Blackberry Curve 9310, 9315, 9320 User Guide

							File extensionsVideo file formatsAudio file formatsASF
WMA
WMV
•Windows Media Video 9
•VC-1
•Windows Media Audio 9 and 
Windows Media Audio 9 
Professional
•Windows Media Audio 10 and 
Windows Media Audio 10 
Professional
MP3—MP3FLAC—FLACOGG—•FLAC
•Ogg Vorbis
AAC
—
•AAC-LC
•AAC+
•eAAC+
AMR—AMR-NBQCP—•QCELP
•EVRC
WAV
—
•PCM
•G711 U/A
•GSM 610
MID—Wave Synthesizer
For information about media file extensions and media file formats for your smartphone, visit www.blackberry.com/docs/
smartphones
 and click Smartphones > BlackBerry Smartphones > Supported Media.
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Supported picture file extensions
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone model and wireless network, some file extensions might not be supported.
•BMP
•JPG
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							•GIF
•PNG
•TIF
•WBMP
For information about media file extensions and media file formats for your smartphone, visit www.blackberry.com/docs/
smartphones
 and click Smartphones > BlackBerry Smartphones > Supported Media.
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Music
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Shuffle or repeat songs
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Music icon.
2.Do one of the following:
•To shuffle and play all of your songs, click Shuffle Songs.
 • To shuffle all the songs by an artist, or in an album, genre, or playlist, find and highlight the artist, album, genre, or 
playlist. Press the 
 key > Shuffle.
 • To repeat the song, playlist, album, or artist that is currently playing, press the  key > Repeat > Current 
Song
, Playlist, Album, or All Songs.
To stop shuffling songs, press the  key > Shuffle. To stop repeating songs, press the  key > Repeat > Off.
Create a standard or an automatic playlist
You create a standard playlist by manually adding songs that are on your BlackBerry smartphone storage space or media 
card. You create an automatic playlist by specifying criteria for artists, albums, or genres of music. The songs that meet all  of the criteria are automatically added to the playlist.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Music icon.
2.Click Playlists > New Playlist.
•To create a standard playlist, click Standard Playlist. Type a name for the playlist. Click Add Songs. Click a song.
•To create an automatic playlist, click Automatic Playlist. Type a name for the playlist. Click the plus sign (+) to 
add criteria for artists, albums, or genres.
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							Add the song that is playing to a playlist
1.When playing a song, press the  key > Add To Playlist. 
2.Click a playlist.
Move or delete a song in a playlist
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Music icon.
2.Click Playlists.
3.Click a standard playlist.
4.Highlight a song.
•To change the location of the song in the playlist, press the  key > Move. Navigate to a new location. 
Press the 
 key > Complete Move.
•To delete the song from the playlist, press the  key > Remove > OK.
5.Press the  key > Save. 
Rename or delete a playlist
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Music icon.
2.Click Playlists.
3.Highlight a playlist.
4.Press the  key. 
•To rename the playlist, click Rename. Type a name for the playlist. Click OK.
•To delete the playlist, click Delete.
Videos
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Change the thumbnail picture for a video
You can pause a video at any time and use the picture that appears on the paused screen as the video's thumbnail picture.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Videos icon.
2.Play a video.
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							3.If the media controls don't appear at the bottom of the screen, click the trackpad.4.When the video shows the picture that you want to use as the thumbnail picture, click the  icon. 5.Press the  key > Set Video Thumbnail. 
Display closed captions in videos
You can turn on closed captions so that text displays on the screen when you play video files that support closed captions.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon.
2.Press the  key > Media Options. 
3.Select the Display Closed Captions checkbox.
4.If necessary, change the Appearance field, Position field, and Font Scale field.
5.Press the  key > Save. 
Keep backlighting on when you play a video
By default, backlighting is designed to turn off after a period of time to conserve battery power. You can change your media 
options so that backlighting stays on when you play a video.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon.
2.Press the  key > Media Options. 
3.Clear the Turn Off Auto Backlighting checkbox.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
To keep backlighting off while you play a video, select the Turn Off Auto Backlighting checkbox.
Video camera
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone, the camera or video camera might not be supported or some camera or video  camera features might not be available.
Video camera
These icons appear at the bottom of the screen in the video camera. You can click these icons.
