Apple MD058LL/A, ME178LL/A, MC544LL/A Playing Songs and Other Audio, Controlling Audio Playback

Playing Songs and Other Audio

You can browse content on iPod touch by playlists, artists, songs, videos, and other categories, or browse your album artwork using Cover Flow. Playlist folders, which you can sync from iTunes, let you organize playlists into groups.

Browse your collection: Tap Playlists, Artists, or Songs. Tap More to browse Albums, Audiobooks, Compilations, Composers, Genres, iTunes U, Podcasts, or Videos.

You can replace the browse buttons at the bottom of the screen with buttons you use more frequently. See “Changing the Browse Buttons” on page 66.

Get more podcast episodes: Tap Podcasts (tap More first, if Podcasts isn’t visible), then tap a podcast to see a list of episodes. Tap “Get More Episodes…” to see a list of more episodes in the iTunes Store.

Browse Genius Mixes: Tap Genius (tap More first, if Genius isn’t visible). If Genius doesn’t appear, you need to turn on Genius in iTunes, and then sync iPod touch with iTunes. See “Using Genius on iPod touch” on page 59.

Play a song: Tap the song.

Shake to shuffle: Shake iPod touch to turn shuffle on and change songs. Shake anytime to change to another song.

You can turn Shake to Shuffle on or off in Settings > Music (it’s on by default). See “” on page 166.

Controlling Audio Playback

When you play a song, the Now Playing screen appears.

Back

Track List

Play/Pause

Next/Fast-forward

Previous/ Volume

Rewind

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Chapter 5    Music and Videos