iPod nano Features Guide 2 Contents Chapter 1 4 5 5 8 9 10 15 15 16 19 20 24 29 30 30 31 31 34 36 36 37 40 43 43 44 45 45 50 iPod nano Basics iPod nano at a Glance Using iPod nano Controls Disabling iPod nano Controls Using iPod nano Menus Connecting and Disconnecting iPod nano Music Features About iTunes Importing Music into Your Computer Organizing Your Music Loading Music and Podcasts onto iPod nano Playing Music Listening to Podcasts Listening to Audiobooks Listening to FM Radio Photo Features Importing Photos Viewing Photos Extra Features and Accessories Using iPod nano as an External Disk Using Extra Settings Syncing Contacts, Calendars, and To-Do Lists Storing and Reading Notes Recording Voice Memos Learning About iPod nano Accessories Tips and Troubleshooting General Suggestions Updating and Restoring iPod nano Software Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 2 Chapter 6 51 51 53 54 57 Safety and Cleaning Important Safety Information Important Handling Information Learning More, Service, and Support Chapter 7 Index Contents 3 1 iPod nano Basics 1 Congratulations on purchasing iPod nano. Read this section to learn about the features of 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 load them onto iPod nano. MENU iPod nano is a music player and much more. Use iPod nano to:  Sync songs and digital photos for listening and viewing on the go  Listen to podcasts, downloadable radio-style shows delivered over the Internet  View photos as a slideshow with music  Listen to audiobooks purchased from the iTunes Store or audible.com  Store or back up files and other data, using iPod nano as an external disk  Sync contact, calendar, and to-do list information from your computer  Play games, store text notes, set an alarm, and more 4 iPod nano at a Glance Get to know the controls on iPod nano: Hold switch Center button Menu button Next/Fast-forward button Previous/Rewind button Play/Pause button Click Wheel Serial number (on back) Dock connector port Headphones port Using iPod nano Controls The controls on iPod nano are easy to find and use. Press any button to turn on iPod nano. The main menu appears. Use the Click Wheel and Center button to navigate through onscreen menus, play songs, change settings, and view information. Move your thumb lightly around the Click Wheel to select a menu item. To choose the item, press the Center button. To go back to the previous menu, press Menu on the Click Wheel. Chapter 1 iPod nano Basics 5 Here's what else you can do with iPod nano controls. To Turn on iPod nano Turn off iPod nano Turn on the backlight Do this Press any button. Press and hold Play/Pause ('). Press any button or use the Click Wheel. Disable the iPod nano controls Slide the Hold switch to HOLD (an orange bar appears). (so nothing happens if you press them accidentally) Reset iPod nano (if iPod nano isn't responding) Choose a menu item Go back to the previous menu Go back to the main menu Browse for a song Play a song Pause a song Change the volume Play all the songs in a list Play all songs in random order Skip to any point in a song Slide the Hold switch to HOLD and back again. Then press the Menu and Center buttons at the same time for about 6 seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Scroll to the item and press the Center button. Press Menu. Press and hold Menu. From the main menu, choose Music. Select the song and press the Center or Play/Pause (') button. iPod nano has to be ejected from your computer to play songs. Press Play/Pause (') or unplug your headphones. From the Now Playing screen, use the Click Wheel. Select the list title (an album title or the title of a playlist, for example) and press Play/Pause ('). From the main menu, choose Shuffle Songs. From the Now Playing screen, press the Center button to show the scrubber bar, and then scroll to any point in the song. Press the Center button to resume playing from that point. Press Next/Fast-forward (`). Skip to the next song or chapter in an audiobook or podcast Start a song over Play the previous song or chapter in an audiobook or podcast Fast-forward or rewind a song Add a song to the On-The-Go playlist Find the iPod nano serial number Press Previous/Rewind (]). Press Previous/Rewind (]) twice. Press and hold Next/Fast-forward (`) or Previous/Rewind (]). Select a song, and then press and hold the Center button until the song title flashes. From the main menu, choose Settings > About, or look at the back of iPod nano. 6 Chapter 1 iPod nano Basics Scrolling Quickly Through Long Lists If you have a large number of songs or other items, you can scroll quickly through a long list by moving your thumb quickly on the Click Wheel. Note: Not all languages are supported. To scroll quickly: 1 Move your thumb quickly on the Click Wheel, to display a letter of the alphabet on the screen. 2 Without lifting your thumb, use the Click Wheel to navigate the alphabet until you find the first letter of the item you're looking for. This takes you to the first item in the list beginning with that letter. Items beginning with a symbol or number appear before the letter "A." 3 Lift your thumb momentarily (or stop moving your thumb for about one second) to return to normal scrolling. 4 Use the Click Wheel to finish navigating to the item you want. Searching Music You can search iPod nano for songs, playlists, album titles, artist names, podcasts, and audiobooks. The search feature doesn't search notes, calendar items, contacts, or lyrics. To search iPod nano: 1 From the Music menu, choose Search. 2 Enter a search string by using the Click Wheel to navigate the alphabet and pressing the Center button to enter each character. iPod nano starts searching as soon as you enter the first character, displaying the results on the search screen. For example, if you enter "b," then iPod nano displays all music items containing the letter "b." If you enter "ab," iPod nano displays all items containing that sequence of letters. To enter a space, press the Next/Fast-forward button. To delete the previous character, click the back arrow or press the Previous/Rewind button. 