APPLE iPod Touch 3G User Manual

iPod touch

Features Guide

Chapter 1 4 Getting Started

What You Need

Setting Up iPod touch

Getting Music, Videos, and Other Content onto iPod touch

Disconnecting iPod touch from Your Computer

Chapter 2 10 Basics

iPod touch at a Glance

Home Screen

iPod touch Buttons and Touchscreen

Connecting to the Internet

Charging the Battery

Cleaning iPod touch

Chapter 3 24 Music and Video

Syncing Content from Your iTunes Library

Playing Music

Watching Videos

Setting a Sleep Timer

Changing the Buttons on the Music Screen

Chapter 4 34 Photos

Syncing Photos from Your Computer

Viewing Photos

Using a Photo as Wallpaper

Chapter 5 39 iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store

Browsing and Searching

Purchasing Songs and Albums

Syncing Purchased Content

Verifying purchases

Changing Your iTunes Store Account Information

Chapter 6 45 Applications

Safari

Calendar

Mail

Contacts

YouTube

Stocks

Maps

Weather

Clock

Calculator

Notes

Chapter 7 74 Settings

Wi-Fi

Brightness

General

Music

Video

Photos

Mail

Safari

Contacts

Restoring or Transferring Your iPod touch Settings

Appendix A 86 Tips and Troubleshooting

General Suggestions

Updating and Restoring iPod touch Software

Using iPod touch Accessibility Features

Appendix B 91 Learning More, Service, and Support

Index 93

Contents

Getting Started

To avoid injury, read all operating instructions in this guide and safety information in the support/manuals/ipod before using iPod touch.

Important Product Information Guide

at www.apple.com/

What You Need

To use iPod touch, you need:

A Mac or a PC with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems:

Mac OS X version 10.4.10 or later

Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later

Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition

iTunes 7.6 or later, available at www.apple.com/itunes

iTunes Store account (to purchase music over Wi-Fi)

An Internet connection

Setting Up iPod touch

Before you can use any of the iPod touch features, you must use iTunes to set up iPod touch. You can also register iPod touch and create an iTunes Store account (available in some countries) if you don’t already have one.

Set up iPod touch

Download and install the latest version of iTunes from www.apple.com/itunes.

Connect iPod touch to a USB 2.0 port on your Mac or PC using the included cable.

The USB port on most keyboards doesn’t provide enough power. Unless your keyboard has a high-powered USB 2.0 port, you must connect iPod touch to a USB 2.0 port on your computer.

Follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes to set up iPod touch and sync your music, video, photos, and other content.

Your computer must be connected to the Internet.

By default, iTunes automatically syncs all songs and videos in your iTunes library to iPod touch. If you have more content in your library than will fit on iPod touch, iTunes alerts you that it can’t sync your content. You’ll need to use iTunes to select some of your songs, videos, and other content to sync. The following section tells you how.

Getting Music, Videos, and Other Content onto iPod touch

iPod touch lets you enjoy music, videos, photos, and much more, with its great sound and stunning 3.5-inch widescreen display. You get media and other content onto iPod touch by connecting iPod touch to your computer and using iTunes to sync your iTunes library and other information on your computer.

You can set iTunes to sync any or all of the following:

Music and audiobooks

Movies

TV Shows

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Podcasts

Photos

Contacts—names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, and so on

Calendars—appointments and events

Email account settings

Webpage bookmarks

Music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts are synced from your iTunes library. If you don’t already have content in iTunes, the iTunes Store (part of iTunes and available in some countries) makes it easy to purchase or subscribe to content and download it to iTunes. You can also get music into iTunes from your CDs. To learn about iTunes and the iTunes Store, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Photos, contacts, calendars, and webpage bookmarks are synced from applications on your computer, as described below.

Email account settings are only synced from your computer’s email application to iPod touch. This allows you to customize your email accounts on iPod touch without affecting email account settings on your computer.

You can set iPod touch to sync with only a portion of what’s on your computer. For example, you might want to sync certain playlists, the most recent unwatched movie, the most recent episodes of your favorite TV shows, and all unplayed podcasts. The sync settings make it easy to get just what you want onto iPod touch. You can adjust sync settings whenever iPod touch is connected to your computer.

