Ipod Basics

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Ipod Basics
Where's the On and Off switch? You won't find a
dedicated switch to turn your iPod on and off. To
turn it on, just press any button (and don't go
looking for an "Any" button either, smartypants).
Make sure that the Hold switch isn't engaged
either. To turn off iPod, press and hold the
Play/Pause button until iPod turns off. Tip To
keep from accidentally turning on your iPod in
transit, slide the Hold switch to the Hold
position to lock the controls.
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Click WheelThis donut-shaped dial doesn't
physically spin it's a touch-sensitive pad (much
like a track pad on a portable computer) that
senses movement as you glide your finger across
its surface. Just whirl your finger around the
wheel to scroll through menus, crank up the
volume, scrub through an audio track, eyeball
your photo collection, and more, depending on
where you're at in your iPod. Although the Click
Wheel doesn't actually rotate, it'll play an
audible clicking sound through an internal
speaker on your iPod while you scroll to let you
know it's working The wheel also serves as a
4-way controller just press any control's label
toward the edge of the wheel to activate it.
Unlike the wheel, these buttons aren't
touch-sensitivepressing a label on the Click
Wheel actually pushes a corresponding button
underneath the wheel. You can play, pause,
rewind, fast-forward, and skip songs, or go to
other menus using the buttons on the Click Wheel.
Click wheel
Center Button
Center buttonThis button (formerly known as the
Select button) in the middle of the Click Wheel
(but separate from it) lets you choose the
currently highlighted menu item shown on the LCD.
For example, if you're in the Music menu, you can
whirl your finger around the Click Wheel until
Songs is highlighted, then press the Center
button to go to the Songs menu and see all the
songs on your iPod (in iPod menu speak, you just
chosen Music Songs). You can then highlight a
song and press the Play/Pause button to hear it.
                                                 
                                                  
                  You can easily get to
anything on your iPod by simply using the Click
Wheel and Menu and Center buttons.
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Menu buttonThis button takes you back to the
previous menu. For example, if you're now playing
a song (after following our example for the
Center button, above), pressing the Menu button
will return you to the Songs menu. Press the Menu
button again to go back to the Music menu, and
one more time to return to the main (iPod) menu.
Previous/Rewind buttonWhen a song (or
audiobook or podcast) is playing (the Now Playing
screen appears on the LCD), you can start the
song over by pressing this button once, go to the
previous song in the list by pressing the button
twice, or rewind through the current song by
holding down the button as long as you want.
When you're browsing photos, pressing this
button lets you go back to the previous screen of
photos. If you're viewing a slideshow, press this
button to go back to the previous photo in the
slideshow. Next/Fast-forward buttonWhen a
song (or audiobook or podcast) is playing (the
Now Playing screen appears on the LCD), you can
skip to the next song in the list by pressing
this button once, or fast-forward through the
current song by holding down the button as long
as you want. When you're browsing your photos,
pressing this button lets you skip to the next
screen of photos. If you're viewing a slideshow,
press this button to skip to the next photo in
the slideshow. Play/Pause buttonWhen you
choose a song, video, audiobook, or podcast,
pressing this button will either play the
selection or pause it if it's already playing.
When you're viewing photos, you can choose any
photo or album and press this button to play a
slideshow. Press it again to pause the slideshow.
Pressing and holding the Play/Pause button also
turns off iPod.
Next/ Fast Forward Button
Previous/Rewind button
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Apple Earphones If you want to hear your music,
you've got to plug some headphones into your
iPod. The included Apple earbud-style headphones
provide awesome sound with full frequency
response (20 Hz to 20,000 Hz), and connect to
iPod with a 3.5-mm stereo miniplug. If you have a
hard time keeping these types of phones in your
ears, feel free to plug in a different set of
headphones.                               
                                                  
                                                 
Here's the bird's eye (left)and bug's eye
(right)view of an iPod with color display. iPod
nano features its headphone port on its bottom
(next to the Dock Connector). Headphone/AV
portThis is the place to plug in your
headphoneseither the included Apple Earphones or
your own (as long as it has a stereo 3.5-mm
miniplug). iPod features the headphone jack/AV
port up top, while iPod nano sports a headphone
port on its bottom (it doesn't have AV
capabilities). When you're not feeling selfish
and hogging your tunes to yourself, you can
alternatively use a 3.5-mm stereo miniplug to
dual RCA jack cable (not included) to connect
your iPod or iPod nano to your home stereo and
share your tunes with the neighbors. Or hook up a
pair of powered speakers to the port. If you've
got photos or video on your iPod, you can also
use this port to connect your iPod to a TV (this
feature isn't available on iPod nano), then
gather up family and friends to watch slideshows,
music videos, moviesincluding your own home
movies and TV shows on the bigger screen. You'll
need an Apple iPod AV Cable (optional) to make
this connection.
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Ipod- and ITunes

