How to Do Everything with Your Zune [Paperback]

Rick Broida (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071490701 | ISBN-13: 978-0071490702 | Publication Date: July 13, 2007 | Edition: 1

Get into the Zune zone and find out how to get the most out of this versatile digital media player. How to Do Everything with Your Zune shows you how to acquire, play, and organize music, videos, and photos. You'll discover how to share content with other Zune users, tune in to FM radio, stream music throughout your home, and even connect your Zune to your Xbox. You'll also learn to navigate the Zune Marketplace and build a diverse music library.

• Install the Zune software, modify the interface, and add media
• Connect your Zune to your PC or Xbox
• Buy individual songs from the Zune Marketplace or subscribe to Zune Pass
• Rip songs from CDs and cassettes
• Create and manage playlists
• Copy DVDs to your Zune and convert and load recorded TV shows
• Download YouTube videos and podcasts to your Zune
• Add pictures and create slideshows
• Share content with other Zunes
• Listen to FM radio on your Zune
• Maintain and troubleshoot your Zune

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Rick Broida is a contributor to PC Magazine and other renowned publications and the bestselling author of How to Do Everything with Your Palm Powered Device, Sixth Edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 318 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (July 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071490701
• ISBN-13: 978-0071490702
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #473,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Just a writer trying to make a living like everyone else. :)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for Zune!, January 12, 2008

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Anne L-C (Kansas City) - See all my reviews

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This book is great. My husband and I both read it and found it extremely helpful and easy to read (great informative pictures). We have the original 30gb Zune model-which is what the book covers. If you have the 2nd generation Zune, it may not be quite as helpful-we can only attest to its value for people who have the 30gb version. We bought two more copies for gifts to other family memebers who own the 30gb Zune. You will learn a lot!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Everything?, April 30, 2008

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SA Slicer "SA Slicer" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews

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I liked the book and did learn a lot but it is very out of date. The Zune has changed and the book hasn't

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Needs updated edition but still better than what Microsoft offers, April 19, 2009

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MidoriC (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Do Everything with Your Zune (Paperback)

This book definitely needs to be updated. For one thing, when it was written, the biggest Zune you could buy was a 30 GB. Mine is 120. Plus, the pictures of what the Zune software looks like in the book is nothing like it is now. Still, since I purchased my Zune about a month ago, this book has been an invaluable resource; primarily because it has way more information than anything Microsoft provides on the internet (and can I just say, that is the stupidest thing about the Zune as a product, that there is no hard copy user's manual packaged with it?). It has provided many useful tips and at least pointed me in the right direction on more than one occasion.

I debated about whether to purchase this book or not because I was worried that once I did, a newer version would be announced. But I needed to know how to use my Zune now; and not wait for whenever an updated version would become available. I'm only giving it 3 stars because of the outdated information. If it was current, I'd defintely give it 5. As far as making up for the outdatedness, I've learned more, I think, from simply playing with my Zune to find out what it will do, talking with other Zune owners (I have two other family members who own one) and going online to the various Zune forums and Google. As I mentioned before, though, it's a gazillion times more informative than anything Microsoft purports to give as a 'resource'. My friend owns an iPod and is jealous since I've shown her everything that the Zune has to offer, but as she pointed out as well when I showed her this book, "if there's enough stuff for you to learn about the Zune that this guy wrote a 300+ page book about it, you'd think the company could give you some type of an owner's guide for free when you bought it." Good point.