Because your smartphone comes with Microsoft Windows Media Player Mobile for Smartphone, you can use it to play music and videos. By default, Windows Media Player Mobile can play the following types of files:

• Windows Media Audio (WMA)
• Windows Media Video (WMV)
• Motion Picture Experts Group-2 Audio Layer-3 (MP3)

These include files with .asf, .wma, .wmv, and .mp3 file name extensions. Some smartphone manufacturers install additional components on their phones that enable them to play additional file types. Check the manual that came with your phone—or check with the manufacturer—for more information.

To Download Music and Videos

The easiest way to get music and videos onto your smartphone is to use the Sync feature in the desktop version of Windows Media Player to copy the files from your PC to your phone. This approach ensures that protected files and album art will be copied to your smartphone correctly. To synchronize music or video content to your smartphone automatically, take these steps:

Windows Media Player will now begin copying the files you selected to your smartphone. The next time you connect your smartphone to your PC while the desktop version of Windows Media Player is running, synchronization will start automatically.

To Play Music and Videos

You can use the Library function on your smartphone to find and play songs, videos, and playlists, whether they are stored on your phone or on a removable storage card. Or you can connect to the Internet and play songs or videos directly from the Internet.

To use the Library:

To play a file stored on your smartphone that is not in a library, go to the Library screen and click Menu > Open File. Click and hold the item that you want to play (such as a file or a folder), and then click Play or Queue Up.

To play an item on the Internet: