2.8

Out of 1 Ratings

Owner's of the Apple MP3 Player Apple iPod shuffle 2 GB Flash MP3 Player gave it a score of 2.8 out of 5. Here's how the scores stacked up:
  • Reliability

    3.0 out of 5
  • Durability

    3.0 out of 5
  • Maintenance

    3.0 out of 5
  • Performance

    3.0 out of 5
  • Ease of Use

    2.0 out of 5
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Read this chapter to learn about listening to iPod shue on the go.
When you disconnect iPod shue from your computer, you can clip on iPod shue and listen
to music, audiobooks, podcasts, and iTunes U content. VoiceOver lets you hear the name of the
track (song or chapter in an audiobook or podcast) you’re playing, choose a dierent playlist, or
hear battery status.
Playing music
After you sync iPod shue with music and other audio content, you can listen to it.
WARNING: Before using iPod shue, read all safety instructions in Chapter 7, Safety and
Handling, on page 27, especially the section on hearing loss.
Listen to songs and other items on iPod shue:
1 Plug the earphones into iPod shue, then place the earbuds in your ears.
2 Slide the three-way switch on iPod shue from OFF to play in order () or shue (¡).
Playback begins.
To conserve battery life when you aren’t using iPod shue, slide the three-way switch to OFF.
To Do this
Play or pause Press Play/Pause ().
Increase or decrease the volume Press Volume Up () or Volume Down (D). You hear
a tone if you change the volume while iPod shue
is paused.
Go to the next track Press Next/Fast-forward ().
Go to the previous track Press Previous/Rewind (]) within 6 seconds of
the track starting. After 6 seconds, pressing
Previous/Rewind (]) restarts the current track.
Fast-forward Press and hold Next/Fast-forward ().
Rewind Press and hold Previous/Rewind (]).
Hear the track title and artist name Press the VoiceOver button (
).
Hear the playlist menu Press and hold the VoiceOver button (
). When
you hear the name of the playlist you want, press
the VoiceOver button (
) or Play/Pause () to
select it. You can press Next/Fast-forward () or
Previous/Rewind (]) to cycle quickly through
your playlists.
Exit the playlist menu Press and hold the VoiceOver button (
).
Listening to Music
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During playback, the status light blinks:
Green once in response to most of your actions (playing, rewinding, fast-forwarding, using
VoiceOver, changing the volume, and so on).
Green steadily for 30 seconds when you pause iPod shue.
Orange three times when you reach the upper or lower volume limit.
The battery status lights are described in Checking the battery status on page 8.
Setting iPod shue to shue or play songs in order
You can set iPod shue to shue songs or play them in the order in which they’re organized in
iTunes. When you turn on shue, books, podcasts, and Genius Mixes aren’t shued; they play in
their iTunes order.
Set iPod shue to shue songs:
m Slide the three-way switch to shue (¡).
To reshue songs, slide the three-way switch from shue (¡) to play in order () and back to
shue again.
Set iPod shue to play songs in order:
m Slide the three-way switch to play in order ().
After the last song plays, iPod shue starts playing the rst song again.
Using VoiceOver
iPod shue can help provide more control over your playback options by speaking track titles
and artist names, and announcing playlists for you to choose from. VoiceOver also tells you
battery status and speaks other messages.
To hear these announcements, enable VoiceOver in iTunes. You can enable VoiceOver when you
rst set up iPod shue, or do it later. VoiceOver is available in selected languages.
You set VoiceOver options on the Summary tab in iTunes. The following tasks describe how to
turn on and customize VoiceOver.
Enable VoiceOver when you set up iPod shue:
1 Connect iPod shue to your computer.
2 Follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes. The Enable VoiceOver option is selected by default.
3 Click Continue.
4 In the Summary pane, under Voice Feedback, choose the language you want from the Language
pop-up menu.
This sets the language for your spoken system messages and playlist names, as well as many of
the song titles and artist names.
Note: To pick a dierent language for specic tracks, select them in iTunes, choose File > Get Info,
choose a VoiceOver language from the pop-up menu in the Options pane, then click OK.
5 Click Apply.
When setup is complete, VoiceOver is enabled on iPod shue.
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Enable VoiceOver at any time:
1 Connect iPod shue to your computer.
2 In iTunes, select iPod shue in the list of devices, then click Summary.
3 Under Voice Feedback, select Enable VoiceOver.
4 Click Apply.
5 Choose the language you want from the pop-up menu under Voice Feedback.
6 Click Apply.
When syncing is nished, VoiceOver is enabled.
Disable VoiceOver:
1 In iTunes, select iPod shue in the list of devices, then click Summary.
2 Under Voice Feedback, deselect Enable VoiceOver.
3 Click Apply.
When syncing is nished, VoiceOver is disabled. You’ll still hear some system announcements in
English on iPod shue, such as battery status, error messages, and a generic menu of numbered
playlists. You won’t hear track titles and artist names.
Hearing track info
VoiceOver can speak the current track title and artist name while you’re listening to iPod shue.
Hear info for the current track:
m Press the VoiceOver button ( ) during playback.
You hear the current track title and artist name.
You can use VoiceOver to navigate to another title.
Navigate using track info:
If iPod shue is playing, press the VoiceOver button ( ) to hear info for the current track; press
Next/Fast-forward () to skip to the next track and hear its info; press Previous/Rewind (]) to
move to the previous track and hear its info.
If iPod shue is paused, press the VoiceOver button ( ) to hear info for the current track; press
Next/Fast-forward () to hear info for the next track; press Previous/Rewind (]) to hear info
for the previous track. Press the VoiceOver button or Play/Pause () to play the track.
Changing playlists
When VoiceOver is enabled, you can hear the playlist names and choose any playlist you’ve
synced to iPod shue. If audiobooks or audio podcasts are synced to iPod shue, their titles are
also read as part of the playlist menu. If VoiceOver is disabled in iTunes, playlists are identied by
numerical order (for example, “Playlist 1, Playlist 2,” and so on), rather than by name.
The playlist menu announces items in this order:
The current playlist (if applicable)
“All Songs” (playlist of all the songs on iPod shue)
All playlists, including Genius playlists, in alphabetical order
All Genius Mixes, in alphabetical order
All podcasts, in alphabetical order
All iTunes U collections, in alphabetical order
All audiobooks, in alphabetical order
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