Note: When you browse for music videos in the Music menu, you only hear the music. When you browse for them in the Videos menu, you also see the video.

When a song is playing, the Now Playing screen appears. The following table describes the elements on the Now Playing screen of iPod classic.

Repeat icon Shuffle icon

Album art

Song information, rating, and sequence number

Song time

Now Playing screen item

Function

Shuffle (¡) icon

Appears if iPod classic is set to shuffle songs or albums.

 

 

Repeat () icon

Appears if iPod classic is set to repeat all songs. The Repeat Once

 

(!) icon appears if iPod classic is set to repeat one song.

 

 

Album art

Shows the album art, if it’s available.

 

 

Song information

Displays the song title, artist, and album title.

 

 

Rating

Displays stars if you rate the song.

 

 

Song number

Shows the number of the song that’s playing within the current

 

sequence of songs.

 

 

Song time progress bar

Shows the elapsed and remaining times for the song that’s playing.

 

 

When you see the Now Playing screen, you can use the Click Wheel to change the volume. Press the Center button multiple times from the Now Playing screen to get to other information and options, such as the scrubber bar, rating bullets, shuffle settings, lyrics, podcast information, and more. Press and hold the Center button to show more options, such as starting a Genius playlist, or browsing albums or artists. Press the Menu button to return to the previous screen.

The scrubber bar displays a diamond to show where you are in the track, along with elapsed and remaining times. You can use the Click Wheel to move the diamond along the bar to get to another part of the track.

Browsing Songs by Artist or Album

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

To browse songs by artist:

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

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