Nuvo Music Port NV-MP - Manual (Page 21)

VII. Recommended Music Port Host PC Settings
Properly configuring the Host PC will greatly enhance the user’s experience with the
Music Port. This section outlines the best recommended settings. Making the following
settings on the Host PC will require a connected monitor, keyboard and mouse.
Microsoft Windows AutoPlay Settings
The Host PC can be easily setup to automatically rip audio CD’s to the host hard drive.
This eliminates the need for a monitor and allows adding CD content to the Host PC
with little effort on the part of the user.
Vista Operating System (Fig. 16)
To setup the Host PC to automatically rip CD’s within Vista, first click on the Start
button and select Control Panel. Within Control Panel, select Hardware and Sound ->
AutoPlay.
When in AutoPlay, under the Audio CD section, Change the default to either “rip music
from CD using Windows Media Player”, or “Import Songs using iTunes”. You need to
decide whether you want the music content to default to Media Player or iTunes. Once
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Figure 17– Window Media Player Auto Play