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Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005

Listening to Music

4Use the arrow keys to select a music file, press OK on the remote, and then press Play on the remote control to begin playing that music file.

NOTE

If you back up music files from a CD using Windows Media

 

Player, you must log the files into the Media Player’s play list

 

before you can play them using the Media Center. To log the

 

files into the play list, open Windows Media Player, press F3

 

and log the files in the Add to Library by Searching Computer

 

dialog box. For more information, see “Adding Music from

 

Your Hard Drive to Windows Media Player Library” on

 

page 194.

 

 

Playing a Song

You can play a song from anywhere in My Music. You can select it from the View Song list, or from the Album, Artist, and Genre lists.

You can also play a single song from a playlist as follows:

1Press the Start button on the remote control to start the Media Center and to open the Media Center main window.

2Select My Music.

3Select Songs. The program displays all the songs in your media library.

4Use the arrow buttons to select a song, and then press OK or Play on the remote control to play it.

5Use the controls at the bottom of the screen to stop or pause the song, advance to another song, or increase or decrease the volume.