Portable Music Players and Devices

When you connect a portable device to your computer while Rhapsody is running, a portable device icon , along with the portable device name, will appear in the Sources area.

Click the portable device name or icon to open the Portable Device Dashboard. The Dashboard will tell you what your device and your subscription are capable of, and report any problems.

To see other contents on your device, like tracks, Rhapsody Radio channels, photos, and playlists, click the plus sign next to the portable device to expand the menu.

Click any item in the menu to view its contents in the Display area.


You can have up to three (3) authorized portable devices at any given time.

 

1. Make sure your portable device is installed. (To attach your portable device to your computer, plug your device's USB cable into the device. Connect the other end of the cable to the USB port in your computer. Make sure your device is on.)
   
   
2. Click the portable device name in the Sources area to open the portable device view of the Display area.
   
   
   
   
3. Click . The "Device Options" dialog will open.

Edit your music transfer options from the Music tab.

1. Playlist Transfer Options:

1. Your available Rhapsody playlists are shown. Select which of your playlists you wish to automatically transfer to your device. Selected playlists will be transferred, and synchronized with your device each time you sign in.
   
   (In other words, if you make a change to your playlist in Rhapsody, such as adding or deleting tracks, the changes will be reflected in the playlist on your device the next time you connect to Rhapsody.)

2. Transfer Format:

1. Select your Transfer Format from the drop-down list (default: MP3).
   
2. Select your Quality from the drop-down list (default,128 Kbps Stereo).
   
   

Non-DRMDigital Rights Management. This is a secure technology that enables the copyright owner of a piece of intellectual property (such as a music, video, or text file) to specify what a user can do with it. tracks, like MP3MPEG Layer 3 Audio; a popular open-standard compression and file format for digital audio.s you purchase from Rhapsody or tracks you've imported from CD, will usually be transferred to a device in their current format. Transcoding to a different format and quality will only happen if the track is in a format or bitrate that the device does not support.

Click the Photos tab to edit your photo transfer options.

1. Optimize Photos:
   Select Optimize photos for viewing to automatically optimize your photo files for display on your portable device.
   
   
1. Select the format you'd like the photos converted to from the drop-down list.
2. Select a photo size from the drop-down list. (Auto, Large, Medium, or Small.)
   
   
2. Select Do not optimize, copy original photo to transfer your photos in their original format.

Click the Videos tab to edit your video transfer options, if available on your device.

1. Optimize Videos:

1. Select Optimize video quality automatically to allow Rhapsody to optimize any videos you transfer to best suit your device. (Recommended)
2. Choose Select quality level to set the quality of transferred videos yourself. Use the slider to select Low, Medium, High, or Maximum quality.

For more information about portable device options and preferences, see the Preferences: Devices topic.

To check out or find a device, go to: http://www.rhapsody.com/electronics/mp3players.

Most portable players that are not Rhapsody PremierA level of subscription that allows you to download tracks without purchasing them, and transfer tracks to a portable device wtihout purchasing them. compatible will still accept MP3MPEG Layer 3 Audio; a popular open-standard compression and file format for digital audio., WMAWindows Media audio file: Microsoft Windows proprietary audio format., and AACAdvanced Audio Coding MPEG Layer 4 Audio: an open-standard audio compression codec. files.