Apple iPod mini M9160B/A manual

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2 C on ten ts 3 Quick Star t 5 What Y ou Need to G et Star ted 8 F our Steps to Playing Music on iP od mini 12 Using iP od mini 12 Using iP od mini Controls 18 Connecting and Disconnecting iP od mini 22 Organizing and T ransferring Y our Music 29 Adjusting iP od mini Settings 33 Using the Extra F eatures of Y our i P od mini 37 Charging the iP od m[...]

3 1 Quick Star t C ongratulations on purchasing your iP od mini. R ead this sec tion to get star ted using iP o d mini quick ly . iP od mini works with the iT unes music software included on the iP od CD . Use iT unes t o impor t songs from your CD or digital music collection to your comput er , or use the iT unes Music Store (available in some cou[...]

4 Quick Start Learning t o Use iP od mini Read this chapter to set up i P od mini and get star t ed playing music quickly . T o learn more about playing music on iP od mini and using some of its other f eatures , see “Using iP od mini ” on page 1 2. iP od T utorial F or an interactive tutorial on transf erring music to and playing music on iP o[...]

Quick Start 5 What Y ou Need to Get Star ted T o use iP od mini with a Macintosh, y ou must hav e: • A Macintosh with: • Built-in high-power USB 2.0 • Or built in F ireWire and the optional iP od Dock Connector to F ireWire Cable Note: The iP od D ock Connector to Fir eWire Cable is available f or purchase at www .ipod.com/st ore. • Mac OS [...]

6 Quick Start T o use iP od mini with a Windows PC, you must hav e: • A Windows PC with: • Built-in high-power USB 2.0 (or a high-po wer USB 2.0 card installed) • Or built-in F ireWire (or a F ireWire card installed) and the optional iP od Dock Connector to F ireWire C able F or more information about compatible F ireWire and USB cards , go t[...]

Quick Start 7 Y our iP od mini includes the following c omponents: iP od mini Belt Clip Apple Earphones iP od Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable 019-0292_border.book Page 7 Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:42 AM[...]

8 Quick Start F our Steps to Pla ying M usic on i P od mini T o set up iP od mini, you install sof tware from the iP od CD , and impor t songs from your music CD collec tion or purchase songs from the iT unes Music Store (available in some countries only). Then you transfer the songs to iP od mini as the batter y charges , then star t listening to [...]

Quick Start 9 Step 3: C onnec t iP od mini to Charge the Battery and T ransfer Music Connect iP od mini to a high-power USB 2.0 port on your computer using the included iP od Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable. When y ou connect iP od mini t o your computer , iT unes opens. F ollow the simple onscreen instructions to transfer songs and pla ylists to i[...]

10 Quick Start Impor tant: Be sure to connect iP od mini to a high-power USB 2.0 port direc tly on your computer , or to a power ed USB 2.0 hub that ’ s connected to your computer . iP od mini won ’t w ork if it ’ s connected to a low-pow er USB 2.0 por t, such as those sometimes found on keyboards or other peripherals . If the batter y icon [...]

Quick Start 11 Step 4: Pla y Music When the song transfer is complete and y ou’ re ready t o disconnec t iP od mini, squeeze both sides of the Dock connector to disconnect the cable from iP od mini. Then use the Click Wheel and Select button (in the center of i P od mini) to browse f or a song . P ress the Pla y or Selec t button and enjoy! T o L[...]

12 1 U sing iP od mini Read this section to learn about using iP od mini con trols , transf erring music, charging the batter y , and using the ex tra f eature s of your iP od mini. Using iP od mini C ontrols P ress any button to turn on iP od mini. The main menu appears. Use the Click Wheel and Selec t button to na vigate through onscr een menus, [...]

Using iPod mini 13 Hold switch Menu button Pr evious/Rewind button Click Wheel Apple Earphones Dock connector por t Select button Next/F ast-for ward button Play/P ause button iP od Remote por t Headphones por t 019-0292_border.book Page 13 Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:42 AM[...]

14 Using iPod mini iP od mini Con trols Reset iP od mini (F or use during troubleshooting) T oggle the Hold switch (set it to Hold, then turn it off again). T hen press the Menu and Selec t buttons simultaneously for about 6 seconds , until the Apple logo appears. T urn on iP od mini Pr ess any butt on. T urn off iP od mini Pr ess and hold Play/P a[...]

Using iPod mini 15 Play songs in r andom order F rom the main menu , select Shuffle Songs. Skip to any point in a song F rom the Now Pla ying screen, press the Select button to show the scrubber bar . T hen scroll to any point in the song . Skip to the next song Pr ess Next/F ast-for ward . Star t a song ov er Pr ess Previous/Rewind . Play the prev[...]

