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1. EEE If your hardware came with an installation CD Figure 1 6 or floppy disk insert it now Don t try to install What en went ena to do u install the software automaticaly Recommended d rivers O Install from a list or specific location Advanced until you set up the Click Next to continue software Tr ren After you connect the sync cable check to see if your Zune is charging If it is the little battery icon does a shape shift as shown in Figure 1 7 U Figure 1 7 The dots show you that your Zune is charging re 15 16 Part I Getting Started Putting Vour Zune through Its Paces ar Okay we re going to assume you have your Zune up and running Time to fill you in on the basic navigation and usage instructions for the Zune while taking you on a tour of the preloaded music photos and videos Starting your Zune is as easy as pressing any button unless it s locked of course but what about turning it off Turns out you don t ever have to shut it completely off If you just leave it inactive not playing music video or a photo slideshow for more than 30 seconds it goes into a low power state and shortly after that it
2. Keep Me Home Kraak amp Smaak feat Dez 2006 3 min Wildly creative this video for Keep Me Home features an unlikely yetsympathetic n protagonist Figure 1 12 A video s Detail page shows you the length date and description of the video Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune 23 Flipping through the photos The last bit of preloaded content covers the photo angle actually three different photo angles You get a set of DJ photos pictures of DJ equipment such as record players and stacks of vinyl records a set of graffiti photos colorful wall art and a collection of poster art highlighting various rock bands Follow these steps to check out the cool eye candy 1 Start out on the home page the first screen of the Zune If you aren t on the home page press and hold the Back button for a few seconds which will take you right there 2 Use down or up on the control pad to select Pictures from the home page menu Press the center OK button on the control pad to con firm your choice The View by Folder list appears This view shows you all the preloaded photos in their three groups DJ photos graffiti photos and poster art If you press left or right on the control pad the View by Date list appears This list is handy when you re looking at your own personal photos but it isn t very useful for the preloaded ones 3 Pick Play Slideshow from the top of the screen to start up a slides
3. and you ve ripped the shrink wrap off the funky brown box with the dis tinctive orange bottom Now what Well first go ahead and open this thing up and take a look at what you get 9 10 Part I Getting Started Figure 1 1 Liberate your Zune from its cardboard confinement After you have that outer layer of plastic off you can slide the brown case up to reveal yet another funky piece of packaging this one with the slightly hard to understand but easy to remember tag line Welcome to the Social Ignoring the writing for a moment lift that front flap to expose your Zune The device sits in a recessed pocket in the front of the package see Figure 1 1 and you should see a small ribbon sticking out from the bottom of it Pull carefully on that ribbon not too hard or it will rip and you ll feel all sad for damaging an otherwise perfect Zune storage box and the Zune should lift right up and out of the packaging Now if you check out the area to either side of where the Zune was sitting you ll find that two flaps open to reveal little secret compartments On one side you ll find a pair of headphones and on the other side you ll find a spe cial USB cable that you ll need to hook your Zune up to a PC You smart person that you are may have spotted those pockets immedi ately but we know a large number of people who didn t notice them until they were already totally frustrated from searching the package f
4. Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune In This Chapter Listening to watching and sharing your Zune Scoring a Zune Opening the box and charging up your new Zune Exploring the preloaded content you re reading this book then you either recently purchased a Zune or are seriously considering getting one Either way it s time to find out what a Zune can do In this chapter you can take a look at what you gain when you get your hands on a Zune or figure out how to get ahold of one if you haven t picked one up yet Entertainment on the Go So the big question yov re asking yourself is this What is this Zune thing and what can it do for me The first thing to realize is that a Zune is so much more than just a music player it s a full blown entertainment unit that has 30GB of memory and just happens to fit in your pocket Any one of the Zune devices they come in three different colors but are otherwise the same is capable of doing a ton of great things right out of the box What kinds of great things Well check out this list 1 Take all your music photos and videos with you everywhere you go which means you can e Store 500 hours at standard settings of music so that you can listen on the go e Tune into FM radio stations set your station presets and even receive station information station call letters or music format for example on the fly amp Part I Getting Started e Store thousands o
