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How to Download Music From a Computer to an Xbox 360 From a USB Card

The Xbox 360 is much more than a video game console. It can play movies, view pictures and connect to a personal computer. What many people do not know, is that it is also possible to stream your own personal music library to the Xbox 360 as well. While the only way to save the music is by ripping it with a music CD, you can stream music through a USB card. This is a fairly simple task to do and you can listen to your own music while using other functions of the console.

Things You'll Need

USB card

Instructions

Download Music
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  Download music to your USB drive by opening the sync menu in Windows Media Player. This will be in the smaller pane at the side of the screen.
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  Insert the USB drive into the USB port on your computer.
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  Drop and drag songs from your library to the sync menu. Multiple tracks can be selected by pressing control and clicking on each track, or press shift, the first track and the last track wanted, to select all tracks in between.
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  Press sync. The syncing process will begin, there will be a progress bar to show how much time remains.
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  Wait until the USB card says it is safe to disconnect, then gently disconnect it from the computer.
Connect USB to Xbox
- 6
  Connect the USB card to the Xbox 360 in the USB port either in the upper part of the back of the console next to the Ethernet port, or in the front under the CD tray.
- 7
  Locate My Xbox on the Xbox dashboard.
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  Click on Music Library.
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  Click on portable device.
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  Click on either a specific artist or play or play all. The music will start, the task is complete.

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