13 Sync with PC
media library
through Philips
Songbird
With Philips Songbird, you can do the following:
•
Manage your music collection on a PC;
Sync ARIAZ with your PC music
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library;
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Register ARIAZ on www.philips.com/
welcome;
•
Update the firmware of ARIAZ (see
'Update the firmware through Philips
Songbird' on page 36);
•
Repair ARIAZ (see 'Repair the player
through Philips Songbird' on page 37).
Install Philips Songbird
Install Philips Songbird for the first time
When you connect ARIAZ to a PC for the first
time, a pop-up screen is displayed:
1
Select your language and country.
2
Follow the onscreen instructions to
complete the installation.
Note
•
The installation requires you to agree to the license
terms.
If the pop-up screen is not displayed
automatically:
1
On the player, make sure that you have
selected the following options:
> [CD installer], select [Enable].
•
In
2
On the PC, select My Computer
(Windows XP / Windows 2000) /
Computer (Windows Vista / Windows 7).
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» The Philips Songbird drive is displayed.
3
To start installation, double-click the Philips
Songbird drive.
Note
•
The installation requires you to agree to the license
terms.
Collect media files from the
PC
Set the watch folder
Create a central folder
You can have all music files automatically added
to your library when you copy them to a folder.
Creating a central folder is recommended. In
Philips Songbird, set the central folder as the
watch folder. Each time you launch Philips
Songbird, songs are added to/ removed from
Philips Songbird as they are on the central
folder.
On the PC, create a central folder to save all
music files, for example, D:\Songbird media.
First-time launch
The first time you launch Philips Songbird on
a PC, do the following as prompted to import
existing media files into Philips Songbird:
•
Select the iTunes media folder to
import an existing iTunes library;
•
Select the central folder to search and
import the existing music files.
» The central folder is set as the
watch folder of Philips Songbird.
Set iTunes media folder