5. If the Hold switch at the top of your Zune is in the Locked position as shown in Figure 1 3 slide it gently to the left to unlock it and then try the Play Pause button again Headphone Jack Lock Unlock also used for TV Out If your Zune display does light up check out the lower right corner to see the current battery status See Figure 1 4 If half or less of this bar is filled in your battery is low If you have more than half you can go ahead and start using your Zune now otherwise it s proba bly a good idea to charge it for a couple of hours before going any further To find out how to take care of this very basic chore check out the follow ing section Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune 13 Sa Figure 1 5 The sync cable plugs into the bottom of the Zune a Charging your Zune When you were unpacking the Zune you probably were amazed to discover that there wasn t any sort of power cord anywhere There s a simple reason for that there is no Zune power cord You charge a Zune by using the same USB cable called the sync cable you use to hook it up to your PC To charge your Zune plug the wide connector on the sync cable shown in Figure 1 5 into the bottom of your device Make sure that the Zune logo is facing up and that your Zune itself is lying face up with the screen visible The connectors fit right only if everything s facing in the right direction Don t force the co
6. Just follow these steps 1 Start out on the home page the first screen of the Zune If you aren t on the home page you can press Back again and again until you make it all the way back home or you can press and hold the Back button for a few seconds which will take you right there This is a great way to get back to the home page no matter how deep you are in the Zune menu hierarchy 2 Use down or up on the control pad to select Music from the home page menu Press the center button of the control pad the OK button to confirm your choice What you see a list of albums artists playlists genres or songs depends on what you viewed the last time you were in this section If you ve never clicked the Music item before you most likely see a list of albums Whatever list you re viewing you can now navigate the menu choices in two different directions Moving up and down pressing the top and bottom areas on the control pad moves you through the current list of items albums for example moving left and right switches what list you re viewing from albums to artists genres to songs and so on Figure 1 11 shows how this works in the music section 3 To get to your preloaded content click the right side of the navigation area until you have the Songs list selected Because there s only one song by each band and from each album on the Zune viewing by album or artist just makes you go through an extra step t
7. eep you arein the Zune menu hierarchy 2 Use down or up on the control pad to select Video from the home page menu Press the center OK button on the control pad to con firm your choice When you first open the Videos section a list of All Videos appears but you can navigate the menu choices in two different directions Moving up and down pressing the top and bottom areas on the control pad moves you through the current list of items the All Videos list for example moving left and right switches which list you re viewing from All Videos to subcategories such as Music Videos and Movies each of which shows a filtered view of the video content 22 Part I Getting Started 3 To get to your preloaded content make sure you have the All Videos list selected Browse through this list to find all the videos on your device 4 Select the video you re interested in from the All Video list and then press the OK button in the center of the control pad to see the details about that video The Detail view appears which you can see in Figure 1 12 showing a description of the video 5 Select Play to start the video If you aren t interested in the details of the video you can press the Play Pause button right on the All Videos list and the video starts play ing without showing the detailed information Browsing through and watching videos is covered in more detail in Chapter 12 cat Keep Me Home gt Thek Ca
8. ey re hooked up Press left or right on the control pad to seek between stations When your Zune finds a station you may get some extra info above and below the tuning band Not every station transmits this extra data which usually includes the station s call letters and sometimes the currently playing song but many do We chat more about that info and the rest of the radio features in Chapter 4 Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune 25 103 5 101 102 104 105 106 en Rock CHQM FM TRUE COLOURS BY PHIL COLLINS EE Figure 1 14 The hottest looking tuning dial I ve ever seen SEE What s Next You can rely on your Zune s preloaded content for only so long did you really plan on getting by with just nine pieces of preloaded music for example so Chapter 2 shows you how to install the Zune software and hook your device up to your PC so you can load some content of your own If we were you we d go to Chapter 2 right now 26 Part I Getting Started
9. f photos in full color so you can browse through them any time you want You can even start up your slideshow and flip through your photos automatically e Store anywhere from 30 to 100 hours depending on your settings worth of movies TV shows and other video content and watch it allon a bright display 1 Hook up to Marketplace and never buy another CD again or buy CDs and rip them to your Zune It s up to you You can use any or all of these options e Getting bored with your own music but don t want to buy more CDs You can subscribe to Zune Marketplace and listen to new music whenever you want for a set monthly price e Buy songs and albums from Zune Marketplace one at a time often for less than you d pay for the CD in the store e Copy your existing music or music from new CDs you buy right onto your Zune and add new music whenever you get it 1 Share your Zune experience with your friends and family e Use the built in wireless features to find and connect to other nearby Zunes and share music and photos e Fire up your Web browser and go online to check out the ever expanding roster of Zune chat forums out there e Hook your Zune up to a stereo system with a mini plug to RCA cable or something similar or a set of speakers to listen to your music with your friends or hook it up to your TV which requires an audio video cable to share photos and videos Getting Vour Hands on a Zune If you have
