Music Pass on Windows 8 not working (charging for music)

Hello markdorons,

I hope this helps!

Overview

With an Xbox Music Pass subscription, you can download, stream, and listen to as many songs from the Xbox Music store as you want, as often as you want.

Associate up to four devices with your Xbox Music Pass

Your Xbox Music Pass allows you to download and sync items to a combination of four different devices which has the Xbox Music App. (This includes Windows 8 computers, tablets, Xbox 360 consoles, or Windows Phone 8 devices.) For example, you can download
music to your work computer, a laptop, a tablet device, and a Windows Phone 8. Or you can download music to one computer and then sync that music to a Windows Phone 8, Xbox 360 console, and another computer.

Once you've downloaded or synced music from your Xbox Music Pass to a computer or device, that computer or device will be associated with your Xbox Music Pass for at least 30 days.

If you want to change the computers or devices that are associated with your Xbox Music Pass (for example, say you replace your home computer), you can swap out a computer or device every 30 days.

Notes

• You can only use your Xbox Music Pass on Windows Phone 8 devices that use your Microsoft account.
  
• Xbox Music Pass is designed for a single user. If other members of your household have Windows Phone 8 devices, their own Microsoft accounts will be associated with their phones and, therefore, they would need their own Xbox Music Passes.
  

View devices that are associated with your Xbox Music Pass

Here’s how to see which devices you’ve associated with your Xbox Music Pass:

On your Windows 8 computer:

1. Start Xbox Music and sign in.
2. Open the charms bar by swiping from the right (on a tablet) or placing your cursor in the upper or lower right-hand corner of your screen.
   
3. Click or tap Settings, select Account, and then select Manage Music Pass Devices.
   

On your Windows Phone:

1. Open Internet Explorer and go to Xbox.com.
2. Sign in with your Microsoft account.
3. Tap Settings (upper right-hand corner of the screen).
4. Tap My account.
5. Tap Manage Music Devices.

Change the devices that are associated with your Xbox Music Pass

To remove a computer or device from your Music Pass

Open your account. (For information about how to do this, see the “View devices that are associated with your Xbox Music Pass” section.) Then, click Remove next to the name of the computer or device.

To add a Windows 8 computer or tablet to your Xbox Music Pass

Download an Xbox Music Pass item from the Xbox Music Store to your computer. It will be added automatically.

To add a Windows Phone to your Xbox Music Pass

Sync an Xbox Music Pass item you downloaded from Xbox Music Store to your device. It will be added automatically.

Hello DrPhibez,

I hope this helps!

Overview

With an Xbox Music Pass subscription, you can download, stream, and listen to as many songs from the Xbox Music store as you want, as often as you want.

Associate up to four devices with your Xbox Music Pass

Your Xbox Music Pass allows you to download and sync items to a combination of four different devices which has the Xbox Music App. (This includes Windows 8 computers, tablets, Xbox 360 consoles, or Windows Phone 8 devices.) For example, you can download
music to your work computer, a laptop, a tablet device, and a Windows Phone 8. Or you can download music to one computer and then sync that music to a Windows Phone 8, Xbox 360 console, and another computer.

Once you've downloaded or synced music from your Xbox Music Pass to a computer or device, that computer or device will be associated with your Xbox Music Pass for at least 30 days.

If you want to change the computers or devices that are associated with your Xbox Music Pass (for example, say you replace your home computer), you can swap out a computer or device every 30 days.

Notes

• You can only use your Xbox Music Pass on Windows Phone 8 devices that use your Microsoft account.
  
• Xbox Music Pass is designed for a single user. If other members of your household have Windows Phone 8 devices, their own Microsoft accounts will be associated with their phones and, therefore, they would need their own Xbox Music Passes.
  

View devices that are associated with your Xbox Music Pass

Here’s how to see which devices you’ve associated with your Xbox Music Pass:

On your Windows 8 computer:

1. Start Xbox Music and sign in.
2. Open the charms bar by swiping from the right (on a tablet) or placing your cursor in the upper or lower right-hand corner of your screen.
   
3. Click or tap Settings, select Account, and then select Manage Music Pass Devices.
   

On your Windows Phone:

1. Open Internet Explorer and go to Xbox.com.
2. Sign in with your Microsoft account.
3. Tap Settings (upper right-hand corner of the screen).
4. Tap My account.
5. Tap Manage Music Devices.

Change the devices that are associated with your Xbox Music Pass

To remove a computer or device from your Music Pass

Open your account. (For information about how to do this, see the “View devices that are associated with your Xbox Music Pass” section.) Then, click Remove next to the name of the computer or device.

To add a Windows 8 computer or tablet to your Xbox Music Pass

Download an Xbox Music Pass item from the Xbox Music Store to your computer. It will be added automatically.

To add a Windows Phone to your Xbox Music Pass

Sync an Xbox Music Pass item you downloaded from Xbox Music Store to your device. It will be added automatically.

Are you using Windows 8 and have a membership with Xbox Music? If you do not have a membership this will be the reason.

It is my understanding that Windows 8 allows streaming of music for free. But you still need to have a music pass to use it on the console.

www.xbox.com/.../music

Hello Jogador,



I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the Xbox Music pass, and Xbox Music are not available on Windows Phone 7 devices. Xbox Music is available on Windows 8, Windows RT tablets, Windows Phone 8, and the Xbox 360 console.



I hope that this information helps.

You do NOT have to pay for a Music Pass subscription (or a Xbox Live Gold membership, for that matter) in order to stream your own music from your Windows 8 device to your Xbox. However, if you do have a Music Pass subscription, you will have to be a Gold
member in order to play Music Pass continent on your Xbox.

PlayTo should work. Make sure you can see your Xbox on Settings->Devices on your Windows 8 device and that you have enabled PlayTo on your Xbox. Other than that, I don't know how to help...