Sonos Controller for Mac or PC Product Manual page 43

Sonos Controller for Mac or PC
• To play music from imported playlists, drop the playlist file .PLS, .M3U or .WPL into the same music folder that 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 menu.
Adding a shared folder on a PC
From the Music menu, select Set Up Music Library.
1.
The shared music folders that are currently available to your Sonos system appear.
Click Add a Share.
2.
• To add music that is stored on this computer, select Add music stored on this computer, and click Next.
Click to highlight a music folder, and then click Next.
a.
Click Next to confirm.
b.
Click Finish.
c.
• To add music stored on a remote computer or a NAS device, select Add music stored in folders that are currently
shared on my network, and then click Next.
Type the network path for the music folder (\\Name\Sharename, where Name is the network name for your computer
a.
or NAS device, and Sharename is the name of the top level shared folder, or click Browse to search for it.
If it is not shared anonymously, enter the user name and password of a user with permission to access this folder, and
b.
click Next (PC).
Click OK to confirm.
c.
Adding a shared folder on a Mac
From the Music menu, select Set Up Music Library.
1.
The shared music folders that are currently available to your Sonos system appear.
Select Add.
2.
• To add music stored in your Music folder, select In my Music folder, and select Continue. Click the Lock icon to enter
your administrator password. If your computer does not currently allow Windows Sharing, you will be prompted to en-
able it. If you have used iTunes Preferences to change where you store iTunes music, this option will appear as In my
iTunes Music folder instead.
• To add music stored elsewhere on your computer, select In another location on my computer or an external drive
connected to my computer, and select Continue. Select Browse to choose a folder, and then select Continue.
• To add music stored on a different computer or a NAS device, select On a networked device such as a network-at-
tached storage (NAS) device on my network, and select Continue. Type the path name (\\Name\Sharename, where
Name is the network name for your computer or NAS device, and Sharename is the name of the top level shared folder.)
If this folder is not shared anonymously, type the user name and password of a user with rights to access this music
folder.
Removing a shared folder
From the Music Library Setup screen, highlight to select the network share you want to remove from the list, and click
Remove.
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