Apple Ipod 160GB User Guide - Page 31

Accessing Additional Commands, Using Genius on iPodclassic

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To use Cover Flow: 1 From the Music menu, choose Cover Flow. 2 Use the Click Wheel (or press Next/Fast-forward or Previous/Rewind) to move through your album art. 3 Select an album and press the Center button. 4 Use the Click Wheel to select a song, and then press the Center button to play it. Accessing Additional Commands Some additional iPod classic commands can be accessed directly from the Now Playing screen and some menus. To access additional commands: m Press and hold the Center button until a menu appears, select a command, and then press the Center button again. If a menu doesn't appear, no additional commands are available. Using Genius on iPod classic Even when iPod classic isn't connected to your computer, Genius can automatically create instant playlists of songs that go great together. You can also play Genius Mixes, which are preselected compilations of songs that go great together. You can create Genius playlists in iTunes and add them to iPod classic, and you can sync Genius Mixes to iPod classic. To use Genius, you need to set up Genius in the iTunes Store, and then sync iPod classic to iTunes (see "Turning On Genius in iTunes" on page 19). To create a Genius playlist on iPod classic: 1 Select a song, and then press and hold the Center button until a menu appears. You can select a song from a menu or playlist, or you can start from the Now Playing screen. 2 Choose Start Genius. Start Genius doesn't appear in the menu of additional commands, if any of the following apply: Â You haven't set up Genius in iTunes and then synced iPod classic with iTunes. Â Genius doesn't recognize the song you selected. Â Genius recognizes the song, but there aren't at least ten similar songs in your library. 3 Press the Center button. The new playlist appears. 4 To keep the playlist, choose Save Playlist. Chapter 3 Listening to Music 31

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Chapter 3
Listening to Music
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To use Cover Flow:
1
From the Music menu, choose Cover Flow.
2
Use the Click Wheel (or press Next/Fast-forward or Previous/Rewind) to move through
your album art.
3
Select an album and press the Center button.
4
Use the Click Wheel to select a song, and then press the Center button to play it.
Accessing Additional Commands
Some additional iPod classic commands can be accessed directly from the Now Playing
screen and some menus.
To access additional commands:
m
Press and hold the Center button until a menu appears, select a command, and then
press the Center button again.
If a menu doesn’t appear, no additional commands are available.
Using Genius on iPod classic
Even when iPod classic isn’t connected to your computer, Genius can automatically
create instant playlists of songs that go great together. You can also play Genius Mixes,
which are preselected compilations of songs that go great together. You can create
Genius playlists in iTunes and add them to iPod classic, and you can sync Genius Mixes
to iPod classic.
To use Genius, you need to set up Genius in the iTunes Store, and then sync iPod classic
to iTunes (see “Turning On Genius in iTunes” on page 19).
To create a Genius playlist on iPod classic:
1
Select a song, and then press and hold the Center button until a menu appears.
You can select a song from a menu or playlist, or you can start from the Now Playing
screen.
2
Choose Start Genius.
Start Genius doesn’t appear in the menu of additional commands, if any of the
following apply:
Â
You haven’t set up Genius in iTunes and then synced iPod classic with iTunes.
Â
Genius doesn’t recognize the song you selected.
Â
Genius recognizes the song, but there aren’t at least ten similar songs in your library.
3
Press the Center button. The new playlist appears.
4
To keep the playlist, choose Save Playlist.