Linksys WMA11B manual Music Menus, All Songs, Artists or Genres, Playlists, Folders

Music Menus

At any time, you can use the Music button on the remote to access the Music menu.

When you select the Music menu, you see three choices: Choose Music, Now Playing, and Options. See Figure 8-2.

Choose Music
The Choose Music screen, shown
in Figure 8-3, lets you select the
music you want to play, using a
variety of sorting methods. Select
music by artist or genre. You can
also select music by		folder or	Figure 8-2
playlist. Depending on your fold-
ers and files, you will see addi-
tional screens offering the avail-
able choices. Press the Select but-
ton to make a selection.
	Note: To use one of
	these sorting	methods,
	your music files must be
	tagged with data such as
	artist or genre. If you
	need to add or edit tags,
	use your media player		Figure 8-3
	software and refer to its
	documentation.
All Songs
Select All Songs to play every
song in your shared music folder
(see Figure 8-4). This is useful if
you have a small collection of
MP3 and WMA files or if you
want to hear all the songs in your
digital music library.
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Artists or Genres

If you want to play all the songs by a certain artist or all the songs of a certain genre (like jazz or classi- cal), select Artists (see Figure 8-

5)or Genres. If you choose an artist, then you will be asked to choose a specific album.

Playlists

To play certain songs in a specific sequence, choose a playlist (see Figure 8-6). This screen displays the playlists that you have placed in your computer’s shared music folder.

The Adapter can play lists with the these two extensions, .M3U and

.ASX.

After you create a playlist, place it in the shared music folder. See “Appendix B: Creating a Playlist” for more information.

Folders

If you sort by Folder, you will see all the songs in a given folder (see Figure 8-7). This is useful if you organize your music by folders on your computer.

Figure 8-5

Figure 8-6

Figure 8-7

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