When EULA (End User License Agreement) appears, click [Accept] after reading the content to accept the terms.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions.
5 When installation is complete, run the application by clicking [Start] – [All Programs] – [Music Transfer] – [Music Transfer].
Click [Next] to proceed.
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Making preparations
System Requirements
• CPU
– 800 MHz Pentium Processor or higher
• Memory
– 512 MB or more
• Required HDD capacity
– 50MB or more
• OS
– Windows Vista Ultimate
– Windows Vista Business
– Windows Vista Home Premium
– Windows Vista Home Basic
– Windows XP Professional Edition, SP2
– Windows XP Home Edition, SP2
– Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with KB900325
– Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 with KB830786
– Windows 2000 Professional, SP4
To install “Music Transfer”
◆Before installing the software
Close all applications that are currently running. And since an administrator right is required for installation, you may need to log on entering the administrator’s user name and password.
1 Start the PC and log on using the administrator’s name.
2 Insert the supplied CD-ROM “Music Transfer Ver.1.00” into the CD driver on your PC. Installation starts automatically.
If the installation does not start, click [My Computer], – designated CD drive – [Music Transfer], and then double-click [setup.exe].
Install “Music Transfer” on your PC. Register the PC to the server.
Register the server(s) to “Music Transfer.”

Transferring Music Files From PCs

“Music Transfer” is software dedicated to transferring music stored on your PC to the Sony Home Entertainment Server (hereafter “Server”). The software sets a destination server, registers music files on the PC to its database, and transfers the registered files to the server.

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4 Register music files on the PC to the “Music Transfer” database and transfer them to the selected destination server.

5 Enjoy the transferred music on the server.
You may need to re-start the PC in some settings.

Starting “Music Transfer”

aClick [Start] in the lower-left corner of the desktop, and point to [All Programs] – [Music Transfer], and then click [Music Transfer].

“Music Transfer” starts, searches for a server, and opens the main window.

See “To select the server” below and “Guide to the main window” (page 50) for details.

HDD to Importing

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You can also start “Music Transfer” by double-clicking on the [Music Transfer] icon, if it is located on the desktop.

To register a PC to the server

•When [Settings] – [Network Settings] – [Music Server Settings] in [Client Registration] is set to [Auto]

This operation is not necessary as the PC is registered to the server automatically.

•When [Settings] – [Network Settings] – [Music Server Settings] in [Client Registration] is set to [Manual] The PC needs to be registered to the server by following the steps below.

1 On your PC, start “Music Transfer” (see above).The software searches for the server.2 On the server, press HOME and select [Settings]

– [Network Settings] – [Music Server Settings] – [Unregistered Device List] and register the PC using the device list (page 122).

3 Quit “Music Transfer” once and re-start the software.

The software searches for the server on the network. When the server is found, the server’s status will be displayed (online/offline and the remaining HDD capacity).

To select the server

You can search and register your server(s) either automatically or manually.

Automatic server registration

If no server is registered and there is only one server on the network, the software searches for servers when opened. When only one server is detected on the network, the software registers it as the destination. You will need to manually register the servers in other cases.

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