Nokia N971 Owners Manual

							FM radioListen to the radioSelect Menu > Music  > Radio .
The FM radio depends on an antenna other than the
wireless device antenna.  A compatible headset or
accessory needs to be attached to the device for the FM
radio to function properly.
When you open the application for the first time, you
can choose to have the local stations tuned
automatically.
To listen to the next or the previous station, select or 
.
To mute the radio, select 
.
Select  Options  and from the following:
● Stations   — View saved radio stations.
● Tune stations   — Search for radio stations.
● Save   — Save the radio station.
● Activate loudspeaker  or Deactivate
loudspeaker  — Turn the loudspeaker on or off.
● Alternative frequencies   — Select whether you
want the radio to automati cally search for a better
RDS frequency for the station if the frequency level
becomes low.
● Play in background   — Return to the home screen
with the radio playing in the background.
Manage radio stationsSelect  Menu > Music  > Radio.
To listen to saved stations, select  Options >
Stations, and select a station from the list.
To remove or rename  a station, select Options >
Stations >  Options > Delete  or Rename .
To set the desired frequency manually, select
Options  > Tune stations  > Options > Manual
tuning .
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							VideosYou can download and stream video clips over the air
from compatible internet video services (network
service) using a packet data  or WLAN connection. You
can also transfer video clip s from a compatible PC to
your device to view them.
Downloading videos may involve the transmission of
large amounts of data thro ugh your service providers
network. Contact your servic e provider for information
about data transmission charges.
Your device may have predefined services.
Service providers may provide free content or charge a
fee. Check the pricing in the service or from the service
provider.Download and view video
clipsConnect to video services1. Select  Menu > Videos & TV .
2. To connect to a service to  install video services,
select Video feeds  > Video directory  and the
desired video service.
To add a video feed manually, in the Video feeds
view, select  Options > Add feed  > Add
manually .
View a video clipTo browse the content of  installed video services,
select Video feeds .
The content of some video  services is divided into
categories. To browse video  clips, select a category.
To search for a video clip  in the service, select Video
search . Search may not be available in all services.
Some video clips can be st reamed over the air, but
others must be first down loaded to your device. To
download a video clip, select  Options > Download .
Downloads continue in the background if you exit the
application. The downloaded video clips are saved in
My videos.
To stream a video or view a downloaded one, select
the Play icon. To view the control keys during playback,
tap the screen. To adjust the volume, use the volume
key.Schedule downloadsSetting the application to download video clips
automatically may involve the transmission of large
amounts of data through your service providers
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							network. For information about data transmission
charges, contact your service provider. To schedule an
automatic download for video clips in a service, select
Options  >  Schedule downloads . New video clips are
automatically downloaded  daily at the time you
define.
To cancel scheduled downloads, select  Manual
download as the download method.Video feedsSelect  Menu > Videos & TV .
The content of the installed video services is
distributed using RSS feeds.  To view and manage your
feeds, select  Video feeds.
Select  Options  and from the following:
● Feed subscriptions   — Check your current feed
subscriptions.
● Feed details   — View information about a video
feed.
● Add feed   — Subscribe to new feeds. Select  Via
Video directory  to select a feed from the services
in the video directory.
● Refresh feeds   — Refresh the content of all feeds.
● Manage account   — Manage your account options
for a particular feed, if available.
● Move   — Move video clips to a desired location.
To view the video clips availa ble in a feed, select a feed
from the list.My videosMy videos is a storage place for all videos. You can list
downloaded videos and video clips recorded with the
device camera in separate views.
To  o pe n a f o lde r and v iew  vide o  cl ips,  se le ct  the  fo l der.
When a video clip is playing, to use the control keys for
controlling the player, tap the screen.
To adjust the volume, press the volume key.
Select  Options  and from the following:
● Resume download  — Resume a paused or failed
download.
● Cancel download   — Cancel a download.
● Video details   — View information about a video
clip.
● Find   — Find a video clip.  Enter a search text that
matches the file name.
● Memory status   — View the amount of free and
used memory.
● Sort by  — Sort video clips.  Select the desired
category.
● Move and copy   — Move or copy video clips. Select
Copy  or Move  and the desired location.
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							Transfer videos from your PCTransfer your own video clips from compatible devices
using a compatible USB data cable. Only video clips
which are in a format supported by your device are
shown.
1.To view your device on a PC as a mass memory
device where you can transfer any data files,
connect using a USB data cable.
2. Select  Mass storage  as the connection mode.
3. Select the video clips you want to copy from your
PC.
4. Transfer the video clips to  E:\My Videos in the mass
memory of your device, or to  F:\My Videos in a
compatible memory card, if available.
The transferred video clips  appear in the My videos
folder.Video settingsSelect  Menu > Videos & TV .
