Press the äOptions key and choose Mark all.

Press the äOptions key again and choose Delete marked selections.

To move a selection in the play queue

Use the pMark key to mark the selection(s) you wish to move.

Use the U or V keys to highlight the selection after which you wish to place the marked selections.

Press the äOptions key and choose Move marked selections.

To save a play queue as a playlist

You can save a play queue as a playlist so that you can listen to the same collection of music at a later time.

From the Play Queue screen press the MSave key on your audio server remote control.

In the screen that appears, enter a name for the play list using the alphanumeric keypad.

Press the OSave key.

Your current play queue will now be available as a playlist in the Library.

organiZing your music collection

This chapter describes the features built into your Audio Server to help you organize the music in your music library, including information about creating playlists of your favorite tracks, deleting albums or tracks you no longer want to store, and naming albums, tracks, and artists.

playlists

Your Audio Server allows you to create your own selections, called playlists, and identify them with a name of your choice. For example, you could select your favorite party tracks from a number of different albums and include them in a playlist called Party Music. You can then play your selection simply by choosing the appropriate playlist from the Playlist screen.

Creating a new playlist

Display the Library by pressing the àLibrary key on your Audio Server remote control.

Press the U or V keys to highlight the Playlists option and press the OSelect key.

The following screen will be displayed, listing your existing playlists:

Press the äOptions key.

Select New Playlist and press the OSelect key.

Use the alphanumeric keypad to enter a name for the new playlist and press the OSelect key.

Your new playlist will now appear in the list.

Adding music to a playlist

You can add music from your Library to a playlist from any library screen, by using the MAdd key on your Audio Server remote control.

For example, to add an album to a playlist:

Press the àLibrary key on your Audio Server remote control to display the Library.

Press the U or V keys to highlight Albums and press the OSelect key to display the albums list.

Use the U or V keys to highlight the album you wish to add to a playlist.

Press the MAdd key.

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