My iPod Nano recently bit the dust and went on to wherever gadgets go to rest when they brake down and die. Instead of buying a new 2 Gig iPod Nano for $199 I decided to pick up a 2 Gig Mini SD card for about $60 for my Nokia E61. Not only do I save some money but I also reduce the clutter in my bag by elminating the need for one extra device.
The challenge I faced was how to manage my music libraries and move the music to my Nokia E61. I found a great tool to help me do just that. The free application SyncTunes lets you syncronize part of your iTunes library to an SD card. This is the step-by-step guide.
What you need is your Nokia E61, a Mini SD card and a memory card reader that can be mounted by your Mac. I used a cheap SD card reader from Lexar.
Mount the Mini SD card using the reader on your Mac.
Start iTunes.
Create a playlist for your Nokia E61 and pick the music and podcast you want to include. The built in media player supports MP3/AAC/MPEG4 files.
Install and launch the free application SyncTunes.
Choose the playlist you created and your Mini SD card you mounted using the SD card reader and then initiate Sync. Your music will be copied to the Mini SD card. Then you just insert the Mini SD card in your Nokia E61 and your ready to go.
I will follow up this post later with more information about headphones, battery life etc.
Like others I was getting “unknown” for all the meta data for tracks converted and copied from iTunes via Nokia Music Manager.
I found that if I change the conversion method to AAC (rather than m4a) then the meta data is recognised.
Steps followed:
1. Set up conversion method in Options | Settings | Conversion to AAC (I use auto conversion)
2. Copy from All Music to My Collection
3. Select All in My Collection then File | Convert to Mobile Optimised Format
4. Select All in My Collection then File | Copy to Phone
5. On the phone Options | Music Library | Update Library
Cheers, –Kip
Er, in my description above ignore step 3 - Step 2 will convert the music files as it copies to My Collection. I do note that converting mp3 to aac appears to take a very long time….
Cheers, –Kip
k never mind found the answer myself.
Will there be a Windows version of SyncTunes?
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Short answer: No.
Longer answer: No because SyncTunes is written in Applescript using Apple’s Xcode development tools, and uses the iTunes’s built-in Applescript interface commands, it also uses UNIX system commands. If it wasn’t for this easy-ish to use environment I wouldn’t have created SyncTunes.
I don’t have a PC nor any experience in developing on Windows so there will not be a Windows version.
synctunes looks great
just what i was looking for
i am gona put it on my blog so spanish readers can learn about it
thx
Can anyone please help me with an SD card issue. I also just bought a 2gb mini SD for my Nokia E61. Everything transferred over from the original 64mb card to the new one fine, except for the folder called “RESOURCE”, which has some apps like Adobe Reader, some plugins, and help files. Now matter which way I try, I cannot move this folder on to the new card. I get responses like “mobile phone blocked the operation” (when doing it on my PC), or prevented for “security reasons ” when trying to switch it from card to card via my phone memory.
Obviously there is some sort of protection in place, but how can I get around this to be able to use Adobe and other apps on my new card?
Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks.
An aside, since I just took delivery on my E62 this week and am setting it up for various applications: your screen shot showing Frazier Chorus gave me a huge smile and total earned my respect for your tastes in music. All the best.
Uh, whoa, and The Gunman and Other Stories. Uncanny tastes! Paddy and Tim on the same page makes me think I co-authored this. Even Terry Hall/Colourfield stuff is on there.
Uhm, ok. This is about the E62/E61 music player and SyncTunes, not a page to pick out sample artists. Sorry about hijacking the thread.
Thank you for the kind words Miriam. I have been waiting for someone to comment on music displayed. (I was really hoping someone would do that)
Thanks
Ed
Wow, I had that Frazier Chorus CD single. That guy had an amazing voice. Thanks for reminding me, I’m going straight to bittorrent (I mean the record shop) right now.
K
Hey Guys, I have tried the Itunes Agent over PC and works like a charm.
Follow this guide from S60tips
http://www.s60tips.com/2006/07/22/synchronizing-music-files-and-podcasts-from-itunes-to-s60-phones/
The only thing I could not achieve was getting a “data transfer” over BT. I had to use USB. Anyone?
Excellent Blog BTW. Keep the good work.
Forgot to mention. Itunes agent resolves the issue of recognizing tags, but I only could work it out for MP3 tracks. AAC´s were not recognized and always displayed the track number in front of the track name, even when this option is ticked off in Itunes.
Cheers
i love the new device, and i am getting the new nokia e62, and i was just wondering, where the hell is the camera located on this blasted phone.
Hello kflagg! Well the e61 & e62 does not have a camera while the e61i has it.
I use SyncMyMobile to sync iTunes to my Nokia N80. Presume it would work with this phone too. It even creates playlists on the card (Just change the drive to drive E: … well on the N80 the MMC is drive E: anyway. It will even squash the files down to whatever size your want like 64 instead of 128 so I have over 800 songs on my 2GB card now….. Think i’ll upgrade to an E or N95 though when 4 or 8 GB cards com eon board…
I know this is an old thread now.. but if you’re not using iTunes I can recommend Winamp for syncing/transcoding music to an E61. Just make sure ‘aac’ is added to the supported formats and use aacPlus as the preferred transcoding format.
This works great over USB.
Hi, frnds there,
I recently purchased one E-61i mobile and it is working properly.
I wud like to know more about use of the Real player.
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