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4.2 The Browse Music Menu

Selecting

Browse Music

from the

Home

menu will open the

browse menu, illustrated below, and provide access to the
library of tracks held either locally on the HDX or on any
available network or USB storage device.

Albums:

Displays an alphabetical list of material sorted by

album. The menu also provides options of

Play

,

Add to..

(a

playlist),

Tracks

,

Info

and

View.

Artists:

Displays an alphabetical list of material sorted by

artist. The menu also provides options of

Play

,

Add to..

(a

playlist), and

Info.

Note:

The icon to the left of the album name indicates the

file location - local ( ), USB ( ) or network ( ).

Genres:

Displays an alphabetical list of the genres assigned

to albums. The menu also provides options to

Play

,

Add to..

(a playlist), and

Albums

(within each genre)

.

Composers:

Displays an alphabetical list of material sorted

by composer. The menu also provides options to

Play

,

Add

to..

(a playlist), and

Albums

(by each composer)

.

Conductors:

Displays an alphabetical list of material sorted

by conductor. The menu also provides options to

Play

,

Add

to..

(a playlist), and

Albums

(by each conductor)

.

Performers:

Displays an alphabetical list of material sorted

by performer. The menu also provides options to

Play

,

Add

to..

(a playlist), and

Albums

(featuring each performer)

.

Music Location:

Opens a menu, illustrated below, showing

the music storage locations available to the HDX. Selecting
one of the locations restricts browsing (or searching) to
that location.

Note:

If no external storage (USB or network) is connected

this screen will not display. The interface will remain at the
CD Collection browse menu.

All Music

- music stored both locally (on the HDX’s internal

hard disk) and on all connected storage hardware.

CD Collection

- music stored on the HDX’s internal hard

disk or on network shared locations converted to the status
of Music Stores. See Sections 4.8.3, 4.8.4 and 7 for more on
Network Shares and Music Stores

USB Music

- music stored on locally connected USB devices

(a memory stick for example).

Network Music

- music stored on network connected

hardware (a network hard disk or a shared folder on a
computer).

Note:

Network storage converted to Music Store status will

not be included in the Network Music menu.

Selecting play from any of the

Browse

menus will clear

the current playlist, play the selected item then display
the Now Playing screen, illustrated below, showing the
track playing, the artist, the album title and any available
artwork. Touching the screen will then open a temporary
floating transport control window containing play/pause
( / ), step backwards ( ), step forwards ( ), shuffle ( )
and repeat buttons ( ).

Note:

Selecting the handset Home key twice at any time

will open the Now Playing screen.

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