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Feature Guide
10/14/2009
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My Music
-
Playing your Personal Music L
ibrary
Squeezebox radio can play music from Internet sources, and from your personal music library that is stored on a
computer.
Squeezebox
Server
If you want to listen to your
personal
music
library
on Squeezebox
Radio
, make sure that you’ve downloaded and installed
Squeezebox
Server
from
my
squeezebox.com.
At your computer, go to mysqueezebox.com >
My Music
, and select
Download Squeezebox Se
rver
.
After you install Squeezebox
Server
on your computer and
select
Fin
ish, it will scan your computer,
create an index of
yo
ur music, and make your music library accessible from your Squeezebox.
To access your personal music library from your Squeeze
box:
From the home menu on your Squeezebox, select
My Music
Note
:
If you only listen to music from
Internet
sources, or if you’ve uploaded your personal music collection to
an online
music locker, you
don’t
n
eed to run Squeezebox Server on your computer.
Using the Control Panel
The
Squeezebox Server
Control Panel offers easy access to frequently used settings from your computer.
Windows:
1.
Click on the
Squeezebox Server
icon in the system tray.
2.
Select
Open Control Panel
.
Mac:
1.
Go to
System Preferences
and
select
Squeezebox Server
.
Control panel t
abs include:
Server Status
Start and stop Squeezebox Server, and scan your music library.
Music Library
Name your music library and point to music folders.
Account Settings
Enter your mysqueezebox.com account i
nformation
.
Advanced
Perform advanced tasks such as music library cleanup, displaying log files,
and accessing the Squeezebox Server web interface for additional
advanced settings
.
Diagnostics
Obtain diagnostic information such as IP addresses and port f
unction
status
.
Information
A source for server information, music library statistics, and the folder
locations for log files, cache folders and more
.
Tip
:
The default name for
your music library
is your computer name. If you
do not assign a name, when
you
go to
My Music
you will see your computer name
–
for example “
Dell
-
Laptop”
.
To change the name of your music library:
1.
Windows: Click on the Squeezebox
Server icon in the system tray.
Select
Open Control Panel
.
Mac: Go to
System Preferences
and
select
Squeezebox Server
.
2.
Select
the
Music Library
tab.
3.
Enter the name you want
in the Music library name
field.
Access your music library
To access and listen to your personal music library on Squeezebox Radio:
1.
From the home menu
at your Squeezebo
x
, go to
My Music
.