Blackberry Torch 9810 7 1 User Guide

Media
How to: Media
Media file basics
Play a media file
1.Do one of the following:
•On the home screen, click the Media icon. Click a media type. If necessary, click a category.
•On the home screen or in the Applications folder, click the Voice Notes icon.
2.Click a file.
3.If the media controls don't appear at the bottom of the screen, click the trackpad.
 • To play a media file, click the  icon.
 • To pause a media file, click the  icon.
 • To stop a media file, click the  icon.
 • To move to the...

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Amplify the volume using the audio boost feature
The audio boost feature allows you to amplify the volume more than the normal volume settings allow for songs, ring tones, 
and videos.
1.Do one of the following:
 • On the home screen, click the Media icon. Press the  key > Media Options.
 • On the home screen or in the Applications folder, click the Voice Notes icon. Press...

•To delete a file, click Delete.
View properties for a file
You can view the size, author, publication date, and other properties of a file.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Media icon or Files icon.
2.Find and highlight a file.
3.Press the  key > Properties. 
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Change the amount of time before the media player screen closes
If you pause or stop a media file for a certain period of time, the media player screen...

1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Device > Storage.
3.Select or clear the Media Card Support checkbox.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Sort media files
1.Do one of the following:
•To sort videos, on the home screen, click the Media icon > Videos icon. Highlight a video.
•To sort pictures, on the home screen, click the Media icon > Pictures icon > Picture Library folder.
•To sort voice notes, on the home screen or in the Applications folder, click the Voice Notes icon....

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Send a file
Before you begin: To send a video, the video must be recorded in MMS mode.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Media icon or Files icon.
2.Find and highlight a file.
3.Press the  key > Send. 
4.Click a message type.
5.If necessary, turn on Bluetooth technology and choose a device or pair with a device.
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Before you...

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...

•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...

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 >...

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...

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...