When a friend beams something to you, it lands in your device inbox. If it's a song, you can add it to your wish list to learn about it later or buy your own copy at Zune Marketplace after you sync.
A song can be beamed to your Zune once; you can play it three times before it expires. (A play is counted when you play the song for more than 30 seconds or more than halfway through, whichever comes first.)
An expired song is automatically deleted from your inbox after the three plays are used up and you've synced your Zune with your computer. Pictures and podcasts don't expire, so you can keep them in your device inbox as long as you want. You can even add pictures and podcasts to your collection and subscribe to the podcasts you like. When you add them to your collection, they're automatically deleted from your inbox when you sync.
Open your Zune inbox
Select social, inbox.
Once you're in the inbox, you can do several things:
Action
How to
Play music or podcasts, view pictures
Select the item you want to play or see.
To listen to a song or podcast, select play.
To listen to everything in an album or playlist, select play all.
To listen to a single song in an album or playlist, select the album or playlist, select the song, then select play.
To see pictures, select show.
To finish listening to a partially played podcast, select resume.
Add a song, album, or playlist to your wish list
Select the item you want, then select add to wish list.
Add a picture or podcast to your collection
Select the item you want to save, then select add to collection.
Subscribe to a podcast
Select the podcast, then select play.
Press the Zune pad and select subscribe.
Delete an item
Select the item, then select remove from inbox.
Delete all items
Select clear all.
Beam a song, podcast, or picture
Select the item you want to beam. If it's a song or podcast, select play. If it's a picture, select show.
Press the Zune pad and select send.
Select the Zune you want to beam it to.
Check how many more times you can listen to a song
Select the song. The number of remaining plays appears at the bottom of the screen. If the song was sent as part of an album or playlist, first select the album or playlist, then select the song to see the remaining plays.