10. goes into a suspended sleep state From either of these states pressing any key brings it back to full power instantly After approximately a day in the sleep mode the device goes into a deep sleep to conserve battery life even more There s little difference between the sleep and deep sleep modes except that the device starts up a bit more slowly from a deep sleep and has forgotten what you were doing when you last used it When your Zune s in either the low power state or sleep mode it starts up right at the song video or picture you were on when it powered down When it s turned on after being in deep sleep mode it goes to the startup screen with the Zune logo If you want you can put your Zune to sleep immediately by pressing and holding the Play Pause button for about three seconds Here are some other handy tips about stopping and starting your Zune In normal usage tap any key on the Zune to wake it up and light up the display If it s been left idle for a long time tap the Play Pause key to wake it up Leave the Zune alone for more than a few seconds and the screen dims down to save battery power You can tweak how long it ll take before this dimming down takes place we show you how in Chapter 3 1 The Zune won t dim if it s playing video which is nice because that would be really annoying Y Keep in mind that after being inactive and paused for more than a minute the Zune will go to sleep which is s
11. how of all the photos across all the folders or use the control pad to select one of the three folders and press the OK button to view the contents of that folder If you view a single folder you get a thumbnail view see Figure 1 13 showing up to 30 pictures at once In the case of the preloaded photos you get to see them all You can use the control pad to select an individ ual picture to view or select Play Slideshow at the top of the screen to start a slideshow of the current folder No matter how you view a photo or a slideshow of photos the images are dis played in widescreen or landscape view so you need to turn the Zune 90 degrees to the left to view them or turn your head 90 degrees to the right whatever s easier for you Chapter 6 digs into the photo features of your Zune in much more detail 24 Part I Getting Started Jul 2006 08 Aug gt 2006 0 1 0m play slideshow M rare Ka Sob an Ma aA ake W pate wale DE Figure 1 13 rT i la Gala ges The photo A il folder view shows you up to 30 pictures at a time re Tuning in the radio It isn t really preloaded content but the other way you can use your Zune right out of the box is to tune into some local radio stations Pick the Radio option from the home page to switch to a cool Tuner view see Figure 1 14 Remember that the headphones of the Zune are also its antenna so if you re going to use the radio feature make sure th
12. n t already purchased your Zune you need to make only a couple of decisions What color should I get and where should I buy it The big decision Black white or brown There is currently only one Zune model but it does come in three different colors black white and brown When you see a Zune up close and personal though you ll realize that the colors are more complex than just a single tone The outside of each Zune is actually made up of multiple layers of mate rial The outer layer is semitranslucent and has a slightly different color than the rest of the unit This interesting design produces a color that changes slightly depending on the light and the angle at which you hold your Zune an effect that many people are calling doubleshot Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune ar So technically each and every Zune has more than one color but you still have to decide if you re overall a white black or brown type Other than the color there s no difference in the three styles of device so pick whichever color suits you best Brown is a relatively unusual color for an electronic device but perhaps that will make your Zune stand out a bit more from the other music players out there A lot of rumors are flying around about new colors especially pink At the time we wrote this book nothing had been confirmed but check out www zune net click on Meet Zune to see if any new colors are available Where to buy you
13. nja Tune CSS Let s Make Love and Listen to Death From Above Sub Pop Records Fruit Bats Live The Wind That Blew My Heart Away Sub Pop Records Grandaddy Elevate Myself V2 Hot Chip Over and Over Astralwerks Records 1 Kraak amp Smaak featuring Dez Keep Me Home Quango Music Group Kinski Live The Snowy Parts of Scandinavia Sub Pop Records Paul Oakenfold Faster Kill Pussycat Featuring Brittany Murphy Maverick Records 1 Serena Maneesh Drain Cosmetics Playlouderecordings Microsoft has also preloaded onto your Zune three cool action videos that feature some extreme skateboarding mountain biking and snowboarding skiing Here are the details 5 Boro A New York Skateboarding Minute Skateboarding Radical Films Kranked Progression Mountain Biking u TGRTV The North Face Skiing Snowboarding These videos may not be your cup of tea but they re great for showing off the Zune s big and bright display until you ve had a chance to load some of your own videos onto it To play a video follow these steps 1 Start out on the home page the first screen of the Zune If you aren t on the home page you can press Back again and again until you make it all the way back to home or you can press and hold the Back button for a few seconds which will take you right there This is a great way to get back to the home page no matter how d
