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Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005

Listening to Music

Your music files can now be found and played in the My Music window in the Media Center. You may need to close and open Media Center for the added music files to appear in My Music.

Playing Digital Music Files

When you first open the Media Center and open the My Music window, you may not find any music files listed unless there is a music CD in your CD drive or unless you have already added audio files to your Windows Media Player Library.

If you do not have any music files listed, you need to add music files to the Windows Media Player Library, and then restart Media Center to play your music files in Media Center.

When you copy music files using Windows Media Player and your computer is connected to the Internet, the CD information is copied and displayed in Media Center and in the Windows Media Player Library.

To play a music CD using Media Center:

1If you insert a CD when Media Center is not open, a message appears asking what you want to do. You can select Windows Media Player as your default audio player. If you have another program set as the default audio player, Windows opens this program and begins playing the CD.

2Press the Start button on the remote control.

3Insert a CD into the CD drive — the CD plays automatically in Media Center. If you have other media such as live TV already playing when you insert the CD,