User's Manual

Experiencing Multimedia 165
About licenses and protected files
Some content (such as digital media files downloaded from
the Internet, CD tracks, and videos) have associated licenses
that protect them from being unlawfully distributed or shared.
Licenses are created and managed by using digital rights
management (DRM), which is the technology for securing
content and managing its access rights. Some licenses may
prevent you from playing files that have been copied to your
device. Files that have licenses associated with them are called
“protected files.”
If you want to copy a protected file from your PC to your
device, use the desktop Player to synchronize the file to your
device (instead of dragging the file from a folder on your PC
to a folder on your device, for example). This will ensure that
the license is copied along with the protected file. For more
information about synchronizing files to your device and
other mobile devices, see desktop Player Help.
Note You can view the protection status for a file by checking its
file properties (tapping Menu
> Properties).
Copy media files to your device
Use the latest version of the desktop Player (Windows Media
Player 10 or later) to synchronize digital media files to your
device (instead of dragging a file from a folder on your PC to a
folder on your device, for example). Using the desktop Player
ensures that licenses are copied with protected files.
Always synchronize the files to a storage card that is inserted
into your device. Do not synchronize to a storage card that
is inserted into a storage card reader. In addition, do not
synchronize to the internal storage location (RAM) in your
device.
To synchronize content to your device automatically
1. Power off your device. Insert a 32-MB or larger storage
card into your device, and turn the power back on.
2. On your PC, start Windows Media Player.
3. Connect your device to your PC.