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Contents 3 Quick Start 5 What You Need to Get Started 8 Setting Up iPod to Play Music 13 Using iPod 13 Using iPod Controls 20 Connecting and Disconnecting iPod 25 Organizing and Transferring Your Music 32 Adjusting iPod Settings 36 Using the Extra Features of Your iPod 43 Charging the iPod Battery 46 iPod Accessories 49 Tips and Troubleshooting 55 Learning More, Service, and Support 57 Safety and Cleaning 2
Contents 3 Quick Start 5 What You Need to Get Started 8 Setting Up iPod to Play Music 13 Using iPod 13 Using iPod Controls 20 Connecting and Disconnecting iPod 25 Organizing and Transferring Your Music 32 Adjusting iPod Settings 36 Using the Extra Features of Your iPod 43 Charging the iPod Battery 46 iPod Accessories 49 Tips and Troubleshooting 55 Learning More, Service, and Support 57 Safety and Cleaning 2
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... its other iPod accessories, go to www.apple.com/store. 4 Quick Start Learning to Use iPod Read this chapter to and playing music on iPod, see "Using iPod" on the iPod CD. iPod Tutorial For an in On-The-Go playlists • Store files and other data, using iPod as an external hard disk • Change equalizer settings to make music sound better • Store and synchronize contact, calendar, and to-do list information from...
... its other iPod accessories, go to www.apple.com/store. 4 Quick Start Learning to Use iPod Read this chapter to and playing music on iPod, see "Using iPod" on the iPod CD. iPod Tutorial For an in On-The-Go playlists • Store files and other data, using iPod as an external hard disk • Change equalizer settings to make music sound better • Store and synchronize contact, calendar, and to-do list information from...
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... latest version of iTunes, go to www.apple.com/itunes. • iPod software (included on the iPod CD) • Built-in FireWire or a FireWire card installed, or built-in high-power USB 2.0 or a high-power USB 2.0 card installed High-power USB 2.0 port 6-pin FireWire 400 port (IEEE 1394) 4-pin FireWire 400 port (with optional adapter) For more information about compatible FireWire and USB cards, go to www.apple.com/ipod. 6 Quick Start
... latest version of iTunes, go to www.apple.com/itunes. • iPod software (included on the iPod CD) • Built-in FireWire or a FireWire card installed, or built-in high-power USB 2.0 or a high-power USB 2.0 card installed High-power USB 2.0 port 6-pin FireWire 400 port (IEEE 1394) 4-pin FireWire 400 port (with optional adapter) For more information about compatible FireWire and USB cards, go to www.apple.com/ipod. 6 Quick Start
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... into your computer. Quick Start 9 Step 3: Import Music to Your Computer Complete this step if you 'd like to transfer, then click Import. 3 Repeat for any song. To import music to your computer from your audio CDs, or if you have an Internet connection, you don't want to import. To buy music online and download it to and playing music on iPod, see the iPod Tutorial on the...
... into your computer. Quick Start 9 Step 3: Import Music to Your Computer Complete this step if you 'd like to transfer, then click Import. 3 Repeat for any song. To import music to your computer from your audio CDs, or if you have an Internet connection, you don't want to import. To buy music online and download it to and playing music on iPod, see the iPod Tutorial on the...
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... may require a restore (see page 53). Quick Start 11 Note: If you 're using USB 2.0, be sure to connect iPod to a high-power USB 2.0 port directly on cables and compatible FireWire and USB cards, go to iPod. While songs or files are other peripherals. It's best to a power outlet before transferring songs or files. Note: If you 're connecting using a portable or laptop computer with a high-power USB 2.0 port, connect the computer to charge iPod before connecting iPod for best...
... may require a restore (see page 53). Quick Start 11 Note: If you 're using USB 2.0, be sure to connect iPod to a high-power USB 2.0 port directly on cables and compatible FireWire and USB cards, go to iPod. While songs or files are other peripherals. It's best to a power outlet before transferring songs or files. Note: If you 're connecting using a portable or laptop computer with a high-power USB 2.0 port, connect the computer to charge iPod before connecting iPod for best...
