Synchronizing MP3 Files from Windows Media Player to S60 Phones

June 15, 2006 Antony Pranata 36 comments

Some of Nokia’s S60 phones are branded XPressMusic, for example 3250, N71, N80 and N91. Do you know that we can synchronize XPressMusic phones with Windows Media Player (WMP)? It supports WMP 10 and 11. Note that some devices do not support DRM-protected music files yet. Some newer devices, such as Nokia N95 and N81, do support it already.

Here is how we can do it:

Insert your phone to the PC via USB cable. Select Media Player when the phone asks connection mode. If your phone does not ask for connection mode, go to Connectivity | Data cable. You should be able to select Media Player there. Note that non-XPressMusic phones do not have this option.

Selecting Media Player as Data Connection mode

If you insert your phone for the first time, Windows will install necessary driver. If your Windows is not able to find the driver, try to insert the CD-ROM that comes with your phone package. Locate a folder that contains an .inf file (the file naming may vary for each phone, for example “N71 Windows Media Player 11 driver.inf”). After you install the driver, your phone will be recognized as WM portable device.

Installing Windows Media Player driver for Nokia N80

Now you can launch WM Player and start synchronizing MP3 files to your phone. You can also set WMP to synchronize automatically each time you insert the device.

Synchronizing Nokia N80 with Windows Media Player

Synchronization none

#1 | Written by dr.pratik about 6 years ago.

Good tutorial for media player sync.however i want to know whether this functionality is available for nokia 6131.This phone also work with wma songs.
#2 | Written by Antony Pranata about 6 years ago.

I haven’t really tried it on Nokia 6131. However, according to the page from Nokia (http://www.europe.nokia.com/nokia/0,,81729,00.html), currently only a few S60 phones support XPressMusic.
#3 | Written by Charlie about 6 years ago.

I have an N80 (firmware 3.0617.0.6) but no option for Media Player. Why might this be? Any way of getting it?
#4 | Written by Antony Pranata about 6 years ago.

@Charlie: Have you tried to check Connection | Data cable. Are you able to change the connection mode from this application?
#5 | Written by Jonathan about 6 years ago.

I also have an N80 with the latest firmware (3.0617.0.6) and the media player option is missing. I have checked Connection | Data cable and it isn’t there either. We only get PC Suite – Data Transfer – PictBridge OR Ask on Connection.

I’m on Orange in the UK if that makes a difference

Just called Club Nokia and they said if it isn’t there it isn’t supported on the phone. I pointed out that it was on other N80′s (e.g. Antony’s) and they said to call the Network and ask them. Basically they just passed the buck as she didn’t seem to know what she was talking about!
#6 | Written by Antony Pranata about 6 years ago.

Firstly, I would like to highlight that this site is not an “official” site from S60 or Nokia. It is just a personal blogging site. If you find something wrong here, it’s better to contact me directly because Nokia customer care doesn’t know anything about this site…
About Media Player support in N80, I will try to find more information about it. It could be that it was not supported in those firmware release. It might be that it is supported in newer firmware release only.
#7 | Written by yajtoh about 6 years ago.

if you have problems with media player, use “transfer music” app from pc suite !
#8 | Written by charlie about 5 years ago.

I was wondering if you can email or post the N80 WMP drivers, my firmware supports it but i do not have the drivers.
#9 | Written by Antony Pranata about 5 years ago.

@charlie: Sorry, I couldn’t post it. I don’t want to get into trouble with Nokia…
#10 | Written by Antony Pranata about 5 years ago.

@charlie: If you want to play a little bit “hack”, you can do this.
- Download .inf file of Nokia N91 from http://www.nokia.com.sg/nokia/0,,91973,00.html.

- Open it in Notepad and modify the following lines:

Go to [Nokia] section and replace the USB’s VID device with this PID_04F1″ (previously it is PID_0485 in Nokia N91).

Go to [Strings] section and replace “Nokia N91″ with “Nokia N80″.

That’s it. Now you have the .inf file for Nokia N80.
#11 | Written by Pinks about 5 years ago.

Hi I am trying to get my newly updated N80′s media player setting to work also, but am having trouble with the missing driver. I have tried Antonys steps in post #11 but still no joy. I am using Windows X64 (64-bit), do you think this is the problem?

Cheers!
#12 | Written by Antony Pranata about 5 years ago.

@Pinks: Are you using WMP 11? For WMP 11, the .inf file is a little bit different.
#13 | Written by phil about 5 years ago.

@Antony Pranata:

i am using wmp11!! I need the different INI file… thank you!
#14 | Written by Antony Pranata about 5 years ago.

@phil: I haven’t found .inf file for WMP 11. It could be because it is still in beta version. However, I would expect that the driver will be released very soon. Not sure if anybody else has seen the .inf file somewhere on the Internet.
#15 | Written by Mig about 5 years ago.

