August 2007 Music player Transfer and listen to music Getting started Music player Contents Introduction ............................................................................................... 2 Overview ................................................................................................ 2 Installing Media Manager .......................................................................... 2 System requirements ............................................................................. 2 Installing from the PC Suite CD ............................................................. 3 Downloading from the Web and installing ............................................. 3 Connecting the USB cable ........................................................................ 4 Transferring music ..................................................................................... 5 Using Media Manager to transfer music ................................................ 5 Use Music Player to listen to music .......................................................... 6 Music Player controls ............................................................................. 6 Browsing files ......................................................................................... 6 Playlists .................................................................................................. 6 Music player options .............................................................................. 7 Online music and videos ........................................................................ 7 MusicDJTM ................................................................................................. 8 Radio ......................................................................................................... 9 Related information ................................................................................. 10 Trademarks and acknowledgements ...................................................... 12 1 August 2007 Getting started Music player Introduction Instruction symbols The following instruction symbols may appear in this Getting started guide: Indicates an important tip. Indicates an important note. Indicates that a service or function is network- or subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details. > Use the touch options or the navigation key to scroll and select. Press the navigation key centre. Press the navigation key up. Press the navigation key down. Press the navigation key left. Press the navigation key right. Overview You can transfer music from your phone to a computer using the USB cable and Sony Ericsson Media Manager, which is included on the CD that comes with your phone. Installing Media Manager The Media Manager software enables you to transfer music from CDs or a computer to your phone. You can also download Media Manager from www.sonyericsson.com/support. System requirements The system requirements are: · · · · · · · · · · · At least 200 MB free hard disk space Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP2 or later) 512 MB RAM 1 GHz processor A Microsoft® Windows® compatible sound card A CD-ROM drive A USB 2.0 cable and port QuickTimeTM 7.0 (available on the CD) Internet connection (for GracenoteTM CD identification and software activation) Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (available on the CD) Microsoft® Windows® Explorer 5.0 or later (available on the CD) 2 August 2007 Getting started Music player Installing from the PC Suite CD Before you install Media Manager you should install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite software on your computer. To install Media Manager from the PC Suite CD 1. Insert the CD that came with the phone. The CD should start automatically, if not: click Start/Run... and type in D:/start.exe and click OK (D: is the CD drive letter on the system). 2. Select a language. 3. Click Install in the Media Manager section. 4. If needed, follow the instructions to install .NET Framework 2.0 from the CD. 5. In the installation wizard: Click Next to continue the installation. 6. Read and accept the licence agreement, then click Next. 7. Click Next to install to the default folder. 8. Click Install to begin the installation. 9. Click Finish to exit the wizard. Downloading from the Web and installing Before you install Media Manager you should install the Sony Ericsson PC Suite software on your computer. To download the latest version of Media Manager 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. In your Internet browser, go to www.sonyericsson.com/support. Select a region and country. Select a phone from the list or enter your phone model in the text field. Select Software downloads. Select Media Manager Setup X.X.X.X for your preferred language under Applications. Select Download and save the file to your computer. To install Media Manager from the downloaded file 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Double-click the downloaded Media Manager file. If needed, follow the instructions to download and install .NET Framework 2.0 from the Internet. In the installation wizard: Click Next to continue the installation. Read and accept the licence agreement, then click Next. Click Next to install to the default folder. Click Install to begin the installation. Click Finish to exit the wizard. 3 August 2007 Getting started Music player Connecting the USB cable The Sony Ericsson USB cable that comes with your phone can be used to connect the computer and the phone. Your phone can be either on or off when you connect the USB cable. If the phone is on, select File transfer in the pop-up that appears on the phone. To change the mass storage default settings on your phone, select Menu > Settings > the Connectivity tab > USB > USB mode > Mass storage before connecting your phone and computer. To connect your phone to a computer with the USB cable 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Connect the USB cable to your phone and computer. Computer: If the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, click Cancel to exit the wizard. Phone: Select Mass storage. The phone will shut down in this mode but will restart when it is disconnected from the USB cable. Computer: Your phone memory and memory card are added as removable disks in Windows® Explorer. Hard Disk Drives Local Disk (C:) Devices with Removable Storage DVD/CD-RW Drive (D:) DVD Drive (E:) PHONE (F:) Removable Disk (G:) Phone memory Memory card 6. Computer: If a dialogue box asks what you want to do with the files on the removable disks (the phone memory and memory card), select Take no action. 