I have a Sanyo mm-5600 cellphone but i cant get it to play the music that i download on to it. Can you offer me any advice or assistance, please?
I hadn’t heard of the Sanyo MM-5600 prior to receiving this question, so I started by digging around a bit. Seems like a honey of a phone, I must admit, with it’s wide range of capabilities, including:
“A 1.3 Megapixel camera, a removable miniSD memory card and a built-in MP3/AAC music player. The MM-5600 supports Sprint PCS Multimedia service, which lets you to watch and listen to on-demand video and audio. It also supports Sprint PCS Ready Link, which provides nationwide walkie-talkie-style communication.
“Other powerful capabilities include a high-quality SANYO speakerphone, a 2.1″ QVGA-resolution internal LCD display with 260K colors, PictBridge compatibility, and a voice recorder that gives you up to 60-minutes of record time.”
As someone with a Motorola RAZR that’s been crippled by Verizon functionality-wise, it’s nice to learn that the Sanyo 5600 includes the ability to simply copy video, photos and MP3/AAC/MIDI files onto the miniSD card for later playback.
Now, according to Sanyo, the mm-5600 can play your MP3 files by pressing MENU, selecting Media Player, selecting miniSD then scrolling to the specific selection and just pressing Select to start playing the song.
Once it’s playing, you can adjust the playback volume with the usual side volume key.
There is a somewhat cryptic note in the Sanyo mm-5600 User’s Guide that says:
“Note: In some instances, you may not be able to play the media file on your phone when you add any sort of sound effects to your media file.”
Sanyo doesn’t say so, but I surmise that this might be more targeted at AAC ringtones than at MP3 music files. But I’m not sure.
Two more important points about MP3 files on your phone:
1. You can’t use any of them as ringtones (in fact, you can’t use any audio file on the miniSD as a ringtone), and
2. You can’t listen to music while surfing the Web, checking email or playing games either.
Finally, if none of these address the issue, let me end by asking what is perhaps the most obvious question: do these MP3 files you’re downloading to the camera actually work and play properly on your computer?
I hope this helps you solve the problem you’re facing!
while the sanyo mm-5600 has a media player that supports mp3’s, it is a slightly finicky player. Some mp3’s that play just fine on your computer will not play on the Sanyo. You will need an audio file converter that can change mp3 files to WAV files. Then convert the new WAV file back to an mp3 file. Sounds crazy, but simply converting from mp3 to WAV and back to mp3 somehow “refreshes” the file. Copy your new mp3 file to your mini SD card and your Sanyo media player should now recognize it. I have the same phone, same problem, and that’s what worked for me.
hi I had a 5600 sanyo I loved it, I lost it so I GOT a blue tooth PHONE that I thought had the SAME FEATURE THAT WAS ON THE 5600. THE FEATURE WAS- ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS SAY THE PERSONS NAME AND IT WOULD DIAL, IT WASENT VOISE COMAND BECAUSE IDID NOT PAY FOR IT. i DIDEN’T EVEN HAVE TO SET IT UP IT RECORNISED THE NAMES FROM THE CONTACTS ON THE PHONE. AND IT HAD ITS OWN VOICE NOT MINE. WOULD YOU KNOW WHAT THAT FEATURE IS CALLED ? DORIS