Apple MA107FB/A Datasheet

iPod nano

Features Guide

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Contents

Chapter 1 4 iPod nano Basics

5

iPod nano at a Glance

5

Using iPod nano Controls

7

Disabling iPod nano Buttons

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 From Your Computer to iPod nano

24

Playing Music

25

Listening to Podcasts

25

Listening to Spoken Word Audio

26

Adjusting iPod nano Settings

Chapter 3 30 Photo Features

30

Downloading Photos

33

Viewing Photos and Other Images

Chapter 4 35 Extra Features and Accessories

35

Using iPod nano as an External Disk

36

Using Extra Settings

39

Importing Contacts, Calendars, and To-Do Lists

41

Storing and Reading Notes

42

Learning About iPod nano Accessories

Contents

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Chapter 5 43 Tips and Troubleshooting

43

General Suggestions

47

Updating and Restoring iPod Software

Chapter 6 49 Safety and Cleaning

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Setup Safety Instructions

49

General Safety, Cleaning, and Handling Guidelines

Chapter 7 51 Learning More, Service, and Support

Index 54

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iPod nano Basics

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:

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Store hundreds of songs and digital photos for listening and viewing on the go

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Listen to podcasts, downloadable radio-style shows delivered over the Internet

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Listen to audiobooks purchased from the iTunes Music Store or audible.com

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Store or back up files and other data, using iPod nano as an external disk

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Store and synchronize contact, calendar, and to-do list information from

your computer

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Play games, store text notes, set an alarm, and more

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iPod nano at a Glance

Familiarize yourself with all the controls on your iPod nano:

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

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.

Hold switch

Menu button

Previous/Rewind

button

Click Wheel

Center button

Next/Fast-forward

button

Play/Pause button

Dock connector port

Headphones port

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The following table shows you what else you can do with iPod nano controls.

To Do This

Reset iPod nano

(if your iPod nano isn’t

responding)

Toggle the Hold switch (set it to Hold, and then turn it off again).

Press the Menu and Center buttons at the same time for about 6

seconds, until the 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 Click Wheel. If the backlight timer is set

to Off, press and hold Menu to turn on the backlight.

Disable the iPod nano buttons

(in case you press them

accidentally)

Set the Hold switch to Hold (an orange bar appears).

Choose a menu item

Scroll to the item and press the Center button.

Go back to the previous menu

Press Menu.

Browse for a song

Choose Music from the main menu.

Play a song

Select the song and press the Center or Play/Pause

(

’

)

button.

iPod nano has to be disconnected from your computer to play songs.

Pause a song

Press Play/Pause

(

’

)

or unplug your headphones.

Change the volume

From the Now Playing screen, use the Click Wheel.

Play all the songs in a list

Select the list title (an album title or the title of a playlist, for

example) and press Play/Pause

(

’

)

.

Play all songs in random order

From the main menu, choose Shuffle Songs.

Skip to any point in a song

From the Now Playing screen, press the Center button to show the

scrubber bar. Then scroll to any point in the song.

Skip to the next song

Press Next/Fast-forward (

‘

).

Start a song over

Press Previous/Rewind (

]

).

Play the previous song

Press Previous/Rewind (

]

) twice.

Fast-forward or rewind a song

Press and hold Next/Fast-forward (

‘

) or Previous/Rewind (

]

).

Add a song to the On-The-Go

playlist

Select a song, and then press and hold the Center button until the

song title flashes.

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Disabling iPod nano Buttons

If you’re carrying iPod nano in your pocket and you don’t want to turn it on or activate

buttons accidentally, you can make the buttons inactive using the Hold switch.

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Set the Hold switch to Hold.

Slide the switch toward

the center (so you can

see the orange bar) to

disable the controls.

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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.

The following table describes the items in the iPod nano main menu.

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:

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Choose Settings > Main Menu.

Play status

Menu items

Battery status

Menu titleLock icon

iPod nano Menu 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, the iPod nano

controls are disabled.

Menu title

Displays the title of the current menu.

Play status

The Play icon (

“

) appears if a song is playing. The Pause icon (

1

)

appears if a song is paused.

Battery status

The Battery icon shows the approximate remaining battery charge.

If the battery is charging, the icon is animated.

Menu items

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.

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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.

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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.

Note:

If the backlight timer is set to Off, press and hold the Menu button to turn on the

backlight.

Setting the Language

iPod nano can be set to use different languages.

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Choose Settings > Language and choose a language from the list.

Connecting and Disconnecting iPod nano

You connect iPod nano to your computer to download music, photos, and files, and, in

most cases, to charge the battery. Disconnect iPod nano when you’re done.