Important:

one before connecting another. You should be logged in to your own user account on the computer before connecting iPod touch. On a PC, if you sync more than one iPod to the same user account, use the same sync settings for each.

Syncing iPod touch

You use the iPod touch settings panes in iTunes to specify the iTunes content and other information you want to sync to iPod touch.

Sync iPod touch

Connect iPod touch to your computer, and open iTunes (if it doesn’t open automatically).

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You cannot connect and sync more than one iPod at a time. Disconnect

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The USB port on most keyboards doesn’t provide enough power. You must connect iPod touch to a USB 2.0 port on your computer, unless your keyboard has a highpowered USB 2.0 port.

Select iPod touch in the iTunes source list (below Devices, on the left).

Configure the sync settings in each of the settings panes.

Click Apply in the lower-right corner of the screen.

The following sections provide an overview of each of the iPod touch settings panes. For more information, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Summary Pane

Select “Open iTunes when this iPod is connected” to have iTunes open and sync iPod touch automatically whenever you connect it to your computer. Deselect this option if you want to sync only by clicking the Sync button in iTunes. For more information about preventing automatic syncing, see page 9.

Select “Sync only checked songs and videos” if you want to sync only items that are checked in your iTunes library.

Select “Manually manage music and videos” to turn off syncing in the Music, Movies, and TV Shows settings panes.

Music, Movies, TV Shows, and Podcasts Panes

Use these panes to specify the iTunes library content that you want to sync. You can sync all music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts, or select the specific playlists and items you want on iPod touch. Audiobooks and music videos are synced along with music.

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If you want to watch rented movies on iPod touch, transfer them to iPod touch using the Movies pane in iTunes.

If there’s not enough room on iPod touch for all the content you’ve specified, iTunes asks if you want to create a special playlist and set it to sync with iPod touch. Then iTunes randomly fills the playlist.

Photos Pane

You can sync photos from iPhoto 4.0.3 or later on a Mac, or from Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or later or Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC. You can also sync photos from any folder on your computer that contains images.

Info Pane

The Info pane lets you configure the sync settings for your contacts, calendars, and web browser bookmarks.

Contacts

You can sync contacts with applications such as Mac OS X Address Book, Microsoft Entourage, and Yahoo! Address Book on a Mac, or with Yahoo! Address Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), or Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync contacts on your computer with more than one application. On a PC, you can sync contacts with only one application.)

If you sync with Yahoo! Address Book, you only need to click Configure to enter your new login information when you change your Yahoo! ID or password after you’ve set up syncing.

Note:

Syncing won’t delete any contact in Yahoo! Address Book that contains a Messenger ID, even if you’ve deleted the contact from your address book on your computer. To delete a contact with a Messenger ID, log in to your Yahoo! account and delete the contact using Yahoo! Address Book online.

Calendars

You can sync calendars from applications such as iCal and Microsoft Entourage on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync calendars on your computer with more than one application on your computer. On a PC, you can sync calendars with only one application.)

Mail Accounts

You can sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, and from Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 or Outlook Express on a PC. Account settings are only transferred from your computer to iPod touch. Changes you make to an email account on iPod touch don’t affect the account on your computer.

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The password for your Yahoo! email account isn’t saved on your computer. If you sync a Yahoo! email account, you must enter the password on iPod touch. From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, choose your Yahoo! account, then enter your password in the password field.

Web Browser

You can sync bookmarks from Safari on a Mac, or Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on a PC.

Advanced

These options let you replace the information on iPod touch with the information on your computer during the next sync.

Preventing Automatic Syncing

You may want to prevent iPod touch from syncing automatically if you prefer to add items manually, or when you connect iPod touch to a computer other than the one you sync with.

Turn off automatic syncing for iPod touch

Connect iPod touch to your computer, then select iPod touch in the iTunes source list (below Devices, on the left) and click the Summary tab. Deselect “Open iTunes when this iPod is connected.” You can still use iTunes to sync manually by clicking the Sync button.

