The controls on the Zune player are designed to be easy to use so you can jump right in and start having fun.

• Zune Pad: To scroll, brush your thumb up or down the Zune Pad. To scroll faster, brush quickly from the top of the Zune Pad to the bottom, lifting your thumb at the end of each movement. To stop scrolling, tap the Zune Pad.

  To select items or see playback options for an item, scroll to the item and then press the center of the Zune Pad.

  

• Play/pause button : Plays or pauses the current song, video, or podcast. Press and hold to turn your Zune player on or off.

• Back button : Takes you back to the previous screen. Press and hold the Back button to return to the home menu.

• Restarting: To restart your Zune player, press and hold the Back button while pressing up on the Zune Pad.

• Hold switch: Located on the side of your Zune player, this switch locks the buttons so you don't accidentally pause, skip songs, or change the volume. To lock your Zune player, slide the switch to pink.

• Headphone minijack: Connects your headphones to your Zune player. Also connects the Zune A/V output cable (available with the Zune Cable Pack and Zune Home A/V Pack) for playing your Zune on your TV or home stereo.

• Connector port: Connects the Zune sync cable to your Zune player. Also connects the Zune player to the Zune dock (available with the Zune Home A/V Pack and Zune Dock Pack) and other Zune accessories.

The media on your Zune player is organized into the main media types such as music, video, pictures, and podcasts. Scroll up or down on the home page to a type of media and then press the Zune Pad to select it. Inside each media type, you can browse your media by the categories that are displayed across the top of the screen. Your music, for example, can be displayed by album, artist, playlist, song, and genre.

Generally, you use your Zune player vertically, like this:

When you are watching videos or looking at pictures, your Zune player rotates to landscape view, and the controls on the Zune Pad also rotate so you can continue to use them normally.