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							Record a video
Before you begin: To perform this task, you might need to have a media card inserted in your BlackBerry smartphone.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Video Camera icon.
2.To start recording, click the  icon.3.To pause recording, click the  icon.Note: The approximate amount of storage space available for saving videos appears on the lower part of the screen when 
video recording is paused.
Turn on or turn off video lighting
In low lighting conditions, the video light can improve the quality of videos that you record.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Video Camera icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.Select or clear the Video Light checkbox.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Turn on or turn off auto focus
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Video Camera icon.
2.Press the  key. 
3.Select or clear the Auto focus option.
Change the video camera scene mode
You can change the scene mode in the video camera to optimize the settings for different environments.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Video Camera icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.Change the Scene Mode field.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Change the video size and format
The larger the video, the more storage space the video requires.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Video Camera icon.
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							Press the  key > Options. 
3.Change the Video Format field.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
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Reduce blurriness in the videos that you take
The image stabilization option helps reduce blurriness that is caused by slight movements of the video camera when you 
are recording a video.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Video Camera icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.Select the Image Stabilization checkbox.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Change the location for storing videos that you take
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Video Camera icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.If you have a media card inserted in your BlackBerry smartphone, you can change the Store Videos field.
4.Change the Folder field.
5.Press the  key > Save. 
Camera
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone, the camera or video camera might not be supported or some camera or video  camera features might not be available.
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Camera icons
These icons appear at the bottom of the screen in the camera. You can click these icons.
 View pictures Geotagging is turned on Geotagging is turned off Take another picture Flash is turned on Flash is turned off Automatic flash mode Scene mode
Take a picture
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
2.If you have turned on digital zoom, on the trackpad, slide your finger up or down to zoom in or out.
3.Press the Right Convenience key.
The picture is saved to the Camera Pictures folder in the Pictures application. To open the picture, click the picture preview at the bottom of the screen.
Change the flash setting for pictures that you take
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
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							2.To switch between flash settings, click the flash icon at the bottom of the screen.
When you close the camera, the flash setting is saved.
Change the camera scene mode
You can change the scene mode in the camera to optimize the settings for different environments. Descriptions of the scene modes are available on the camera.
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
2.To change the camera scene mode, click the scene mode icon at the bottom of the screen.
3.Select a scene mode.
When you close the camera, the scene mode is saved.
Change the size of pictures that you take
The larger the picture is, the more storage space the picture requires.
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.Change the Image Size field.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
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Geotag pictures that you take
The geotag option in the camera records the geographical information of the location in which you take a picture.
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
2.Click the geotag icon at the bottom of the screen.
The geotag information can be viewed in the properties of the picture file.
Turn off digital zoom for the camera
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.Clear the Digital Zoom checkbox.
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							Reduce blurriness in the pictures that you take
The image stabilization option helps reduce blurriness that is caused by slight movements of the camera when you are taking a picture.
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.Select the Image Stabilization check box.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Change the review duration of the pictures that you take
You can set how long a picture remains on the screen after you take it, or turn off that option so that you can take another 
picture right away.
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
•To change the review duration, change the Picture Review field to a time.
 • To keep the picture on the screen after you take it until you press the  key, change the Picture Review field 
to 
Hold.
•To prevent the picture from staying on the screen after you take it, change the Picture Review field to Off.
3.Press the  key > Save. 
Change when the camera warns you about the number of pictures 
remaining
A warning appears notifying you when the amount of storage for pictures drops below a certain number. You can see the  number of remaining pictures in the Storage section of the Options screen.
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
2.Press the  key > Options. 
3.Change the Warn when pictures remaining drops to field.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Change the location for storing pictures that you take
Before you begin: To perform this task you must have a media card inserted in your BlackBerry smartphone.
1.On the home screen, click the Camera icon.
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							Press the  key > Options. 
3.Change the Store Pictures field.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Pictures
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Pictures at a glance
 
 
Use a picture as your smartphone wallpaper
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon > Pictures icon.
2.Browse to a picture.
3.Press the  key > Set As Wallpaper. 
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Zoom, pan, or rotate a picture
In a picture, do one of the following:
•To zoom in to the picture, click the trackpad.
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