Select  Options  > Settings  and from the following:
● Video service selection   — Select the video services
that you want to appear in the main view. You can
also add, remove, edit, and view the details of a
video service. You cannot edit preinstalled video
services.
● Connection settings   — To define the network
destination used for the network connection, select
Network connection . To select the connection
manually each time a network connection is
opened, select  Always ask.
● Parental control   — Set an age limit for videos. The
required password is the same as the device lock
code. The factory setting for the lock code is 12345.
For video-on-demand services, videos which have
the same or a higher age limit than you have set, are
hidden.
● Preferred memory   — Select where to save
downloaded videos. If the selected memory
becomes full, the device saves the videos in another
memory.
● Thumbnails   — Select whether to download and
view thumbnail images of video feeds.
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							Personalize your deviceYou can personalize your device by changing the
standby mode, main menu, tones, themes, or font size.
Most of the personalization  options, such as changing
the font size, can be accessed through the device
settings.Change the look of your deviceSelect  Menu > Settings  and Themes .
You can use themes to change the look of the display,
such as the background image.
To change the theme that is used for all the
applications in your device, select  General. To preview
a theme before activating it, go to the theme, and wait
for a few seconds. To activate the theme, select
Options  > Set. 
 indicates the active theme.
To have an image or a slide show of changing images
as the background in  the home screen, select
Wallpaper  > Image or Slide show .
To change the image displayed in the home screen
when a call is received, select  Call image.
ProfilesYou can use profiles to set and customize the ringing
tones, message alert tone s, and other tones for
different events, environments, or caller groups. The
name of the selected profile is displayed at the top of
the home screen. If the General profile is active, only
the date is displayed.
Select  Menu > Settings  and Profiles .
Go to a song, select and from the following:
● Activate   — Activate the profile.
● Customize   — Personalize the profile.
● Timed   — Set the profile to be active until a certain
time within the next 24 hours.
When the time expires, the profile changes back to
the previously active non-timed profile. In the home
screen, 
 indicates a timed profile. The Offline
profile cannot be timed.
To create a new profile, select  Options > Create
new .
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							3-D tonesWith 3-D tones, you can enable three-dimensional
sound effects for ringing tones. Not all ringing tones
support 3-D effects.
Select  Menu > Settings  and Profiles . Go to a profile,
and select  Options > Customize .
To enable a 3-D effect that  is applied to the ringing
tone, select  3-D ringing tone effect  and the desired
effect.
To change the 3–D effect that is applied to the ringing
tone, select  3-D ringing tone echo  and the desired
effect.
To listen to a 3-D effect be fore selecting it, go to the
effect, and wait for a second.Modify the home screenTo modify items, such as e- mail notifications, in the
home screen, select  Options > Edit content .
To select an image or image slide show as the
background image in the home screen, select  Menu >
Settings  and Themes  > Wallpaper.
To change the clock shown in the home screen, tap the
clock in the home screen, and select  Options >
Settings  > Clock type .
Modify the main menuIn the menu you can access the functions in your
device. To open the main menu, press the menu key.
To change the menu view, select Options  > List
view or  Grid view .
To reorganize the main menu, select  Options >
Organize. For example, to move a menu icon to
another folder, select the icon,  Options > Move to
folder , and the new folder. You  can also drag and drop
an icon to a new loca tion in the main menu.
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							ApplicationsCalendarTo open the calendar, select Menu > Calendar.Calendar viewsTo switch between month, week, and to-do note view,
select  Options  > Change view  > Day , Week , or To-
do .
To change the starting day of the week, the view that
is shown when you open the calendar, or the calendar
alarm settings, select  Options > Settings .
To go to a certain date, select  Options > Go to date .Calendar toolbarFrom the toolbar, select from the following:
●
 Next view   — Select the month view.
● Next view   — Select the week view.
● Next view   — Select the day view.
● Next view   — Select the to-do view.
●  New meeting   — Add a new me eting reminder.
● New to-do note   — Create a new to-do entry.
Create a calendar entry1.To add a new calendar entry, tap the desired date,
select Options  > New entry  and from the
following:
● Meeting   — Add a reminder of your meeting.
● Meeting request   — Create and send a new
meeting request. You must have a mailbox set
up for sending requests.
● Memo   — Write a general note for the day.
● Anniversary   — Add a reminder of birthdays or
special dates (entries are repeated annually).
● To-do note   — Add a reminder of a task that
must be done by a specific date.
2. Fill in all the fields. Tap  a field to enter the text. To
close the text input, select 
.
To add a description to an entry, select Options  >
Add description .
3. To save the entry, select  Done.
When the calendar alarm sounds, select  Silence to
mute the alarm.
To stop the calendar alarm, select  Stop.
To set the alarm to snooze, select  Snooze.
