mobZilla Mobile Player Guide

FAQ


Mobile Player Guide

Player Controls

PAUSE - Press [ENTER] or [SELECT] on the navigation/scroll key to pause or play the currently listed song. You can also pause the currently playing song by selecting [PAUSE] in the menu.

SKIP - Press the [SKIP] button to immediately jump to the next song in the playlist. Hint: You cannot skip a track until it begins playing.

RATING - Press 1-5 on the keypad to display the rating window. To set or change the rating of the song, press [SELECT] on the selected rating or one of the 1-5 keys to rate the song. Press [BACK] to cancel changing the rating of the song.

VOLUME - Use the built in volume buttons on your phone to change the volume. On some phones, pressing [UP] or [DOWN] on the phone's navigation/scroll key can also be used to change the volume.

TABS - Press [LEFT] and [RIGHT] on the phone's navigation/scroll key to move between the Player, MyMix and Channels tabs.

MyMix

With MyMix you can create your own blend of music by mixing any of the styles of music available in this section. Check and Uncheck styles using [ENTER] on the navigation/scroll key, or by using the [SELECT] softkey. Selecting a style group (like Rock) will add all musical styles within that group to your mix. You can open and close a style group with the [EXPAND] and [COLLAPSE] softkey and [SELECT] individual styles. A playlist of music will be generated from all checked styles and will play when you listen to MyMix.

To view and update MyMix preferences, move to the MyMix tab by pressing right on the navigation/scroll key. To return to the Player tab, press left on the navigation/scroll key.

MyMix settings are shared on your account, so selections you make on either your mobile phone or Web will be selected on BOTH players.

You can only set MyMix weightings from the Web at this time. However, genre weightings you set from the Web will apply to your MyMix playlist when you listen from your phone.

Channels

Use the Channels tab to browse a list of all channels available on the mobZilla service. To access the channels tab use the joystick to move left and right. Inside the Channels tab you can scroll through the list of available channels by pressing [UP] and [DOWN] on the navigation/scroll key.

To get more information about a channel, press the [INFO] softkey.

To listen to a channel, press [PLAY] or [ENTER] on the navigation/scroll key.

Rating

Rating a song is fun and easy. Press 1-5 on the keypad to display the rating window. To set or change the rating of the song, press [SELECT] on the selected rating or use the 1-5 keys to rate the song. Press [BACK] to cancel changing the rating of the song.

Rating a song high will make it play more often and will also play more songs like the ones you like, rating a song low will make it play less often.

On mobZilla mobile player, you can rate the song that is playing. On the Web player, you can also rate the artist and album of the song.

mobZilla determines top charts based on ratings from members, and your ratings play a big part!

History

Player history is accessed by pressing the [MENU] softkey on the player, and selecting HISTORY from the menu. You can view a list of all songs you have heard during your session, and rate any of the songs.

To rate a song, press 1-5 on the keypad to display the rating window. To set or change the rating of the song, press [SELECT] on the selected rating or use the 1-5 keys to rate the song. Press [BACK] to cancel changing the rating of the song.