The basics of listening to music are cool. Now let’s take a look at some of the cool iPod playback features that aren’t so obvious.
You can move around menus while music is playing just like you can when it isn’t. As you choose other menus, the music will continue to play until you pause it or choose different music and play that instead.
At the top of the screen, you see information about the number of the current song out of the total you selected. For example, if you are playing the first song in a playlist containing 50 songs, this will be 1 of 50. This information helps you know where you are in the selected source.
In the center of the screen, you will see information about the song currently selected, including song title, artist, and album. If any of this information is too long to be shown on one line, it will begin scrolling across the screen a second or two after a song starts playing.
At the bottom of the screen, you will see the Timeline bar. In the normal mode, this gives you a visual indication of the song’s length and how much of the song you have played so far (represented by the shaded part of the bar). Under the left edge of the bar, you will see the amount of time the current song has been playing. At the right end of the bar, you will see the time remaining to play (this is a negative number and counts down to zero as the song plays). If you click the Select button one time, the Timeline bar changes to indicate that you can now rewind or fast-forward using the Scroll pad or Click Wheel. When the Timeline bar is in this mode, you can drag the Scroll pad or Click Wheel clockwise to fast-forward or counterclockwise to rewind the music. As you drag, the Current Location marker moves to its new location and the time information is updated. When you release the Scroll pad or Click Wheel, the Timeline bar will return to its normal mode in a second or so.
If you click the Select button twice, the Timeline bar is replaced by the Rating display. If the song currently playing has been rated, you will see the number of stars for that song. If the song hasn’t been rated, you see five dots instead. You can rate the current song by dragging the Scroll pad or Click Wheel clockwise to give the song more stars or counterclockwise to reduce the number of stars. A second or so after you stop touching the Scroll pad or Click Wheel, the Timeline bar will return to its normal mode.
The neat thing about this is that the next time you connect your iPod to your computer, the rating information you set on the iPod is carried over to that music in your iTunes Library. So, you need to rate a song in only one place.
You can move around menus while music is playing just like you can when it isn’t. As you choose other menus, the music will continue to play until you pause it or choose different music and play that instead.
At the top of the screen, you see information about the number of the current song out of the total you selected. For example, if you are playing the first song in a playlist containing 50 songs, this will be 1 of 50. This information helps you know where you are in the selected source.
In the center of the screen, you will see information about the song currently selected, including song title, artist, and album. If any of this information is too long to be shown on one line, it will begin scrolling across the screen a second or two after a song starts playing.
At the bottom of the screen, you will see the Timeline bar. In the normal mode, this gives you a visual indication of the song’s length and how much of the song you have played so far (represented by the shaded part of the bar). Under the left edge of the bar, you will see the amount of time the current song has been playing. At the right end of the bar, you will see the time remaining to play (this is a negative number and counts down to zero as the song plays). If you click the Select button one time, the Timeline bar changes to indicate that you can now rewind or fast-forward using the Scroll pad or Click Wheel. When the Timeline bar is in this mode, you can drag the Scroll pad or Click Wheel clockwise to fast-forward or counterclockwise to rewind the music. As you drag, the Current Location marker moves to its new location and the time information is updated. When you release the Scroll pad or Click Wheel, the Timeline bar will return to its normal mode in a second or so.
If you click the Select button twice, the Timeline bar is replaced by the Rating display. If the song currently playing has been rated, you will see the number of stars for that song. If the song hasn’t been rated, you see five dots instead. You can rate the current song by dragging the Scroll pad or Click Wheel clockwise to give the song more stars or counterclockwise to reduce the number of stars. A second or so after you stop touching the Scroll pad or Click Wheel, the Timeline bar will return to its normal mode.
The neat thing about this is that the next time you connect your iPod to your computer, the rating information you set on the iPod is carried over to that music in your iTunes Library. So, you need to rate a song in only one place.
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