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Chapter 3 Listening to Music 25
Press the Center button to cycle through these additional items in the Now Playing screen:
Screen item Function
Scrubber bar Lets you quickly navigate to a dierent part of the track.
Genius slider Creates a Genius playlist based on the current song. The
slider doesn’t appear if Genius information isn’t available for
the current song.
Shue slider Lets you shue songs or albums directly from the
Now Playing screen.
Song rating Lets you rate the song.
Lyrics Displays the lyrics of the current song. Lyrics don’t appear
if you didn’t enter them in iTunes.
Use the Click Wheel and Center button to browse for a song or music video.
When you play music videos from the Music menu, you only hear the music. When you play
them from the Videos menu, you also see the video.
Browse for and play a song:
m Choose Music, browse for a song or music video, and then press Play/Pause (’).
Change the playback volume:
m When you see the progress bar, use the Click Wheel to change the volume.
If you don’t see the progress bar, press the Center button until it appears.
Listen to a dierent part of a song:
1 Press the Center button until you see the scrubber bar.
2 Use the Click Wheel to move the playhead along the scrubber bar.
Create a Genius playlist from the current song:
1 Press the Center button until you see the Genius slider.
2 Use the Click Wheel to move the slider to Start.
The Genius slider doesn’t appear if Genius information isn’t available for the current song.
Set shue songs from the Now Playing screen:
1 Press the Center button until you see the shue slider.
2 Use the Click Wheel to move the slider to Songs or Albums.
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Choose Songs to play all songs on iPod classic at random.
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Choose Albums to play all songs in the current album in order. iPod classic then randomly
selects another album and plays through it in order.
Listen to a music video:
m Choose Music and browse for a music video.
When you play the video, you hear it but don’t see it. When you play a playlist that includes video
podcasts, you hear the podcasts but don’t see them.
Return to the previous menu:
m From any screen, press Menu.