Creative Itrigue 21 3300 Manual

Configuring Settings   36 
Configuring Your Receiver
1. In Wireless Music Console, click the Settings button.
2. Click the  Receiver tab.
3. Select a Receiver and click the  Edit button.
4. Change the settings of your Receiver and click the  OK button. 

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Creating Smart Playlists
1. In Wireless Music Console, click the  Smart Playlist button.
2. In the  Smart Playlist Manager  dialog box, click the New button.
3. In the  Smart Playlist Name  box, type in a name for your smart playlist.
4. Select your preferences and click the  OK button.
5. To change settings of an existing sm art playlist, select a smart playlist in 
the  Smart Playlist Manager  dialog box, and click the  Edit button. 

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Assigning Favorite Playlists
1. In Wireless Music Console, click the Settings button.
2. Click the  Favorites Playlist  tab.
3. In each  Favorite Playlists  box, click the list box to select a playlist.
4. Click the  OK button.
The first three  FAV O R IT E S buttons are preset with smart  playlists for your convenience. 

About Music Files   39
About Music Files
You can download music files from Internet music sites, or rip music files 
from audio CDs to your computer. Howeve r, you can only play back MP3 and 
WMA files with Sound Blaster Wireless Music.
MP3 and WMA files are music files that  have lossy compression encoding, 
which means that some data is lost  during compression. However, using 
standard sampling rates and bitrates will  ensure that these music files retain 
much of their audio quality. The standa rd...

About Music Files   40 
Ripping Audio CDs
The first phase of ripping is extracting audio data (usually WAV files) from 
an audio CD. Encoding is the second pha se, where the audio data is converted 
into MP3 or WMA files. To rip au dio CDs, you will need a CD-ROM/
DVD-ROM drive that can extract digita l audio data, and a program such as 
Creative MediaSource that can extract  and encode this data. With Creative 
MediaSource, you can rip most audio  CDs, as well as organize and transfer 
these ripped...

Frequently Asked Questions   41
Frequently Asked Questions
This section covers common problems you might encounter or questions you 
might have while using this product. If  you have a technical problem with this 
product, you may wish to consult ou r self-help tool “Knowledgebase” for 
online troubleshooting an d solutions. Go to www.creative.com  and select 
your region.
Installation and Configuration
What do I do when the installation does not start automatically 
after the Installation CD is...

Frequently Asked Questions   42 
6. Click the OK button.
To start the installation program through Windows Explorer
1. In Windows Explorer, search and locate the  d:\ctrun folder (replace  d:\ 
with the drive letter of your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive).
2. Double-click the  ctrun.exe file.
Why does a Hardware Installation error message appear on a 
Windows XP operating system during installation?
At the time of this products rel ease, Microsoft strongly encouraged 
companies to submit their hardware solu tions...

Frequently Asked Questions   43
You may see the message when installing this driver. If you do, you may 
choose to click the  Continue Anyway button. Creative has tested this driver 
on Windows XP, and it does not impa ir or destabilize your computer.
Why do I have to specify configuration settings during 
installation?
Although Sound Blaster Wireless Music is  designed to be easy to install, 
configuration-free installation is only possible when:
 yours is the only wireless network operating in the...

Frequently Asked Questions   44 
number. For example, the IP address of your Receiver can be 192.168.1.100, 
whilst the IP address of the computer  that Wireless Music Media Server is 
running on is 192.168.1. 101.
What do I do if my Receiver is  not connected to my wireless 
network?
 Try moving your Receiver closer to y our wireless router or access point, or 
vice versa
 Make sure your wireless router or  access point is active and transmitting 
data
 Connect your Receiver to your comput er and...

Frequently Asked Questions   45
2. In the Sound Blaster Wireless Music Network Setup — IP Settings  
dialog box, click the  Use the following IP address  option.
3. In the  IP address  box, type in a value that matches the IP address of the 
computer that Wireless Music Media  Server is running on except for the 
last number. For example, the IP  address of your Receiver can be 
192.168.1. 100, whilst the IP address of the  computer that Wireless Music 
Media Server is running on is 192.168.1. 101.
4....