Apple MA623LL/B manual Viewing All Tracks on an Album, Using Genius on iPod touch

Viewing All Tracks on an Album

See all the tracks on the album that contains the current song: From the Now Playing screen tap . Tap a track to play it. Tap the album cover thumbnail to return to the Now Playing screen.

Rating bar

Back to Now Playing screen

Album tracks

In track list view, you can assign ratings to songs. You can use ratings to create smart playlists in iTunes that dynamically update to include, for example, your highest rated songs.

Rate a song: Drag your thumb across the ratings bar to give the song zero to five stars.

Using Genius on iPod touch

Genius automatically creates a playlist of songs from your library that go great together with the song you’re playing. It’s like having a built-in DJ who knows your tastes well enough to make the right mix just for you. To use Genius on iPod touch, you first need to set up Genius in iTunes, then sync iPod touch with iTunes. Genius is a free service, but it requires an iTunes Store Account. You can make Genius playlists in iTunes and sync them to iPod touch. You can also make Genius playlists directly on iPod touch.

Make a Genius playlist on iPod touch:

1Tap Playlists and tap Genius.

2Tap a song in the list. Genius creates a playlist with additional songs based on that song.

You can also make a Genius playlist based on the song you’re playing. From the Now Playing screen, tap the album cover to display additional controls, then tap .

Save a Genius playlist: In the playlist, tap Save. The playlist is saved in Playlists with the title of the song you picked.

You can make and save as many Genius playlists as you want. If you save a Genius playlist created on iPod touch, it’s synced back to iTunes the next time you connect.

Refresh a Genius playlist: In the playlist, tap Refresh.

Chapter 3    Music and Video

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