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Zune HD: How to Turn the Device Off

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 24, 2009 under Green computing, Zune

Even though the Zune HD has a power button, simply pressing it will not turn the device off. To turn off your Zune HD and preserve your battery, follow these steps.

Zune HD: How to Locate the Device’s MAC Address

contributed by Rob Rogers on under Zune

If your wireless router uses MAC filtering, you will need to know the MAC address of your device so that it may connect to the internet.

Zune HD: How To Change the Background

contributed by Rob Rogers on under Zune

If you want to customize the look of your Zune HD, you can change the background to any pre-synced pictures on your Zune. To do this, follow this Tech-Recipe.

Zune 4.0: Prevent Software From Sending Your Usage Data

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 18, 2009 under Zune

By default, the Zune 4.0 software sends the software usage data to Microsoft as part of their Zune Experience Program. If you want to keep your usage private, you can disable this by doing the following.

Zune 30 Gig Deaths on 12/31/08

contributed by David Kirk on December 31, 2008 under Zune

New Year’s Eve 2008 will forever be linked to the day all the Zunes died. Specifically, today was the day that all the 30G zunes with the latest firmware died. The Zune will attempt to boot up and then just freezes. Trying to let the battery run down and hard reset attempts are unsuccessful.

Zune 3.0 Software – Tagging MP4 videos / Sorting Videos into Proper Categories

contributed by Jimmy Selix on November 5, 2008 under Zune

If your a Zune owner or just a Zune software users (like myself), the new 3.0 updated added a few nice additional features including larger sub-categories for Video ( tv, music, movies, other ) and more metadata options (genre, year, description, etc).

Zune: Enable Clock

contributed by Rob Rogers on September 16, 2008 under Zune

If you want to keep tabs on what time it is while you are listening to your favorite songs, enable Zune’s clock.

Zune: Add Radio Stations to Presets for Easy Access

contributed by Rob Rogers on December 27, 2007 under Zune

Like any other FM radio, Zune’s radio allows you to add radio stations to presets for easy access so that you don’t have to waste valuable time seeking your favorite station. To add a station to your Zune’s presets, follow these steps:

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