Apple ME179LL/A Connecting iPod touch to your computer, Connecting to the Internet, Turn on Wi-Fi

Connecting iPod touch to your computer

If you don’t have Wi-Fi access, you might need to connect iPod touch to your computer to complete setup. You can also connect iPod touch to your computer to sync music, videos, and other information with iTunes. You can also sync your content wirelessly. See “iCloud” on page 16 and “Syncing with iTunes” on page 17.

Connect iPod touch to your computer: Use the provided Dock Connector to USB Cable.

Disconnect iPod touch from your computer: Check to make sure a sync is not in progress, then disconnect the cable. If a sync is in progress, first drag the slider on iPod touch to cancel.

Connecting to the Internet

iPod touch connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi networks. When joined to a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet, iPod touch connects to the Internet automatically whenever you use Mail, Safari, YouTube, FaceTime, Game Center, Stocks, Maps, Weather, the App Store, or the iTunes Store.

Joining a Wi-Fi network

iPod touch can join AirPort and other Wi-Fi networks at home, at work, or at Wi-Fi hotspots around the world.

See if you’re already connected: If you see the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar at the top of the screen, you’re already connected.

Join a Wi-Fi network: Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and select a network. It may take a moment for iPod touch to detect networks in range. The number of bars in the Wi-Fi icon shows the signal strength. Networks that require a password appear with a lock icon . When you join a Wi-Fi network in this way, iPod touch reconnects to it whenever the network is in range. If more than one previously used network is in range, iPod touch joins the one last used.

Turn on Wi-Fi Go to Settings > Wi-Fi.

See a prompt before iPod touch Go to Settings > Wi-Fi > Ask to Join Networks. joins a network

Checking connection details such Go to Settings > Wi-Fi and tap next to the network. as IP address

Internet access on an airplane

Airplane mode turns off the iPod touch Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS transmitters and receivers to avoid interfering with aircraft operation. Airplane mode disables many of the iPod touch features. In some areas, where allowed by the aircraft operator and applicable laws and regulations, you can turn on Wi-Fi while airplane mode is on to use apps that require an Internet connection. You may also be allowed to turn on Bluetooth to use Bluetooth devices with iPod touch. For more information, see “Airplane mode” on page 100.

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