The new firmware for Nokia N80(4.xxx.x.x), made available by Nokia after the middle o August, adds the option of Media player on the connections options.
#16 | Written by Slick about 5 years ago.

I dont have that Inf-File on my PC…..
#17 | Written by Slick about 5 years ago.

@Mod
Sorry 4 doublepost:)

I dont have that Inf-File on my N80 cd..
#18 | Written by Antony Pranata about 5 years ago.

@Slick: From my understanding, the earlier version of N80 doesn’t support WMP synchronization. Unfortunately, I am not really sure the first version that support it.
Actually if your device has an option “Media Player”, you can use my trick at #11. Download .inf file from Nokia N91 and do a little bit hack.
#19 | Written by Akshay about 5 years ago.

i have got nokia 3250 and its .inf file supports wmp10 but not wmp11 which i hav installed lately.Is there a different driver for wmp11 for 3250.if yes plz send me the link

or plz provide me the hack for 3250

THANK YOU
#20 | Written by Henrik Nilsson about 5 years ago.

@Akshay – The official drivers from Nokia doesn’t support beta-software like wmp11 are.
#21 | Written by mattjones about 5 years ago.

What skin is that you\’re using for wmp, pls?
#22 | Written by Craig about 5 years ago.

This will probably sound stupid most of ytou but where exactly is the root folder of my n73 memory card? Cheers
#23 | Written by Antony Pranata about 5 years ago.

@Craig: The root folder of memory card is e:\. This is the same for all S60 devices.
#24 | Written by Lugigi about 5 years ago.

Open the file “c:\WINDOWS\inf\wpdmtp.inf” in Notepad
Find the lines that read
;iRiver PMC
%GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\VID_1006&PID_4002
%GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\VID_1006&PID_4003

and then directly under that paste in

;Nokia N80
%GenericMTP.DeviceDesc%=MTP, USB\VID_0421&PID_04F1

Then save and recconect your N80 and windows will install the drivers for you…
#25 | Written by MISAEL about 5 years ago.

i have got a nokia 3250 ( i love my f&%/ phone) i want to use this aplication but i was wondering if it can use with bluetoth
#26 | Written by Antony Pranata about 5 years ago.

@MISAEL: Unfortunately no. You can’t use Bluetooth. Only USB is possible.
#27 | Written by lokesh about 5 years ago.

I have a nokia N91 piece. My data cable cd has misplaced So I want to download these data cable cd form net So is there any web site from where I can download data cable cd software.
#28 | Written by Antony Pranata about 5 years ago.

@lokesh: Try to download it from http://europe.nokia.com/A4158095.
#29 | Written by Jonathan about 5 years ago.

Antony, great tutorial which I read after seeing that my S60 Nokia 5500 has WMP support. I got the driver from the nokia web site and when i connect the phone via USB it goes through the usual processes to install the device (as your screen shots above show). However, when I click finish, my PC immediately \’finds new hardware\’ and goes through the same process again and again and again.

It\’s really frustrating and I was wondering if you or anyone else reading has any suggestions I can try.

By the way, in data transfer mode, WMP recogonses the device OK.

Many thanks and keep up the good work.
#30 | Written by Antony Pranata about 5 years ago.

@Jonathan: I have seen this problem too. For me, this problem happened when I connect my phone in PC Suite mode. The solution for me is: 1) remove cable connection; 2) Select Settings | Control Panel | System | Hardware. There you can see your device with question mark; 3) Right click your device and then select Uninstall.
After that, try to reconnect your device in “Media Player” mode.
#31 | Written by Edouard about 4 years ago.

@Jonathan:

http://discussions.nokia.co.uk/discussions/board/message?board.id=pcsuite&message.id=14178&jump=true#M14178
#32 | Written by smokes about 4 years ago.

Gosh thanks!
i didÅ£nt know about that
#33 | Written by flemming about 4 years ago.

can the Sport 5500 sync WMA DRM files with WMP 11 ??? (tries to connect it to Vista, but it seems the mediaplayer modes cannot find the right driver – eventhough I got the newest PC suite and downloaeded the WMP 10 INF file for 5500)
#34 | Written by Maddy about 3 years ago.

WAT ABOUT BLUETOOTH SYNC?
#35 | Written by Stan about 3 years ago.

WMP11 recognizes my Nokia E65 on bluetooth, but not my Nokia N82. PC Suite works fine for both phones on bluetooth. USB cable works.
#36 | Written by Michael about 2 years ago.

It\’s 2:38 AM and I finally have Nokia Music working on my N80. Thank you for posts 11 and 27. I have spent days installing, uninstalling and reinstalling PC Suite and Nokia Music. I appreciate that people have the know how and are willing to share it on the web. Far better than the Nokia web site for practical information.

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