Prevent automatic syncing one time, without changing settings

Open iTunes. Then, as you connect iPod touch to your computer, press and hold Command-Option (if you’re using a Mac) or Shift-Control (if you’re using a PC) until you see iPod touch in the iTunes source list (below Devices, on the left).

Sync manually

Select iPod touch in the iTunes source list, then click Sync in the lower-right corner of the window. Or, if you’ve changed any sync settings, click Apply.

Disconnecting iPod touch from Your Computer

Unless iPod touch is syncing with your computer, you can disconnect it from your computer at any time.

When iPod touch is syncing with your computer, it shows “Sync in progress.” If you disconnect iPod touch before it finishes syncing, some data may not be transferred. When iPod touch finishes syncing, iTunes shows “iPod sync is complete.”

To cancel a sync so you can disconnect iPod touch, drag the “slide to cancel” slider.

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iPod touch at a Glance

Wi-Fi antenna

Sleep/Wake button

Status bar

Application icons

Touch screen

Home button

Dock connector

Headphones port

Stereo headphones

Stand

Item What you can do with it

Stereo headphones Listen to music and videos.

Dock connector to USB cable

Stand Stand up iPod touch for viewing videos or photo slideshows.

Polishing cloth Wipe the iPod touch screen.

Use the cable to connect iPod touch to your computer to sync and charge, or to the Apple USB Power Adapter (available separately) to charge. The cable can be used with the optional dock or plugged directly into iPod touch.

Dock connector to USB cable

iPo

Polishing cloth

Status Icons

The icons in the status bar at the top of the screen give information about iPod touch:

Status icon What it means

Wi-Fi Shows that iPod touch is connected to a Wi-Fi network. The more

bars, the stronger the connection. See page 21.

Lock Shows that iPod touch is locked. See page 15.

Play Shows that a song is playing. See page 26.

Alarm Shows that an alarm is set. See page 71.

Battery Shows the battery level or charging status. See page 22.

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Home Screen

Press the Home button at any time to see the applications on iPod touch. Tap any application icon to get started.

iPod touch Applications

The following applications are included with iPod touch:

Listen to your songs, podcasts, and audiobooks.

Music

Watch movies, music videos, video podcasts, and TV shows.

Videos

View photos transferred from your computer. View them in portrait or landscape mode. Zoom in on any photo for a closer look. Watch a slideshow. Use photos as

Photos

wallpaper.

iTunes

Safari

Calendar

Mail

Contacts

YouTube

Search the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store music catalog, or browse, preview, and purchase new releases, top-ten songs and albums, and more. find out what song is playing in the café, then buy it instantly. Browse, preview, and purchase other songs from featured Starbucks Collections.

Browse websites over a Wi-Fi connection. Rotate iPod touch sideways for viewing in landscape orientation. Double-tap to zoom in or out—Safari automatically fits sections to the screen for easy reading. Add Safari Web Clips to the Home screen for fast access to favorite websites.

View your iCal, Microsoft Entourage, or Microsoft Outlook calendar synced from your computer.

Send and receive email using your existing email accounts. iPod touch works with the most popular email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, AOL, and .Mac Mail—as well as most industry-standard POP3 and IMAP email systems.

Get contact information synced from Mac OS X Address Book, Yahoo! Address Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), or Microsoft Outlook. Add, change, or delete contacts, which get synced back to your computer.

Play videos from YouTube’s online collection. most viewed, most recently updated, and top-rated videos.

In select Starbucks locations,2

Search for any video, or browse featured,

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Watch your favorite stocks, updated automatically from the Internet.

Stocks

See a street map, satellite, or hybrid view of locations around the world.

Maps

Weather

Clock

Calculator

Notes

Zoom in for a closer look. Find your current approximate location. Get detailed driving directions and see current highway traffic conditions. Find businesses in the area.

Get current weather conditions and a six-day forecast. Store your favorite cities for a quick weather report anytime.

View the time in cities around the world—create clocks for your favorites. Set one or more alarms. Use the stopwatch, or set a countdown timer.

