Apple MD481LL/A, MD478LL/A Setting up iTunes syncing, Conserving power, Syncing automatically

Conserving power

iPod nano intelligently manages battery life while you listen. To save power, the iPod nano screen dims if you don’t touch it for twenty seconds, and then turns off. To turn the screen on or off again, press the Sleep/Wake button.

When there’s no activity on iPod nano (no audio or video is playing and no motion is detected if steps are being counted), it turns off automatically. To turn iPod nano back on when it turns off this way, press the Sleep/Wake button.

You can also turn off iPod nano completely by holding down the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds. When you turn iPod nano off this way, hold down the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds to turn it back on.

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Stops music or other audio that’s playing Clears paused radio

Stops a slideshow if one is playing Stops playing video if one is playing

Saves a voice memo if one is being recorded Stops counting steps

Stops and saves Nike+ workout data

While iPod nano is turned off, you won’t hear any alarm if a timer expires. When you turn iPod nano on again, alarms that haven’t expired will occur as scheduled.

If you’re not connected to or using a Bluetooth device, turn off Bluetooth in Settings > Bluetooth to conserve power.

Setting up iTunes syncing

iTunes is the free software application you use to sync music, audiobooks, podcasts, photos, videos, and iTunes U collections between your computer and iPod nano, and to send workouts to the Nike+ website. You need iTunes 10.7 or later to use iPod nano features.

You can preview and download content from the iTunes Store (available in selected countries) to iTunes on your computer. To learn about iTunes and the iTunes Store, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Syncing automatically

When you connect iPod nano to your computer, iPod nano is automatically updated to match the items in your iTunes library. When the update is done, a message in iTunes says “iPod update is complete,” and a bar at the bottom of the iTunes window displays how much disk space is used by different types of content. You can sync iPod nano automatically with only one computer at a time.

Important: The first time you connect iPod nano to a computer that it’s not synced with, a message asks if you want to sync songs automatically. If you accept, all songs, audiobooks, and other content are erased from iPod nano and replaced with songs and other items from that computer.

You can prevent iPod nano from syncing when you connect it to a computer other than the one you usually sync with.

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