Zune gives you the freedom to wirelessly sync your music, videos, pictures, and podcasts from your collection to your Zune.
Setting up wireless sync takes only a few minutes. You have to connect your Zune to your computer with a USB cable to set up wireless sync. But once it's set up, your Zune automatically syncs new content whenever it is docked or connected to a power outlet and in range of your wireless network. Of course, your wireless network must be up and running and you must be logged in to your computer so that Zune software can launch.
You can manually start wireless syncing anytime from the player, even when it's not plugged in. In this case, your player will sync and then immediately disconnect from your computer to save battery power.
Use wireless sync for your Zune 4, Zune 8, Zune 16, Zune 80, or Zune 120 player. You can even sync wirelessly on an original Zune 30 player—be sure it has the latest Zune updates.
Looking to create a wireless home network? See our list of compatible routers.
Wireless setup
Say that when you come home you like to park your Zune next to your media center in the living room, and your computer is upstairs in the den. Two possible setup configurations will work in this example:
In either case, you use the Zune wireless sync wizard in Zune software to choose your home network and configure your Zune player for wireless sync.
For more on using the wireless sync wizard, see Sync Your Zune Wirelessly.
Compatible wireless networks
Zune supports wireless local area networks (LANs) that conform to 802.11b or 802.11g, two general-purpose wireless standards.
When setting up wireless sync, you must apply the same authentication/encryption scheme to your device that is being used on your wireless network. Zune works with the following authentication schemes:
