Apple iPod nano (6th generation) - Manual (Page 15)

Turning iPod nano off:
Stops music or other audio that’s playing Â
Clears paused radio Â
Stops a slideshow if one is playing Â
Saves a voice memo if one is being recorded Â
Stops counting steps Â
Stops and saves Nike+ workout data Â
While iPod nano is turned off, you won’t hear any alarm if a timer expires. When you turn
iPod nano on again, alarms that haven’t expired will occur as scheduled. You must be using iPod
software version 1.1 or later to use this feature.
Setting preferences
Settings let you change the appearance of the Home screen and set other preferences for
iPod nano. To set preferences, tap the Settings icon on the Home screen.
General settings
Here are the General preferences you can set:
Use this preference To do this
Brightness Adjust the screen brightness. Set a lower brightness to use less
battery power.
Wallpaper Set the background image for the Home screen. Tap a pattern to see
how it looks onscreen, then tap Cancel or Set.
Home Screen Show or remove icons on the Home screen. Change the Home screen
to display large or small icons.
Date & Time Set the date, time, and time zone. Change the time display to a 24-hour
clock. Show the clock (instead of Now Playing) on waking. Choose a clock
face (see “Changing the clock face” on page 44).
Accessibility Turn on VoiceOver and mono audio. Change the screen to white on
black. For information about accessibility features, see “Universal Access
features” on page 49.
Language Set the language for iPod nano.
Music settings
Music settings let you customize how you listen to and play back music on iPod nano. To see
these settings, tap the Settings icon on the Home screen and then tap Music.
Here are the Music preferences you can set:
Use this preference To do this
Shake to Shuffle Turn off or on the ability to give iPod nano a quick shake to skip to a
random song.
Sound Check Automatically adjust the volume of songs, so they play at the same relative
volume level.
Sleep/Wake Button Choose whether double-clicking the Sleep/Wake button pauses or plays
the current track, or plays the next track.
EQ Choose an equalizer setting.
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