nokia e75 review : Nokia Podcasting - Directories - Search podcasts - Transfer with Windows Media Player - Manual synchronization - RealPlayer

Nokia Podcasting

Select Menu > Applications > Media > Podcasting.

Download podcasts to your device, and play them.

Play and manage podcasts

Podcasting delivers audio or video content over the internet

for playback on mobile devices and PCs.

With the Nokia Podcasting application, you can search,

discover, subscribe, and download podcasts over the air; and

play, manage, and share podcasts with your device.

Define the connection and downloading settings before

using the application. Select Options > Settings >

Connection and Download.

To search for new podcast episodes to subscribe to, select

Directories.

To search for podcasts using keywords and podcast show

titles, select Search.

To display the available episodes from the selected podcast,

open the Podcasts folder and select Open.

To download the selected episode, select Download.

To play the downloaded episode, select Play.

To update the selected podcast or marked podcasts, for a new

episode, select Options > Update.

To open the web site of the podcast (network service), select

Options > Open web page.

Some podcasts provide the opportunity to interact with the

creators by commenting and voting. To connect to the

internet to do this, select Options > View comments.

Directories

Select Directories.

Directories help you find new podcast episodes to which to

subscribe.

Contents of the directories change. Select the desired

directory folder to update it (network service). The color of

the folder changes, when the update is complete.

To subscribe to a podcast, scroll to the podcast title and select

Update. After you have subscribed to episodes of a podcast,

you can download, manage, and play them in the podcasts

menu.

To add a new directory or folder, select Options > New >

Web directory or Folder. Select a title, URL of the .opml

(outline processor markup language) file, andDone.

To import an .opml file stored on your device, select

Options > Import OPML file.

To save a received .opml file, open the file to save the file into

the Received folder in Directories. Open the folder to

subscribe to any of the links to add to your podcasts.

Search podcasts

Search helps you find podcasts by keyword or title.

The search engine uses the podcast search service you set up

in Podcasting > Options > Settings > Connection >

Search service URL.

To search for podcasts, select Search, and enter the desired

keywords.

Tip: Search looks for podcast titles and keywords in

descriptions, not specific episodes. General topics,

such as football or hip-hop, usually give better results

than a specific team or artist.

To subscribe to selected channels and add them to your

podcasts, select Subscribe.

To start a new search, select Options > New search.

To see the details of a podcast, select Options >

Description.

Podcasting settings

To edit the connection settings, select Options > Settings >

Connection.

To edit the download settings, select Options > Settings >

Download.

To restore the default settings, open the corresponding

settings and select Options > Restore default.

Transfer with Windows Media

Player

Music synchronization functions may vary between different

versions of the Windows Media Player application. For more

information, see the corresponding Windows Media Player

guides and help. The following instructions are for Windows

Media Player 11.

Manual synchronization

With manual synchronization, you can select the songs and

playlists that you want to move, copy, or remove.

1. After your device is connected with Windows Media

Player, select your device in the navigation pane on the

right, if more than one device is connected.

2. In the left navigation pane, browse the music files on your

PC which you want to synchronize.

3. Drag and drop songs to the Sync List on the right.

You can see the amount of available memory in your

device above the Sync List.

4. To remove songs or albums, select an item in the Sync

List, right-click, and select Remove from list.

5. To start the synchronization, click Start Sync.

Automatic synchronization

1. To activate the automatic synchronization function in

Windows Media Player, click the Sync tab, select Nokia

Handset > Set Up Sync..., and check the Sync this device

automatically check box.

2. Select the playlists you want to synchronize automatically

in the Available playlists pane, and click Add.

The selected items are transferred to the Playlists to

sync pane.

3. To finalize the setup for automatic synchronization, click

Finish.

When the Sync this device automatically check box is

checked and you connect your device to the PC, the music

library in your device is automatically updated based on the

playlists you select for synchronization in Windows Media

Player. If no playlists have been selected, the whole PC music

library is selected for synchronization. If there is not enough

RealPlayer

Select Menu > Applications > Media > RealPlayer.

RealPlayer plays video and sound clips that are stored on your

device, transferred from an e-mail message, or a compatible

computer, or streamed to your device over the web.

Supported file formats include MPEG-4, MP4 (not streaming),

3GP, RV, RA, AMR, and Midi. RealPlayer does not necessarily

support all variations of a media file format.

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