Gateway 610S, User Manual

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Getting started with My Music
My Music lets you enjoy a complete music experience
from the Media Center. You can listen to CDs, view
artists information, create your own music playlists,
categorize and listen to music by genres, search for
music selections, and more.
The Media Center lets you play these digital audio file
types:
With the mouse, click Start , then click Windows
Media Player . Windows Media Player opens.
To add music files on your computer to the
Media Player’s Media Library
On the left side of the Media Player, click Media
Library . The first time you click Media Library, a
message tells you that the Media Player needs to
search your computer for music files.
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File type
(format)
File extension
CD audio .cda
Windows Media
audio files .asx , .wm, .wma , .wmp , .wmx
Windows audio
files .wav
MP3 .mp3 and .m3u
Additional audio formats may be supported if you install new
codecs (compressor/decompressor software used to compress and
decompress digital media files) to play the audio file.
Adding music files to the
Media Library
The Media Center My Music works hand-in-hand with
the Windows Media Player. Use the Windows Media
Player to add, delete, categorize, and organize music.
Then use the Media Center My Music to view, sort, play,
and search for music.