General The General settings include date and time, security, network, and other settings that affect more than one application. This is also where you can find information about your iPod touch, and reset iPod touch to its original state.
Add a new VPN configuration: Choose General > Network > VPN > Add VPN Configuration. VPNs used within organizations allow you to communicate private information securely over a non-private network. You may need to configure VPN, for example, to access your work email on iPod touch. iPod touch can connect to VPNs that use the L2TP, PPTP, or Cisco IPSec protocols. Ask your network administrator which settings to use.
Set the amount of time before iPod touch locks: Choose General > Auto-Lock and choose a time. Passcode Lock By default, iPod touch doesn’t require you to enter a passcode to unlock it. Set a passcode: Choose General > Passcode Lock and enter a 4-digit passcode, then enter the passcode again to verify it. iPod touch then requires you to enter the passcode to unlock it or to display the passcode lock settings.
Turn off restrictions: Choose General > Restrictions, then enter the passcode. Tap Disable Restrictions, then reenter the passcode. If you forget your passcode, you must restore your iPod touch software from iTunes. See “Updating and Restoring iPod touch Software” on page 158. Set application restrictions: Set the restrictions you want by tapping individual controls on or off. By default, all controls are on (not restricted). Tap an item to turn it off and restrict its use.
Set whether double-clicking the Home button shows iPod controls: Turn on iPod Controls to display iPod controls when you’re playing music and double-click the Home button. This feature works even when the display is turned off or iPod touch is locked. Set what categories appear in search results: Tap Search Results. All search categories in the list are selected by default. Tap an item to deselect it.
International Use International settings to set the language for iPod touch, turn keyboards for different languages on or off, and set the date, time, and telephone number formats for your region. Set the language for iPod touch: Choose General > International > Language, choose the language you want to use, then tap Done.
Reset network settings: Choose General > Reset and tap Reset Network Settings. When you reset network settings, your list of previously used networks and VPN settings not installed by a configuration profile are removed. Wi-Fi is turned off and then back on, disconnecting you from any network you’re on. The Wi-Fi and “Ask to Join Networks” settings are left turned on. To remove VPN settings installed by a configuration profile, choose Settings > General > Profile, then select the profile and tap Remove.
WARNING: For important information about avoiding hearing loss, see the Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipodtouch. Video Video settings apply to video content, including rented movies. You can set where to resume playing videos that you previously started, turn closed captioning on or off, and set up iPod touch to play videos on your TV.
Store Use Store settings to change or create an iTunes Store account. By default, the iTunes account you’re signed in to when you sync iPod touch with your computer appears in Store settings. You can change accounts on iPod touch to purchase music or applications from another account. If you don’t have an iTunes account, you can create one in Store settings. Go to www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/ for iTunes Store terms and conditions.
Changes you make to an account’s settings on iPod touch are not synced to your computer, so you can configure your accounts to work with iPod touch without affecting the account settings on your computer. Stop using an account: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” choose an account, then turn Account off. If an account is off, iPod touch doesn’t display the account and doesn’t send or check email from or sync other information with that account, until you turn it back on.
Turn Push on: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Fetch New Data, then tap to turn Push on. Set the interval to fetch data: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Fetch New Data, then choose how often you want to fetch data for all accounts. To conserve battery life, fetch less frequently. Setting Push to OFF or setting Fetch to Manually in the Fetch New Data screen overrides individual account settings. Mail The Mail settings, except where noted, apply to all accounts you’ve set up on iPod touch.
Set whether iPod touch sends you a copy of every message you send: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then turn Always Bcc Myself on or off. Set the default email account: Choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” > Default Account, then choose an account. This setting determines which of your accounts a message is sent from when you create a message from another iPod touch application, such as sending a photo from Photos or tapping the email address of a business in Maps.
Safari Safari settings let you select your Internet search engine, set security options, and for developers, turn on debugging. General You can use Google or Yahoo! to perform Internet searches. Select a search engine: Choose Safari > Search Engine and select the search engine you want to use. You can set Safari to automatically fill out web forms using contact information, names and passwords you previously entered, or both.
• To set whether Safari accepts cookies, tap Accept Cookies and choose Never, “From visited,” or Always. A cookie is a piece of information that a website puts on iPod touch so the website can remember you when you visit again. That way, webpages can be customized for you based on information you may have provided. Some pages won’t work correctly unless iPod touch is set to accept cookies. • To clear the history of webpages you’ve visited, tap Clear History.
iTunes Store 19 About the iTunes Store You can search for, browse, preview, purchase, and download music, audiobooks, TV shows, movies, and music videos from the iTunes Store directly to iPod touch. You can listen to audio or watch video podcasts from the iTunes Store, either by streaming them from the Internet or by downloading them directly to iPod touch. Note: The iTunes Store is not available in all regions, and iTunes Store content may vary across regions.
