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iPod nano
Features Guide
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2 Contents Chapter 1 4 iPod nano Basics 5 iPod nano at a Glance 5 Using iPod nano Controls 7 Disabling iPod nano Controls 8 Using iPod nano Menus 9 Connecting and Disconnecting iPod nano Chapter 2 14 Music Features 14 About iTunes 15 Importing Music Into Your Computer 19 Organizing Your Music 20 Downloading Music and Podcasts to iPod nano 24 Playing Music 29 Listening to Podcasts 30 Listening to Audiobooks 30 Listening to FM Radio Chapter 3 31 Phot
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Chapter 6 52 Safety and Cleaning 52 Setup Safety Instructions 52 General Safety, Cleaning, and Handling Guidelines Chapter 7 54 Learning More, Service, and Support Index 57 Contents 3
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1 iPod nano Basics 1 Congratulations on purchasing your iPod nano. Read this section to learn about the features of your iPod nano, how to use its controls, and more. To use iPod nano, you put music, photos, and other files on your computer and then download them to iPod nano. iPod nano is a music player and much more. With iPod nano, you can:  Store songs and digital photos for listening and viewing on the go  Listen to podcasts, downloadable radio-style shows delivered over
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iPod nano at a Glance Familiarize yourself with all the controls on your iPod nano: Hold switch Center button Next/Fast-forward Menu button button Previous/Rewind Play/Pause button button Serial number Click Wheel (on back) Headphones port Dock connector port Using iPod nano Controls The controls on your iPod nano are easy to find and use. Press any button to turn on your iPod nano. The main menu appears. Use the Click Wheel and Center button to navigate through onscreen menus, play
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The following table shows you what else you can do with iPod nano controls. To Do This Reset iPod nano Set the Hold switch to Hold and turn it off again. Press the Menu (if your iPod nano isn’t and Center buttons at the same time for about 6 seconds, until the responding) Apple logo appears. Turn on iPod nano Press any button. Turn off iPod nano Press and hold Play/Pause ( ). ’ Turn on the backlight Press any button or use the Cli
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Setting the Click Wheel Sound When you scroll through menu items, you can hear a clicking sound through the iPod nano internal speaker to let you know the Click Wheel is working. You can set the Click Wheel sound to play through the headphones instead, or you can turn it off. To set how iPod nano plays the Click Wheel sound: m Choose Settings from the iPod nano main menu, and then follow the instructions below: Set Clicker to To Headphones Set the Click Wheel sound to p
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Using iPod nano Menus When you turn on iPod nano, you see the main menu. Choose menu items to perform functions and go to other menus. Status icons along the top of the screen show iPod nano settings. Lock icon Menu title Play status Battery status Menu items The following table describes the items in the iPod nano main menu. Display Item Function Lock icon The Lock icon appears when the Hold switch (on top of iPod nano) is set to hold. When the switch is set to hold,
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Setting the Backlight Timer You can set the backlight to turn on and illuminate the screen for a certain amount of time when you press a button or use the Click Wheel. The default is 10 seconds. m Choose Settings > Backlight Timer and choose the time you want. Even if you don’t set the backlight timer, you can turn on the backlight at any time by pressing any button or using the Click Wheel. After a few seconds, the backlight turns off. Setting the Language iPod nano can be s
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If you connect iPod nano to a different computer and it is set to update songs automatically, iTunes prompts you before downloading any music. If you click Yes, the songs and other audio files already on your iPod will be erased and replaced with the songs and other audio files on the computer iPod is connected to. For more information about downloading music to iPod nano and using iPod nano with more than one computer, see Chapter 2, “Music Features,” on page 14. Note: You can download
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To disconnect iPod nano: 1 Unplug the headphones if they’re attached. 2 Squeeze both sides of the Dock connector to disconnect the cable from iPod nano. If iPod nano is in the Dock, simply remove it. To remove the connector from your iPod nano, squeeze the buttons on the sides and pull. About the iPod nano Battery iPod nano has an internal, non-user-replaceable battery. For best results, the first time you use iPod nano, let it charge for about three hours or until the battery icon in the t