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

Jot notes on the go—reminders, grocery lists, brilliant ideas. Send them in email.

Adjust all iPod touch settings in one convenient place. Join Wi-Fi networks. Set your wallpaper and screen brightness, and settings for music, video, photos, and more.

Settings

Not available in all areas.

In the U.S. only.

Not available in all areas.

Some features or services not available in all areas.

Set auto-lock and a passcode for security.

Customizing the Home Screen Layout

You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen—including the Dock icons along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple Home screens.

Rearrange icons

1 Touch and hold any Home screen icon until all the icons begin to wiggle.

2 Arrange the icons by dragging them.

3 Press the Home button to save your arrangement.

You can also add links to your favorite webpages on the Home screen. See “Adding Safari Web Clips to the Home Screen” on page 49.

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Create additional Home screens

m While arranging icons, drag a button to the edge of the screen until a new screen

appears. You can flick to return to the original screen and drag more icons to the new screen.

You can create up to nine screens. The number of dots at the bottom shows the number of screens you have, and indicates which screen you are viewing.

Switch to another Home screen

m Flick left or right.

Reset your Home screen to the default layout

m Choose Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Home Screen Layout.

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iPod touch Buttons and Touchscreen

A few simple buttons and a high-resolution touchscreen make it easy to learn and use iPod touch.

Locking iPod touch and Turning It On or Off

When you’re not using iPod touch, you can lock it. When iPod touch is locked, nothing happens if you touch the screen. By default, if you don’t touch the screen for a minute, iPod touch locks automatically.

Sleep/Wake

button

Locking iPod touch does not stop music playback, so you can lock iPod touch and continue to listen to music. To temporarily display playback controls when iPod touch is locked, double-click the Home button.

To Do this

Lock iPod touch Press the Sleep/Wake button.

Unlock iPod touch Press the Home button or the Sleep/Wake button, then

drag the slider.

Turn iPod touch completely off Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until

the red slider appears, then drag the slider.

Turn iPod touch on Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo

appears.

Display playback controls when iPod touch is locked

Double-click the Home button.

For information about locking iPod touch with a passcode, see “Passcode Lock” on page 77.

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Using the Touchscreen

The controls on the touchscreen change dynamically depending on the task you are performing.

m Tap any application to open it.

m Press the Home button below the display at any time to return to the Home screen

and see all the applications.

m Drag up or down to scroll.

Dragging your finger to scroll doesn’t choose or activate anything on the screen.

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m Flick to scroll quickly.

You can wait for scrolling to stop, or tap or touch anywhere on the screen to stop it immediately. Tapping or touching to stop scrolling doesn’t choose or activate anything on the screen.

m Some lists have an index along the right side. Tap a letter to jump to items starting with

that letter. Drag your finger along the index to scroll quickly through the list.

Index

m Tap an item in the list to choose it. Depending on the list, tapping an item can do

different things—for example, it may open a new list, play a song, or show someone’s contact information.

m The back button in the upper-left corner shows the name of the previous list. Tap it to

go back.

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m When viewing photos, web pages, email, or maps, you can zoom in and out. Pinch your

fingers together or apart. For photos and web pages, you can double-tap (tap twice quickly) to zoom in, then double-tap again to zoom out. For maps, double-tap to zoom in and tap once with two fingers to zoom out.

Onscreen Keyboard

You can use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, such as contact information. The intelligent keyboard automatically suggests corrections as you type (some languages only), to help prevent mistyped words.

iPod touch provides keyboards in multiple languages, and supports the following keyboard formats:

Â QWERTY Â QWERTZ Â AZERTY Â QZERTY Â Japanese IME

See “Keyboard” on page 78 for information about turning on keyboards for different languages and other keyboard settings.

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Entering text

Start by typing with just your index finger. As you get more proficient, you can type more quickly by using your thumbs.

1 Tap a text field, such as in a note or new contact, to bring up the keyboard.

2 Tap keys on the keyboard.

As you type, each letter appears above your thumb or finger. If you touch the wrong key, you can slide your finger to the correct key. The letter is not entered until you release your finger from the key.

To Do this

Type uppercase Tap the Shift key before tapping a letter.

