Bose WavePC interactive system Sold from May 2001 to June 2002 User Manual

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Listening to Music Files
Maintaining your music library
To help you create and maintain your music library, the Wave/PC™ application provides the 
capability to add and delete files, and edit the music finder database.
Adding new music to your music finder database
There are three ways to add new music to the music finder database:
•Searching your hard drive – During the Wave/PC software installation process, the setup 
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Creating your own music playlists
Open the Playlist Editor by clicking the Edit Playlists button in the Music Files player mode.
The playlist editor window is divided into two views (Figure 23). The lower view displays the 
music files finder and the upper view displays your playlists in a tree view.
Figure 23
Playlist editor window
The tree view lists playlists by name. A closed playlist containing music files displays a plus 
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Setting the Music Files player setup options
To access the Music Files player setup options (Figure 24) and change the configuration, click 
the Setup button and click the Music Files tab.
After selecting the options you want,
•Click the OK button to save your settings and close the setup window, or
•Click the Cancel button to close the setup window without saving any changes, or
•Click the Help button to open the on-line help information window....

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Listening to Music Files
Normally, the Wave/PC™ application monitors your hard drive for new music files and adds 
them to the Wave/PC database. If you do not want this to happen automatically, remove the 
check mark beside “Automatically check for new music files.” If this box is not checked, you 
will need to click the Scan hard drive for music button to search for new music files.
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To scan your hard drive for supported music files and add them to the music finder database:
1. Click the Scan hard drive for music… button. The dialog box shown in Figure 27 opens.
2. Select the types of music files to include in your search. You can select MP3 or WAV. By 
default, only MP3 is selected.
3. Specify the minimum file length. When importing files, you may want to exclude short 
files containing operating system or game sounds. By default,...

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Listening to Web Radio Stations
Selecting the Web Radio mode
The Web radio mode (Figure 28) allows you to listen to a variety of Internet audio broadcast 
stations. To listen to a Web radio station, click the Web Radio button. A list of Internet sta-
tions is displayed in the station finder window. When you select the Web radio mode, the last 
station you listened to starts playing. You can add, edit, or delete stations as you wish.
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Listening to Web Radio Stations
Reading the connection status
In the Web radio mode, you will experience a delay between when you select a web station 
and when you hear it. The connection status appears in the lower right corner of the informa-
tion window (Figure 28).
•Connecting – looking for the station
•Buffering – transferring digital audio to the memory in your computer
•Playing – you are listening to the selected station
•Stopped – audio has ended or playback was...

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Listening to Web Radio Stations
Deleting a Web Radio station
1. In the Wave/PC™ Web Radio mode, select a station in the station finder.
2. Click the Delete Station button.
3. When the delete confirmation box (Figure 30) appears, click Delete.
Figure 30
Web Radio delete 
confirmation box
Editing the information of a Web Radio station
This function is enabled only for user-entered stations.
1. In the Web Radio mode, select the station to edit in the station finder.
2. Click the...

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Setting Web radio setup options
To access the Web radio setup options (Figure 32) and change the configuration, click the 
Setup button and click the Web radio tab. After selecting the options you want,
•Click the OK button to save your settings and close the setup window, or
•Click the Cancel button to close the setup window without saving any changes, or
•Click the Help button to open the on-line help information window.
Figure 32
Web radio...

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Listening to AM/FM Radio Stations
Selecting the AM/FM radio
Selecting AM/FM radio (Figure 33) allows you to listen to your local AM/FM broadcast sta-
tions using the tuner in the Wave/PC™ unit. To find a radio station, click the AM or FM button 
and a list of your local radio stations is displayed in the station finder. These stations were 
downloaded during installation according to the ZIP code you entered. In the far left-hand 
column of the station finder window, an...