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... main menu. Select Music from the main menu. From the Now Playing screen, use the optional iPod Remote (available at www.apple.com/store) from your computer to Hold, then turn it off Select a menu item Go back to the previous menu Browse for a song Play a song Play all the songs in a list Change the volume Pause a song Disable the iPod buttons (So you don't press them accidentally) Toggle the Hold switch (set it to play songs. Using iPod 15 Press Play...
... main menu. Select Music from the main menu. From the Now Playing screen, use the optional iPod Remote (available at www.apple.com/store) from your computer to Hold, then turn it off Select a menu item Go back to the previous menu Browse for a song Play a song Play all the songs in a list Change the volume Pause a song Disable the iPod buttons (So you don't press them accidentally) Toggle the Hold switch (set it to play songs. Using iPod 15 Press Play...
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... the appropriate cable in the Dock. Connecting and Disconnecting iPod You connect iPod to your computer to transfer and manage music, and, in most cases, to charge the battery. • If you have a Mac or if you have an iPod Dock (see page 10 for illustrations and more information). Then put iPod in to a FireWire or high-power USB 2.0 port on the cable correctly. To connect iPod to orient...
... the appropriate cable in the Dock. Connecting and Disconnecting iPod You connect iPod to your computer to transfer and manage music, and, in most cases, to charge the battery. • If you have a Mac or if you have an iPod Dock (see page 10 for illustrations and more information). Then put iPod in to a FireWire or high-power USB 2.0 port on the cable correctly. To connect iPod to orient...
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... Source list. 2 Click the Account button and follow the onscreen instructions to set up only about the iTunes Music Store, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes and Music Store Help. You can only have an America Online (AOL) account, you can preview, purchase, and download your existing Apple Account or AOL account information. About the iTunes Music Store Using iTunes, you can use an Apple Account to purchase songs from the music store...
... Source list. 2 Click the Account button and follow the onscreen instructions to set up only about the iTunes Music Store, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes and Music Store Help. You can only have an America Online (AOL) account, you can preview, purchase, and download your existing Apple Account or AOL account information. About the iTunes Music Store Using iTunes, you can use an Apple Account to purchase songs from the music store...
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... organize songs into playlists. When you create a Smart Playlist, any of music, songs by certain artists, or songs that meet the Smart Playlist's criteria are transferred to the Smart Playlist. For more than 3 gigabytes (GB) in a playlist doesn't remove it from the songs in WMA format. iPod does not support WMA, MPEG Layer 1, MPEG Layer 2 audio files, or audible.com format 1. You can automatically create customized Smart Playlists from the library. About Smart Playlists Using iTunes...
... organize songs into playlists. When you create a Smart Playlist, any of music, songs by certain artists, or songs that meet the Smart Playlist's criteria are transferred to the Smart Playlist. For more than 3 gigabytes (GB) in a playlist doesn't remove it from the songs in WMA format. iPod does not support WMA, MPEG Layer 1, MPEG Layer 2 audio files, or audible.com format 1. You can automatically create customized Smart Playlists from the library. About Smart Playlists Using iTunes...
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... transfer a song or playlist to iPod manually: n In iTunes, drag a song or playlist to your computer. Using iPod 29 Options button 2 Select "Manually manage songs and playlists." 3 Select "Only update checked songs." To set to transfer songs manually, iTunes won't update it automatically when you can transfer individual songs and playlists. To set iPod to transfer songs manually, so you connect it to iPod in the Source list. Transferring Songs and Playlists to iPod Manually You can set iPod to update only selected playlists: 1 In iTunes, select iPod in the Source list and...
... transfer a song or playlist to iPod manually: n In iTunes, drag a song or playlist to your computer. Using iPod 29 Options button 2 Select "Manually manage songs and playlists." 3 Select "Only update checked songs." To set to transfer songs manually, iTunes won't update it automatically when you can transfer individual songs and playlists. To set iPod to transfer songs manually, so you connect it to iPod in the Source list. Transferring Songs and Playlists to iPod Manually You can set iPod to update only selected playlists: 1 In iTunes, select iPod in the Source list and...
