How to Put CDs on My Zune

Copy your favorite CD content to a Zune player.

At one time, traveling around with a case full of CDs was common practice. But with the popularity of MP3 and portable media players such as the Zune, CDs are becoming less popular. Rather than throw out your entire CD collection and be forced to repurchase all your favorite songs from an MP3 retailer, you can just copy your discs with the Zune software and download the copied files to the Zune player.

Things You'll Need

• USB cable

Instructions

1. Open the Zune software from the desktop Start menu.

2. Insert the CD you want to download onto the Zune into the computer's CD/DVD-ROM drive. The Zune software will detect the disc and the CD icon will appear at the bottom left of the Zune interface.

3. Click on the CD icon. All files on the CD will be listed.

4. Uncheck any file, or song, that you don't want to copy from the CD.

5. Select "Start Rip" and the software will rip files and add them to the Zune collection.

6. Connect the Zune portable player to the computer by inserting the USB cable into both the player and the computer's USB port. The Zune software will detect the device and the "Player" icon will appear in the bottom left of the interface.

7. Drag a file from the Zune collection in the left pane, and drop it on top of the "Player" icon in the bottom left of the interface. The software will download that file to the player.

References

• Zune: Ripping CDs to your collection

Resources

• Zune: Download Zune software