Philips SA2ARA04S/02 Manuale Utente

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6  Philips Songbird

ARIAZ comes with the Philips Songbird 

software. 

The Philips Songbird software helps you to:

purchase new media (music and videos) 

• 

online

create a media library

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manage your media library

• 

play music and videos

• 

sync your media with the ARIAZ

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When Philips Songbird is launched for the 

first time, choose from the following options 

to import media files into the Songbird media 

library:

Import an existing iTunes library.

• 

Scan for media files in specific directories. 

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(You can select to watch a folder, so that 

the files that are added or deleted there 

are automatically added or deleted in the 

Songbird media library.)

Build a media library

Use one or more of the following options to 

build a media library with Songbird:

Rip a CD

By default, the Philips Songbird software 

installs the following add-ons that are needed 

to rip a CD:

CD Rip Support

• 

Gracenote Metadata Lookup Provider

• 

Set up the CD rip options

1

  On the computer, launch the Songbird 

program.

2

  Select Tools > Options....

3

  Select the CD Rip tab, and then choose 

your CD rip options.

4

  Click on OK to confirm.

Import media files from a directory

The following steps show how you can import 

media (music and video) files that are stored 

elsewhere on your computer or computer 

network:

1

  On the computer, launch the Songbird 

program.

2

  On the Songbird toolbar, click File, then 

select Import Media....

3

  Select your media (music and video) files, 

then click OK.

The media files that you added are 

 

»

listed in the media library.

Tip

If you select a folder that contains music or 

 

•

video files, the software scans the folder and 

adds all the music or video files it contains to 

the media library (duplicate titles are ignored).

Import media from iTunes

1

  On the computer, launch the Songbird 

program.

2

  Select Tools > Options....

3

  On the Songbird toolbar, select the 

Media Importer tab, then iTunes Import/

Export.

4

  Verify your library location and options.

5

  Select Import Library.

The software imports the iTunes 

 

»

library into Songbird.