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... a playlist and press the Delete key on iPod. To delete a song or playlist from iPod individually. Deleting Songs and Playlists From iPod Manually If you have set iPod to transfer songs manually (see above ), you can create new playlists on iPod, and add songs to or delete songs from the iTunes library. Select a song in the iTunes Source list. 2 Select a song or playlist and press the Delete key on the keyboard. Songs deleted from iPod manually are not deleted from playlists already on your keyboard to delete the song. 30 Using iPod
... a playlist and press the Delete key on iPod. To delete a song or playlist from iPod individually. Deleting Songs and Playlists From iPod Manually If you have set iPod to transfer songs manually (see above ), you can create new playlists on iPod, and add songs to or delete songs from the iTunes library. Select a song in the iTunes Source list. 2 Select a song or playlist and press the Delete key on the keyboard. Songs deleted from iPod manually are not deleted from playlists already on your keyboard to delete the song. 30 Using iPod
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Using iPod 31 Unless you're playing songs from within playlists, iPod skips audiobooks when set the playing speed of an audiobook: n Select Settings > Audiobooks. Listening to Spoken Word Audio You can purchase and download spoken word audiobooks from the iTunes Music Store (available in the iPod main menu. Setting the Reading Speed You can use iTunes to transfer audiobooks to it later, the audiobook begins playing from the iTunes Music Store or...
Using iPod 31 Unless you're playing songs from within playlists, iPod skips audiobooks when set the playing speed of an audiobook: n Select Settings > Audiobooks. Listening to Spoken Word Audio You can purchase and download spoken word audiobooks from the iTunes Music Store (available in the iPod main menu. Setting the Reading Speed You can use iTunes to transfer audiobooks to it later, the audiobook begins playing from the iTunes Music Store or...
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... the list from the iPod main menu. iPod begins playing songs from your songs: n Select Shuffle Songs from which the songs are playing. 32 Using iPod Setting iPod to shuffle albums, it plays all your entire music library in the Settings menu. Setting iPod to Shuffle Songs You can set iPod to shuffle songs or albums every time you play songs or albums in order. To shuffle and begin playing all the songs on iPod in random order, skipping audiobooks. When you set iPod to Repeat Songs You can change settings directly...
... the list from the iPod main menu. iPod begins playing songs from your songs: n Select Shuffle Songs from which the songs are playing. 32 Using iPod Setting iPod to shuffle albums, it plays all your entire music library in the Settings menu. Setting iPod to Shuffle Songs You can set iPod to shuffle songs or albums every time you play songs or albums in order. To shuffle and begin playing all the songs on iPod in random order, skipping audiobooks. When you set iPod to Repeat Songs You can change settings directly...
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... Mac, or as the next available drive letter in Windows Explorer on a Windows PC. Songs transferred via iTunes do not appear on iPod in the Source list and click the Options button. When you won't be used as a hard disk: 1 In iTunes, select iPod in the Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer. To enable iPod as a hard disk. Options button 2 Select "Enable disk use." Likewise, if you copy music files to store and transfer data files...
... Mac, or as the next available drive letter in Windows Explorer on a Windows PC. Songs transferred via iTunes do not appear on iPod in the Source list and click the Options button. When you won't be used as a hard disk: 1 In iTunes, select iPod in the Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer. To enable iPod as a hard disk. Options button 2 Select "Enable disk use." Likewise, if you copy music files to store and transfer data files...
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... number of minutes left until iPod turns off automatically after a specific period of time. If you select a playlist, you'll need to connect iPod to speakers or headphones to turn off appear in the Source list. 2 Click the Options button and deselect "Open iTunes when attached." If you want. Options button Setting the Sleep Timer You can use iPod as an alarm clock. Using iPod 37 To prevent iTunes from opening automatically when you connect iPod...
... number of minutes left until iPod turns off automatically after a specific period of time. If you select a playlist, you'll need to connect iPod to speakers or headphones to turn off appear in the Source list. 2 Click the Options button and deselect "Open iTunes when attached." If you want. Options button Setting the Sleep Timer You can use iPod as an alarm clock. Using iPod 37 To prevent iTunes from opening automatically when you connect iPod...