Quickly type a period and space Double-tap the space bar.

Turn caps lock on Enable caps lock (see page 78), then double-tap the

Shift key. The Shift key turns blue, and all letters you type are uppercase. Tap the Shift key again to turn caps lock off.

Shows numbers, punctuation, or symbols

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Tap the Number key. Tap the Symbol key to see additional punctuation and symbols.

Accepting or Rejecting Dictionary Suggestions

iPod touch has dictionaries for English, English (UK), French, French (Canada), German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch. The appropriate dictionary is activated automatically when you select a keyboard on iPod touch.

iPod touch uses the active dictionary to suggest corrections or complete the word you’re typing. If you’re using a keyboard that doesn’t have a dictionary, iPod touch won’t make suggestions.

Suggested word

You don’t need to interrupt your typing to accept the suggested word.

Â To use the suggested word, type a space, punctuation mark, or return character. Â To reject the suggested word, finish typing the word as you want it, then tap the “x” to

dismiss the suggestion before typing anything else. Each time you reject a suggestion for the same word, iPod touch becomes more likely to accept your word.

Editing text

m Touch and hold to see a magnified view, then drag to position the insertion point.

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Connecting to the Internet

iPod touch connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi networks. iPod touch can join AirPort and other Wi-Fi networks at home, at work, or at Wi-Fi hotspots around the world. When joined to a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet, iPod touch connects to the Internet automatically whenever you use Mail, Safari, YouTube, Stocks, Maps, Weather, or the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store.

Many Wi-Fi networks can be used free of charge. Some Wi-Fi networks require a fee. To join a Wi-Fi network at a hotspot where charges apply, you can usually open Safari to see a webpage that allows you to sign up for service.

Joining a Wi-Fi Network

The Wi-Fi settings let you turn on Wi-Fi and join Wi-Fi networks.

Turn on Wi-Fi

m Choose Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on.

Join a Wi-Fi network

m Choose Settings > Wi-Fi, wait a moment as iPod touch detects networks in range,

then select a network. If necessary, enter a password and tap Join (networks that require a password appear with a lock icon).

Once you’ve joined a Wi-Fi network manually, iPod touch will automatically connect to it whenever the network is in range. If more than one previously used network is in range, iPod touch joins the one last used.

When iPod touch is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar at the top of the screen shows connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger the connection.

For more information about joining Wi-Fi networks and configuring Wi-Fi settings, see page 74.

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Charging the Battery

iPod touch has an internal rechargeable battery.

WARNING: For important safety information about charging iPod touch, see the

Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipod.

Charge the battery and sync iPod touch

m Connect iPod touch to your computer (not your keyboard) using the included cable.

Note: If iPod touch is connected to a computer that’s turned off or in sleep or standby mode, the iPod touch battery may drain instead of charge.

An icon in the upper-right corner of the screen shows battery charging status.

Charging Charged

If you charge the battery while syncing or using iPod touch, it may take longer to charge. You can also charge iPod touch using the Apple USB Power Adapter, available separately.

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Important: If iPod touch is very low on power, it may display one of the following

images indicating that iPod touch needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you can use it. If iPod touch is extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to two minutes before one of the low-battery images appears.

Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. The iPod touch battery is not user replaceable; it can be replaced only by an authorized service provider. For more information, go to: www.apple.com/batteries

Cleaning iPod touch

Use the polishing cloth that came with iPod touch to gently wipe the glass screen and the case.

You can also use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth. Unplug and turn off iPod touch (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, then drag the onscreen red slider). Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don’t use window cleaners, household cleaners, aerosol sprays, solvents, alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives to clean iPod touch.

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3 Music and Video

Tap Music to listen to songs, audiobooks, and podcasts, or tap Video to watch TV shows, movies, and other video.

iPod touch syncs with iTunes on your computer to get the songs, movies, TV shows, and other content you’ve collected in your iTunes library.

