Music

Music player

Warning: Listen to music at a moderate level. Continuous exposure to high volume may damage your hearing. Do not hold the device near your ear when the loudspeaker is in use, because the volume may be extremely loud.

select > Music player. You can also access the music player by pressing the play key.
You can listen to music and podcast episodes also when the Offline profile is activated. See “Offline profile”.
For more information about copyright protection, see “Licences”.

Music keys

You can control the Music Player, Radio, and Real Player applications with the music keys (rewind key, play key and forward key).
The rewind key and My own key function as gaming keys when the N-Gage gaming application is active. For more information on games, see “Games”.

Listen to music or a podcast

1. To open the music menu, select > Music player.
2. Select the category, such as All songs or Podcasts > All episodes, and a song or a podcast episode to listen to.
3. To play the selected file, press the play key.
To pause a song, press the play key; to resume the playback, press the play key again.
4. To stop the playback, scroll down.
To fast forward or rewind, press and hold the forward or rewind key.
To skip forward, press the forward key. To skip backward, press the rewind key. To return to the beginning of the song or podcast, press the rewind key two seconds after a song or podcast has started. To fast forward or rewind, press and hold the forward or rewind key.
To adjust the volume, use the volume key.
To return to the standby mode and leave the player in the background, briefly press the end key. Depending on the selected standby theme, the currently playing song is displayed. To return to the music player, select the currently playing song.

Say and Play music search

With Say and Play music search, you can start playing the music you wish by saying the artist’s name, for example.
When using Say and Play music search for the first time, and after you have downloaded new songs to your device, select Options > Refresh library to update voice commands.
To start the Say and Play music search application, press and hold My own key. For more information on My own key, see “My own key”. When the tone sounds, say an artist’s name, artist’s name and song title, album title, or playlist title. Hold your device about 20 cm (8 inches) from your mouth, and speak in a regular tone.
Do not cover the microphone located in the lower right-hand corner of your device. You can also start Say and Play music search by selecting > Applications > Music Search.
Note that the voice commands are based on the metadata (artist’s name and song title) of the songs in your device. Say and Play music search supports two spoken languages: English and the language you have chosen as the phone language. The written language of the song metadata must match either English or your chosen phone language.

Music menu

select > Music player. The music menu shows the available music. To view all songs, sorted songs, or playlists, select the desired list in the music menu.

Playlists

select > Music player > Playlists. To view details of the playlist, select Options > Playlist details.

Create a playlist

1. Select Options > Create playlist.
2. Enter a name for the playlist, and select OK.
3. To add songs now, select Yes. To add songs later, select No.
4. Select artists to find the songs you want to include in the playlist. To add a song, press the scroll key.
5. When you have made your selections, select Done. If a compatible memory card is inserted, the playlist is saved to the memory card.
To add more songs later, when viewing the playlist, select Options > Add songs.

Podcast

To view all the podcast episodes available in your device, select > Music player > Podcasts > All episodes.
The podcast episodes have three states: never played, partially played, and completely played. If an episode is partially played, it plays from the last playback position the next time it is played. Otherwise, it is played from the beginning.

Nokia Music Store

In the Nokia Music Store (network service) you can search, browse, and purchase music for downloading to your device. To purchase music, you first need to register for the service. To check the Nokia Music Store availability in your country, visit www.music.nokia.com.
To access the Nokia Music Store, you must have a valid internet access point in your device. To open Nokia Music Store, select > Music player > Options > Go to Music store.

Transfer music

You can buy music from online music shops and transfer the music to your device.
To refresh the library after you have updated the song selection in your device, select > Music player > Music > Options > Refresh library.

Transfer music from PC

To transfer music from PC, use Nokia Music application. See Nokia Music user guide for more information. To synchronise music with Windows Media Player, connect the compatible USB cable and select Media transfer as the connection mode. You can transfer WMDRM protected music files only using media transfer.
A compatible memory card needs to be inserted in the device.

Nokia Podcasting

With the Nokia Podcasting application (network service), you can search, discover, subscribe to, and download podcasts over the air, and play, manage, and share audio podcasts with your device.

Warning: Listen to music at a moderate level. Continuous exposure to high volume may damage your hearing. Do not hold the device near your ear when the loudspeaker is in use, because the volume may be extremely loud.

