Additional Audio Controls

To display additional controls, tap the album artwork on the Now Playing screen.

The repeat, Genius, and shuffle controls appear along with the scrubber bar. You can see elapsed time, remaining time, and the song number. The song’s lyrics also appear, if you’ve added them to the song in iTunes.

The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the scrub rate from high-speed to fine by sliding your finger down as you drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.

Repeat Genius Shuffle

Playhead

Scrubber bar

Set iPod touch to repeat songs

Tap

. Tap

again to set iPod touch to repeat only the

 

current song.

 

 

= iPod touch is set to repeat all songs in the current

 

album or list.

 

 

= iPod touch is set to repeat the current song over and over.

 

= iPod touch isn’t set to repeat songs.

 

 

Skip to any point in a song

Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Slide your finger

 

down to adjust the scrub rate. The scrub rate becomes slower

 

the farther down you slide your finger.

 

 

 

Make a Genius playlist

Tap

. The Genius playlist appears, with buttons that let you

 

create a new Genius playlist, refresh the current one, or save

 

the playlist. See “Using Genius on iPod touch” on page 59.

 

 

 

 

Set iPod touch to shuffle songs

Tap

. Tap

again to set iPod touch to play songs in order.

 

= iPod touch is set to shuffle songs.

 

= iPod touch is set to play songs in order.

 

 

Shuffle the tracks in any playlist,

Tap Shuffle at the top of the list. For example, to shuffle all the

album, or other list of songs

songs on iPod touch, choose Songs > Shuffle.

 

Whether or not iPod touch is set to shuffle, if you tap Shuffle

 

at the top of a list of songs, iPod touch plays the songs from

 

that list in random order.

 

 

Hide lyrics

In Settings, choose Music, then turn Lyrics & Podcast Info off.

 

 

 

 

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