AT&T Music. LG Encore

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AT&T Music

To launch AT&T Music, from the standby screen touch and then touch in the

Entertainment tab.

Music Player

] All Songs : The songs in your music library will be displayed.

Touch All Songs for the drop-down menu with the following options:

Playlists : Allows you to access or make your own playlists.

Artists : Shows the list of artists of all the songs in your music library; touch an entry to see all the songs by the artist.

Albums : Shows the list of albums of all the songs in your music library; touch an entry to see all the songs on the selected album.

Genres : Shows the list of genres of all the songs in your music library; touch an entry to see the songs from that genre.

Shuffle : Touch this option to play your songs in a random order.

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Copyrights of music files may be protected by copyright and intellectual property laws. Please ensure that you adhere to the applicable Terms of Use of materials laws prior to downloading or copying files. Music protected by Digital Rights

Management software may not be playable.

Playing Music

To listen to music in your phone or the external memory, follow these quick easy steps:

1.

From the standby screen, touch , touch

from the Entertainment tab.

2.

Touch Music Player .

3.

Touch All Songs to select Playlists, Artists,

Albums, or Genres. You can also select

Shuffle to play all your songs in a random order. The Now Playing menu (below) will become available once music is playing.

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] Touch to pause the selected song.

While playing, touch to adjust the volume. Touch and to skip to the next song or previous song.

] Touch to back out of menus without disrupting the music.

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Music files smaller than 300kb may not be displayed in this function and may be categorized as Ringtones.

Adding Music To Your Handset

Music files can be added to your handset by using one or more of the following methods:

] Download music and ringtones over the

AT&T network directly to your device via the

Shop Music link in the AT&T Music Folder.

] From your existing digital media collection on your PC; synchronized via Windows

Media ® Player and/or Windows Explorer.

] From your PC using other music subscription services, such as Napster or eMusic.

Purchasing and downloading Music directly to your Device

1.

Touch and then touch in the

Entertainment tab.

2.

Select Shop Music .

3.

Navigate the Shop Music page to download today’s hottest music and other personalized content directly to your phone.

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• These actions are data intensive (i.e. previews via streaming) so the user should be enrolled in an unlimited data plan before using these services to avoid per-use data charges.

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• Additional charges may apply when downloading music, ringtones etc.

• .mid, .wav, .mp3, and .aac files under 300 kb can be set as ringtones.

Transferring Music using your PC

Before You Get Started

To transfer music from your PC to your device, you will need the following:

] Windows Media ® Player 10 (or above) or other digital music management software such as Napster® or eMusic®.

] A microSD™ card*

(Up to 16GB supported)

] USB cable*

* microSD card and USB cable sold separately; go to att.com/wireless for details.

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This device is not compatible with iTunes and/ or iTunes files.

Transferring Music from the Digital

Music Service

1. Using your computer, open your preferred

PC music management client.

2.

Locate the song in your library.

3.

Make sure the microSD™ card is inserted properly into the handset.

4.

Use the USB cable to connect the handset to the PC. .

5.

Once the USB connection has been established, the handset displays

“Connected“ and the computer screen then shows the device. If the detection does not occur, skip to Changing

USB Connection Settings section on page 45.

6.

Follow the instruction in the program to transfer music to your handset.

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If you have a USB hub, connect the handset directly to your computer rather than through the hub.

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Transferring Music using Windows

Media Player

1.

Open Windows Media ® Player on your computer (version 10.0 or higher).

2.

Use the USB cable to connect the handset to the PC.

3.

Once the USB connection has been established, the handset displays

“Connected“ and the computer screen then shows the device.

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If the target computer does not detect the newly connected handset or provide an MTP

Player dialog window on the PC screen, skip to

Changing USB Connection Settings section on page 45.

4.

From within the Windows Media ®

Player application, click on the Sync tab.

Previously downloaded songs are then listed on the left side of the application.

5.

Choose the destination location for the media files. The Music

Sync Player appears in a drop-down list on the right side of the screen.

6.

Drag a song from the Library to the LG

Music Sync Player on the right pane. Continue adding the desired songs.

7.

Click the Start Sync button to download the selected songs to your handset.

A “synchronization in progress” message appears on the application. Do not unplug the handset during this process. Once complete, the progress bar will disappear.

8.

It is now safe to unplug the USB cable from the handset.

Drag and Drop Music Using

As A Mass Storage

Device

1.

Make sure the microSD™ card is inserted properly into the headset.

2.

Connect the device to a PC using a

USB cable.

3.

A bubble may appear on the PC, “Found

New Hardware LG USB Modem”.

4.

Access My Computer on the PC.

5.

The phone’s memory card will be listed under “Devices with Removable Storage” in the same location as an optical drive.

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The PC will automatically assign a drive letter.

6.

File explore in a new window for desired music files.

7.

Drag and drop the desired music content from the PC window to the “Storage Card” window.

8.

Disconnect the device from the cable.

9.

Access the Music Player on the phone.

Deleting Music Files

The following are the three options available to delete Music from your Phone:

1.

Delete a file using Mass Storage, but not using Music sync function.

2.

Delete a file by directly inserting the microSD™ card onto the PC.

3.

Delete a file using delete function on the phone.

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If the target computer does not detect the newly connected handset as Mass Storage, skip to

Changing USB Connection Settings section.

Changing USB Connection Settings

1.

Touch , , and then .

2.

Touch Connection .

3.

Touch USB Connection Mode .

4.

Touch Music Sync (if using Windows

Media ® Player or other Digital Music

Services) or Mass Storage (if you are going to drag or drop files).

5.

Reconnect the device to a PC.

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If you delete a playlist from the phone, the songs in the playlist will not be removed and remain in All songs folder.

Do your file operations like Delete, Move and

Copy using Music Sync.

Be aware that all of the existing data will be erased on microSD™ card if you use the below process.

• Use the Memory Card function in the Settings menu (Menu > Tools & Settings > More >

Phone > Reset Settings > Master Clear).

• Format external memory using Mass Storage.

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