Windows Media Player 10 Mobile: More Music, More Choices

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1 Windows Media Player 10 Mobile: More Music, More Choices Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for Windows Mobile -based Smartphones and Pocket PCs is an all-in-one mobile media player that provides a rich media experience and works well with Windows Media 10 and your Windows XP-based PC. Significant improvements to the user interface, feature sets and capabilities align the media player closely with the Windows Media Player 10 desktop version. With this release, Microsoft Corp. set out to create the best experience for audio and video on a mobile phone or personal digital assistant (PDA). The company focused its efforts on three main design goals: improved device experience, seamless integration with Windows XP-based PCs, and personalization of Windows Mobile-based devices. Windows Media Player 10 Mobile allows Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition devices to deliver this enhanced experience to consumers. Did you know? Windows Media 10 Mobile supports fullscreen-mode video playback. Now you can watch your TV shows and other video clips in landscape format for a whole new level of entertainment. Experience More Media Windows Media Player 10 Mobile is the easy and enjoyable way to play music, videos and more on a mobile phone or PDA. All-in-One Mobile Media Player Enjoy your favorite music, videos and more with broad support for the most popular file formats including Windows Media Audio (WMA) (which includes online music store content), MP3 and Windows Media Video. Windows Media Player 10 Mobile also adds support for Microsoft DirectShow technologies, allowing mobile operators and others to add support for more media formats such as 3GPP. High-Quality Audio and Video The high quality of WMA makes for the ultimate listening experience. Windows Mobile for Pocket PC is now the first PDA platform to offer audiophile quality with WMA Lossless and WMA Professional. And advancements in hardware technologies are making 640x480 VGA playback possible on VGA-enhanced Pocket PCs. Support for Windows Media DRM 10 With Windows Media DRM 10 support, Windows Mobile-based devices will be able to access new subscription service content from various online stores and services. In addition, Windows Media DRM 10 provides over-the-air support for acquiring licenses, so users will be able to purchase content wirelessly as services become available. Refined Player Design Now you can quickly and easily find and enjoy your music, videos and more. In addition to an all-new chrome skin, the media library has been improved to allow browsing by popular metadata tags including artist, album and genre. The newly added Queue It Up feature allows users to add music, video, television and entire playlists to the Now Playing list from anywhere in this enhanced media library.

2 Album Art Support Enrich your music experience with colorful album art, displayed for the song currently playing. Album art is added automatically by Windows Media Player 10 whenever it is available on the Windows XP-based PC. Sharing More Memories Enhance your digital photos and videos on your Windows XP-based PC with Plus! Photo Story 2 and Windows Movie Maker 2. You can now take these memories with you on your Windows Mobile-based Smartphone or Pocket PC to share with friends and family. Windows Media Player 10 Mobile fully supports the advanced Photo Story Image codec and has profiles built in for future versions of Windows Movie Maker. Integrate With Your Windows XP-based PC Create and manage your digital media library on your Windows XPbased PC using Windows Media Player 10 and seamlessly take it with you on your Windows Mobile-based Smartphone or Pocket PC. Auto Sync in Windows Media Player 10 Sync your favorite music videos and more, without clicking a button. Windows Media Player 10 Mobile supports intelligent Auto Sync options for automatically transferring the media you want to your Windows Mobile-based device. Syncing Your Favorite Playlists Take your PC playlists with you on the go. With Auto Sync, any new music you add to a playlist in Windows Media Player 10 will be seamlessly added to your device. More Music Windows Media Player 10 allows you to discover and buy music from a wide range of online services. This allows you to shop the Digital Media Mall in Windows Media Player 10 to find more tunes or video content to take on your Windows Mobile-based device. Taking Your TV With You Windows XP Media Center Edition allows you to record your favorite TV shows. With Auto Sync, just plug in your Windows Mobile-based device with Windows Media Player 10 Mobile to transcode and copy your favorite TV programs to your device automatically. Personalize Your Experience Personalize your experience by picking a cool new Windows Mobilebased Smartphone or Pocket PC, a new ring tone, and an enhanced skin. Expanded Ring-Tone Support The existing WMA ring-tone support in Windows Mobile 2003 has been enhanced to include playback of MP3 and DirectShowsupported content such as 3GPP, allowing a broader range of choices. In addition, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile includes Windows Media DRM 10, enabling license acquisition for ring tones directly over the air.

3 Windows Media-Enabled Applications Windows Media Player 10 Mobile makes the Windows Media Player SDK with its OLE Control Extension (OCX) programming model available on both Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs and Smartphones. This gives third-party developers the flexibility to enable media playback in any application or on a Web page using the same programming model they already use on Windows-based desktop computers. Creating and Managing Custom Playlists New extended playlist support on your device gives you the ability to bring music, videos and more into the same playlist and organize them as you wish. Choice of Devices Windows Media Player 10 Mobile will be available on many new Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition-based Smartphones and Pocket PCs beginning this fall. These devices will come in various shapes and sizes designed to fit your lifestyle and budget. Getting Started: Using Windows Media Player 10 on Your Smartphone Syncing and playing media on your Smartphone has never been easier. To start Windows Media Player 10, select the Start soft key. Select the More option (or hit number 9), select More from the next screen, and then select the Windows Media icon. The default screen now in front of you is your Library screen. From here you can navigate to the four areas of content: My Music, My Videos, My TV and My Playlists. From your Library you can launch music, video and TV shows that you previously stored on your device s storage card. Getting Content Onto Your Device To get media onto your device, you can take advantage of the builtin synchronization capability of Windows Media Player 10. Built-in synchronization allows you to sync your PC s media files with your

