How to use the Music player

To activate music mode and start Music player, press the instant swap key to switch to music mode.

Music library

Music library is a database of the available music tracks. In the music library, you can choose the music to listen to, and create and manage playlists.

To open the music library, in the music player main view, scroll to , and press the scroll key.

To update the music library and search for music tracks in the phone memory and on the memory card, select Options > Update Music library. After the update, the changes to the music library are displayed.

You can select music to listen to from the music library in different ways. For example, to play a specific album, select Albums, scroll to the album, and select Options > Play. Or, to listen to specific tracks on the album, select Albums and an album, mark the tracks, and select Options > Play.

Track lists

To compile and save your own track list, select Track lists > Options > New track list. Then select the memory to save the track list in, and enter a name for the track list. Mark the desired tracks, and press the scroll key.

To listen to a track list, select Track lists, scroll to the track list, and select Options > Play.

You can add tracks to a saved track list from other views. For example, to add an album, select Albums, locate the album, scroll to it, and select Options > Add to track list > Saved track list. Scroll to the track list to add the album to, and press the scroll key.

Listen to music

Warning: Listen to music at a moderate level. Continuous exposure to high volume may damage your hearing.

To start playing or pause playback, select . To stop playback, select . To skip to the next or previous track, select or . To fast forward or rewind, select and hold or

To see the currently playing playlist, select . To return to the standby mode and leave the music player in the background, press the end key.

To play the music tracks repeatedly, select Options > Loop. Select All to repeat all the currently playing tracks, One to repeat the currently playing track, or Off to not repeat tracks.

To play music in random order, select Options > Random play.

Music player tapping commands

To pause playback or resume paused playback, tap twice on the upper part of the keypad.

To skip tracks, tap twice on either the left or right lower side of the phone with your fingertips. For the tapping commands to work, they must be enabled in Tapping settings.

Audio settings

With Audio settings, you can adjust the tone of the sound and apply effects to the sound. Select Options > Audio settings.

Equalizer

With Equaliser, you can enhance or diminish frequencies during music playback and modify how your music sounds.

Select Options > Audio settings > Equaliser. To use a preset, scroll to it, and select Options > Activate.

Create a new preset

1. To create a new preset, select Options > New preset, and enter the preset’s name.
2. To move between frequency bands, scroll left or right. To enhance or diminish sound in the frequency band, scroll up or down.
3. Select Back.

Also see:

How to use Tapping settings – Nokia 5500 Sport support

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