14. nnector in just push gently until you hear a click Then go ahead and plug the other end the standard USB connector into an available USB port on your PC 14 Part I Getting Started P p You may want to use a USB port on the back of your PC because the front ports may be underpowered and could cause you problems in charging and syncing your Zune anne If your PC is running and you re logged in at this point you ll likely receive a d prompt like the one in Figure 1 6 asking if you want to try to find a driver for your Zune device Just click the Cancel button at the bottom we show you how to set up your Zune drivers and software in Chapter 2 What if my Zune won t charge If you re unlucky enough that the battery doesnt If the Zune never started up at all you appear to be charging the USB port you re using may not have enough power If your Zune battery won t charge try these fixes to figure out how to get your Zune to charge properly 1 If you re plugged into a USB hub try plug ging directly into a port on your PC 1 f you re already plugged into a front panel port on your PC try switching to a rear panel port f you have a powered USB hub available one that uses an AC adapter in addition to a connection to your PC try hooking up to a port on that hub Try unplugging any other USB devices from your PC or hub One of those other devices might be interfering with your Zune s ability to cha
15. o get to your music 20 Part I Getting Started EEE Figure 1 11 Switching views by pressing left or right lets you move from albums to artists without having to go back a step first Fe ims lt artists gt playlists song Artie Shaw amp His Orchestra Asleep at the Wheel achinan Turner overa Baha Men The Band Band of Horses Barbara Brousal Barenaked Ladies The Beatles Bee Gees YA 4 Select the song you re interested in from the Song list and then press the Play Pause button to play that song or press the OK button in the center of the control pad for more information about the song Rock on If you want to play all of your preloaded content without having to select each one individually select the Shuffle All option at the top of the Song list Doing so plays the tracks in random order You can find out more about the music features of your Zune in Chapter 4 Checking out the videos Your Zune comes preloaded with quite a few different videos most of which are music videos in the same style as the preloaded music In fact one of the videos is by CSS a band that s also highlighted in the Music section Check out the music videos first 1 30 Seconds to Mars The Kill Virgin Records 1 BT 1 618 DTS Entertainment 1 Chad VanGaalen Red Hot Drops Sub Pop Records Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune 2 Coldcut featuring Roots Manuva True Skool Ni
16. or a pair of headphones Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune lt r a Figure 1 2 Push the Play Pause button to bring your Zune to life U Now if you look on the very top of the inner box you ll find an opening behind where the Zune sits and inside that area you ll find 1 A Product Guide and a Start Guide very basic usage information The software CD You find out all about installing and getting started with the software in Chapter 2 1 A sleek little bag for your Zune 1 A Zune sticker or not the stickers were a limited time item Run outside right now and stick it on your car or your parents car ora friend s car or on your bike just stick it somewhere You can ignore almost all these goodies for now just take out your Zune it should be wrapped in its own plastic so unwrap it now and peel the plastic sticker off the screen and the headphones It s time to try out your new toy and see what it can do Checking the battery Turn your Zune on by pressing the Play Pause button see Figure 1 2 to make the display light up gt Play Pause zu If the display doesn t light up at this point your battery might be completely drained more on that in a moment or your Zune could be locked 12 Part I Getting Started lt r aaa Figure 1 3 Unlock your Zune before taking it for a drive UT Figure 1 4 Checking outthe E Zune juice En
17. r Zune Just like with color where to buy your Zune isn t a technical decision There s no difference between the Zunes being sold by different stores so your deci sion should depend on the price and the level of after sale support that you can expect to receive Many people avoid buying larger ticket items online but for something in the range of a Zune there are few worries Personally though we prefer using a local chain store such as Best Buy or Circuit City for two main reasons 1 First if something is wrong with the unit right when you open the box you can be confident that they ll take care of the problem without any need to call Microsoft support and possibly having to mail the unit in to be replaced or fixed 1 Second we just really like to get our purchases right into our hands when we re buying something that we re this excited about Okay so we re into instant gratification Regardless of your personal preferences about online shopping we suggest you check out www pricegrabber com before you buy On this site you can compare the prices including shipping and taxes across hundreds of different online retailers Find the best price from a store with a high star rating and a large number of positive reviews to be sure and the savings might be enough to get you over any fear of online purchasing Opening the box So you ve bought yourself a Zune or better yet you ve been given one as a gift
