Press the Center button to cycle through these additional items in the Now Playing screen:

Screen item

Function

Scrubber bar

Lets you quickly navigate to a different part of the track.

 

 

Genius slider

Creates a Genius playlist based on the current song. The

 

slider doesn’t appear if Genius information isn’t available for

 

the current song.

 

 

Shuffle slider

Lets you shuffle songs or albums directly from the

 

Now Playing screen.

 

 

Song rating

Lets you rate the song.

 

 

Lyrics

Displays the lyrics of the current song. Lyrics don’t appear

 

if you didn’t enter them in iTunes.

 

 

Use the Click Wheel and Center button to browse for a song or music video.

When you play music videos from the Music menu, you only hear the music. When you play them from the Videos menu, you also see the video.

Browse for and play a song:

mm Choose Music, browse for a song or music video, and then press Play/Pause (’).

Change the playback volume:

mm When you see the progress bar, use the Click Wheel to change the volume. If you don’t see the progress bar, press the Center button until it appears.

Listen to a different part of a song:

1Press the Center button until you see the scrubber bar.

2Use the Click Wheel to move the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Create a Genius playlist from the current song:

1Press the Center button until you see the Genius slider.

2Use the Click Wheel to move the slider to Start.

The Genius slider doesn’t appear if Genius information isn’t available for the current song.

Set shuffle songs from the Now Playing screen:

1Press the Center button until you see the shuffle slider.

2Use the Click Wheel to move the slider to Songs or Albums.

Choose Songs to play all songs on iPod classic at random.

Choose Albums to play all songs in the current album in order. iPod classic then randomly selects another album and plays through it in order.

Listen to a music video:

mm Choose Music and browse for a music video.

When you play the video, you hear it but don’t see it. When you play a playlist that includes video podcasts, you hear the podcasts but don’t see them.

Return to the previous menu: mm From any screen, press Menu.

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Apple MC293LL/A, MC297LL/A Browse for and play a song, Change the playback volume, Listen to a different part of a song

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