16 Using iPod mini Disabling iP od mini Buttons U sing the Hold Switch If you ’ re carr ying i P od mini in your pocket and you don ’t wan t to press the butt ons or turn it on accidentally , you can make the buttons inactive. n Set the Hold switch to Hold . Slide the switch tow ard the center (so y ou can see the orange stripe) to disable the [...]

Using iPod mini 17 Making Playlists on iP od mini Y ou can set iP od mini to play the songs you wan t in the order you wan t. When you create a list of songs on your iP od mini, the songs appear in an On-The-Go playlist. T o create an On-T he-G o playlist: 1 Highlight a song and press and hold the Select button until the song title flashes . 2 Repe[...]

18 Using iPod mini T o transfer On-T he-G o playlists t o your comput er : n If iP od mini is set to transfer songs aut omatically (see page 26), and you create an On-The-Go playlist, the playlist automatically transf ers to iT unes when you connec t iP od mini. Y ou see the new On-The-Go playlist in the iT unes Source list. Rating Songs Y ou can a[...]

Using iPod mini 19 Note: If your computer doesn ’t ha ve a USB 2.0 por t but has a Fir eWire 400 (IEEE 1 394) por t, you can use an iP od Dock Connector to F ireWire Cable (a vailable f or purchase at www .ipod.com/st ore). By default, i P od mini impor ts songs automatically when y ou connec t it to your computer . When this automatic transfer i[...]

20 Using iPod mini T o eject iP od mini: n Selec t i P od mini in the iT unes Source list and click the Eject butt on. If you ’ re using a Mac , you can also eject iP od mini by dragging the iP od mini icon on the desktop to the T rash. If you’ re using a Windows PC, you can eject iP od mini by click ing the Safely Remo ve Hardware icon in the [...]

Using iPod mini 21 C onnecting iP od mini Using the iP od mini Dock (A v ailable Separately) The iP od mini Dock holds iP od mini upright as it charges or transfers music. Connect the Dock to your computer using the iP od Dock Connector to USB 2.0 C able, then put iP od mini in the Dock. Using the iP od mini Dock, you can play music from iP od mini[...]

22 Using iPod mini 2 Connect the speakers or stereo t o the Dock Line Out por t using an audio cable with a 3 .5 millimeter stereo miniplug . 3 Use the iP od mini controls to pla y a song. When the Dock is connec ted to an external a udio source , use the volume contr ols on the external source to change the volume . Organizing and T ransferring Y [...]

Using iPod mini 23 Here are some of the things you can do with iT unes: • Pur chase and download songs and audiobooks from the iT unes Music Store • Listen to CDs and digital music • Add music fr om CDs to your music library , so you don ’ t need to ha ve the CD in the drive to pla y music • Make your own CDs (if your computer has a CD bu[...]

24 Using iPod mini 2 Click the Accoun t button and follo w the onscreen instructions to set up an account or enter y our existing Apple Account or A OL account inf ormation. Y ou can only have music fr om five different Music St ore accounts on one iP od mini. F or more information about the iT unes Music Stor e , open iT unes and choose Help > [...]

Using iPod mini 25 About Pla ylists Using iT unes, you can organize songs into playlists. For example, you can create a playlist with songs to list en to while exercising or with songs f or a par ticular mood. Y ou can create as man y playlists as y ou like using any of the songs in your computer’ s music librar y . P utting a song in a playlist [...]

26 Using iPod mini T ransferring Songs and P laylists t o iP od mini Automa tically By default, i P od mini updates a utomatically when you connect it to y our computer . iT unes updates the iP od mini music librar y to match the songs and pla ylists in your computer ’ s music librar y , transf erring new songs to iP od mini and deleting songs fr[...]

Using iPod mini 27 When iP od mini is set to transf er songs manually , iT unes w on ’t updat e it automatically when you connect it to your computer . T o set iP od mini to transf er songs manually : 1 In iT unes, selec t iP od mini in the Source list and click the Options button. 2 Selec t “Manually manage songs and playlists.” T o transfer[...]

28 Using iPod mini Modifying Pla ylists on iP od mini If you hav e set i P od mini to transfer songs manually (see abo ve), you can cr eate new playlists on iP od mini, and add songs to or delete songs from pla ylists already on iP od mini. T o create a new pla ylist on iP od mini: 1 Selec t i P od mini in the iT unes Source list and click the A dd[...]

Using iPod mini 29 T o set the playing s peed of an audiobook: n Select S ettings > Audiobooks and select a speed . Setting the reading speed only aff ects audiobooks purchased from the iT unes Music Store or audible .com. Seeing How Man y Songs Are on iP od mini T o see how many songs are stored on iP od mini, how much disk space is left, and o[...]

