Creating and editing playlists, Deleting songs, Creating and editing playlists deleting songs – HP TouchSmart 300-1205z CTO Desktop PC User Manual
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Press Finish when the album is identified, and wait while the album information downloads (cover
art, date of production, and more).
You can also create your own art:
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Find a piece of art on the Internet and download it to your hard drive.
You might find the artwork of the original CD cover, and choose that.
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Open your Music folder and find the album that does not have artwork.
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Drag and drop, or cut and paste, the art to the blank CD icon in your Music folder.
To find album art for music stored in the iTunes library:
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Navigate to the iTunes store and sign in.
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From the Advanced menu, select Get Album Artwork and follow the directions.
Creating and editing playlists
Create a playlist by simply dragging songs to the Playlist window.
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Open HP TouchSmart, and select the Music tile.
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Select Album, and then select an album that contains the songs you want to add.
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You can drag an entire album into the playlist on the right. Or, tap on the album to open it, and then
drag individual songs into the playlist.
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To quickly add several selections, tap Add to List. Green circles with a + (plus sign) appear next to
each song in song list view, and next to each album in album tile view.
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Tap the + (plus sign) next to a song to add it to the playlist. Repeat until the playlist is complete.
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To rearrange songs in the playlist, drag the song out of the list, and drop it into a different position.
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To delete a song from the playlist, touch and drag it to the Trash icon.
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Tap Save as Playlist.
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Name the playlist.
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Tap Save.
Your playlist opens. You can close it, delete it, or edit it.
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After you create a playlist and save it, you can clear the playlist window by tapping Clear All.
Deleting songs
To delete a song from your music library, navigate to your hard drive (from the Windows desktop), open
the Music folder where you added your music, and delete it from there.
IMPORTANT: Be sure you save your playlist if you want to keep it.
NOTE: Up to 500 songs can be added to a playlist. If you try to add more than 500, a message appears:
Maximum number of songs in Playlist. Delete one or more items in Playlist before adding new songs. You
can either delete songs, or start another playlist.