Using The Sonos Controller 200 - Sonos Multi-Room Music System User Manual

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• To add music stored on a different computer or a NAS device, select On a networked device such as a network-attached
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 menu, choose Set Up Music Library.
1.
Select the folder you want to stop accessing music from, and select Remove.
2.
Select Remove to confirm.
3.
You may be asked to provide an administrator name and password.
4.
Select Done when you have no more folders to remove from the list.
5.
Updating your music index
If you add new music to a music folder that is already indexed, you can update your music index in order to add this music to your
Sonos music library.
From the Music menu, select Update Music Index Now.
1.
Select Update.
2.
The message "Updating Music Index" appears at the bottom of the window. When the update is complete, the message
disappears.
Scheduling music index updates
You can set your music system to automatically update your music index at the same time each day.
From the Music menu, select Schedule Music Index Updates.
1.
Select the time you would like your music index to automatically update, and press OK.
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Viewing shared folders
From the Music Menu, select Settings>Music Library Management>Music Library Setup.
The shared music folders that are currently accessible to your Sonos Multi-Room Music 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 Multi-Room
Music System until the computer is turned back on.)
Adding a shared music folder
Select Add New Share from the Music Library Setup screen.
1.
Choose one of the following options:
2.
• Select Scan my network for shares to automatically scan for shared folders that are not currently being accessed.
• Touch to select a folder from the displayed list.
• If the folder does not require a user name and password, touch OK.
• If the folder does require a username and password, use the keyboard to type them, and then touch OK.
• Select Enter the location of a share if you prefer to enter the path.
• Use the keyboard to type the path name for the share (path example: \\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, such as \\linksta-
tion\music_share.)
• If the folder does not require a user name and password, touch OK.
• If the folder does require a username and password, use the keyboard to type them, and then touch OK.
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