Rhapsody Controls

The Rhapsody Player Controls are where you can control and customize music playback with Rhapsody.

Rhapsody Player Control Functions

The controls listed below are in the playback area of Rhapsody. These controls work only if a track is selected and ready to play.

Icon

Function

Description

Play

Begins and resumes playback of the currently-queued track.

Pause

Pauses playback of the currently-queued track. Click again to resume playback.

stop button

Stop

Stops playback and resets the track to the beginning.

forward button

Forward

Skips forward to the next track listed in Play.

back button

Back

Skips back to the previous track listed in Play.

volume icon

Volume
slider

Drag the volume button to adjust volume. Volume level is indicated by the shaded bar.

Mute

Temporarily sets the volume of Rhapsody to zero (Mute: On ). The current track continues to play unless you stop or pause it. Click again to return volume to its previous level (Mute: Off).

Tracking bar

Drag the tracking button to move the playback closer to the beginning or the end of the track.

Progress meter

Indicates the time the track has played/indicates the total track length.

Repeat

Plays the tracks queued in Play continuously, until you choose to stop playback.

Shuffle

Plays the tracks queued in Play in random order.

Note:
Repeat and Shuffle can be used together or separately.

Equalizer

Displays the audio Equalizer.

Artist and Album Info  in the Player Controls

Artist and album information and trivia (such as the name of the album of origin, artist biographical data, current media releases, and links to related sites) are displayed to the right of the player controls while a track is playing. This information will appear for tracks and albums played from the Music Guide, Radio, and Playlist Central, as well as imported tracks from My Library and your own playlists when available.

If you are using your free Rhapsody 25 subscription, your remaining free streams count will be displayed at the right of Album Info, where additional information would normally be displayed.

Note: Album Info is not the same thing as Track Info.