30 Using iPod mini When you set iP od mini to shuffle albums , it plays all the songs on an album in order , then randomly selects another album in the list and plays through it in order . Setting iP od mini to Repeat Songs Y ou can set iP od mini to repeat a song over and o ver , or to repeat a sequence of songs . iP od mini repeats songs within t[...]

Using iPod mini 31 Setting Songs to Pla y at the Same Relativ e V olume L evel iT unes can aut omatically adjust the volume of songs , so they play at the same relative volume level, so one song doesn ’t seem unusually louder or softer than the nex t. Y ou can set iP od mini to use the iT unes v olume settings . T o set iT unes to adjust all song[...]

32 Using iPod mini Even if y ou don ’t set the backlight timer , you can turn on the backlight at any time b y pressing and holding the Menu button on iP od mini or selecting Back light from the main menu. After a f ew seconds, the back light turns off . Adding or Remo ving I tems F rom the Main Menu Y ou can add often-used items to the iP od min[...]

Using iPod mini 33 Using the Ex tra F eatures of Y our iP od mini Using iP od mini as an Ex ternal Har d Disk Y ou can use iP od mini as a hard disk, to store and transf er data files. T o enable iP od mini as a hard disk: 1 In iT unes, selec t iP od mini in the Source list and click the Options button. 2 Selec t “Enable disk use.” When you use[...]

34 Using iPod mini T o preven t iT unes fr om opening automa tically when you connect iP od mini to your c omputer : 1 In iT unes, selec t iP od mini in the Source list. 2 Click the Options button and deselect “Open iT unes when attached .” Setting the Sleep Timer Y ou can set iP od mini to turn off automatically after a specific period of time[...]

Using iPod mini 35 Impor ting Addr esses, Phone Numbers, Calendar Even ts, and T o-Do Lists Y our iP od mini can store contacts, calendar even ts, and to-do lists , for viewing on the go . I f you are using a Mac and iSync , it ’ s as easy as click ing a button. Synchronizing inf ormation using iSync requires iSync 1 . 1 or later , and iCal 1 .0.[...]

36 Using iPod mini T o impor t contact informa tion manually : 1 Connect iP od mini and open your fav orite email or contacts application. Impor ting contacts works with P alm Desktop , M icrosoft Outlook, Microsof t Entourage , and Eudora, among others. 2 Drag contacts from the application ’ s address book to the iP od mini Con tacts folder . T [...]

Using iPod mini 37 T o view notes: n Selec t Extras > Notes. Playing Games iP od mini has a number of games. T o play a game: n Selec t Extras > Games and selec t a game. Charging the iP od mini Batter y iP od mini has an internal, nonremo vable battery . If iP od mini isn ’t used f or a while , the batter y may need t o be charged . The iP[...]

38 Using iPod mini If the batter y icon in the upper-right corner of the iP od mini screen shows a lightning bolt, the battery is charging. If you don ’t see the lightning bolt, iP od mini may not be connected to a high-po wer USB 2.0 por t. T r y another USB por t on your computer . If you can ’t charge using a USB port on your computer , you [...]

Using iPod mini 39 The iP od USB P ower Adapt er is available f or purchase at www .ipod .com/store . Battery States When iP od mini is not connec ted to a pow er source, a battery icon in the top-right corner of the iP od mini screen shows about how much charge is left. If iP o d mini is connected to a power source , the batter y icon animates to [...]

40 Using iPod mini iP od mini Acce ssor ies iP od mini comes with some accessories , and many other accessories are a vailable at www .ipod.com/st ore. iP od mini Belt Clip iP od mini comes with a handy belt clip. T o use the belt clip , snap iP od mini into the casing , then attach the clip to your belt , purse strap , back pack, or a lanyard . Do[...]

Using iPod mini 41 iP od Remote (A vailable Sepa rat ely) T o use the iP od Remote, connect it to the iP od Remote por t, then connec t the Apple Earphones (or another set of headphones) to the r emote. Use the buttons on the remote just as y ou would use the iP od mini buttons. Use the remote ’ s Hold switch to disable the remote ’ s buttons. [...]

42 Using iPod mini Apple Earphone s iP od mini comes with a pair of high-qualit y earbud headphones. T o use the earbud headphones: n Plug them in to the Headphones port, then place the earbud in your ear as shown. W arning Listening to music at high volume o ver ex tended periods of time can damage your hearing . The headphones cord is adjustable [...]

Using iPod mini 43 A v ailable Acce ssories T o purchase iP od mini accessories , go to www .ipod.com/stor e. A vailable accessorie s include: • iP od mini Dock • iP od mini Armband • iP od USB P ower Adapt er • iP od Remote + Earphones • iP od In-Ear Headphones • iP od Dock Connector to F ireWire C able • iP od Stereo Connection Kit [...]

