Sony NWZ-A815BLK - 2gb Digital Music Player Instructions Manual page 14

Searching Your Computer for Music
If you have a large music collection, finding a specific song can be a challenge. You can easily find songs in
your music library using the
You can search using any text that appears in a song's metadata (title, album, artist, genre, etc).
1. C lick the
Music Mode
2.
Type the text you want to find in the
Search Term Example
Single term Brat
P hras e Big Brat
E xac t P hras e "Big Brat"
A N D Big A N D Brat
O R Big O R Brat
N O T Big N O T Brat
Field title:Brat
artis t:P hantom
album:Gues t
genre:A lternative
Y ou c an als o us e A N D, O R, or N O T operators to s earc h multiple fields . For example,
s earc h "genre:alternative A N D title:landed" to find alternative mus ic that c ontains
"landed" in the s ong title.
Fuzzy s earc h Big~
Wildc ard Brat*
B?g
3. The song list in the Music pane displays the songs that match your search terms, and your search
results are saved in the Search Results playlist at the bottom of the folder list in the PC pane.
4.
C lick the
Preview
Manager for WALKMAN window.
You can use the transport controls at the bottom of the window to pause/resume/stop playback, skip
to the previous/next track, and adjust the playback volume.
Hold C trl and double-click a song to preview it using the application associated with its file extension.
box at the top of the Music Mode tab.
Search
button at the top of the Media Manager for WALKMAN window.
box.
Search
Results
Finds all files that c ontain the word "Brat" in the file name or metadata.
Finds all files that c ontain the words "Big" and "Brat" in the file name
or metadata.
Finds all files that c ontain the exac t phras e "Big Brat" in the file name
or metadata.
Finds all files that c ontain both "Big" and "Brat" in the file name or
metadata.
Finds all files that c ontain either "Big" or "Brat" in the file name or
metadata.
O R is the default operator: "Big Brat" and "Big O R Brat" would produc e
the s ame res ults .
Finds all files that c ontain "Big" but not "Brat" in the file name or
metadata.
Finds all s ongs that c ontain the word "Brat" in the title.
Finds all s ongs that c ontain the word "P hantom" in the artis t name.
Finds all s ongs that c ontain the word "Gues t" in the album title.
Finds all s ongs that have their genre s et to "A lternative."
Finds s imilarly s pelled words . "Big~" c ould find words that inc lude
"big" or "pig" in the file name or metadata.
M ultic harac ter wildc ard. Finds files that inc lude Brat, Bratty, or
Bratties t in the file name or metadata.
Single-c harac ter wildc ard. Finds files that inc lude Big, Bag, or Bog in
the file name or metadata.
button or double-click the track to preview it in the lower half of the Media
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