4 August 2007 Getting started Music player 7. Transfer music with Media Manager, see Using Media Manager to transfer music on page 5. Transferring music Using Media Manager to transfer music To transfer music using Media Manager 1. Make sure the USB cable is connected to the computer and the phone. See Connecting the USB cable on page 4. 2. Start Media Manager by clicking the Media Manager icon, or double-click the shortcut to Media Manager on your desktop. 3. Select the Music tab or the Audio CD tab as the music source. 4. Locate and select the folder with the tracks you want to transfer. 5. Transfer the tracks to your phone by clicking the downward arrow. 6. Select the location to transfer the tracks to in the drop-down list (Removable Disk). 7. For more information on transferring music, refer to Media Manager Help. Click in the top right corner of the Media Manager window. Do not disconnect the USB cable during file transfer as this may harm the phone memory or the memory card. 8. Close the Media Manager software. 9. Right-click both Removable Disk icons in Microsoft® Windows® Explorer and select Eject to disconnect the USB cable. A pop-up then appears in the phone saying that it is safe to disconnect the USB cable. 5 August 2007 Getting started Music player Use Music Player to listen to music To play music 1. From standby select Media and scroll to Music. 2. Scroll to a title and select Play. Music Player controls · · · · · · · Press the centre touch option to stop and resume music. Press to go to the next track. Press to go to the previous track. When you listen to music, press and hold down to fast forward. When you listen to music, press and hold down to rewind a track. When you listen to music, press and to move between tracks. To return to the player menus select Back. Browsing files In the Music player browser you can browse for music files and videos: · · · · · · · Artists ­ list tracks you have transferred using Media Manager. Albums ­ list music tracks by album in your phone and on a memory card. Tracks ­ list all music tracks in your phone and on a memory card. Audio books ­ list audio books you have transferred from your computer. Podcasts ­ list all podcasts you have transferred from your computer. Playlists ­ create own lists of tracks. Video ­ list all music videos in your phone or on a memory card. Playlists To organise the media files that are stored in your phone, you can create playlists. Files in a playlist can be sorted by artist or title. You can add a file to more than one playlist. When you delete a playlist or a file from a playlist, the actual music file is not deleted from the phone memory or memory card. Only the playlist reference to it is deleted and you can still add the file to another playlist. To create a playlist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. From standby select Media and scroll to Music > Playlists. Scroll to New playlist and select Add. Enter a name and select OK. Scroll to a track and select Mark. Select Add to add the track to the playlist. To add files to a playlist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. From standby select Media and scroll to Music > Playlists. Scroll to the playlist and select Open. Select Options > Add media. Scroll to a track and select Mark. Select Add to add the track to the playlist. 6 August 2007 Getting started Music player To remove tracks from a playlist 1. From standby select Media and scroll to Music > Playlists. 2. Scroll to the playlist and select Open. 3. Scroll to the track and press . To delete a playlist 1. From standby select Media and scroll to Music > Playlists. Playlist options Select Options for the following: · · · · · Add media ­ add files or folders to the playlist. Sort by ­ sort the playlist by artist or title. Delete ­ remove a file from the playlist. Only the reference to the file is removed and not the file itself. Rename ­ rename the playlist. You can only rename user-created playlists. Delete playlist ­ delete the playlist. Only the playlist is deleted; the files are still listed in the File manager. You can only delete user-created playlists. Music player options You have different Options when you listen to music: · · · · · · · · · · Add media ­ add tracks or folders to a playlist. Delete ­ remove tracks. Tracks are only removed from a playlist you have created. Rename ­ rename a playlist. You can only rename playlists you have created. Delete playlist ­ delete a playlist. The tracks are still found in the phone. You can only delete playlists you have created. Minimize ­ minimise the music player and return to standby with music still playing. Information ­ view information about a current track. Play mode ­ select Shuffle to play tracks randomly in a playlist, or Loop to restart a playlist after the last track ends. Equalizer ­ change the settings of the treble and bass when playing a track. Send ­ send a track using an available transfer method. Save playlist ­ save a play queue to a new playlist. Online music and videos View videos and listen to music by streaming them to your phone from the Internet. If settings are not already in the phone, contact your network operator. If there are no Internet settings in your phone, visit www.sonyericsson.com/support for remote configuration for the Internet or to download the document Getting started guide for Using the Internet. To select a data account for streaming 1. From standby select Menu > Settings > the Connectivity tab > Streaming settings. 2. Select the data account to use. To stream music and music videos 1. From standby select Menu > Internet. 2. Select Options > Go to > Bookmarks. 3. Select a link to stream from. 7 August 2007 Getting started Music player MusicDJTM Compose and edit your own melodies to use as ringtones. A melody consists of four types of tracks ­ Drums, Basses, Chords, and Accents. The tracks contains a number of music blocks that consist of pre-arranged sounds with different characteristics. These blocks are grouped into Intro, Verse, Chorus, and Break. You compose a melody by adding music blocks to the tracks. To compose a melody 1. From standby select Entertainment > MusicDJTM 2. Compose the melody as follows: · Press or to move between blocks. · Press or to move between tracks. · Select Insert to insert new blocks. · Use Copy and Paste to make copies of inserted blocks. · Press to delete a block. · Select Options t ...