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If your songs don’t appear in HP Tunes, make sure your songs are added to the iTunes music library. You may need to close and open Media Center to update your display. For more information about adding songs and creating playlists in iTunes, see the Help menu in iTunes.

Adding music files from the Internet

For more information about downloading music from the iTunes Music Store, refer to the Help menu in the iTunes program.

1 Connect to the Internet.

2 Go to a music Web site such as the iTunes Music Store.

3 Follow the online instructions to download your songs. If songs are downloaded from the iTunes Music Store, they appear in your iTunes music library.

4 If songs are downloaded to your desktop, drag them into the iTunes music library. If the files are in an unprotected .wma format, they are encoded into .aac files by default (or into the importing format you select from the Preferences menu) and placed into the library.

5 To change your import format:

aClick the Edit menu, and then select Preferences.

bSelect the Importing tab.

cSelect the Import Using drop-down menu, and then select an import format.

dSelect OK.

6 Select Library. Songs are listed alphabetically or by the sort order of the library column heading you select.

Adding music files from your hard disk drive

If the music files are in another format, iTunes will automatically convert most files to the .aac format before it adds them to your iTunes music library.

1 Click Start on the taskbar, choose

All Programs, iTunes, and then click iTunes.

2 Click the File menu, and then select Add File to Library. Click the drop-down arrow to browse for your music files. Select your file, and then click Open.

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