4 Did you know? Windows Media Player 10 Mobile supports album art. When you sync an album from your PC that has art already downloaded, it will appear on your device when you play the album. device on demand and even sync content without clicking a button via the intelligent Auto Sync functionality in Windows Media Player 10. To take full advantage of Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, you will need to install the PC version onto your computer first. You can do so by visiting Microsoft s Web site at download.aspx. Windows Media Player will scan your PC for media and add it to your media library. Content that you add to your media library from your PC will now be readily available to sync to your Smartphone. 1. Start Windows Media Player 10 on your PC once you ve installed it. Click on the Sync tab, and then connect your Smartphone to your PC. If you have a multimedia card inserted in your device, you will be prompted with a Device Setup menu and asked to choose either automatic or manual synchronization. Windows Media Player 10 sets the default method to automatic if it sees that your storage card is 512 MB or larger. If your card is smaller then 512 MB, the default is set to manual. If you have a 512MB or larger card in your device, try out the Auto Sync. Windows Media Player 10 will scan your music on your PC and sync over songs based on the following rules until your storage card is full: Music rated at 5 stars Music added in the last month Music rated 4 stars or 5 stars Music played in the last month Music played the most All music You also have the ability to customize the priorities and playlists for Auto Sync. Customization can be done by clicking on Sync Settings and choosing the items you would like to include. Each time your Smartphone is synced to your PC while Windows Media Player 10 is active, Windows Media Player will make updates to your device s media library automatically based on your preferences. *Note: If your device has less than 32 MB of usable memory, whether system memory or storage card memory, you will not be given the option to Auto Sync. To manually sync, continue to steps 2 and 3 below.

5 2. Notice that your device name is listed on the right side of Windows Media Player. Below the device name are folders that reside on your device. By using the four icons above your device name, you can add folders, delete files, format multimedia cards in your device or view the properties of selected files. To switch from your device memory to your multimedia card, click once on the icon depicting your device name, and then click on Storage Card. The contents of your card are now listed. 3. Click on the pull-down arrow just below the Start Sync icon. The selections in this pull-down menu represent the many ways you can sort and sync your media: by track, album, artist, genre, recently played songs, top-ranked songs and more. When you ve selected the tracks you want to sync, click on the Start Sync button to begin syncing the content to your Smartphone.

6 The status section denotes if the song is ready to sync or is currently syncing. It will also indicate that Songs may not fit if you do not have adequate storage space on your card. Playing Media on Your Smartphone You ll navigate to your songs and videos clips on your Smartphone through the initial Library menu. To update your Smartphone s media library after syncing content, follow these steps: 1. Navigate to Windows Media Player on your device, and select the Menu soft key. Highlight the Library selection and click on the right side of your directional pad. This will bring up two selections, My Device and Storage Card. Select the Storage Card option to tell the device to consider media that is on your multimedia card for media library content. If you select My Device, it will look for media saved to your device s main memory.

7 2. Now hit the Menu soft key again. Select Update Library, and then Search. Windows Media Player will scan either your card or device for new media to add to the media library. Use the Update Library function each time you sync over new content. 3. Now you re ready to play media on your Smartphone. From the Library screen, select My Music. Notice that you can now sort by All Music, Artist, Album or Genre. Playing Video Content Playing your video content is just like playing your music. From the main Library page, select My Videos, and choose either Genre or All Video to sort through your collection. One exciting new feature is the ability to play video in full-screen landscape mode. To use this feature, start your video, select Menu, and then select Full Screen. Depending on video size, compression and format, certain videos can be played utilizing the entire screen. Those that aren t rendered to fit the screen will have a black border.

8 Using the My TV Function Users with a Windows XP Media Center Edition or a Windows XPbased computer with Windows Media 10 can easily synchronize TV content using Windows Media 10. You can manually synchronize the TV shows you want or automatically synchronize their video content based on criteria such as recorded in the last 7 days or not yet watched. Queuing Up Your Media While in your Smartphone s media library, you can queue up other songs or videos to form a playlist. At any point, highlight a song, artist, album, genre, playlist or even the All Music selection. Click on the Menu button and select Queue Up. When you return to the Now Playing list, you will see that all the content under the selected item has been added to the end of the queue. You now can reorganize the order of the Now Playing list in the Menu however you d like.

9 Things to Keep in Mind When Playing Your Media: The directional pad is your main control. You can customize it based on your personal preferences. Pressing the pad straight in (or the standard action key) will play or pause media. Pressing once to the right or left will advance to the next song or start the song over. Holding down the directional pad to the right or left will act as a fast-forward or rewind function. Pressing up or down on the directional pad controls the volume. Use the # key to mute or turn on the volume. If you ve synced an album for which you had album art from your PC to your Smartphone through Windows Media Player 10, the artwork will appear when music from the album is played. If you receive a call while listening to or watching media on your Smartphone, the device will automatically pause and mute the media so you can take the call. Clicking on Menu brings up a variety of selections, such as Shuffle/Repeat, which lets you listen to your music in a randomplay mode. Note that the Options section is accessed from here.

10 In Options you can customize how your Windows Media Player looks and functions on the device. There s even a selection for skins, which will allow you to personalize the look and feel of your phone as new skins become available. ######### Microsoft, Windows Media, Windows Mobile, the Windows logo, Windows and DirectShow are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.