Enter Korean Use the 2-Set Korean keyboard to type Hangul letters. To type double consonants or compound vowels, touch and hold the letter, then slide to choose the double letter. Enter Simplified or Traditional Chinese Pinyin Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter Pinyin for Chinese characters. As you type, suggested Chinese characters appear. Tap a character to choose it, or continue entering Pinyin to see more character options. Enter Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Use the keyboard to enter Zhuyin letters.
Searching You can search many applications on iPod touch, including Mail, Calendar, Music, Video, Notes, and Contacts. You can search an individual application, or search all the applications at once using Spotlight. Go to Spotlight: From the main page of the Home screen, flick left to right. If you’re on the main Home screen page, you can press the Home button to go to Spotlight. From the Spotlight page, press the Home button to return to the main Home screen page.
Voice Control Voice Control (available only on Fall 2009 models with 32 GB or more) lets you control iPod music playback using voice commands. Note: Requires included headset or compatible accessory with microphone. Voice Control isn’t available in all languages. Use Voice Control: Press and hold the Home button until the Voice Control screen appears and you hear a beep. You can also press and hold the center button on the iPod touch headset (or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset).
See“Using Voice Control with iPod” on page 46. Stereo Headset The headset included with Fall 2009 models with 32 GB or more (shown here) features a microphone, volume buttons, and an integrated button that allows you to control audio and video playback. Center button Plug in the headset to listen to music or record a voice memo using the built-in microphone. Press the center button to control music playback, even when iPod touch is locked.
After you pair headphones with iPod touch, the product name and a Bluetooth audio icon appear on the screen when you are viewing audio or video playback controls. Tap to switch to a different audio output, such as the internal speaker. Bluetooth Status The Bluetooth icon appears in the iPod touch status bar at the top of the screen: • (blue) or (white): Bluetooth is on and a device is connected to iPod touch. (The color depends on the current color of the status bar.
For information about configuring Wi-Fi settings, see “Wi-Fi” on page 115. VPN Access VPN (virtual private network) provides secure access over the Internet to private networks, such as the network at your company or school. Use Network settings to configure and turn on VPN. See “Network” on page 117. VPN can also be automatically set up by a configuration profile. See “Installing Configuration Profiles” on page 15.
If you charge the battery while syncing or using iPod touch, it may take longer to charge. You can also charge iPod touch using the Apple USB Power Adapter, available separately. Important: If iPod touch is very low on power, it may display one of the following images, indicating that iPod touch needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you can use it. If iPod touch is extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to two minutes before one of the low-battery images appears.
The Find My iPhone feature helps you locate iPod touch if it’s been lost or misplaced, and display a message on your iPod touch to help someone return it to you. It includes Remote Wipe, which lets you erase all your information on iPod touch in case you don’t recover it. The Remote Passcode Lock feature lets you remotely lock your iPod touch and create a new or replacement 4-digit passcode. Find My iPhone requires a MobileMe account. MobileMe is an online service, available by subscription. Go to www.
Restarting and Resetting iPod touch If something isn’t working right, try restarting, force quitting an application, or resetting iPod touch. Restart iPod touch: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears. Slide your finger across the slider to turn off iPod touch. To turn iPod touch back on, press and hold the Sleep/Wake until the Apple logo appears. If you can’t turn off iPod touch or if the problem continues, you may need to reset.
Music and Video 3 iPod touch syncs with iTunes on your computer to get songs, videos, and other content you’ve collected in your iTunes library. For information about adding music and other media to your iTunes library, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help. Getting Music, Video, and More To get music, video, and other content onto iPod touch, you can set up iTunes on your computer to automatically sync content in your library, or you can manually manage the media you put on iPod touch.
If there are more songs in your iTunes library than can fit on your iPod touch, iTunes offers to create a special playlist to sync with iPod touch. iTunes fills the playlist with random selections from your library. You can add or delete songs from the playlist and sync again. If you listen to part of a podcast or audiobook, your place in the story is included if you sync the content with iTunes.
Transferring Purchased Content to Another Computer You can transfer content on iPod touch that was purchased using iTunes on one computer to an iTunes library on another authorized computer. The computer must be authorized to play content from your iTunes Store account. To authorize the computer, open iTunes on the computer and choose Store > Authorize Computer. Transfer purchased content: Connect iPod touch to the other computer. iTunes asks if you want to transfer purchased content.
You can turn the “Shake to Shuffle” feature on or off in Settings > Music (it’s on by default). See “Music” on page 123. Controlling Song Playback When you play a song, the Now Playing screen appears. Back Track List Play/Pause Next/Fast-forward Previous/ Rewind Volume Pause a song Tap , or press the center button on the iPod touch headset (included with Fall 2009 models with 32 GB or more) or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset.
Skip to the next song or chapter in an audiobook or podcast Tap , or press the center button on the iPod touch headset (included with Fall 2009 models with 32 GB or more) or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset twice quickly. Go to the previous song or chapter in an audiobook or podcast twice, or press the center button on the Tap iPod touch headset (included with Fall 2009 models with 32 GB or more) or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset three times quickly.
