Apple Ipod 160GB User Guide - Page 17

If you already have iTunes 9 or later installed on your computer and you've set up your iTunes library, you can skip ahead to "Adding Music, Videos, and Other Content to iPod classic" on page 21. Setting Up Your iTunes Library To listen to music on iPod classic, you first need to get that music into iTunes on your computer. There are three ways of getting music and other audio into iTunes: Â Purchase music, audiobooks, and videos, or download podcasts online from the iTunes Store. Â Import music and other audio from audio CDs. Â Add music and other audio that's already on your computer to your iTunes library. Purchase Songs and Download Podcasts Using the iTunes Store If you have an Internet connection, you can easily purchase and download songs, albums, audiobooks online using the iTunes Store. You can also subscribe to and download podcasts, and you can download free educational content from iTunes U. To purchase music online using the iTunes Store, you set up a free iTunes account in iTunes, find the songs you want, and then buy them. If you already have an iTunes account, you can use that account to sign in to the iTunes Store and buy songs. You don't need an iTunes Store account to download or subscribe to podcasts. To enter the iTunes Store, open iTunes and click iTunes Store (under Store) on the left side of the iTunes window. Add Songs Already on Your Computer to Your 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 learn how to get songs from your computer into iTunes, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help. Using iTunes for Windows, you can convert nonprotected WMA files to AAC or MP3 format. This can be useful if you have a library of music encoded in WMA format. For more information, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help. Chapter 2 Setting Up iPod classic 17