3 Click DONE to display the found list, which you can now navigate. Songs in the found list appear without an icon. Other items are preceded by an icon to show the type of item: album ( ), artist ( ), audiobook ( ), and podcast ( ). To return to Search, press the Menu button. Chapter 1 iPod nano Basics 7 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 Headphones Off Speaker Both To Set the Click Wheel sound to play through the headphones Turn off the Click Wheel sound Set the Click Wheel sound to play through the iPod nano internal speaker Set the Click Wheel sound to play through both the iPod nano internal speaker and the headphones Disabling iPod nano Controls If you're carrying iPod nano in your pocket and you don't want to turn it on or activate the controls accidentally, you can make them inactive using the Hold switch. m Slide the Hold switch to HOLD (so you can see the orange bar). ME NU 8 Chapter 1 iPod nano Basics 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. Icons along the top of the screen show iPod nano status. Lock icon Play status Menu title Battery status Menu items The following table describes the items in the iPod nano main menu. Display item Play status Lock icon Function The Play ( ") icon appears if a song is playing. The Pause (1) icon appears if a song is paused. The Lock icon appears when the Hold switch (on top of iPod nano) is set to HOLD. This indicates that the iPod nano controls are disabled. Displays the title of the current menu. The Battery icon shows the approximate remaining battery charge. If the battery is charging, the icon is animated. Use the Click Wheel to scroll through menu items. Press the Center button to choose an item. An arrow next to a menu item indicates that choosing it leads to another menu. Menu title Battery status Menu items Adding or Removing Items from the Main Menu You might want to add often-used items to the iPod nano main menu. For example, you can add a "Songs" item to the main menu, so you don't have to choose Music before you choose Songs. To add or remove items from the main menu: 1 Choose Settings > Main Menu. 2 For each item you want to appear in the main menu, turn the "Off" option to "On." Chapter 1 iPod nano Basics 9 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 then 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 set to use different languages. m Choose Settings > Language, and then choose a language from the list. Connecting and Disconnecting iPod nano You connect iPod nano to your computer to sync music, photos, and files, and to charge the battery. Disconnect iPod nano when you're done. Connecting iPod nano To connect iPod nano to your computer: m Plug the included iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable into a high-power USB port on your computer (a USB 2.0 port is recommended), and then connect the other end to iPod nano. If you have an iPod nano Dock, you can connect the cable to a high-power USB port on your computer, connect the other end to the Dock, and then put iPod nano in the Dock. Note: The USB port on your keyboard doesn't provide enough power. You must connect iPod nano to a USB port on your computer. By default, iTunes syncs songs on iPod nano automatically when you connect it to your computer. When iTunes is finished, you can disconnect iPod nano. 10 Chapter 1 iPod nano Basics If you connect iPod nano to a different computer and it is set to sync music automatically, iTunes prompts you before loading any music. If you click Yes, the songs and other audio files already on iPod nano will be erased and replaced with the songs and other audio files on the computer iPod nano is connected to. For more information about loading music onto iPod nano and using iPod nano with more than one computer, see Chapter 2, "Music Features," on page 15. Note: You can load songs while your battery is charging. Disconnecting iPod nano It's important not to disconnect iPod nano from your computer while music is being loaded. You can easily see if it's OK to disconnect iPod nano by looking at the iPod nano screen. Important: Don't disconnect iPod nano if you see the "Do not disconnect" message. You could damage files on iPod nano. If you see this message, you must eject iPod nano before disconnecting it. If you see the main menu or a large battery icon, you can disconnect iPod nano. Important: If you see this message, you must eject iPod nano before disconnecting it. If you set iPod nano to update songs manually (see "Managing iPod nano Manually" on page 22) or enable iPod nano for disk use (see "Using iPod nano as an External Disk" on page 36), you must always eject iPod nano before disconnecting it. To eject iPod nano: m Click the Eject (C) button next to iPod nano in the list of devices in the iTunes Source pane. If you're using a Mac, you can eject iPod nano by dragging the iPod nano icon on the desktop to the Trash. If you're using a Windows PC, you can eject iPod nano by clicking the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the Windows system tray and selecting iPod nano. Chapter 1 iPod nano Basics 11 To disconnect iPod nano: 1 Unplug the headphones if they're attached. 2 Squeeze both sides of the Dock connector and disconnect the cable from iPod nano. If iPod nano is in the Dock, simply remove it. 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 top-right corner of the iPod nano display shows that the battery is fully charged. If iPod nano isn't used for a while, the battery might need to be charged. The iPod nano battery is 80-percent charged in about two hours and fully charged in about three hours. If you charge iPod nano while loading files, playing music, or viewing a slideshow, it might take longer. Charging the iPod nano Battery Yo ...