The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the scrub rate from high-speed to fine by sliding your finger down as you drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Repeat Genius Scrubber bar Shuffle Playhead Set iPod touch to repeat songs Tap . Tap again to set iPod touch to repeat only the current song. = iPod touch is set to repeat all songs in the current album or list. = iPod touch is set to repeat the current song over and over.
The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the scrub rate from high-speed to fine by sliding your finger down as you drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Email 30-second repeat Playback speed Scrubber bar Playhead Send an email link to this podcast Tap . Skip to any point Drag the playhead along the scrubber bar. Slide your finger down to adjust the scrub rate. The scrub rate becomes slower the farther down you slide your finger.
Find out more about the currently playing song Say “what’s playing,” “what song is this,” “who sings this song,” or “who is this song by.” Use Genius to play similar songs Say “Genius,” “play more like this,” or “play more songs like this.” Cancel Voice Control Say “cancel” or “stop.” Browsing Album Covers in Cover Flow When you’re browsing music, you can rotate iPod touch sideways to see your iTunes content in Cover Flow and browse your music by album artwork.
Viewing All Tracks on an Album See all the tracks on the album that contains the current song: From the Now Playing screen tap . Tap a track to play it. Tap the album cover thumbnail to return to the Now Playing screen. Rating bar Back to Now Playing screen Album tracks In track list view, you can assign ratings to songs. You can use ratings to create smart playlists in iTunes that dynamically update to include, for example, your highest rated songs.
Genius Mixes are created in iTunes. iTunes creates different mixes depending on the variety of music you have in your iTunes library. For example, you may have Genius Mixes that highlight R&B songs, or Alternative Rock songs. You can have up to twelve different Genius Mixes. To use Genius on iPod touch, first turn on Genius in iTunes, then sync iPod touch with iTunes. Genius Mixes are synced automatically, unless you manually manage your music and choose which mixes you want to sync in iTunes.
Refresh a Genius playlist: In the playlist, tap Refresh. Refreshing a playlist creates a playlist of different songs that go great with the song you picked. You can refresh any Genius playlist, whether it was created in iTunes and synced to iPod touch, or created directly on iPod touch. Create a Genius playlist from a new song: In the playlist, tap New, then pick a new song. Delete a saved Genius playlist: In a playlist that you saved directly on iPod touch, tap Edit, then tap Delete Playlist.
Playing Videos Play a video: Tap Videos and tap the video. Display playback controls: Tap the screen to show the controls. Tap again to hide them. Controlling Video Playback Videos play in widescreen to take full advantage of the display. The scrubber bar lets you skip to any point along the timeline. You can adjust the scrub rate by sliding your finger down as you drag the playhead along the scrubber bar.
Skip to the next chapter (if available) Tap , or press the center button on the iPod touch headset (included with Fall 2009 models with 32 GB or more) or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset twice quickly. Go to the previous chapter (if available) Tap , or press the center button on the iPod touch headset (included with Fall 2009 models with 32 GB or more) or the equivalent button on your Bluetooth headset three times quickly.
Watching Rented Movies You can rent movies in standard (480p) definition from the iTunes Store and watch them on iPod touch. You can download rented movies directly to iPod touch, or transfer them from iTunes on your computer to iPod touch. You can also transfer rented movies back to iTunes from iPod touch. (Rented movies aren’t available in all regions.) The movie must be fully downloaded before you can start watching. You can pause a download and resume it later.
Setting a Sleep Timer You can set iPod touch to stop playing music or videos after a period of time. Set a sleep timer: From the Home screen choose Clock > Timer, then flick to set the number of hours and minutes. Tap When Timer Ends and choose Sleep iPod, tap Set, then tap Start to start the timer. When the timer ends, iPod touch stops playing music or video, closes any other open application, and then locks itself.
Safari 4 Viewing Webpages Safari lets you surf the web and view webpages on iPod touch in the same way as if you were on your computer. You can create bookmarks on iPod touch and sync bookmarks with your computer. Add web clips for quick access to your favorite sites directly from the Home screen. To use Safari, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 35. You can view webpages in either portrait or landscape orientation.
As you type, web addresses that start with those letters appear. These are bookmarked pages or recent pages you’ve opened. Tap an address to go to that page. Keep typing if you want to enter a web address that’s not in the list. Erase the text in the address field: Tap the address field, then tap . Zooming and Scrolling Zoom in or out: Double-tap a column on a webpage to expand the column. Doubletap again to zoom out. You can also pinch to zoom in or out manually.
Return to a recently viewed page Tap and tap History. To clear the history list, tap Clear. Send a webpage address via email Tap Save an image or photo to your Photo Library Touch and hold the image, then tap Save Image. and tap “Mail Link to this Page.” Opening Multiple Pages You can have up to eight pages open at a time. Some links automatically open a new page instead of replacing the current one. The number inside the pages icon at the bottom of the screen shows how many pages are open.