Preventing itunes from opening automatically, Setting the sleep timer – Apple iPod (with color display) User Manual

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Using iPod

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Note: To transfer music files to iPod, you must use iTunes. Songs transferred via iTunes

do not appear on iPod in the Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer. Likewise, if you

copy music files to iPod in the Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer, you won’t be

able to play them on iPod.

Preventing iTunes From Opening Automatically

If you use iPod primarily as a hard disk, you may want to keep iTunes from opening

automatically when you connect iPod to your computer.

To prevent iTunes from opening automatically when you connect iPod to your

computer:

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In iTunes, select iPod in the Source list and click the Options button.

2

Click General and deselect “Open iTunes when attached.”

Setting the Sleep Timer

You can set iPod to turn off automatically after playing music or a slideshow for a

specific period of time.

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Select Extras > Clock > Sleep Timer and select the time you want.

When you set the sleep timer, a clock icon and the number of minutes left until iPod

turns off appear in the Now Playing screen on iPod.

Options button

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