How to Set the Sleep Timer in iPod?

You can configure your iPod to turn itself off automatically after a specific period of time passes. To do this, use the following steps:

1. Choose Main menu, Extras, Clock, Sleep Timer. You’ll see the Sleep menu, which consists of a list of sleep time periods, from Off (meaning that the Sleep Timer is turned off) to 120 Minutes (meaning that the iPod will shut off in 2 hours).
2. Choose the Sleep Timer setting you want by highlighting it and pressing the Select button.

When you have the sleep timer on and view the Now Playing screen, the current amount of time until the iPod sleeps is shown at the top of the screen. When the counter gets to zero, the iPod will turn itself off. This happens regardless of whether you happen to be listening to music at the time or not. So, if your iPod suddenly shuts off and you don’t first see a “battery low” warning, this is likely the reason.

Setting the Screen’s Contrast

You can adjust the contrast of the iPod’s screen so that you find it easier to read. To do this, choose Main menu, Settings, Contrast. You’ll see the Contrast menu, which consists of the Contrast slider. Drag the Scroll pad or Click Wheel clockwise to increase the contrast (which makes the text and background darker) or counterclockwise to decrease the contrast, making the text lighter. As you drag, the shaded part of the Contrast bar indicates the current relative contrast level. When you think you have a setting that suits you, move to other menus to see if the setting is correct for your eyes and viewing conditions.
Otherwise, continue to adjust it until it is correct.

Setting Up Your Main Menu Preferences

You can configure the commands on the iPod’s Main menu to customize it to suit your preferences. For example, suppose you frequently browse your music by artist. You can add the Browse by Artist command to the Main menu so that you don’t have to drill down through the Browse menu to get to this category you use frequently.
To configure your Main menu, do the following steps:

1. Choose Main menu, Settings. The Settings menu will appear.
2. Highlight Main Menu and press the Select button. You’ll see the Main Menu menu. On this menu, each command is listed along with its current Main menu state. If “On” is listed next to a command, it appears on the Main menu. If “Off” is listed to a command, it doesn’t appear on the Main menu.
3. To add a command to the Main menu, highlight it and press the Select button so that “On” is listed next to that command. That command will then appear on the Main menu.
4. To remove a command from the Main menu, highlight it and press the Select button so that “Off” is listed next to that command. That command will not appear on the Main menu.
5. Repeats step 3 or 4 for each command until you have set all the commands you want on the Main menu to “On” and all those you don’t want to appear on the Main menu to “Off.” When you view the Main menu, your command preferences will be in effect

How to Use the iPod’s Equalizer?

The iPod also has a built-in Equalizer that you can use to improve (improve being a relative term, of course) the music to which you listen. The iPod includes a number of presets designed to enhance specific kinds of music and other audio sources. To use the iPod Equalizer, do the following steps:
The current state of the Equalizer is shown next to its setting on the Settings menu. For example, when the Equalizer is turned off, “Off” will appear next to the EQ setting.

1. Choose Main menu, Settings.
2. Highlight the EQ setting and press the Select button. You’ll see the EQ menu. On this menu, you will see all the presets that are available to you. The list is pretty long, so you will need to scroll down to see all your options. The presets include those designed for specific styles of music, such as Acoustic, Classical, Jazz, and so on, as well as for situations in which you might be using your iPod to play music, such as on Small Speakers.
3. Highlight the preset you want to use and press the Select button. You’ll return to the Settings menu, and the preset you selected will be shown next to the Equalizer setting. When you play music, the Equalizer will adjust the volume levels of various frequencies to enhance certain frequencies and to reduce the levels of others.

How to Use Sound Check?

iTunes Sound Check feature causes songs to play back at the same relative volume level—if you have ever been jolted out of your chair because of one song’s volume level being much higher than the next one, you know why this is a good thing. Using the iPod’s Sound Check setting, you can cause the iPod to use the volume levels set by iTunes when Sound Check is on.
To use Sound Check, make sure it is on in iTunes. Then, connect your iPod to your computer so the iPod’s music will be updated, or you can perform a manual update if that is how you have configured iTunes for your iPod. After the update is complete, on the iPod choose Main menu, Settings. On the Settings menu, highlight Sound Check and press the Select button. The Sound Check setting will become On to show you that it is in use. When you play music back, it will play at the same relative volume level.
To return the volume level to the “normal” state, choose Main menu, Settings. Highlight Sound Check and press the Select button so that Off appears as the Sound Check setting.

How to Repeat Music?

The Repeat feature enables you to repeat an individual song as many times as you’d like or to repeat all the songs in a selected music source as many times as you can stand.
To repeat the same song ad infinitum, choose Main menu, Settings. Highlight Repeat and
press the Select button once so that One is displayed next to the Repeat setting. Select the song you want to hear and play it. It will play and then play again until you pause the iPod or choose a different song. While the song plays, the Repeat One indicator will appear on the Now Playing screen
If you want to repeat all the songs within a selected music source, choose Main menu, Settings. Highlight Repeat and press the Select button twice so that All is displayed next to the Repeat setting. Select the music source (such as a playlist) you want to hear and play it. It will play and then repeat until you pause the iPod or choose a different music source. While the music source plays, the Repeat All indicator will appear on the Now Playing screen To turn Repeat off, choose Main menu, Settings. Highlight Repeat and press the Select button until Off is displayed next to the Repeat setting. Music will again play one time through and then stop.

How to Shuffle the Music?

You can use the iPod’s Shuffle feature to have songs play in a random order. To shuffle music, use the following steps:

1. Choose Main menu, Settings. You’ll see the Settings menu.
2. Highlight the Shuffle command.
3. If you want the songs within a selected browse category or playlist to play in a random order, press the Select button once. The Shuffle setting will become Songs. This causes the iPod to shuffle the songs within a music source when you play it.
4. If you want the iPod to select random albums when you select a browse category or playlist, press the Select button twice. The Shuffle setting will become Albums. This causes the iPod to select an album randomly, play all the songs on the album, choose another album randomly, and repeat this pattern until you turn Shuffle off again.
5. Select the music you want to play in a randomized fashion and play it. On the Now Playing screen, you’ll see the Shuffle indicator to remind you that you are in Shuffle mode.
6. To disable the Shuffle feature, press the Select button until you see Off next to the Shuffle setting. Your music will again play in a linear fashion.