Apple 2006 manual Here’s what else you can do with iPod controls

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Here’s what else you can do with iPod controls.

To	Do this
Turn on iPod	Press any button.
Turn off iPod	Press and hold Play/Pause (’).
Turn on the backlight	Press any button or use the Click Wheel.
Disable the iPod controls	Slide the Hold switch to HOLD (an orange bar appears).
(so nothing happens if you press
them accidentally)
Reset iPod	Slide the Hold switch to HOLD and back again. Press the Menu and
(if iPod isn’t responding)	Center buttons at the same time for about 6 seconds, until the
	Apple logo appears.
Choose a menu item	Scroll to the item and press the Center button.
Go back to the previous menu	Press Menu.
Go directly to the main menu	Press and hold Menu.
Browse for a song	From the main menu, choose Music.
Browse for a video	From the main menu, choose Videos.
Play a song or video	Select the song or video and press the Center or Play/Pause (’)
	button. iPod has to be ejected from your computer to play songs and
	videos.
Pause a song or video	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 or	From the Now Playing screen, press the Center button to show the
video	scrubber bar, and then scroll to any point in the song or video.
	Press the Center button to resume playing from that point.
Skip to the next song, video,	Press Next/Fast-forward (‘).
or chapter in an audiobook
or podcast
Start a song or video over	Press Previous/Rewind (]).
Play the previous song, video,	Press Previous/Rewind (]) twice.
or chapter in an audiobook
or podcast
Fast-forward or rewind a song	Press and hold Next/Fast-forward (‘) or Previous/Rewind (]).
Add a song to the On-The-Go	Select a song in a playlist, and then press and hold the Center
playlist	button until the song title flashes.
Find the iPod serial number.	From the main menu, choose Settings > About, or look on the back
	of iPod.

Chapter 1 iPod Basics