Connecting iPod nano

To connect iPod nano to your computer:

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Plug the included iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable in to a high-power USB 2.0

port on your computer, and then connect the other end to iPod nano.

Note:

The USB port on your keyboard will not provide enough power; do not use it to

connect your iPod nano.

By default, iPod nano imports songs automatically when you connect it to your

computer. When this automatic download is done, you can disconnect iPod nano.

If you connect iPod nano to a different computer and it is set to update songs

automatically, iTunes prompts you before downloading any music.

Note:

You can download songs while your battery is charging.

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Disconnecting iPod nano

It’s important not to disconnect iPod nano while music is being downloaded. You can

easily see if it’s OK to disconnect iPod nano by looking at the iPod 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 set iPod nano to update songs manually (see “Updating iPod nano Manually” on

page 22) or enable iPod nano for disk use (see “Using iPod nano as an External Disk” on

page 35), you must eject iPod nano before disconnecting it.

To eject iPod nano:

m Click the Eject button (C) next to iPod nano in the iTunes Source list.

If you’re using a Mac, you can also 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 your iPod nano.

If you see the main menu

or a large battery icon, you

can disconnect iPod nano

from your computer.

Important: If you see this

message, you must eject iPod

nano before disconnecting it

from your computer.

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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.

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 downloading files, playing music, or

viewing a slideshow, it might take longer.

To remove the connector from your iPod nano,

squeeze the buttons on the sides and pull.

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Charging the iPod nano Battery

You can charge the iPod nano battery in two ways:

Â Connect iPod nano to your computer.

Â Use the iPod USB Power Adapter, available separately.

To charge the battery using your computer:

m Connect iPod nano to a high-power USB 2.0 port or a FireWire port on your computer.

The computer must be turned on and not in sleep mode (some models of Macintosh

can charge iPod nano while in sleep mode).

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 2.0 port. Try another USB port or FireWire port on your computer.

Note: You can connect iPod nano to a FireWire port only for charging the battery and

not for downloading songs and other audio files to iPod nano.

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 power adapter (available separately):

1 Connect the AC plug adapter to the power adapter (they might already be connected).

2 Connect the iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable to the power adapter, and plug the

other end of the cable in to iPod nano.

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3 Plug the power adapter in to a working electrical outlet.

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.

If iPod nano is connected to a power source, the battery icon changes to show that the

battery is charging or fully charged.

You can disconnect and use iPod nano before it is fully charged.

Note: Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and might

eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use

and settings. For more information, go to www.apple.com/batteries.

Warning: Make sure the power adapter is fully assembled before plugging it in to an

electrical outlet.

AC plug adapter

iPod USB Power Adapter

iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable

Battery less than 20% charged

Battery about halfway charged

Battery fully charged

Battery charging

Battery fully charged

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2 Music Features

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 or hard disk to iTunes on your computer. You

can also purchase music and audiobooks and download podcasts online at the

iTunes Music Store (part of iTunes and available in some countries only).

Â Organizing the music and other audio into playlists, if you want.

Â Downloading playlists, songs, audiobooks, and podcasts to your iPod nano.

Â Playing music or listening to other audio on the go.

About iTunes

iTunes is the music application you use with iPod nano. When you connect iPod nano

to your computer, iTunes opens automatically.

This guide has information about how to use iTunes to download songs and other

audio to your computer, organize them into lists of songs called playlists, download

them to iPod nano, and adjust iPod nano settings.

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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 Internet radio and

podcasts (radio-style audio shows); 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 listen to music on your iPod nano, you first need to get that music into iTunes on

your computer.

There are three ways of getting music into iTunes:

Â Import music from audio CDs.

Â Buy music or download podcasts online from the iTunes Music Store.

Â Add music that’s already on your computer to the iTunes music library.

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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 Internet connection, you can enter the names of the songs on the

CD manually. For more information, see “Entering Names of Songs and Other Details”

on page 17.

With song information entered, you can browse for songs in iTunes or on iPod nano by

title, artist, album, and more.

2 Click to remove the checkmarks next to any songs you don’t want to import from

the CD.

3 Click the Import button. The display area at the top of the iTunes window shows how

much time it will take to import each song.

By default, iTunes plays songs as they are imported. If you’re importing a lot of songs,

you might want to stop the songs from playing to improve performance.

Import button

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4 To eject the CD, click the 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 and Viewing Lyrics

You can type or copy and paste song lyrics in plain text format into iTunes so that you

can view a song’s lyrics on your iPod nano while the song is playing.

Note: You must have iTunes version 5.0 or later to add and view lyrics.