Settings

To use Nokia Podcasting, you must set your connection and download settings.
Contact your service provider for information about the connection settings and data transmission charges. Setting the application to retrieve podcasts automatically may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network.
select > Applications > Podcasting > Options > Settings and from the following:
Connection > Default access point — to select the access point to define your connection to the internet. To define the podcast search service for searches, select Search service URL.
Download — to edit the download settings. You can select whether to save your podcasts to the device or the memory card; set how often podcasts are updated and set the time and date for the next automatic update; and set how much memory space to use for podcasts, and what to do if the downloads exceed the download limit.
Setting the application to retrieve podcasts automatically may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider's network. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges.

Search

To set the search engine to use the podcast search service, select > Applications > Podcasting > Options > Settings > Connection > Search service URL.
To search for podcasts, select > Applications > Podcasting > Search, and enter a keyword or a title.
To subscribe to a channel and add it to your podcasts, select Options > Subscribe.
You can also mark channels to add them all at the same time.

Directories

Directories help you to find new podcast episodes to which to subscribe. An episode is a particular media file of a podcast.
select > Applications > Podcasting > Directories. Select a directory folder to update it (network service). When the colour of the folder icon changes, select to open it, and select a folder topic to view the list of podcasts.
To subscribe to a podcast, select the title. After you have subscribed to episodes of a podcast, you can download, manage, and play them in the podcasts menu.
To add a new directory or folder, select Options > New > Web directory or Folder.
Select a title, URL of the .opml (outline processor markup language) file, and Done.
To import an .opml file saved on your device, select Options > Import OPML file.
Select the location of the file, and import it.
When you receive a message with an .opml file using Bluetooth connectivity, open the file and save it to the Received folder in directories. Open the folder to subscribe to any of the links to add to your podcasts.

Downloads

To see the podcasts you have subscribed to, select > Applications > Podcasting > Podcasts. To see individual episode titles, select the podcast title.
To start a download, select the episode title. To download or to continue to download selected or marked episodes, select Options > Download or Continue download. You can download multiple episodes at the same time.
To play a portion of a podcast during download or after partial downloading, select Podcasts > Options > Play preview.
To play a fully downloaded episode, select > Applications > Podcasts.
Fully downloaded podcasts are saved in the Podcasts folder when the music library is refreshed.

Play and manage podcasts

To display the episodes from a podcast, open the podcast. Under each episode, you see the file information.
To update the selected podcast or marked podcasts, for a new episode, select Options > Update.
To add a new podcast by entering the URL of the podcast, select Options > New podcast. To edit the URL of a selected podcast, select Edit.
To update, delete, and send a group of selected podcasts at once, select Options > Mark/Unmark, mark the podcasts, and select Options and the desired action.
To open the website of the podcast (network service), select Options > Open web page.
Some podcasts provide the opportunity to interact with the creators by commenting and voting. To connect to the internet to do this, select Options > View comments.

Radio

To open the radio, select > Radio. To turn the radio off, select Exit.
To check availability and costs of the visual service and station directory services, contact your service provider.
You can listen to the radio also when the Offline profile is activated. See “Offline profile”.
The FM radio depends on an antenna other than the wireless device antenna. A compatible headset or enhancement needs to be attached to the device for the FM radio to function properly.

Warning: Listen to music at a moderate level. Continuous exposure to high volume may damage your hearing. Do not hold the device near your ear when the loudspeaker is in use, because the volume may be extremely loud.

Tune and save a radio station

To start the station search when the radio is on, scroll up or down. To save the station when a station is found, select Options > Save station. Select a location for the station, enter the name for it, and select OK.
To view the list of saved stations, select Options > Stations. To change the settings of a station, select the station and Edit.

Radio functions

You can use the music keys (rewind key, play key and forward key) to control the Radio. See “Keys and parts”.
To adjust the volume, press the volume keys. To mute or unmute the radio, press the play key.
If there are any saved stations, press the forward or rewind key for the next or previous stations.
You can make or answer a call while listening to the radio. The radio is muted when there is an active call.
To listen to the radio in the background and go to the standby mode, press the end key.

View visual content

To check availability and costs, and to subscribe to the service, contact your service provider.
To view visual content of the current station, select Options > Start visual service.
Station needs to have visual service ID saved before service can be used.
To end the visual content feed but continue listening to the radio, select Close.

Station directory

To access the station directory (network service), select Options > Station directory and your location. Radio stations that provide visual content are indicated with . To listen to a station or view a station’s details, scroll to it, and select Options > Station > Listen or Details.