For information about using iTunes to get music and other media onto your computer, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Syncing Content from Your iTunes Library

If you’ve turned on syncing, iTunes automatically syncs content from your iTunes library to iPod touch each time you connect it to your computer. iTunes lets you sync all of your media, or specific songs, movies, videos, and podcasts. For example, you could set iTunes to sync selected music playlists, the most recent unwatched movie, and the three most recent episodes of your favorite TV show.

If there are more songs in your iTunes library than can fit on iPod touch, iTunes asks if you want to create a special playlist and set it to sync with iPod touch. Then iTunes randomly fills the playlist. You can add or delete songs from the playlist and sync again. If you set iTunes to sync more songs, videos, and other content than can fit on iPod touch, you can have iTunes automatically delete random content from iPod touch to make room, or you can stop the sync and reconfigure your sync settings.

When you sync podcasts or audiobooks on iPod touch with those on your computer, both iTunes and iPod touch remember where you stopped listening and start playing from that position.

For more information about syncing iPod touch with your iTunes library, see “Getting Music, Videos, and Other Content onto iPod touch” on page 5.

Transferring Purchased Content from iPod touch to Another Authorized Computer

Music, video, and podcasts sync from your iTunes library to iPod touch, but not from iPod touch to your iTunes library. However, content you purchased using the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store on iPod touch is automatically copied to your iTunes library.

You can also transfer content on iPod touch that was purchased using iTunes on one computer to an iTunes library on another authorized computer.

Transfer content from iPod touch to another computer

m Connect iPod touch to the other computer. iTunes asks if you want to transfer

purchased content. You can also connect iPod touch and, in iTunes, choose File > Transfer Purchases.

To play the content, the computer must be authorized to play content from your iTunes account.

Supported Music and Video Formats

Only songs and videos encoded in formats that iPod touch supports are transferred to iPod touch. For information about which formats iPod touch supports, see page 88.

Converting Videos for iPod touch

You can add videos other than those purchased from iTunes to iPod touch, such as videos you create in iMovie on a Macintosh or videos you download from the Internet.

If you try to add a video from iTunes to iPod touch and a message says the video can’t play on iPod touch, you can convert the video.

Convert a video to work with iPod touch

m Select the video in your iTunes library and choose Advanced > “Convert Selection for

iPod.” Then add the converted video to iPod touch.

Playing Music

The high resolution multi-touch display makes listening to songs on iPod touch as much a visual experience as a musical one. You can scroll through your playlists, or use Cover Flow to browse through your album art.

WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important

Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipod.

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Playing Songs, Audiobooks, and Podcasts

Browse your collection

m Tap Music, then tap Playlists, Artists, Songs, or Albums. Tap More to browse

Audiobooks, Compilations, Composers, Genres, or Podcasts.

Play a song

m Tap the song.

Controlling Song Playback

When you play a song, the Now Playing screen appears:

Back

Now Playing screen

Previous/Rewind

Track List

Play/Pause

Next/Fast-forward

Volume

To Do this

Adjust the volume Drag the volume slider.

Pause a song Tap .

Resume playback Tap .

Restart a song or a chapter in an audiobook or podcast

Skip to the next or previous song or chapter in an audiobook or podcast

Rewind or fast-forward Touch and hold or .

Return to the browse lists Tap . Or swipe to the right over the album cover.

Return to the Now Playing screen Tap Now Playing.

See the tracks in your collection from the current album

Display a song’s lyrics Tap the album cover when playing a song. (Lyrics appear only

Tap .

Tap twice to skip to the previous song. Tap to skip to the next song.

Tap . Tap any track to play it.

if you’ve added them to the song using the song’s Info window in iTunes.)

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Displaying playback controls at any time

You can display playback controls at any time when you’re listening to music and using another application—or even when iPod touch is locked—by double-clicking the Home button. If iPod touch is active, the playback controls appear over the application you’re using. After using the controls, you can close them or tap Music to go to the Now Playing screen. If iPod touch is locked, the controls appear onscreen, then are dismissed automatically after you finish using them.

Additional Controls

m From the Now Playing screen tap the album cover.

The repeat and shuffle controls and the scrubber bar appear. You can see time elapsed, time remaining, and the song number. The song’s lyrics appear also, if you’ve added them to the song using iTunes.

