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Create Playlists based on Mood with new beta app

9 October, 2008 (16:07) | tips | By: Jander

Ever wanted to listen to your music based on how you’re feeling?
Zunerama member WillysJeepMan, has managed to create an app that enables Zune users to tag songs and create playlists based on mood. The app is based roughly on Moody, a small little app created for iTunes users to easily and quickly create mood playlists. [...]

You don’t want to see this Zune screen

29 September, 2008 (11:23) | tips | By: Harvey Chute

This was a new one to me, when Zunerama member rdhoss encountered this scary “NG” screen when trying to upgrade his Zune firmware to 3.0.
Fortunately the “NG” display (’no go?’ ‘no good?’) went away after a couple of reboots, and his player updated without further misbehavior.
Now another member, Brponder, has reported it. To get it [...]

Having Zune troubles? Try this first.

25 September, 2008 (11:34) | tips | By: Harvey Chute

If your Zune player is misbehaving, you can often straighten things out quickly. Try the following, in this sequence. Often the first step or two will resolve your issue.

Turn it off and then on again. I know it’s obvious, but that’s often all you have to do.
Reboot. (Press and hold Back and Up.)

If that doesn’t [...]

Get Zune audiobooks from Audible

23 September, 2008 (08:32) | tips, zune news | By: Harvey Chute

With release 3.0, Zune introduces support for audiobooks from market leader Audible.com, as well as Overdrive.com.
Today we’ll look at the Audible experience.
Audiobooks are not available directly from Zune Marketplace; instead you sign up and download your books from the Audible.com website. To sync your audiobooks to your player, you use Audible’s PC client software. We’re [...]

Zune trick: use genres for custom track ratings

6 September, 2008 (10:52) | tips | By: Harvey Chute

Are you one of those Zuners who can’t stand Zune’s simplified Heart / Broken-Heart system for rating tracks?
It’s been one of the more controversial Zune features, as it does away with the conventional 5-star rating system used by iTunes, Windows Media Player, and others.
Well, this post may be for you. This morning Zunerama member ballbagcheese [...]

Zune Card sidebar gadget

3 September, 2008 (12:52) | tips | By: Harvey Chute

Got Vista? You can use this gadget to display your interactive Zune Card on your desktop or sidebar.
The gadget gives you all the Zune Card functionality - listening to music, browsing favorites and other music lists, as well as your choice of different sizes of cards.
Got multiple Zune Cards in your household? Just open a [...]