How to Put Zune Music on an XBox 360 Hard Drive

Open the Zune software on the computer.

Click the ̶0;Settings̶1; button. It is located on the top of the Zune software window. The Settings menu will appear.

Click ̶0;Rip̶1; from the menu on the left side of the screen.

Click any ̶0;Windows Media Audio (lossless)̶1; setting under the ̶0;Audio Format̶1; banner. This will cause the program to burn an audio CD rather than an MP3 CD. You must make an audio CD to put Zune music on the Xbox 360 HDD.

Click the ̶0;OK̶1; button of the bottom right corner of the screen to save this setting.

Click the ̶0;Collection̶1; button on the top menu bar of the Zune software.

Click the ̶0;Music̶1; tab on the menu bar directly below it.

Click the ̶0;Playlists̶1; tab on the right side of the screen.

Click the ̶0;New Playlist̶1; button. Enter a name for the playlist into the prompt.

Click the ̶0;Artists,̶1; ̶0;Genres,̶1; ̶0;Albums̶1; or ̶0;Songs̶1; tabs next to the ̶0;Playlists̶1; tab. Each of these tabs will show all of your Zune music sorted by the category selected.

Drag the icons for songs you want to put on the Xbox 360 hard drive to the playlist icon in the bottom left corner of the screen. It looks like a piece of paper with three gray bars across the center.

Click the ̶0;Playlists̶1; tab again.

Insert a CD-R disc to the CD-RW drive of the computer.

Press the ̶0;Burn̶1; icon in the bottom left corner of the screen. It is shaped like a CD. This will put Zune music onto an audio CD.

Turn on the Xbox 360 console.

Insert the audio CD with the Zune music to the Xbox 360 disc drive. The Xbox music player will start automatically after a few seconds.

Select ̶0;Rip CD̶1; from the music player menu. This will put the Zune music onto the Xbox 360 hard drive.