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							To define the period after which the calendar alarm
sounds again when set to snooze, select Options >
Settings  > Alarm snooze time .Manage calendar entriesTo delete several events at a time, open the month
view, and select Options > Delete entry > Before
selected date  or All entries .
To mark a task as completed in the to-do view, select
the task and  Options > Mark as done .
To send a calendar note to  a compatible device, select
Options  > Send . If the other device is not compatible
with Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the time
information of received calendar entries may not be
displayed correctly.Clock Set time and dateSelect  Menu > Applications  > Clock .
Select  Options  > Settings  and from the following:
● Time   — Set the time.
● Date   — Set the date.
● Automatic time update   — Set the network to
automatically update the time, date, and time zone
information for your devi ce (network service).
Alarm clockSelect Menu > Applications  > Clock.
To set a new alarm, select  New alarm. Set the alarm
time. Select  Repeat to set whether an d when the alarm
is repeated, and select  Done.
To view your active and inactive alarms, select
Alarms . When the alarm is active, 
 is displayed.
When the alarm is repeated, 
 is displayed.
To remove an alarm, select  Alarms, scroll to the alarm,
and select  Options > Delete alarm .
To turn off the alarm when the alarm expires, select
Stop . To snooze the  alarm, select Snooze. If your
device is switched off wh en an alarm is due, your
device switches itself on an d starts sounding the alarm
tone.
To define the snooze time, select  Options >
Settings  > Alarm snooze time .
To change the alarm tone, select Options  >
Settings  > Clock alarm tone .
World clockSelect Menu > Applications  > Clock.
To view the current time in  different locations, select
World clock. To add locations to the list, select
Options  > Add location .
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							To set your current location, scroll to a location, and
select Options  >  Set as current location . The time in
your device is changed according to the selected
location. Ensure that the time is correct and matches
your time zone.RealPlayer With RealPlayer, you can pl ay video clips or stream
media files over the air without saving them to the
device first.
RealPlayer does not necessari ly support all file formats
or all the variations of file formats.Play video clipsSelect  Menu > Applications >  RealPlayer.
To play a video clip, select  Video clips, and a clip.
To list recently played fi les, in the application main
view, select  Recently played .
In the list of video clips, scroll to a clip, select
Options  and from the following:
● Use video clip  — Assign a video to a contact or set
it as a ringing tone.
● Mark/Unmark   — Mark items in the list to send or
delete multiple item s at the same time.
● View details   —  View details of the selected item,
such as format, resolution, and duration.
● Settings   — Edit settings for video playback and
streaming.
In the Video clips, Recently  played and Streaming links
views, the following toolba r icons may be available:
●
 Send   — Send a video clip or streaming link.
● Play   —  Play the video clip or video stream.
●  Delete   — Delete the video clip or streaming link.
● Remove   — Remove a file from the recently
played list.
Stream content over the airIn RealPlayer, you can only open an RTSP link. However,
RealPlayer plays a RAM file if you open an HTTP link to
it in a browser.
Select  Menu > Applications  > RealPlayer.
To stream content over the  air (network service), select
Streaming links  and a link. You can also receive a
streaming link in a text  message or multimedia
message, or open a link on a web page. Before live
content begins streaming, your device connects to the
site and starts loading the  content. The content is not
saved in your device.RealPlayer settingsSelect  Menu > Applications  > RealPlayer.
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							You may receive RealPlayer settings in a special
message from your service provider. For more
information, contact your service provider.
To select the settings for the video, select Options >
Settings  > Video .
To select whether to use a proxy server, to change the
default access point, and to set the port range used
when connecting, select Options  > Settings >
Streaming . For the correct settings, contact your
service provider.
1. To edit the advanced settings, select  Options >
Settings  > Streaming  > Network  > Options  >
Advanced settings .
2. To select the bandwidth used for a network type,
select the network type and the desired value.
To edit the bandwidth yourself, select  User
defined.RecorderSelect  Menu > Applications  > Recorder .
With the Recorder applicat ion, you can record voice
memos and telephone conversations.
The recorder cannot be used when a data call or GPRS
connection is active.
To record a sound clip, select 
.
To stop recording a sound clip, select 
.
To listen to the sound clip, select 
.
To select the recording qu ality or where you want to
save your sound clips, select  Options > Settings .
To record a teleph one conversation, open the recorder
during a voice call, and select 
. Both parties hear a
tone at regular intervals during recording.
NotesWrite notesSelect  Menu > Applications  > Notes. To write a
note, select Options  > New note. Tap the note field
to enter text, and select 
.
You can save plain text files (.txt file format) you receive
to Notes.
Manage notesSelect  Menu > Applications  > Notes.
Select  Options  and from the following:
● Open   — Open the note.
● Send   — Send the note to other compatible devices.
● Delete   — Delete a note. You can also delete several
notes at once. To mark each note you want to delete,
select  Options  > Mark/Unmark , and delete the
notes.
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