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Contents

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Table of Contents Part I Introduction

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1 Getting................................................................................................................................... Started 6 2 Basic Concepts ................................................................................................................................... 7 3 Upgrading ................................................................................................................................... to the Gold Version 11

Part II Navigating your Collection

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1 Searching ................................................................................................................................... for Tracks 15 2 Now Playing ................................................................................................................................... 17 3 Library ................................................................................................................................... 17 4 Playlists ................................................................................................................................... 20 5 My Computer ................................................................................................................................... 21

Part III Playing Audio Tracks

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1 The MediaMonkey ................................................................................................................................... Player 25 2 Protecting ................................................................................................................................... the Library with Party Mode 26 3 Automatically ................................................................................................................................... Play Tracks with Auto-DJ 26 4 Playing ................................................................................................................................... Tracks at a Level Volume 26 5 Using................................................................................................................................... Playlists 27 6 Using................................................................................................................................... AutoPlaylists 29 7 Sleep................................................................................................................................... Mode 29

Part IV Web-based Audio

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1 Podcasts ................................................................................................................................... 32 2 Net Radio ................................................................................................................................... 33

Part V Adding Audio Tracks and CDs

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