Managing Music Folders; Using The Sonos Controller For Pc - Sonos Multi-Room Music System User Manual

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What is a music service?
A music service is an online music store or online service that sells audio on a per-song, per audiobook, or subscription basis.
To learn more about the music services available for Sonos customers, click the Get Music button in the Music Library (your
browser will open to a Sonos Web page
What is a Sonos playlist?
A Sonos playlist is a music queue you create and then save for future listening. For example, you might want to create a jazz
playlist, a party playlist, or an easy listening playlist.
What is radio?
Internet radio stations and radio shows are broadcasts provided by 3rd parties via the Internet. You can choose from thousands of
radio stations and radio shows from around the globe, including archived shows and podcasts. You can also add your own favorite
stations if they use streaming MP3 or WMA formats (not every radio station provides streams.)
What is Line-in?
You can connect an external line-in source such as a CD player, portable music player, or television to your Sonos Multi-Room
Music System, and this audio can be streamed to any ZonePlayer(s) in your house.

Managing Music Folders

The Sonos Multi-Room Music System can play music from any computer or network-attached storage (NAS) device on your home
network where you have shared music folders (music shares). During the setup process, you are guided through the process of
accessing these shared music folders. Over time, you may wish to add or remove music folders from this list.
Sonos is designed to work with large music collections. Music folders are indexed so you can view you music by categories— you
can index approximately 65,000 tracks to the Sonos library. If the metadata in your files contains lengthy artist, track, or album
names, your music index may fill up more quickly. For additional information, you can go to http://faq.sonos.com/musicindex.
• You can add or remove the shared folders Sonos accesses music from at any time. You may need to make changes if you
add a computer to your home network, or if you move shared folders from one location to another.
• If you add new music to a folder that is already indexed, simply update your music index to add this music to your library.
• 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 Play-
lists from the Music menu.

Using the Sonos Controller for PC

Adding a shared folder
From the Music menu, select Set Up Music Library.
1.
The shared music folders that are currently available to your Sonos Multi-Room Music 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.
3.
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
4.
my network.
Type the network path for the music folder (\\Name\Sharename, where Name is the network name for your computer or
a.
NAS device, and Sharename is the name of the top level shared folder, or click Browse to search for it.
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