Apple MC293LL/A manual Browsing songs by album or artist, Setting iPod classic to shuffle songs

Browsing songs by album or artist

When you’re listening to a song, you can browse more songs by the same artist or all the songs from the current album.

Browse songs by artist:

1From the Now Playing screen, press and hold the Center button until a menu appears.

2Choose Browse Artist, and then press the Center button.

You see the other songs by that artist that are on iPod classic. You can select another song or return to the Now Playing screen.

Browse songs by album:

1From the Now Playing screen, press and hold the Center button until a menu appears.

2Choose Browse Album, and then press the Center button.

You see the other songs from the current album that are on iPod classic. You can select another song or return to the Now Playing screen.

Setting iPod classic to shuffle songs

You can set iPod classic to play songs, albums, or your entire library in random order.

Set iPod classic to shuffle and play all your songs:

mm Choose Shuffle Songs from the iPod classic main menu.

iPod classic begins playing songs from your entire music library in random order, skipping audiobooks and podcasts.

Set iPod classic to always shuffle songs or albums:

1Choose Settings from the iPod classic main menu.

2Set Shuffle to either Songs or Albums.

When you set iPod classic to shuffle songs, iPod classic shuffles songs within whatever list (for example, album or playlist) you choose to play.

When you set iPod classic to shuffle albums, it plays all the songs on an album in order, and then randomly selects another album and plays through it in order.

You can also set iPod classic to shuffle songs directly from the Now Playing screen.

Set iPod classic to shuffle songs from the Now Playing screen:

1From the Now Playing screen, press the Center button until the shuffle slider appears.

2Use the Click Wheel to set iPod classic to shuffle songs or albums.

Setting iPod classic to repeat songs

You can set iPod classic to repeat a song over and over, or repeat songs within the list you choose to play.

Set iPod classic to repeat songs:

mm Choose Settings from the iPod classic main menu

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To repeat all songs in the list, set Repeat to All.

To repeat one song over and over, set Repeat to One.

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