Sonos Controller for iPad
4-3
Managing Your Local Music Library
The Sonos system can play music from any computer or Network-Attached Storage (NAS) device on your home network
where you have shared music folders. During the setup process, you are guided through the process of accessing your local
music library (such as your iTunes library). Over time, you may wish to add or remove folders from this list.
Local music library setup
Viewing shared folders
From the
Settings
menu, select
Manage Music Library
->
Music Library Setup
.
The shared music folders that are currently accessible to your Sonos system are displayed. (If a computer on your network is
turned off or is in sleep or standby mode, the music on that computer will be unavailable to the Sonos system until the
computer is turned back on.)
Adding a shared folder
To make another shared folder available to your Sonos system:
1.
From the
Settings
menu, select
Manage Music Library
->
Music Library Setup
.
2.
Touch
Add New Share
.
3.
Select one of the following options:
• Touch
Scan my network for shares
to search for shared folders on your network that your music system is not
currently accessing. Touch to select a share from the list. If prompted, type a login and password and then touch
Done
.
• Touch
Enter the location of a share
to add a new share that is not currently displayed as an option.
• Type the path for the shared folder (example: \\
computer
\
sharename
, where
computer
is the network name for
your computer or NAS device, and
sharename
is the name of the top level shared folder, such as \\
linkstation\mu-
sic_share
.) If prompted, type a login and password and then touch
Done
.
4.
Touch
Done
.
Stop accessing a shared folder
1.
From the
Settings
menu, select
Manage Music Library
->
Music Library Setup
.
The shared music folders that are currently accessible to your Sonos system are displayed.
2.
Touch the folder you wish to stop using, and touch
Remove
. Your music folder remains untouched on your computer, but
you can no longer able to access it from the Sonos system.
Updating the music index
The Sonos system indexes your local music library so you can view your music collection by categories (such as artists,
albums, composers, genres, or tracks.) During setup, all of your available music folders are indexed for easy selection. If you
add new music, simply update your music index to add this music to your local music library.
1.
From the
Settings
menu, touch
Manage Music Library
->
Update Music Index Now
.
Note:
To play music from imported playlists, drop the playlist file .PLS, .M3U or .WPL into the
same music folder you have shared to the Sonos system, update your music index, and the
custom playlists will appear when you select
Imported Playlists
from the
Music Library
menu.
