Apple MGP42LL/A Siri, Home Sharing, Music settings, Play music from your iTunes library on iPad

If you subscribe to iTunes Match, your Genius playlists are stored in iCloud. Genius playlists created on iPad are copied to your computer when you sync with iTunes.

Note: Once a Genius playlist is synced to iTunes, you can’t delete it directly from iPad. Use iTunes to edit the playlist name, stop syncing, or delete the playlist.

Delete a saved Genius playlist. Tap the Genius playlist, then tap Delete.

Siri

You can use Siri (iPad 3rd generation or later) to control music playback. See Use Siri on page 46. Use Siri to play music. Press and hold the Home button.

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Play or pause music: Say “play” or “play music.” To pause, say “pause,”“pause music,” or “stop.” You can also say “next song” or “previous song.”

Play an album, artist, or playlist: Say “play,” then say “album,”“artist,” or “playlist” and the name.

Shuffle the current playlist: Say “shuffle.”

Find out more about the current song: Say “what’s playing,”“who sings this song,” or “who is this song by.”

Use Genius to play similar songs: Say “Genius” or “play more songs like this.”

Home Sharing

Home Sharing lets you play music, movies, and TV shows from the iTunes library on your Mac or PC. iPad and your computer must be on the same Wi-Fi network.

Note: Home Sharing requires iTunes 10.2 or later, available at www.itunes.com/download. Bonus content, such as digital booklets and iTunes Extras, can’t be shared.

Play music from your iTunes library on iPad.

1In iTunes on your computer, choose File > Home Sharing > Turn On Home Sharing. Log in, then click Create Home Share.

2On iPad, go to Settings > Music, then log in to Home Sharing using the same Apple ID and password.

3In Music, tap More, then tap Shared and choose your computer’s library. Return to content on iPad. Tap Shared, then choose My iPad.

Music settings

Go to Settings > Music to set options for Music, including:

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Sound Check (to normalize the volume level of your audio content) Equalization (EQ)

Note: EQ settings affect all sound output, including the headset jack and AirPlay. These generally apply only to music played from the Music app.

The Late Night setting compresses the dynamic range of the audio output, reducing the volume of loud passages and increasing the volume of quiet passages. You might want to use this setting when listening to music on an airplane or in some other noisy environment. The Late Night setting applies to all audio output—video as well as music.

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