Finding Music, Videos, and More Browse content: Tap Music, Videos, or Podcasts. Or tap More to browse by Audiobooks, iTunes U, or Downloads. Choose a sorting method at the top of the screen to browse by lists such as Featured, Top Tens, or Genres. Search for content: Tap Search, tap the search field and enter one or more words, then tap Search. Search results are grouped by category, such as Movies, Albums, or Podcasts. Tap an item in a list to see more details on its Info screen.
Purchasing Music or Audiobooks When you find a song, album, or audiobook you like in the iTunes Store, you can purchase and download it to iPod touch. You can preview an item before you purchase it to make sure it’s what you want. Preview a song or audiobook: Tap the item. Purchase and download a song, album, or audiobook: 1 Tap the price, then tap Buy Now. 2 Sign in to your account as requested, then tap OK. If you don’t have an iTunes Store account, tap Create New Account to set one up.
Rented movies are available in standard definition only (not available in all regions). See “Watching Rented Movies” on page 53. Preview a video: Tap Preview. Purchase or rent a video: 1 Tap Buy or Rent. 2 Sign in to your account as requested, then tap OK. If you don’t have an iTunes Store account, tap Create New Account to set one up. Your purchase is charged to your iTunes Store account. For additional purchases made within the next fifteen minutes, you don’t have to enter your password again.
Delete a podcast: In the Podcasts list in Music, swipe left or right over the podcast, then tap Delete. Checking Download Status You can check the Downloads screen to see the status of in-progress and scheduled downloads, including purchases you’ve pre-ordered. See the status of items being downloaded: Tap Downloads. To pause a download, tap . If a download is interrupted, iPod touch starts the download again the next time it has an Internet connection.
Change the browse buttons: Tap More and tap Edit, then drag a button to the bottom of the screen, over the button you want to replace. You can drag the buttons at the bottom of the screen left or right to rearrange them. When you finish, tap Done. When you’re browsing, tap More to access the browse buttons that aren’t visible. Viewing Account Information To view your iTunes Store account information on iPod touch, tap your account (at the bottom of most iTunes Store screens).
Nike + iPod 20 Activating Nike + iPod When activated in Settings, the Nike + iPod application appears on the Home screen (not available on first-generation iPod touch). With a Nike + iPod Sensor (sold separately), the Nike + iPod application provides audible feedback on your speed, distance, time elapsed, and calories burned during a running or walking workout. When iPod touch is connected to iTunes on your computer, you can send your workout information to Nikeplus.
Additional Nike + iPod Settings In Settings, choose Nike + iPod to activate and adjust settings for the Nike + iPod application. Choose a PowerSong: Choose PowerSong and select a song from your music library. Turn spoken feedback on or off: Choose Spoken Feedback and select a male or female voice to accompany your workout, or Off to turn off spoken feedback. Set a distance preference: Choose Distance, then select Miles or Kilometers to measure your workout distance.
Accessibility 21 Accessibility Features In addition to the many features that make iPod touch easy to use for everyone, accessibility features (available only on Fall 2009 models with 32 GB or more) are designed to make it easier for users with visual, auditory, or other physical disabilities to use iPod touch.
4 Select the accessibility features that you want to use and click OK. VoiceOver VoiceOver describes aloud what appears onscreen, so that you can use iPod touch without seeing it. VoiceOver speaks in the language specified in International settings, which may be influenced by the Region Locale setting. Note: VoiceOver isn’t available in all languages. VoiceOver tells you about each element on the screen as it’s selected.
Turn spoken hints on or off: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, and tap the Speak Hints On/Off switch. Spoken hints are turned on by default. Set the VoiceOver speaking rate: In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > VoiceOver, and adjust the Speaking Rate slider. You can choose what kind of feedback you get when you type. You can set VoiceOver to speak characters, words, both, or nothing.
Here’s a summary of key VoiceOver gestures: Navigate and Read • Tap: Speak item. • Flick right or left: Select the next or previous item. • Flick up or down: Depends on the Rotor Control setting. See “Rotor Control” on page 142. • Two-finger tap: Stop speaking the current item. • Two-finger flick up: Read all from top of screen. • Two-finger flick down: Read all from current position. • Three-finger flick up or down: Scroll one page at a time.
The effect of the rotor depends on what you’re doing. For example, if you’re reading text in an email you received, you can use the rotor to switch between hearing text spoken word-by-word or character-by-character when you flick up or down. If you’re browsing a webpage, use the rotor to choose whether you hear text word-by-word or character-by-character, hear just the headers, hear just the links (all of them, visited links, or links not yet visited), hear form elements, or hear descriptions of images.
