How to utilize your iTunes
to utilize your iTunes
How
for use with your SwiMP3
for use with your SwiMP3
Please be aware that all the SwiMP3 line of players do not
have licensing to any of the songs that are purchased
through iTunes. In that case please look to the section
labeled “Burning a CD using iTunes” and follow the
proceeding sections, then back to changing preferences.

Information
• Our player only supports MP3 and WMA formats.
• MP3 is also known as MPEG 1,2,or 3 audio files
• iTunes uses AAC format which is also known or seen as MPEG4
• We have to convert the files in your iTunes from AAC (mpeg4) to MP3(mpeg
audio File) in order for your SwiMP3 player to play them.
• If you have purchased music from iTunes these files are “protected” so you do not
duplicate them.
In the following slides I will show you how to
• change your preferences in iTunes so that from now on when you import music
into iTunes from a CD or another music program the selections will automatically
be in MP3 format.
• How to convert existing AAC format songs into MP3 format.
• How to “burn” and “import” a CD using iTunes

Changing Preferences

Choose Edit

Choose preferences

Choose Advanced

Notice the Import
Using field.
Since iTunes uses
AAC Format the
default here is AAC
Encoder. We are
Going to change that
to MP3 Encoder.

Here is the drop down
menu for this field.
We are going to highlight
“MP3 Encoder”
Once you have chosen
“MP3 Encoder”
click on OK.
By changing this, everything
you import into your
iTunes will be in MP3
Format.

Converting from AAC
To MP3.

Every song on this playlist is in AAC format. We are going to convert
the song that is highlighted “Bubbly” into MP3 format.

Once you have highlighted the song you
are going to convert right click on it.
When you right click that song you will
get the drop down menu you see to
your right. You are going to choose
the option that is highlighted on that
menu “Convert Selection to MP3”.
Once you left click on this option the
song will automatically start converting

As your songs are converting you will notice 2 things
1. You will see Converting “the name of the song” at the top
of your screen.
2. You will see an orange icon and the word “converting”
over to your left hand side.

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Your songs that you have just converted will be mixed in w/ the rest of them,
to locate them go to the white search bar at the top right of your iTunes. In
this box type in the name(s) of your songs one at a time(1). Notice in the
example that the song appears twice(2). Under the column “kind” you will see
two different formats(3). The MPEG audio file is the selection that
will work on your SwiMP3 player.

Burning A CD using
iTunes

You want to start off by making a playlist
of the songs you want to burn to your CD.
You do this by going to “file” and selecting
“New Playlist”

A new playlist will automatically add to your
list. It will say in the box “untitled playlist”.
In this example I have changed the name of the
Playlist to “My Music”.

Now you need to go through your music and highlight and drag the songs
together or one at a time to your playlist. This what you will see as you are
dragging them. ***** Hint- to Highlight more than one item at a time hold
Down the CTRL key as you are clicking on them. *******

Choose your playlist on the left hand side. All of your songs you just
added to your playlist are now showing. At this point the only
thing left to do is “Burn” your CD. Click on the “Burn Disc” Button
On the bottom right hand corner of your iTunes.

Once you click the “Burn Disc” Button you will notice at the
top that it is now writing the songs on your playlist to the
disc. Once it is complete it will close out and make a slight
noise to let you know it is complete.

Importing a CD into
iTunes

This is even more simple that burning a CD. If your iTunes is open
when you insert the disk to be imported you will get this prompt. You
just choose yes and the CD will begin to be “imported” into
your iTunes library.

Once the importing process has started you will see two things.
At the top you will see “importing” and the name of the song,
also you will see an orange icon beside the song that is
currently being imported. Once the songs have all been imported
A green circle with a check mark in it will replace the orange icon.
You will need to search for your music using the same method as I
showed you in previous slide(s).

Loading Music
All things in the following slides
that are highlighted in BLUE are
referring to your SwimP3.

When you plug your
SwiMP3 player into
a USB port on your
computer this
should be the box
that appears on If this box does
not appear
your desktop. If
You would need to
you will notice the Go to your
option highlighted My Computer
Folder and open
“Open Folder”.
The removable
This is the option
disk folder from
you want to choose. there.

This is your removable disk folder. Please make sure that
this folder is completely maximized on your screen.

Once you have your removable disk folder open the next thing
to do is open your iTunes. This is your iTunes folder. Notice right now
the folder is completely maximized to cover the entire screen.

In this shot the iTunes has been minimized to show the removable
disk folder in the background. In order for you to drag your music
from iTunes into your removable disk folder this must be the set up.

In this slide I have highlighted a particular song. The step you must
take next is the process of “dragging” the song into your removable
disk folder.

Notice the song that was highlighted in the previous screen
now appears to be “ghosted” this is what the selection will look like
as you are “dragging”

In this screen you see the song still “ghosted” but is showing in your
removable disk folder. At this point is when you let off your mouse
and the song will began to download into your folder.

When the song begins to download into your folder the iTunes
will minimize and this is the screen you will see. This is showing you
that you are copying a file into your removable disk folder.

Finished product. Your song is now in the removable disk folder.

After you have completed moving all of your songs onto your
SwiMP3 you must “safely remove” the device (hardware).
If you will notice at the bottom right hand of the screen a small icon
that is a green arrow w/ a grey disk underneath it. This is the icon that
you must click on to safely remove your device.

Once you click on this icon it will show you a list of hardware
attached to your computer Choose the drive that you have been
working in. In this case it is (E:). The drive that shows on the folder
you have been working on should match the drive that you will
highlight and remove.

The removable disk folder disappeared. You get a message
at the bottom to tell you that it is now safe to remove your
hardware. You unplug the SwiMP3 and you should
be able to enjoy the music.