Microsoft Lumia 540 Tips and Tricks

If you are listening to the radio and like a song, but don’t know the name or artist, your phone can help you. This is similar to the Shazam music service.

Simply open the Bing App and press the Music button. The phone will then search for the song and provide you the song, artist, album cover and a link to purchase the track (or album) from the Zune marketplace.

If you would like to project the content of your phone’s screen to your PC or TV to show off photos or videos to your friends, then this is how to do it.

Project to TV – First you will need a TV that supports Wireless Miracast technology, although many modern Smart TV will support this. First you should go to Settings – System – Project My Screen. If you have problems with this then press Advanced and then Fix. You may also want to check that your TV has the latest software version installed.

Project to PC – Some PCs will also support this, but if they don’t then you can still connect your Phone to your PC via a USB cable and Microsoft’s Project My Screen App from the Microsoft website. This can be found here. Further instructions can also be found on this page.

The phone’s Browser is designed to use as much of the phone’s screen as possible, however this means the status bar is usually hidden.

To quickly view the status bar with Time, Battery Indicator and Signal Strength, quickly press More (ƒ?Ý) or the Address Bar. This will show the bar. Alternatively you can press and hold the More button and drag it up slightly to reveal the status bar. Drag it down again to discard it.

While viewing a website, press the 3 dots at the bottom of the screen. Then click on Find on page. Then search for the word you want to find

If you’re on a call, you can record the conversation. While speaking, put the phone on Speakerphone. Then hold down the Camera button to record the call.

There is a way to filter your contact lists, however by default your Contacts list will show all Contacts for the various accounts you have setup on your phone. This list may include Facebook and Twitter and the list can become quite long.

To filter your contacts, go to Start, then flick left to the Applications list. Then press Settings – Applications – People. Then select Filter your contact list. Then choose the accounts you want displayed on your Contacts list.

If you are looking at your photos you need to be zoomed out before you can swipe left or right to go to the next photo. If you are zoomed in, swiping left or right will simply pan around the photo

To improve focus while using the Camera app, you can press on a specific spot on the screen to focus there.

Also, when taking photos, press the Camera button down halfway to focus. Then depress it fully to take the photo.

To silence incoming calls while the phone is ringing, you can simply press the Volume button.

If you also want to silence the call AND make the screen blank, then press the Power button.

To open websites in a new browser tab, then simply Press and Hold on a hyperlink and select Open in new tab.