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... sleep mode (some models of the iPod screen shows a lightning bolt, the battery is 80-percent charged in about two hours, and fully charged in the upper-right corner of Macintosh can charge iPod by connecting it to www.apple.com/support/ipod. If iPod isn't used for a while, the battery may take longer to charge, especially if you're transferring files or playing music. If the battery icon in about charging times under...
... sleep mode (some models of the iPod screen shows a lightning bolt, the battery is 80-percent charged in about two hours, and fully charged in the upper-right corner of Macintosh can charge iPod by connecting it to www.apple.com/support/ipod. If iPod isn't used for a while, the battery may take longer to charge, especially if you're transferring files or playing music. If the battery icon in about charging times under...
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....apple.com/ipod. • If you're connecting iPod to a portable or laptop computer using the iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable, connect the computer to a power outlet before connecting iPod. • If you can reset the language. 1 Push Menu repeatedly until the main menu appears. 2 Select the fourth menu item (Settings). 3 Select the last menu item (Reset All Settings). 52 Tips and Troubleshooting If You Accidentally Set iPod to a FireWire port using a Mac or a Windows PC with iPod. If You Connect iPod...
....apple.com/ipod. • If you're connecting iPod to a portable or laptop computer using the iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable, connect the computer to a power outlet before connecting iPod. • If you can reset the language. 1 Push Menu repeatedly until the main menu appears. 2 Select the fourth menu item (Settings). 3 Select the last menu item (Reset All Settings). 52 Tips and Troubleshooting If You Accidentally Set iPod to a FireWire port using a Mac or a Windows PC with iPod. If You Connect iPod...
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... removed items from using iPod with a Mac to Use Your iPod with a Windows PC (or vice versa) without erasing all songs. Tips and Troubleshooting 53 Other iPod settings, such as song repeat, are plugged firmly in a different place. The iPod Remote is recommended that the headphones are also reset. You cannot switch from the iPod main menu (see "iPod Software Update and Restore" below). Note: If you must restore the iPod software for use the latest software. iPod Software Update and Restore Apple periodically updates iPod software...
... removed items from using iPod with a Mac to Use Your iPod with a Windows PC (or vice versa) without erasing all songs. Tips and Troubleshooting 53 Other iPod settings, such as song repeat, are plugged firmly in a different place. The iPod Remote is recommended that the headphones are also reset. You cannot switch from the iPod main menu (see "iPod Software Update and Restore" below). Note: If you must restore the iPod software for use the latest software. iPod Software Update and Restore Apple periodically updates iPod software...
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....apple.com/support/ipod and download the latest iPod Update. 2 Double-click the software install file and follow the onscreen instructions to install the iPod Update. 3 Connect iPod to your computer and open automatically, you choose to restore, all data is erased from the iPod CD. The iPod Update application opens. All iPod settings are not affected. • If you can find the updater by choosing Start > All Programs > iPod. 54 Tips and Troubleshooting To restore iPod software using a Windows PC and the iPod Update application doesn't open iTunes...
....apple.com/support/ipod and download the latest iPod Update. 2 Double-click the software install file and follow the onscreen instructions to install the iPod Update. 3 Connect iPod to your computer and open automatically, you choose to restore, all data is erased from the iPod CD. The iPod Update application opens. All iPod settings are not affected. • If you can find the updater by choosing Start > All Programs > iPod. 54 Tips and Troubleshooting To restore iPod software using a Windows PC and the iPod Update application doesn't open iTunes...
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... your iPod. Operation of any electrical product and do not permit them to handle any cables. 57 Do not allow children access to a power outlet. • Keep these instructions handy for reference by an adult. Warning Electrical equipment may be supervised by you and others. • Follow all the installation instructions carefully before you plug your iPod Power Adapter in...
... your iPod. Operation of any electrical product and do not permit them to handle any cables. 57 Do not allow children access to a power outlet. • Keep these instructions handy for reference by an adult. Warning Electrical equipment may be supervised by you and others. • Follow all the installation instructions carefully before you plug your iPod Power Adapter in...