To type or paste lyrics into iTunes 5.0 or later:

1 Select a song and choose File > Get Info.

2 Click Lyrics.

3 Type or paste lyrics copied from another source into the text box.

4 Click OK.

To view lyrics on iPod nano while a song is playing:

m On the Now Playing screen, press the Center button until you see the lyrics. The screen

fills with lyrics and scrolls through them as the song plays.

Buying Songs and Downloading Podcasts Using the

iTunes Music Store

If you have an Internet connection, you can easily purchase and download songs,

albums, and audiobooks online using the iTunes Music Store. You can also subscribe to

and download podcasts, radio-style audio shows.

To purchase music online using the iTunes Music Store, you must set up an Apple

account in iTunes, find the songs you want, and then buy them. If you already have an

Apple account, or if you have an America Online (AOL) account (available in some

countries only), you can use that to sign in to the music store and buy songs.

Note: You don’t need an iTunes Music Store account to download or subscribe to

podcasts.

Eject button

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To sign in to the iTunes Music Store:

1 Open iTunes and click Music Store in the Source list.

2 Click the Account button 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 musical genre from the Choose Genre

pop-up menu on the top-left side of the store, click one of the albums or songs in

the center or right side of the store, or click the Browse button in the top-right corner

of the window.

Â To browse for podcasts, click the Podcasts link on the left side of the main page in the

iTunes Music Store.

Â To search the iTunes Music Store, type the name of an album, song, artist, or composer

in the search field.

Â To search only artist or composer names, or album or song titles, choose an item from

the search field pop-up menu.

Â To search for a combination of items, choose Power Search from the search field

pop-up menu.

Â To return to the main page of the iTunes Music Store, click the Home button at the

top-left side of the store.

To buy a song, album, or audiobook:

1 Click Music Store in the Source list, and then find the song or album you want to buy.

You can double-click a song to listen to a portion of it and make sure it’s the song you

want. (If your network connection is slower than 128 kbps, choose iTunes > Preferences,

and in the Store pane, select the “Load complete preview before playing” checkbox.)

2 Click Buy Song or Buy Album.

The song is downloaded to your computer and charged to the credit card listed on

your Apple or AOL account.

To download or subscribe to a podcast:

m Click the Podcasts link on the left side of the main page in the iTunes Music Store, and

then browse for the podcast you want to download.

Â To download a single podcast episode, click the Get Episode button next to the

episode.

Â To subscribe to a podcast, click the Subscribe button next to the podcast graphic.

iTunes downloads the most recent episode. As new episodes become available, they

are automatically downloaded to iTunes (when you are connected to the Internet).

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To see your podcasts, click Podcasts in the iTunes Source list. Podcast episodes don’t

appear in the iTunes library unless you drag them there.

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 import the songs into 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 songs are automatically added to the iTunes library.

You can also drag individual song files to iTunes.

Note: 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 and Music Store Help.”

Organizing Your Music

Using iTunes, you can organize songs into playlists. A playlist is a list of songs you

organize in any way you want. For example, you can make playlists with songs to listen

to while exercising or with songs for a particular mood.

You can also make Smart Playlists that update automatically based on rules you define.

When you add songs to iTunes that fit the rules, they automatically get added to the

Smart Playlist.

You can make as many playlists as you like using any of the songs in your computer’s

music library. Putting a song in a playlist doesn’t remove it from the library.

To make a playlist in iTunes:

1 Click the Add button.

2 Type a name for the playlist in the Source list.

Click Library, and then drag a song (or other audio file) to the playlist in the Source list.

To select multiple songs, hold the Command (x) key or Shift key as you click each

song.

Add button

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Note: Keep in mind that if you add mixed audio to a playlist, such as audiobooks or

podcasts along with songs, the books and podcasts will play in the order they appear.

Pressing Next on iPod nano won’t skip the whole book or podcast but will move you

through the chapters first.

To make a Smart Playlist:

m Choose File > New Smart Playlist and choose the rules for your playlist.

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 26.

Downloading Music and Podcasts From Your Computer 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

settings.

You can set iTunes to download music to your iPod nano in three ways:

Â Automatically update all songs and playlists: When you connect iPod nano, it is

automatically updated to match the songs in the iTunes library. Any other songs on

iPod nano are deleted.

Â Automatically update selected playlists: When you connect iPod nano, it is

automatically updated to match the songs in playlists you select in iTunes. Any other

songs on iPod nano are deleted.

Â Manually update iPod nano: When you connect iPod nano, you can drag songs and

playlists individually to iPod nano, and delete songs and playlists individually from

iPod nano. When you manage songs yourself, you must manually eject iPod nano

from iTunes before you can disconnect it.

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