13Sync with PC media library through Philips Songbird
With Philips Songbird, you can do the following:
•Manage your music collection on a PC;
•Sync ARIAZ with your PC music library;
•Register ARIAZ on www.philips.com/ welcome;
•Update the firmware of ARIAZ (see 'Update the firmware through Philips
Songbird' on page 36);
•Repair ARIAZ (see 'Repair the player through Philips Songbird' on page 37).
Install Philips Songbird
Install Philips Songbird for the first time When you connect ARIAZ to a PC for the first time, a
1 Select your language and country.
2 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
Note
•• The installation requires you to agree to the license terms.
If the
1 On the player, make sure that you have selected the following options:
2 | • In > [CD installer], select [Enable]. |
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,
Note
•• The installation requires you to agree to the license terms.
Collect media files from the
PC
Set the watch folder
Create a central folder
You can have all music files automatically added to your library when you copy them to a folder. Creating a central folder is recommended. 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.
On the PC, create a central folder to save all music files, for example, D:\Songbird media.
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 music files.
»»The central folder is set as the watch folder of Philips Songbird.
Set iTunes media folder
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