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							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, touch the screen.
 • 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 next media file, click the  icon.
 • To move to the previous media file or the beginning of the media file that's currently playing, click the  icon.
•To fast-forward or rewind a file, on the progress bar, slide your finger to the right or left. 
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Adjust the volume
•To increase the volume, press the Volume Up key on the right side of your BlackBerry smartphone.
•To decrease the volume, press the Volume Down key on the right side of your smartphone.
•To mute the volume, press the Mute key on the right side of your smartphone. To turn off mute, press the Mute key 
again. If you press the 
Mute key during a call, your smartphone mutes the call so that you can hear others on the call, 
but they can't hear you.
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Improve sound quality for media files, 132
Amplify the volume using the audio boost feature, 132
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 the  key > Options.
2.Select the Audio Boost checkbox.
3.Read the warning on the screen and if you want to proceed, click Yes.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Improve sound quality for media files
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone model, this feature might not be supported. To improve sound quality for 
media files, you must be using stereo headphones with your smartphone.
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 the  key > Options.
2.Change the Headset Music EQ field.
3.Press the  key > Save. 
Copy, move, rename, or delete a file
1.Do one of the following:
•On the home screen or in a folder, click the Files icon.
 • On the home screen, click the Media icon. Press the  key > Explore.
2.Find and highlight a file.
3.Press the  key. 
•To copy a file, click Copy. Navigate to a location. Click Paste.
•To move a file, click Cut. Navigate to a location. Click Paste.
•To rename a file, click Rename. Type a name for the file. Click Save.
•To delete a file, click Delete.
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							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 closes to optimize the performance of your 
BlackBerry smartphone.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon.
2.Press the  key > Media Options. 
3.Change the Close Media Player When Inactive field.
Turn on or turn off audio and video shortcuts
By default, your BlackBerry smartphone uses the Volume and Mute keys as shortcuts to play, pause, and skip audio and 
video files.
1.On the home screen, click the Media icon.
2.Press the  key > Media Options. 
3.Select or clear the Allow Mute and Volume keys to control play, pause, and skip checkbox.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
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Turn on or turn off media card support
When you turn off media card support, your BlackBerry smartphone can't access the files that are on your media card. This 
might be useful if you want to make sure that your files are saved to your smartphone's built-in media storage rather than 
your media card.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
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							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. Highlight a voice 
note.
2.Press the  key > Sort by. 
3.Click a sorting option.
About transferring and synchronizing files
You can transfer and synchronize files between your BlackBerry smartphone and computer using a USB cable, or you can 
use 
Bluetooth technology to send files to or receive files from a Bluetooth enabled device.
If you want to manage and preserve the information or the encryption that is associated with your files when you 
synchronize files between your smartphone and your computer, use the 
BlackBerry Desktop Software. To download 
BlackBerry Desktop Manager, from your computer, visit 
www.blackberry.com/desktop and select the appropriate option 
for your computer.
 For more information about synchronizing files, see the Help in the BlackBerry Desktop Software.
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Transfer files to and from your smartphone
1.Connect your BlackBerry smartphone to the computer using a USB cable.
2.In the dialog box that appears on your smartphone, select one of the following file transfer options:
•If you want to transfer most types of files, click USB Drive.
•If you want to synchronize media files that are protected with DRM, click Sync Media.
3.If necessary, type your smartphone password. Your smartphone appears as a drive on your computer.
4.On your computer, do one of the following:
•Drag a file from a location on your computer to a folder on your smartphone.
•Drag a file from a folder on your smartphone to a location on your computer.
To view the transferred file on your smartphone, disconnect your smartphone from your computer and find the file.
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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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Receive a media file using Bluetooth technology
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must turn on Bluetooth technology.
When a media file is sent to your BlackBerry smartphone using Bluetooth technology, a dialog box appears on the screen.
1.In the Accept connection request dialog box, click Yes.
2.In the Do you want to receive the incoming data dialog box, click Yes.
Your smartphone stores each received file in the folder that matches each file's type.
Supported audio and video file formats and extensions
Depending on your BlackBerry smartphone model and wireless network, some file extensions and file formats might not be 
supported.
File extensionsVideo file formatsAudio file formatsMP4
M4A
M4V
3GP
3G2
•H.263
•H.264
•MPEG-4
•AAC-LC
•AAC+
•eAAC+
•AMR-NB
•QCELP
•EVRC
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							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, touch the screen.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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