44 1 Tips and T rouble shooting Most problems with iP od mini can be solved quick ly by follo wing the advice in this chapter . Resetting iP od mini Most problems with iP od mini can be solved by r esetting it. T o reset iP od mini: 1 T oggle the Hold switch on and off (set it to Hold, then turn it off again). 2 P ress and hold the Select and Menu [...]

Tips and Troubleshooting 45 If Y ou W ant t o Disconnect iP od mini, but the Screen Say s “Do Not Disconnect ” • If iP od mini is transferring music, wait f or the transfer t o complete. • Selec t i P od mini in the iT unes Source list and click the Eject butt on. • If iP od mini disappears from the iT unes Source list , but you still see[...]

46 Tips and Troubleshooting If Y ou C onnect iP od mini to Y our Comput er and Nothing Happens • Open iT unes manually . See if iP od mini appears in the iT unes Source list. • Make sure you hav e installed the software from the iP od CD . • Make sure you ha ve the required computer and software. See “ What Y ou Need to G et Star ted” on [...]

Tips and Troubleshooting 47 • If you ’ re using a Mac or a Windows PC that doesn ’t hav e a high-power USB 2.0 por t but has a 6-pin F ireWire port, you can connect iP od mini to a FireWir e por t using the optional iP od Dock Connector to F ireWire Cable , av ailable at www .ipod.com/st ore. • T o charge the batter y , you must connect i P[...]

48 Tips and Troubleshooting 4 Selec t the second menu item (Reset) and select a language. Other i P od mini settings, such as song repeat , are also re set. Note: If you hav e added or removed items from the iP od mini main menu (see page 3 2), the Settings menu may be in a differen t place. If Y our Optional iP od Remot e Isn ’t W ork ing • Ma[...]

Tips and Troubleshooting 49 • If you choose to restore , all data is erased from your iP od mini, including songs, files , contacts, photos , calendar information, and any other data. All i P od mini settings are rest ored to their original state . T o update or restore iP od mini with the latest sof tware: 1 Go to www .apple.com/support/ipod and[...]

50 1 L earning More , Se r vic e , and Suppor t Ther e is more inf ormation about using iP od mini in onscreen help , and on the web . Onscreen Help f or Other iP od Applications • T o learn more about using iT unes , open iT unes and choose Help > iT unes and Music Stor e Help . • T o learn more about using iSync (on Mac OS X), open iSync a[...]

Learning More, Service, and Support 51 Obtaining W arran ty S er vice If the product appears to be damaged or does not function properly , please follow the advice in this booklet, the onscreen help , and the online resource s. If the unit still does not function, go to www .apple.com/suppor t for instructions on how to obtain warran ty ser vice . [...]

52 1 S af et y and Cleaning Read on to learn about using iP od mini safely and cleaning iP od mini. Cleaning F ollow these general rules when cleaning the outside of your iP od mini and its components: • Make sure your iP od mini is unplugged. • Use a damp , sof t, lint-free cloth. A void getting moisture in openings. • Don ’t use aerosol s[...]

Safety and Cleaning 53 A v oid Hearing Damage Do Not Use While Driving Impor tant: Use of headphones while operating a vehicle is not recommended and is illegal in some areas. Be careful and attentive while driving . Stop listening to y our iP od mini if you find it disruptive or distracting while operating any type of vehicle or per forming any ot[...]

54 Safety and Cleaning • Store y our iP od mini in a place where the temperature is alway s between –2 0º and 45º C (–4º to 1 1 3º F). Don ’t lea ve iP od mini in your car , since temperatures in parked cars can exc eed this range. • iP od mini play time may temporarily shorten in low-temperature conditions . • When you ’ re using[...]

55 C ommunications Regulation Inf ormation FC C Compliance Statemen t This device complies with par t 1 5 of the FC C rules. Operation is subject to the follo wing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any int er ference receiv ed, including interference that may cause unde sired operati[...]

56 Important: Changes or modifications t o this product not authorized by A pple Computer , Inc . could void the EMC compliance and negate your authority to operate the product. This product was tested for EMC compliance under conditions that included the use of A pple peripheral devices and Apple shielded cables and connectors between system compo[...]

Nederlands Gebruikte batterijen kunnen worden ingelev erd bij de chemokar of in een speciale batterijcontainer v oor klein chemisch afval (kca) worden gedeponeer d. © 2005 Apple C omputer , Inc. All rights reserved. Apple , the Apple logo , F ireWire, iCal, iP od, iT unes, Mac, Macintosh, and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer , Inc., registe[...]