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Music player

The Music player app allows you to play back music content stored on your tablet device, an SD memory card or the home network. You can also send ([Throw]) music content to another DLNA certified device and play it back on that device.

The detailed information of the current album or song can be searched or displayed, and you can add cover art or lyrics to the content. Applying 12 TONE ANALYSIS to the music content gives you more ways to enjoy that content. You can also adjust sound processing settings for playback by means such as the equalizer.

Tap to start the Music player app.

The browsing screen appears.

Hint

If you cannot find the icon to start the app, look for it in the application launcher displayed by tapping [ Apps & Widgets] at the top right of the Home screen.

Playing back music content on your tablet device

Tap list items, folders, or albums to select the album, song, or playlist that you want to play back.

Playback starts.

Hint

A playback icon is displayed at the bottom right of the screen during playback.

If you flick left or right the cover art on the playback screen displayed by tapping the cover art on the top left of the browsing screen, information on the content currently playing and a song list are displayed.

If you remove the headphones during playback, playback is paused automatically to prevent sudden loud sound from being emitted from the tablet device.

Changing the display

Tap the list on the left side of the browsing screen.

[ Cover art view]: Displays the cover art of all albums.

[ SensMe(TM) channels]: Categorizes the music content into channels according to the music type automatically. You can select the channel according to the time of the day or your mood.

[ Library]: Displays the music content by song, album, artist, etc.

Playing back music content on other devices by sending (Throwing) it from your tablet device

Using your tablet device, you can send music content to another DLNA certified device via the home network and play back the music content on that device [Details].

Note

If you display another screen by means such as tapping , while you are controlling another device (playback device) using your tablet device, return to the control screen via the notification panel.

Hint

While you are sending content to another device, you can play back other content on your tablet device.

Searching for related information

You can easily search for information related to the currently playing music content.

Tap the cover art at the top left of the browsing screen.

The playback screen is displayed.

Flick the cover art left twice.

Tap the song title, artist name or album name that you want to search for.

Select and tap from the list displayed the app that you want to use for the search.

The search starts using the selected app.

Adding cover art to an album or a song

You can add a photo or image you want to use as cover art to an album or a song.

Tap the cover art at the top left of the browsing screen.

The playback screen is displayed.

Tap the option menu.

Tap [Add cover art].

Follow the on-screen instructions to specify the photo or image to use as cover art.

Note

You cannot add cover art to the content stored on an SD memory card.

Hint

When adding cover art to an album, tapping and holding the album in the album list or the cover art view allows you to proceed to step 3.

To delete cover art

In step 3, tap [Delete cover art].

Adding lyrics to a song

You can add or edit song lyrics in plain text. Your tablet device supports .lrc and .txt file formats.

Tap the cover art at the top left of the browsing screen.

The playback screen is displayed.

Tap the option menu.

Tap [Add lyrics].

Follow the on-screen instructions to input or select the lyrics.

To delete lyrics

In step 3, tap [Delete lyrics].

Analyzing music content

When you start SensMe(TM) channels or the visualizer, notification will tell you if songs have not been analyzed. That notification can be turned off from the settings of 12 TONE ANALYSIS.

Note

The information on 12 TONE ANALYSIS stored in the SD memory card will be erased once the SD memory card is removed from your tablet device. If that happens, you will need to analyze the music content again.

Hint

Songs are analyzed using Sony 12 TONE ANALYSIS technology. The results of the analysis are applied to the SensMe(TM) channels, and the visualizer will move graphics according to the beat of the song.