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If the battery icon on the iPod nano screen shows a lightning bolt, the battery is charging. If it shows a plug, the battery is fully charged. If you don’t see the lightning bolt or the plug, iPod nano might not be connected to a high-power USB port. Try another USB port on your computer. If you want to charge iPod nano when you’re away from your computer, you can purchase the iPod USB Power Adapter. To charge the battery using the iPod USB Power Adapter (available separately): 1 Connect t
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Understanding Battery States When iPod nano is not connected to a power source, a battery icon in the top-right corner of the iPod nano screen shows approximately how much charge is left. Battery less than 20% charged Battery about halfway charged Battery fully charged If iPod nano is connected to a power source, the battery icon changes to show that the battery is charging or fully charged. Battery charging (lightning bolt) Battery fully charged (plug) You can disconnect and use iPod nano
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2 Music Features 2 With your iPod nano, you can take your music and audio collection with you wherever you go. Read this section to learn about downloading music and listening to iPod nano. You use iPod nano by importing songs, audiobooks, and podcasts (radio-style audio shows) to your computer and then downloading them to iPod nano. Read on to learn more about the steps in this process, including: Â Getting music from your CD collection, hard disk, or the iTunes Music Store (part of iTune
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iTunes also has many other features. You can make your own CDs that play in standard CD players (if your computer has a CD-recordable drive); listen to streaming Internet radio; make dynamic “Party Shuffle” playlists; publish your playlists, called “iMixes,” to the iTunes Music Store; rate songs according to preference; and much more. For information about using these features of iTunes, open iTunes and choose Help > “iTunes and Music Store Help.” Importing Music Into Your Computer To lis
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Importing Music From Your Audio CDs Into iTunes Follow these instructions to get music from your CDs into your computer. To import music from an audio CD into iTunes: 1 Insert a CD into your computer and open iTunes. If you have an Internet connection, iTunes gets the names of the songs on the CD from the Internet and lists them in the window. If you are connected to the Internet and iTunes doesn’t get the names automatically, choose Advanced > Get CD Track Names. If you don’t have an Inter
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4 To eject the CD, click the Eject button. Eject button 5 Repeat these steps for any other CDs with songs you want to import. Entering Names of Songs and Other Details To enter CD song titles and other information manually: 1 Select the first song on the CD and choose File > Get Info. 2 Click Info. 3 Enter the song information. 4 Click Next to enter information for the next song. Adding Lyrics You can type or copy and paste song lyrics in plain text format into iTunes so that you can view a s
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2 Click in the Account field and follow the onscreen instructions to set up an Apple account or enter your existing Apple account or AOL account information. To find songs, audiobooks, and podcasts: You can browse or search the iTunes Music Store to find the album, song, or artist you’re looking for. Open iTunes and click Music Store in the Source list. Â To browse the iTunes Music Store, choose a music genre from the Choose Genre pop-up menu on the top-left side of the store, click one of
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To see your podcasts, click Podcasts in the iTunes Source list. Adding Songs Already on Your Computer to the iTunes Library If you have songs on your computer encoded in file formats that iTunes supports, you can easily add the songs to iTunes. To add songs on your computer to the iTunes library: m Drag the folder or disk containing the audio files to Library in the Source list (or choose File > Add to Library and select the folder or disk). If iTunes supports the song file format, the song
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Note: You can also make playlists on iPod nano, called On-The-Go Playlists, when iPod nano isn’t connected to your computer. See “Making On-The-Go Playlists on iPod nano” on page 25. Downloading Music and Podcasts to iPod nano After your music is imported and organized in iTunes, you can easily download it to iPod nano. To set how music is downloaded from your computer to your iPod nano, you connect iPod nano to your computer, and then use the controls in iTunes to change iPod nano setti