Playhead

Repeat

Shuffle

Scrubber bar

To Do this

Set iPod touch to repeat songs Tap . Tap again to set iPod touch to repeat only the

current song.

= iPod touch is set to repeat all songs in the current album

or list.

= iPod touch is set to repeat the current song over and

over.

= iPod touch is not set to repeat songs.

Skip to any point in a song Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Set iPod touch to shuffle songs Tap . Tap again to set iPod touch to play songs in order.

= iPod touch is set to shuffle songs. = iPod touch is set to play songs in order.

Shuffle the tracks in any playlist, album, or other list of songs

Tap Shuffle at the top of the list. For example, to shuffle all the songs on iPod touch, choose Songs > Shuffle.

Whether or not iPod touch is set to shuffle, if you tap Shuffle at the top of a list of songs, iPod touch plays the songs from that list in random order.

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Browsing Album Covers in Cover Flow

When you’re browsing music, you can rotate iPod touch sideways to see your iTunes content in Cover Flow and browse your music by album artwork.

To Do this

See Cover Flow Rotate iPod touch sideways.

Browse album covers Drag or flick left or right.

See the tracks on an album Tap a cover or .

To Do this

Play any track Tap the track. Drag up or down to scroll through the tracks.

Return to the cover Tap the title bar. Or tap again.

Play or pause the current song Tap or .

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Viewing All Tracks on an Album

See all the tracks on the album that contains the current song

m From the Now Playing screen tap . Tap a track to play it. Tap the album cover

thumbnail to return to the Now Playing screen.

Track list view

Ratings bar

Back to Now Playing screen

Album tracks

In track list view, you can assign ratings to songs. You can use ratings to create smart playlists in iTunes that dynamically update to show, for example, your highest rated songs.

Rate a song

m Drag your finger across the ratings bar to give the song zero to five stars.

Making Playlists Directly on iPod touch

Make an on-the-go playlist

1 Tap Playlists and tap On-The-Go.

2 Browse for songs using the buttons at the bottom of the screen. Tap any song or video

to add it to the playlist. Tap Add All Songs at the top of any list of songs to add all the songs in the list.

3 When you finish, tap Done.

When you make an on-the-go playlist and then sync iPod touch to your computer, the playlist is saved in your iTunes library, then deleted from iPod touch. The first is saved as “On-The-Go 1,” the second as “On-The-Go 2,” and so on. To get a playlist back on iPod touch, select iPod touch in the iTunes source list, click the Music tab, and set the playlist to sync.

Edit an on-the-go playlist

m Tap Playlists, tap On-The-Go, tap Edit, then do one of the following:

Â To move a song higher or lower in the list, drag next to the song. Â To delete a song from the playlist, tap next to the song, then tap Delete. Deleting a

song from the on-the-go playlist doesn’t delete it from iPod touch.

Â To clear the entire playlist, tap Clear Playlist. Â To add more songs, tap .

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Watching Videos

With iPod touch, you can view video content such as movies, music videos, and video podcasts. Videos play in widescreen to take full advantage of the display. If a video contains chapters, you can skip to the next or previous chapter, or bring up a list and start playing at any chapter that you choose. If a video provides alternate language features, you can choose an audio language or display subtitles.

Playing Videos on iPod touch

Play a video

m Tap Videos and tap the video.

Display playback controls

m Tap the screen to show the controls. Tap again to hide them.

Video controls

Restart/Rewind

Playhead

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To Do this

Play or pause a video Tap or .

Raise or lower the volume Drag the volume slider.

Start a video over Drag the playhead on the scrubber bar all the way to the left,

Skip to the previous or next chapter (when available)

Start playing at a specific chapter Tap , then choose the chapter from the list.

Rewind or fast-forward Touch and hold or .

Skip to any point in a video Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Stop watching a video before it finishes playing

Scrubber bar

Scale

Play/Pause

Fast-forward

Volume

or tap if the video doesn’t contain chapters.

Tap to skip to the previous chapter. Tap to skip to the next chapter.

Tap Done. Or press the Home button.

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