18. rge Try a port on another system such as your Xbox 360 A running Xbox 360 provides enough power on its USB ports to charge the Zune we cover other ways your Zune and your Xbox 360 can work together in Chapter 13 If none of the preceding fix attempts work and you can t get your Zune to charge via any USB port you have then you have two options vr should take it back to the store where you purchased it Why take chances Even if some voodoo charm gets it charged up in some way you shouldn t have to wander around trying to figure out how to get it working If the Zune did start up and was working for a while but is now low on battery and you can t find a USB port that will charge it you could get a docking station such as the Microsoft dock or one of several others that are available see Chapter 17 for more infor mation on accessories for the Zune or you could get a USB charger such as Zip LinQ s model shown in the following figure whichis currently available for less than ten dollars Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Zune
19. section later in this chapter you need to rotate the Zune 90 degrees to the left when you watch video or view photos the control pad adjusts its behavior depending on what you re doing Volume control is always up and down relative to how the screen is supposed to be rotated see Figure 1 9 e x j 18 Part I Getting Started PC Figure 1 10 The super secret button combo to reboot a Zune SEE P Although we definitely spend more time talking about rebooting later we do want you to know that if you ever need to completely reboot your Zune you can do so by holding down the Back button and Down on the control pad as shown in Figure 1 10 O Back and Down x we together will reboot your Zune Get out those headphones It s time to dig out the funky headphones plug them in and check out some content While you have them out did you notice that the headphones were magnetic Yep that s right those pesky ear buds will be staying nice and close due to magnetic backs Whenever you aren t using them let their backs click together making them easier to wrap up and keep untangled The head phones also act as the antenna when you re listening to FM radio stations and the Zune doesn t get very good reception without them If you re at all like us and aren t really into the kinds of prepackaged head phones you get right out of any box you ll be happy to kno
20. till not powered down com pletely but it s very close and that after about a day the Zune goes into a deep sleep or sooner if it s very low on battery power Y Left asleep a fully charged Zune should retain battery power for a week possibly two The key to making your way through the Zune s menus and through your content is the control pad below the screen on your Zune This control pad see Figure 1 8 is a circle but you can press it only on the four distinct sides or on the center OK button It doesn t turn and sliding your finger around it won t do anything it s not a wheel Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune 7 SSS Figure 1 8 You move around on your Zune by using the control pad be Figure 1 9 Left right and up down functionality depends on the mode you re in N music videos pictures radio community settings Control Pad arrows added OK button When you re viewing menus you press up and down on the control pad to move up and down on the list of options Press left or right on the control pad to move between types of lists such as between viewing your music by Album Genre or Song After you find a menu item that you want to select just press the OK button to select it When you re listening to music or watching a video press up and down on the control pad to adjust the volume As you can see in the Checking out the videos
21. w that any head phones should work fine as antennas Exploring the preloaded music For many people the Zune is all about music When you add in the wireless sharing features along with the Zune Marketplace you ll see that it s also very much about discovering new music In that spirit the folks at Microsoft preloaded your Zune with quite a few off the beaten track tunes for your lis tening pleasure Here s the full list of preloaded songs Band of Horses Wicked Gil Sub Pop Records 1 Bitter Sweet The Mating Game Quango Music Group CSS Alala Microsoft edit Sub Pop Records Chapter 1 First Steps with Your Zune 9 ar 1 Darkel At The End of The Sky edit Astralwerks Every Move a Picture Signs of Life V2 Small Sins Stay Astralwerks The Adored Tell Me Tell Me V2 1 The Rakes Open Book V2 1 The Thermals A Pillar of Salt Sub Pop Records Those in the know will immediately recognize most of these bands as indie faves that is bands that generally record for independent record labels This is a great selection of music for anyone who s tired of what he or she hears on the radio and is on the lookout for some new favorite bands Each track has a different vibe but the set works well as a whole as a great mix of pop and rock songs from a variety of new artists To dig into these tracks yourself use the control pad below the screen

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