• Visit the Download iTunes page, download iTunes,
  install it and start it up.
• http//www.apple.com/itunes/download/ - The
  Website to download Itunes to your computer.
• Connect your iPod to your computer as follows
• To connect iPod Connect the Dock Connector side
  of the cable that came with your iPod to the Dock
  Connector on the bottom of your iPod (the
  rectangle with horizontal line icon should be
  face up). Connect the USB side of the cable to a
  high-powered USB port on your computer.
• When iTunes recognizes your iPod, the iPod Setup
  Assistant appears to help you set up your iPod.
  Type a name for your iPod in the top field
• Choose the "Automatically update songs on my
  iPod" checkbox if you want to sync your entire
  iTunes music library and playlists to your iPod
  each time you plug it in. If you want control of
  what goes onto your iPod, deselect this checkbox.
  
• If you have an iPod with a color display, you can
  have iTunes automatically copy your photos to
  your iPod (using your settings in iTunes
  preferences) to fill any remaining space by
  choosing the "Automatically copy photos to my
  iPod" checkbox. Then choose a folder from the
  Synchronize photos from menu. If you prefer to
  copy photos manually, deselect this checkbox.
• Click Next to go to the next screen. If you'd
  like to register your iPod at this time, click
  Register My iPod. Click Finish to end the setup
  process and open iTunes (you should see your iPod
  hanging out in the iTunes Source pane.
• Syncing your iPod
• When the iPod Setup Assistant finishes, if you
  elected to Automatically update songs on my
  iPod, iTunes immediately begins transferring
  your songs to your iPodassuming you have songs
  in your iTunes library. If you did not choose to
  automatically update, you need to set up manual
  options for syncing your iPod.
• -Manually Syncing--- SEE NEXT PAGE

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Songs from CDs

• iTunes Adding songs from CDs to your library
• You can import songs from your CDs into your
  iTunes library. Imported songs are encoded and
  stored on your hard disk so you can listen to
  them without having the original CD.
• For the best performance and results, use the
  computer's internal CD or DVD drive to import
  songs.
• Insert an audio CD in your computer. After a
  moment, the songs on the CD are listed in the
  iTunes window.
• Click to remove the checkmark next to any songs
  you don't want to import into your library.
• If you want to remove the gap of silence that
  normally occurs between songs, select two or more
  adjacent songs and from the Advanced menu, choose
  Join CD Tracks.
• iTunes imports any joined songs as one track. To
  change back to importing the songs separately,
  select the joined songs and from the Advanced
  menu, choose Unjoin CD Tracks.
• Click the Import button to add the selected songs
  to your library.
• Tip iTunes 7 introduced a gapless playback
  option that doesn't require joining CD tracks.
• .
• 4. The display area at the top of the iTunes
  window shows how much time it will take to import
  each song. To cancel import, click the small X
  next to the progress bar.
• By default, iTunes plays songs while they're
  being imported.

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Disconnecting Ipod from Computer

• Safely disconnect iPod If you haven't set up iPod
  to be used as a hard disk or if you don't manage
  your content manually, just unplug it to
  disconnect it.If you use iPod as a hard disk or
  manage your content manually, you must eject or
  "unmount" it before disconnecting it from your
  computer. You can tell if iPod is being used as a
  hard disk if its icon appears in the Finder or in
  My Computer. In addition,
• you'll see this message
• on iPod's screen
• Disconnecting iPod from your computer without
  ejecting it first can damage files on iPod and on
  your computer.
• To eject iPod
• Select your iPod in the iTunes Source list.
• Click the Eject iPod button in the lower right
• corner of the iTunes window, as indicated here.
• The Eject iPod button appears when you select
  your iPod in the Source list.
• When you've successfully ejected iPod, it's safe
  to disconnect it. You'll see this message on
  iPod's screen or you'll see the iPod menu
• Additional ways to eject iPod