Apple iPod nano (2nd generation) Owner's Manual | Page 6

 

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Chapter 1

 

    iPod nano Basics 

 

 

Here’s what else you can do with iPod nano controls.

 

To

Do this

 

Turn on iPod nano

 

Press any button.

 

Turn off iPod nano

 

Press and hold Play/Pause 

 

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)

 

.

 

Turn on the backlight

 

Press any button or use the Click Wheel. 

 

Disable the iPod nano controls

 

(so nothing happens if you press 
them accidentally)

Slide the Hold switch to HOLD (an orange bar appears).

 

Reset iPod nano

 

(if iPod nano isn’t responding)

Slide the Hold switch to HOLD and back again. Then press the 
Menu and Center buttons at the same time for about 6 seconds, 
until the Apple logo appears.

 

Choose a menu item

 

Scroll to the item and press the Center button.

 

Go back to the previous menu

 

Press Menu.

 

Go back to the main menu

 

Press and hold Menu.

 

Browse for a song

 

From the main menu, choose Music.

 

Play a song

 

Select the song and press the Center or Play/Pause 

 

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button. 

iPod nano has to be ejected from your computer to play songs.

 

Pause a song

 

Press Play/Pause 

 

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) 

 

or unplug your headphones.

 

Change the volume

 

From the Now Playing screen, use the Click Wheel.

 

Play all the songs in a list

 

Select the list title (an album title or the title of a playlist, for 
example) and press Play/Pause 

 

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)

 

.

 

Play all songs in random order

 

From the main menu, choose Shuffle Songs.

 

Skip to any point in a song

 

From the Now Playing screen, press the Center button to show the 
scrubber bar, and then scroll to any point in the song. Press the 
Center button to resume playing from that point.

 

Skip to the next song or 
chapter in an audiobook or 
podcast

 

Press Next/Fast-forward (‘

 

).

 

Start a song over

 

Press Previous/Rewind (]

 

).

 

Play the previous song or 
chapter in an audiobook or 
podcast

 

Press Previous/Rewind (]

 

) twice.

 

Fast-forward or rewind a song

 

Press and hold Next/Fast-forward (‘

 

) or Previous/Rewind (]

 

).

 

Add a song to the On-The-Go 
playlist

 

Select a song, and then press and hold the Center button until the 
song title flashes.

 

Find the iPod nano serial 
number

 

From the main menu, choose Settings > About, or look at the back 
of iPod nano.