Using VoiceOver Select items on the screen: Drag your finger over the screen. VoiceOver identifies each element as you touch it. You can also move systematically from one element to the next by flicking left or right with a single finger. Elements are selected from leftto-right, top-to-bottom. Flick right to go to the next element, or flick left to go to the previous element. “Tap” a selected item when VoiceOver is turned on: Double-tap anywhere on the screen.
Mute VoiceOver Double-tap with three fingers. Double-tap again with three fingers to turn speaking back on. To turn off only VoiceOver sounds, set the Ring/ Silent switch to Silent. Stop speaking an item Tap once with two fingers. Tap again with two fingers to resume speaking. Speaking automatically resumes when you select another item. Turn off the display while you use VoiceOver Triple-tap with three fingers. Triple-tap again with three fingers to turn on the display again.
Move the insertion point: Flick up or down to move the insertion point forward or backward in the text. VoiceOver makes a sound when the insertion point moves, and speaks the character that the insertion point moved across. Use the rotor to choose whether you want to move the insertion point by character or by word. Select text: Use the rotor to choose edit. Flick up or down to choose between the Select and Select All functions, then double tap.
Note: You cannot use VoiceOver and Zoom at the same time. Zoom in or out: Double-tap the screen with three fingers. By default, the screen is magnified by 200 percent. If you manually change the magnification (by using the tap-and-drag gesture, described below), iPod touch automatically returns to that magnification when you zoom in by double-tapping with three fingers.
Triple-click Home Triple-click Home provides an easy way to turn some of the Accessibility features on or off when you press the Home button quickly three times. You can set Triple-click Home to turn VoiceOver on or off, turn White on Black on or off, or present the options to: • Turn VoiceOver on or off • Turn Zoom on or off • Turn White on Black on or off Triple-click Home is turned off by default.
Universal Access in Mac OS X Take advantage of the Universal Access features in Mac OS X when you use iTunes to sync information and content from your iTunes library to iPod touch. In the Finder, choose Help > Mac Help, then search for “universal access.” For more information about iPod touch and Mac OS X accessibility features, go to www.apple.com/accessibility.
A Apple iPod touch Support Site Comprehensive support information is available online at www.apple.com/support/ ipodtouch. General Low-Battery Image Appears iPod touch is low on power and needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you can use it. For information about charging iPod touch, see “Charging the Battery” on page 36. or iPod touch Doesn’t Respond • iPod touch may be low on power. Connect iPod touch to your computer or to its power adapter to charge. See “Charging the Battery” on page 36.
• If that doesn’t work, reset iPod touch. Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. iPod touch Still Doesn’t Respond After Reset • Reset iPod touch settings. From the Home screen choose Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings. All your preferences are reset, but your data and media aren’t deleted. • If that doesn’t work, erase all content on iPod touch. See “Resetting iPod touch” on page 122.
• Download and install (or reinstall) the latest version of iTunes from www.apple.com/itunes. Contacts, Calendars, or Bookmarks Don’t Sync • Download and install (or reinstall) the latest version of iTunes from www.apple.com/itunes. • For push accounts, make sure iPod touch is joined to a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 35. Yahoo! or Google Contacts Doesn’t Sync iTunes may not be able to connect with Yahoo! or Google.
Song, Video, or Other Items Won’t Play The song may have been encoded in a format that iPod touch doesn’t support. The following audio file formats are supported by iPod touch. These include formats for audiobooks and podcasting: • AAC (M4A, M4B, M4P, up to 320 Kbps) • Apple Lossless (a high-quality compressed format) • MP3 (up to 320 Kbps) • MP3 Variable Bit Rate (VBR) • WAV • AA (audible.com spoken word, formats 2, 3, and 4) • AAX (audible.
To purchase content from the iTunes Store or App Store, you must have an iTunes Store account. Open iTunes on your computer and choose Store > Create Account. You can also set up an account on iPod touch. See “Viewing Account Information” on page 136. Note: The iTunes Store is available only in some countries. Safari, Mail, and Contacts Can’t Send Email If iPod touch is unable to send email, try the following: • In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars” and select the account you’re trying to use.
• Turn iPod touch off, then turn it on again. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on top of iPod touch for a few seconds until a red slider appears, and then drag the slider. Then press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears. • Turn off Wi-Fi so iPod touch is connecting to the Internet via the cellular data network. In Settings, choose Wi-Fi and turn off Wi-Fi. For additional troubleshooting information, go to www.apple.com/support and search for TS1426.
Backing Up iPod touch iTunes creates backups of settings, downloaded applications and data, and other information on iPod touch. You can use a backup to restore these items to your iPod touch after a software restore or to transfer the information to another iPod touch. Backing up iPod touch or restoring from a backup is not the same as syncing content and other items (such as music, podcasts, photos, videos, and applications that you download via iTunes) with your iTunes library.
Restoring from a Backup You can restore the settings, application data, and other information from a backup, or use this feature to transfer these items to another iPod touch. Restore iPod touch from a backup: 1 Connect iPod touch to the computer you normally sync with. 2 In iTunes, Control-click iPod touch in the sidebar and choose “Restore from Backup” from the menu that appears. 3 Choose the backup that you want to restore from the pop-up menu, then click Restore.
Updating and Restoring iPod touch Software You can use iTunes to update or reinstall iPod touch software, restore default settings, and delete all data on iPod touch. • If you update, the iPod touch software is updated. Your downloaded applications, settings, and data aren’t affected. Note: In some cases, an update may also include restoring iPod touch.
Appendix B Other Resources Safety, Software, and Service Information The following table describes where to get more iPod touch-related safety, software, and service information. To learn about Do this Using iPod touch safely See the Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipodtouch for the latest safety and regulatory information. iPod touch service and support, tips, forums, and Apple software downloads Go to www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch.
Viewing the User Guide on iPod touch The iPod touch User Guide, optimized for viewing on iPod touch, is available at help. apple.com/ipodtouch. View the guide on iPod touch: In Safari, tap bookmark. , then tap the iPod touch User Guide Add an icon for the guide to the Home screen: When viewing the guide, tap , then tap “Add to Home Screen.” The iPod touch User Guide is available in many languages.
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12-hour time 121 24-hour time 121 A accessibility features 139 Mono Audio 147 setting up iPod touch using VoiceOver 8 settings 122 Speak Auto-text 147 Triple-click Home 148 VoiceOver 140 White on Black 147 Zoom 146 accounts 13, 125 “push” 15, 126 adjusting brightness 116 Adobe Photoshop 79 Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 alarms deleting 110 setting 110 status icon 18 turning on or off 110 album covers 47 album tracks 48 alerts adjusting volume 23, 117 calendar 78 turning on or off 117
browsing album covers 47 App Store 60 iTunes Music Store 132 YouTube videos 86 businesses, finding 99 buttons, changing 54 C cable, Dock Connector to USB 8, 18 cache, clearing browser 130 Calculator 112 scientific 113 Calendar about 73 searching 75 views 74 See also events calendars, syncing 9, 12, 73 caps lock, enabling 121 Cc 127, 128 charging battery 36 cleaning iPod touch 38 Clock 109 clocks, adding 109 closed captioning, turning on or off 124 component AV cable 53 composite AV c
Genius, App Store 61 gestures, VoiceOver 141 getting help 159 getting started 7 Google search engine 129 Google Contacts 12, 152 searching the web 58 grab points 29 H headset about 34 center button 22, 33, 34, 43, 44, 46, 47, 51, 52, 87, 104, 152 using with Voice Memos 103 headset button.
sending webpage addresses 57 sending YouTube video links 88 settings 125, 126 share contact information 67 signatures 128 storing email on iPod touch or server 126 syncing email account settings 9, 10 Yahoo! email account 15 zooming in a message 68 Maps adding location to a contact 97 bookmarking location 97 current approximate location 95, 97 dropped pin 95 finding businesses 99 finding location 93 getting directions 97 hybrid view 96 satellite view 96 seeing location of a contact 97 sha
power, low 37 previewing music 133 videos 134 problems.
Mail 125 music 123 Nike + iPod 130, 138 notifications 116 passcode lock 119 Photos 81, 124 resetting 122 restrictions 119 Safari 58, 129 screen brightness 116 security 129 Shake to Shuffle 123 slideshow 81 sound 78 Store 125 temperature 102 TV out 124 video 124 VoiceOver 139 VPN 118 wallpaper 83, 117 Shake to Shuffle 42, 123 sharing photos in email messages 67 videos in email messages 67 shuffling songs 45 signatures, email 128 sleep timer 54 slideshows 81 settings 124 software
TV signal settings 124 typing keyboard 27 in webpage text fields 57 U undoing edits 29 unlocking iPod touch 23 unpairing Bluetooth device 35 unread messages, marking 70 unsupported audio file formats 153 updating iPod touch software 158 USB cable 8, 18 port 8 V video settings 124 videos alternate audio language 52 converting for iPod touch 42 deleting 53 previewing 134 purchasing 133 searching 52 sending in email messages 67 subtitles 52 syncing 11, 40 watching on a TV 53 See also
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